Michelle L Dion
Biographic Data
| ID | 144719 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michelle L Dion |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michelle L |
| FAMILY NAME | Dion |
| SIGNATURE | DION M L |
| AFFILIATIONS | McMaster University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0899-4009 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 36 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 242 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 36 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
The Effectiveness of Discursive Frames Deployed by Latin America’s Right-wing Populists: Evidence from Costa Rica
Over the last 20 years, many countries have experienced the rise of radical right-wing populist (RRP) actors that threaten democratic governance, including in Latin America. These actors have deployed a variety of discursive frames based on economic grievances and (perceived) changing social values. The 2018 elections in Costa Rica were part of this phenomenon: a right-wing populist outsider presidential candidate deployed several frames and earn…
The Political Preferences of Prospective Homeowners: Evidence from Canada
The political and social preferences of homeowners command significant attention from political scientists. Homeownership appears to make individuals more politically right-wing in their preferences over redistribution and increases their political activism. Comparatively little is known about renters. While often treated as a single group, our main argument is that renters are heterogeneous in their political preferences and behaviour. Our contr…
The American Political Science Review During the Covid-19 Pandemic
On June 1, 2020, a little more than two months after the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 pandemic declaration, our editorial team assumed the leadership of the American Political Science Review ( APSR ). Although this confluence of events makes it difficult to isolate the pandemic’s effect on new submissions and review processes, this article describes submission and review patterns in the two and a half years before and after the onset of t…
New Media and Support for Same-Sex Marriage
Research in advanced industrialized democracies on social attitudes toward same-sex marriage suggests that intergroup social contact and positive media coverage play an important role in promoting tolerance and support for same-sex marriage. Using AmericasBarometer survey data for eighteen countries in 2010, 2012, and 2014, this article examines the ways in which individual-level Internet use interacts with news exposure, country-level quality of…
Forum: Gendered Dynamics of Academic Networks
This forum examines whether scholars’ access to networks in the international studies profession is gendered and if so, the consequences of those networks for personal and professional success. Academic networks that encompass both professional and personal connections have been proposed as one solution to chilly climate issues because they provide a dual function of enhancing scholarly productivity and inclusion in the profession. The articles i…
Gender, seniority, and self-citation practices in political science
Research Methodology and Community Participation: A Decade of Indigenous Social Science Research in Canada
Those engaged in community‐based participatory research often comment on tensions between social scientific and community values, yet little systematic evidence exists about the relationship between social science research methodologies and community participation. We analyze nearly 500 peer‐reviewed articles published between 2005 and 2015 on Indigenous issues in Canada, where policies encourage participatory research methods with disempowered g…
Social contact with same-sex married couples and support for marriage equality: Evidence from Argentina
Personal interaction with lesbians and gays is associated with greater support for lesbian and gay rights, but the effects of contact with married same-sex couples have not been studied. Using original data from Argentina in 2015, we address this gap by measuring the association between direct contact with married gays and lesbians and attitudes toward Same-Sex Marriage (SSM), while controlling for alternative explanations of the association. We …
Cultural continuity and Inuit health in Arctic Canada
BACKGROUND: Previous research association increased levels of cultural continuity and decreased rates of youth suicide in First Nations communities. We investigate the relationship between cultural continuity and self-rated health looking specifically at Inuit living in the Canadian Arctic. METHODS: The Arctic Supplements of the Aboriginal Peoples Survey from years 2001 and 2006 were appended to explore the relationship between various measures o…
How Many Citations to Women Is “Enough”? Estimates of Gender Representation in Political Science
Recent studies identified gendered citation gaps in political science journal articles, with male scholars being less likely to cite work by female scholars in comparison to their female peers. Although journal editors, editorial boards, and political scientists are becoming more aware of implicit biases and adopting strategies to remedy them, we know less about the proper baselines for citations in subfields and research areas of political scien…
Institutional logics and indigenous research sovereignty in Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand
