Michael C Mcgrath
Biographic Data
| ID | 1229064 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael C Mcgrath |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael C |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcgrath |
| SIGNATURE | MCGRATH M C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northwestern University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8437-4039 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 103 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Disagreement among friends
The American public exhibits a deep partisan divide on climate change. Some evidence suggests that engaging with people who hold opposing views decreases polarization; but research into real-world political discussion shows that people avoid conversations involving political disagreement in order to protect their social bonds with those whose opinions differ from their own. I present findings from an intervention in which pairs of people who have…
Voter Bias and the Partisan Gender-Gap in Office
The evidence for motivated reasoning in climate change preference formation
Experimental evidence for a pure collaboration effect
The Origins of the Chinese Nation
Tackett ingeniously explores the political and cultural space of the Northern Song period (960–1127 c.e.) to demonstrate the rise of a new Chinese identity remarkably similar to the early nationalisms of the Atlantic world. He succeeds in demonstrating the emergence of a national consciousness in the late eleventh century through careful use of textual and archaeological sources.Tackett’s basic argument is that the interstate diplomacy governed b…
Ideologically Extreme Candidates in U.S. Presidential Elections, 1948–2012
Scholars routinely cite the landslide defeats of Barry Goldwater and George McGovern as evidence that American electorates punish extremism in presidential politics. Yet systematic evidence for this view is thin. In this article we use postwar election outcomes to assess the electoral effects of extremism. In testing ten models over the seventeen elections, we find scant evidence of extremism penalties that were either substantively large or clos…
Field Experiments and the Study of Voter Turnout
Although field experiments have long been used to study voter turnout, only recently has this research method generated widespread scholarly interest. This article reviews the substantive contributions of the field experimental literature on voter turnout. This literature may be divided into two strands, one that focuses on the question of which campaign tactics do or do not increase turnout and another that uses voter mobilization campaigns to t…
The Reigns of Jen-tsung (1022–1063) and Ying-tsung (1063–1067)
Jen-tsung’s Early Reign: The Regency of Empress Liu (1022–1033) Chao Chen, whose temple name was Sung Jen-tsung, was born 30 May 1010. He reigned for just over forty-one years, longer than any other Sung emperor. His mother was named Lady Li, but Empress Liu (969–1033) claimed him as her own in 1014 when he was three years old. Pure Consort Yang (Yang Shu-fei, 984–1036) was another lesser consort of Chen-tsung, and a close friend of Empress Liu. …
Bibliography of English Language Sources, 1996 – 2002
Bibliography of English Language Sources, 1996 – 2002 : Five Dynasties, Liao, Song, Xi Xia, Jin, and Yuan Michael C. McGrath Michael C. McGrath Adrian College Adler, Joseph. Chu Hsi’s Introduction to the Study of the Classic of Change (I-hsüeh ch’i-meng). NY: Global Scholarly Publications, 2002. Google Scholar ———. “The Interpretation of Stillness and Activity in Chu Hsi’s Appropriation of Chou Tun-i.” In Abstracts of the 1999 Annual Meeting, 61.…
Frustrated Empires
As Chinese and Turkish imperial power waned in the late ninth century, new non-Chinese states emerged on the northern and northwestern frontiers of China, confronting Song dynasty (960–1279) with the Qidan Liao Empire to the north and the Tangut Xia Empire to the northwest.1 The Liao dynasty (907–60), which predated the Chinese state by nearly fifty years, defeated the Song in 1004, from which it wrested gifts and recognition, and thereafter a pe…
Field Experiments and the Study of Voter Turnout
Although field experiments have long been used to study voter turnout, only recently has this research method generated widespread scholarly interest. This article reviews the substantive contributions of the field experimental literature on voter turnout. This literature may be divided into two strands, one that focuses on the question of which campaign tactics do or do not increase turnout and another that uses voter mobilization campaigns to t…
Voter Bias and the Partisan Gender-Gap in Office
Ideologically Extreme Candidates in U.S. Presidential Elections, 1948–2012
Scholars routinely cite the landslide defeats of Barry Goldwater and George McGovern as evidence that American electorates punish extremism in presidential politics. Yet systematic evidence for this view is thin. In this article we use postwar election outcomes to assess the electoral effects of extremism. In testing ten models over the seventeen elections, we find scant evidence of extremism penalties that were either substantively large or clos…
Frustrated Empires
As Chinese and Turkish imperial power waned in the late ninth century, new non-Chinese states emerged on the northern and northwestern frontiers of China, confronting Song dynasty (960–1279) with the Qidan Liao Empire to the north and the Tangut Xia Empire to the northwest.1 The Liao dynasty (907–60), which predated the Chinese state by nearly fifty years, defeated the Song in 1004, from which it wrested gifts and recognition, and thereafter a pe…
The Reigns of Jen-tsung (1022–1063) and Ying-tsung (1063–1067)
Jen-tsung’s Early Reign: The Regency of Empress Liu (1022–1033) Chao Chen, whose temple name was Sung Jen-tsung, was born 30 May 1010. He reigned for just over forty-one years, longer than any other Sung emperor. His mother was named Lady Li, but Empress Liu (969–1033) claimed him as her own in 1014 when he was three years old. Pure Consort Yang (Yang Shu-fei, 984–1036) was another lesser consort of Chen-tsung, and a close friend of Empress Liu. …
Bibliography of English Language Sources, 1996 – 2002
Bibliography of English Language Sources, 1996 – 2002 : Five Dynasties, Liao, Song, Xi Xia, Jin, and Yuan Michael C. McGrath Michael C. McGrath Adrian College Adler, Joseph. Chu Hsi’s Introduction to the Study of the Classic of Change (I-hsüeh ch’i-meng). NY: Global Scholarly Publications, 2002. Google Scholar ———. “The Interpretation of Stillness and Activity in Chu Hsi’s Appropriation of Chou Tun-i.” In Abstracts of the 1999 Annual Meeting, 61.…
Field Experiments and the Study of Voter Turnout
Although field experiments have long been used to study voter turnout, only recently has this research method generated widespread scholarly interest. This article reviews the substantive contributions of the field experimental literature on voter turnout. This literature may be divided into two strands, one that focuses on the question of which campaign tactics do or do not increase turnout and another that uses voter mobilization campaigns to t…
Ideologically Extreme Candidates in U.S. Presidential Elections, 1948–2012
Scholars routinely cite the landslide defeats of Barry Goldwater and George McGovern as evidence that American electorates punish extremism in presidential politics. Yet systematic evidence for this view is thin. In this article we use postwar election outcomes to assess the electoral effects of extremism. In testing ten models over the seventeen elections, we find scant evidence of extremism penalties that were either substantively large or clos…
The evidence for motivated reasoning in climate change preference formation
Experimental evidence for a pure collaboration effect
The Origins of the Chinese Nation
Tackett ingeniously explores the political and cultural space of the Northern Song period (960–1127 c.e.) to demonstrate the rise of a new Chinese identity remarkably similar to the early nationalisms of the Atlantic world. He succeeds in demonstrating the emergence of a national consciousness in the late eleventh century through careful use of textual and archaeological sources.Tackett’s basic argument is that the interstate diplomacy governed b…
Voter Bias and the Partisan Gender-Gap in Office
Disagreement among friends
The American public exhibits a deep partisan divide on climate change. Some evidence suggests that engaging with people who hold opposing views decreases polarization; but research into real-world political discussion shows that people avoid conversations involving political disagreement in order to protect their social bonds with those whose opinions differ from their own. I present findings from an intervention in which pairs of people who have…
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