The institutional logics of Western academic research often conflict with the epistemologies and goals of Indigenous peoples. Research sovereignty is a right but still an aspiration for many Indigenous peoples. National funding agencies and Western universities have sought to resolve these conflicts through various institutional and organizational settlements. We combined a systematic literature search with critical content analysis and synthesis…
Transnational wealth-related health inequality measurement
The study of international differences in wealth-related health inequalities has traditionally consisted of country-by-country comparisons using own-country relative measures of socioeconomic status, which effectively ignores absolute differences in both wealth and health that can differ between and within countries. To address these limitations, we propose an alternative approach: that of constructing a transnational measure of wealth-related he…
Evidence-informed policymaking and policy innovation in a low-income country: Does policy network structure matter
The application of social network analysis to policy networks continues to grow, including the application of social network analysis tools and concepts in order to explain policy outcomes. Gaps in this field of study persist in terms of both policy issues studied, as well as types of polities or networks analysed. This study extends previous research on the role of network structure in shaping policy outcomes by analysing network structure’s eff…
Gendered Citation Patterns across Political Science and Social Science Methodology Fields
Accumulated evidence identifies discernible gender gaps across many dimensions of professional academic careers including salaries, publication rates, journal placement, career progress, and academic service. Recent work in political science also reveals gender gaps in citations, with articles written by men citing work by other male scholars more often than work by female scholars. This study estimates the gender gap in citations across politica…
Planning for the Future: Methodology Training in Canadian Universities
Recent changes in government policy making and the labour market have created new opportunities for political scientists, provided that we have the skills to respond to them. We argue that changes need to be made in the area of methodology training in order to capitalize on these opportunities. Canadian political scientists should ensure that all our students acquire basic quantitative competencies, in addition to research design and qualitative …
Democratic Values, Religiosity, and Support for Same-Sex Marriage in Latin America
Latin America has been at the forefront of the expansion of rights for same-sex couples. Proponents of same-sex marriage frame the issue as related to human rights and democratic deepening; opponents emphasize morality tied to religious values. Elite framing shapes public opinion when frames resonate with individuals' values and the frame source is deemed credible. Using surveys in 18 Latin American countries in 2010 and 2012, this article demons…
Apsa Committees
The Committee on Teaching and Learning develops and promotes activities within APSA and the political science community regarding political science and the practices and policies of higher education, including undergraduate
Workers and Welfare: Comparative Institutional Change in Twentieth-Century Mexico
Workers and Welfare: Comparative Institutional Change in Twentieth-Century Mexico
After the revolutionary period of 1910-1920, Mexico developed a number of social protection programs to support workers in public and private sectors and to establish safeguards for the poor and the aged. These included pensions, healthcare, and worker's compensation. The new welfare programs were the product of a complex interrelationship of corporate, labor, and political actors. In this unique dynamic, cross-class coalitions maintained both an…
Economic Development, Income Inequality, and Preferences for Redistribution1: Development, Inequality, and Redistribution
Adopting a cross-regional and global perspective, this article critically evaluates one of the core assertions of political economy approaches to welfare—that support for redistribution is inversely related to income. We hypothesize that economic self-interest gives way to more uniform support for redistribution in the interest of ensuring that basic or relative needs are met in less developed and highly unequal societies. To test this hypothesis…
Blogging in the Political Science Classroom
Weblogs (or blogs), as a form of communication on the Internet, have recently risen in prominence but may be poorly understood by both faculty and students. This article explains how blogs differ from other online communication tools and how political science faculty can make use of blogs in their classes. The focus is on using blogs as part of class assignments to reinforce important skills, including critical thinking, political engagement, and…
Development, Democracy and Welfare States: Latin America, East Asia and Eastern Europe – By Stephan Haggard and Robert R. Kaufman
Globalization, Democracy, and Mexican Welfare, 1988–2006
Like many Latin American countries, Mexico not only underwent significant economic and political liberalization over the last two decades, but also transformed its welfare regime. This transformation included extensive reforms and seemingly contradictory trends. While social insurance underwent retrenchment, social assistance was ex panded.1 Mexico's privatization of its public pension system is recognized as one of the most extensive in the regi…
International Organizations and Social Insurance in Mexico
AB STRACT How do international organizations (IOs) influence domestic social policy? This article answers this question using a comparison of IO participation in the social insurance policy making process in Mexico in the 1940s and 1990s. There are similarities and differences between the periods. During both periods, IOs contributed technical expertise to the policy design process. The principal IO participating in policy discussions and the mea…
Apsa Teaching and Learning Track Summaries—Track Four: Teaching Research Methods
A diverse group of 25 faculty and graduate students participated in the 2008 Teaching Research Methods (TRM) track. Participants represented a range of institutions—public and private, urban and rural, domestic and international, large research universities and teaching colleges. Presentations provided evidence of the heterogeneity in methods instruction and of pedagogical innovations in course design and delivery. The discussion in this year's m…
Gendered Citation Patterns across Political Science and Social Science Methodology Fields
Accumulated evidence identifies discernible gender gaps across many dimensions of professional academic careers including salaries, publication rates, journal placement, career progress, and academic service. Recent work in political science also reveals gender gaps in citations, with articles written by men citing work by other male scholars more often than work by female scholars. This study estimates the gender gap in citations across politica…
Economic Development, Income Inequality, and Preferences for Redistribution1: Development, Inequality, and Redistribution
Adopting a cross-regional and global perspective, this article critically evaluates one of the core assertions of political economy approaches to welfare—that support for redistribution is inversely related to income. We hypothesize that economic self-interest gives way to more uniform support for redistribution in the interest of ensuring that basic or relative needs are met in less developed and highly unequal societies. To test this hypothesis…
Democratic Values, Religiosity, and Support for Same-Sex Marriage in Latin America
Latin America has been at the forefront of the expansion of rights for same-sex couples. Proponents of same-sex marriage frame the issue as related to human rights and democratic deepening; opponents emphasize morality tied to religious values. Elite framing shapes public opinion when frames resonate with individuals' values and the frame source is deemed credible. Using surveys in 18 Latin American countries in 2010 and 2012, this article demons…
Eradication Efforts, the State, Displacement and Poverty: Explaining Coca Cultivation in Colombia during Plan Colombia
This study models the sub-national pattern of coca cultivation in Colombia following the implementation of Plan Colombia (2001-2005). The results suggest that aerial eradication reduces coca cultivation primarily through creation of significant displacement and that coca cultivation is less intense in areas with a significant state presence. Further, coca cultivation appears to be more common in less developed, agricultural regions where access t…
Retiring the State: The Politics of Pension Privatization in Latin America and Beyond
Retiring the State: The Politics of Pension Privatization in Latin America and Beyond. By Raúl Madrid. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2003. 336p. $65.00 cloth, $27.95 paper. Since the Pinochet regime in Chile privatized its public pension system in 1981, several Latin American countries have enacted public pension reforms, usually incorporating some structural reform or privatization. Why have some countries privatized their public pensions…
Globalization, Democracy, and Mexican Welfare, 1988–2006
Like many Latin American countries, Mexico not only underwent significant economic and political liberalization over the last two decades, but also transformed its welfare regime. This transformation included extensive reforms and seemingly contradictory trends. While social insurance underwent retrenchment, social assistance was ex panded.1 Mexico's privatization of its public pension system is recognized as one of the most extensive in the regi…
Women's Welfare and Social Security Privatization in Mexico
Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State and Society - Volume 13, Number 3, Fall 2006
The Political Origins of Social Security in Mexico during the Cárdenas and Ávila Camacho Administrations
This study compares efforts to adopt social insurance legislation in the administrations of Lázaro Cárdenas and Manuel Ávila Camacho in Mexico to explain the political origins of the welfare state in Latin America. The author argues that the adoption and implementation of social insurance in Mexico was the outcome of an implicit bargain between organized labor and the state following the 1940 presidential election. This bargain signifies the rebu…
Social contact with same-sex married couples and support for marriage equality: Evidence from Argentina
Personal interaction with lesbians and gays is associated with greater support for lesbian and gay rights, but the effects of contact with married same-sex couples have not been studied. Using original data from Argentina in 2015, we address this gap by measuring the association between direct contact with married gays and lesbians and attitudes toward Same-Sex Marriage (SSM), while controlling for alternative explanations of the association. We …
Cultural continuity and Inuit health in Arctic Canada
BACKGROUND: Previous research association increased levels of cultural continuity and decreased rates of youth suicide in First Nations communities. We investigate the relationship between cultural continuity and self-rated health looking specifically at Inuit living in the Canadian Arctic. METHODS: The Arctic Supplements of the Aboriginal Peoples Survey from years 2001 and 2006 were appended to explore the relationship between various measures o…
Evidence-informed policymaking and policy innovation in a low-income country: Does policy network structure matter
The application of social network analysis to policy networks continues to grow, including the application of social network analysis tools and concepts in order to explain policy outcomes. Gaps in this field of study persist in terms of both policy issues studied, as well as types of polities or networks analysed. This study extends previous research on the role of network structure in shaping policy outcomes by analysing network structure’s eff…
International Organizations and Social Insurance in Mexico
AB STRACT How do international organizations (IOs) influence domestic social policy? This article answers this question using a comparison of IO participation in the social insurance policy making process in Mexico in the 1940s and 1990s. There are similarities and differences between the periods. During both periods, IOs contributed technical expertise to the policy design process. The principal IO participating in policy discussions and the mea…
Retrenchment, Expansion and the Transformation of Mexican Social Protection Policies
Social protection policies in Mexico have been transformed since 1988 through partial retrenchment of social insurance and significant expansion of targeted or means‐tested social assistance. These changes reflect a substantial redefinition of social protection through incremental changes in policy. The changes reflect the abandonment of the goal of developing an employment‐based, universal welfare regime, which had been pursued by Mexican govern…
Forum: Gendered Dynamics of Academic Networks
This forum examines whether scholars’ access to networks in the international studies profession is gendered and if so, the consequences of those networks for personal and professional success. Academic networks that encompass both professional and personal connections have been proposed as one solution to chilly climate issues because they provide a dual function of enhancing scholarly productivity and inclusion in the profession. The articles i…
How Many Citations to Women Is “Enough”? Estimates of Gender Representation in Political Science
Recent studies identified gendered citation gaps in political science journal articles, with male scholars being less likely to cite work by female scholars in comparison to their female peers. Although journal editors, editorial boards, and political scientists are becoming more aware of implicit biases and adopting strategies to remedy them, we know less about the proper baselines for citations in subfields and research areas of political scien…
Institutional logics and indigenous research sovereignty in Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand
The institutional logics of Western academic research often conflict with the epistemologies and goals of Indigenous peoples. Research sovereignty is a right but still an aspiration for many Indigenous peoples. National funding agencies and Western universities have sought to resolve these conflicts through various institutional and organizational settlements. We combined a systematic literature search with critical content analysis and synthesis…
Planning for the Future: Methodology Training in Canadian Universities
Recent changes in government policy making and the labour market have created new opportunities for political scientists, provided that we have the skills to respond to them. We argue that changes need to be made in the area of methodology training in order to capitalize on these opportunities. Canadian political scientists should ensure that all our students acquire basic quantitative competencies, in addition to research design and qualitative …
Blogging in the Political Science Classroom
Weblogs (or blogs), as a form of communication on the Internet, have recently risen in prominence but may be poorly understood by both faculty and students. This article explains how blogs differ from other online communication tools and how political science faculty can make use of blogs in their classes. The focus is on using blogs as part of class assignments to reinforce important skills, including critical thinking, political engagement, and…
All-Knowing or All-Nurturing? Student Expectations, Gender Roles, and Practical Suggestions for Women in the Classroom
Student evaluations of teaching (SETs) often have important effects on promotion, tenure, and merit raises, even if only through the negative effects that poor evaluations can have on these decisions (Langbein 1994). SETs can be affected by student characteristics (class, GPA, major, expected grade, gender), class characteristics (size, required, discipline, quantitative), and professor characteristics (age, gender, race, ethnicity, personality t…
La migration pour études, atout à La Réunion
Aujourd’hui comme hier, une part importante des émigrants au départ de La Réunion est constituée d’élèves et d’étudiants, à destination de la métropole essentiellement. Le coût élevé induit par une scolarisation loin de l’île constitue pourtant un frein important à un tel départ, de sorte que ces émigrants sont réputés appartenir aux couches sociales les plus favorisées de l’île. Cela est souvent perçu comme un facteur discriminatoire car certain…
Revolution or Contribution? Rational Choice Approaches in the Study of Latin American Politics
This article assesses the contributions of studies in the rational choice (RC) tradition to scholarly understanding of Latin American politics. It groups some representative works according to their use of RC assumptions, and also reviews some of the major works in the institutionalist tradition. It argues that works in the RC tradition have neither forced a major rethinking of established theories nor filled major lacunae, although they have ill…
Grand-Ilet, un isolat blanc des hauts de la Réunion
Grand-llet, a white isolât on the Upper Reunion Island ? The concept of isolât which has been defined only by genetics and hastely taken up by other sciences, is applied at Grand-llet, in the area of the Cirque of Salazie on Reunion Island. The study of natural and socio-cultural boundaries allows us to apprehend the particular features of this population rather than conclude on its isolation
La economía política del gasto social: El Programa de Solidaridad en México, 1988-1994
Una revista científica, con revisión por pares, que publica investigación empírica y contribuciones teóricas en sociología, antropología, sociodemografía, y disciplinas afines. Nuestra misión es presentar los resultados de la investigación de la más alta calidad, con énfasis en América Latina, pero con proyección y alcance global
Revolution or Contribution? Rational Choice Approaches in the Study of Latin American Politics
This article assesses the contributions of studies in the rational choice (RC) tradition to scholarly understanding of Latin American politics. It groups some representative works according to their use of RC assumptions, and also reviews some of the major works in the institutionalist tradition. It argues that works in the RC tradition have neither forced a major rethinking of established theories nor filled major lacunae, although they have ill…
Retiring the State: The Politics of Pension Privatization in Latin America and Beyond
Retiring the State: The Politics of Pension Privatization in Latin America and Beyond. By Raúl Madrid. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2003. 336p. $65.00 cloth, $27.95 paper. Since the Pinochet regime in Chile privatized its public pension system in 1981, several Latin American countries have enacted public pension reforms, usually incorporating some structural reform or privatization. Why have some countries privatized their public pensions…
La migration pour études, atout à La Réunion
Aujourd’hui comme hier, une part importante des émigrants au départ de La Réunion est constituée d’élèves et d’étudiants, à destination de la métropole essentiellement. Le coût élevé induit par une scolarisation loin de l’île constitue pourtant un frein important à un tel départ, de sorte que ces émigrants sont réputés appartenir aux couches sociales les plus favorisées de l’île. Cela est souvent perçu comme un facteur discriminatoire car certain…
The Political Origins of Social Security in Mexico during the Cárdenas and Ávila Camacho Administrations
This study compares efforts to adopt social insurance legislation in the administrations of Lázaro Cárdenas and Manuel Ávila Camacho in Mexico to explain the political origins of the welfare state in Latin America. The author argues that the adoption and implementation of social insurance in Mexico was the outcome of an implicit bargain between organized labor and the state following the 1940 presidential election. This bargain signifies the rebu…
Women's Welfare and Social Security Privatization in Mexico
Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State and Society - Volume 13, Number 3, Fall 2006
Poverty, Inequality, Policy and Politics in Latin America
Poverty, Inequality, Policy and Politics in Latin America* Michelle Dion (bio) The Microeconomics of Income Distribution Dynamics in East Asia and Latin America. Edited by François Bourguignon, Francisco H. G. Ferreira, and Nora Lustig . (Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2004. Pp. 416. $38.00 paper.) Social Inclusion and Economic Development in Latin America. Edited by Mayra Buvicnić and Jacqueline Mazza with Ruthanne Deutsch . (Washington, DC: In…
International Organizations and Social Insurance in Mexico
AB STRACT How do international organizations (IOs) influence domestic social policy? This article answers this question using a comparison of IO participation in the social insurance policy making process in Mexico in the 1940s and 1990s. There are similarities and differences between the periods. During both periods, IOs contributed technical expertise to the policy design process. The principal IO participating in policy discussions and the mea…
Apsa Teaching and Learning Track Summaries—Track Four: Teaching Research Methods
A diverse group of 25 faculty and graduate students participated in the 2008 Teaching Research Methods (TRM) track. Participants represented a range of institutions—public and private, urban and rural, domestic and international, large research universities and teaching colleges. Presentations provided evidence of the heterogeneity in methods instruction and of pedagogical innovations in course design and delivery. The discussion in this year's m…
Retrenchment, Expansion and the Transformation of Mexican Social Protection Policies
Social protection policies in Mexico have been transformed since 1988 through partial retrenchment of social insurance and significant expansion of targeted or means‐tested social assistance. These changes reflect a substantial redefinition of social protection through incremental changes in policy. The changes reflect the abandonment of the goal of developing an employment‐based, universal welfare regime, which had been pursued by Mexican govern…
All-Knowing or All-Nurturing? Student Expectations, Gender Roles, and Practical Suggestions for Women in the Classroom
Student evaluations of teaching (SETs) often have important effects on promotion, tenure, and merit raises, even if only through the negative effects that poor evaluations can have on these decisions (Langbein 1994). SETs can be affected by student characteristics (class, GPA, major, expected grade, gender), class characteristics (size, required, discipline, quantitative), and professor characteristics (age, gender, race, ethnicity, personality t…
Eradication Efforts, the State, Displacement and Poverty: Explaining Coca Cultivation in Colombia during Plan Colombia
This study models the sub-national pattern of coca cultivation in Colombia following the implementation of Plan Colombia (2001-2005). The results suggest that aerial eradication reduces coca cultivation primarily through creation of significant displacement and that coca cultivation is less intense in areas with a significant state presence. Further, coca cultivation appears to be more common in less developed, agricultural regions where access t…
Development, Democracy and Welfare States: Latin America, East Asia and Eastern Europe – By Stephan Haggard and Robert R. Kaufman
Globalization, Democracy, and Mexican Welfare, 1988–2006
Like many Latin American countries, Mexico not only underwent significant economic and political liberalization over the last two decades, but also transformed its welfare regime. This transformation included extensive reforms and seemingly contradictory trends. While social insurance underwent retrenchment, social assistance was ex panded.1 Mexico's privatization of its public pension system is recognized as one of the most extensive in the regi…
Workers and Welfare: Comparative Institutional Change in Twentieth-Century Mexico
Workers and Welfare: Comparative Institutional Change in Twentieth-Century Mexico
After the revolutionary period of 1910-1920, Mexico developed a number of social protection programs to support workers in public and private sectors and to establish safeguards for the poor and the aged. These included pensions, healthcare, and worker's compensation. The new welfare programs were the product of a complex interrelationship of corporate, labor, and political actors. In this unique dynamic, cross-class coalitions maintained both an…
Economic Development, Income Inequality, and Preferences for Redistribution1: Development, Inequality, and Redistribution
Adopting a cross-regional and global perspective, this article critically evaluates one of the core assertions of political economy approaches to welfare—that support for redistribution is inversely related to income. We hypothesize that economic self-interest gives way to more uniform support for redistribution in the interest of ensuring that basic or relative needs are met in less developed and highly unequal societies. To test this hypothesis…
Blogging in the Political Science Classroom
Weblogs (or blogs), as a form of communication on the Internet, have recently risen in prominence but may be poorly understood by both faculty and students. This article explains how blogs differ from other online communication tools and how political science faculty can make use of blogs in their classes. The focus is on using blogs as part of class assignments to reinforce important skills, including critical thinking, political engagement, and…
Apsa Committees
The Committee on Teaching and Learning develops and promotes activities within APSA and the political science community regarding political science and the practices and policies of higher education, including undergraduate
Planning for the Future: Methodology Training in Canadian Universities
Recent changes in government policy making and the labour market have created new opportunities for political scientists, provided that we have the skills to respond to them. We argue that changes need to be made in the area of methodology training in order to capitalize on these opportunities. Canadian political scientists should ensure that all our students acquire basic quantitative competencies, in addition to research design and qualitative …
Democratic Values, Religiosity, and Support for Same-Sex Marriage in Latin America
Latin America has been at the forefront of the expansion of rights for same-sex couples. Proponents of same-sex marriage frame the issue as related to human rights and democratic deepening; opponents emphasize morality tied to religious values. Elite framing shapes public opinion when frames resonate with individuals' values and the frame source is deemed credible. Using surveys in 18 Latin American countries in 2010 and 2012, this article demons…
Transnational wealth-related health inequality measurement
The study of international differences in wealth-related health inequalities has traditionally consisted of country-by-country comparisons using own-country relative measures of socioeconomic status, which effectively ignores absolute differences in both wealth and health that can differ between and within countries. To address these limitations, we propose an alternative approach: that of constructing a transnational measure of wealth-related he…
Evidence-informed policymaking and policy innovation in a low-income country: Does policy network structure matter
The application of social network analysis to policy networks continues to grow, including the application of social network analysis tools and concepts in order to explain policy outcomes. Gaps in this field of study persist in terms of both policy issues studied, as well as types of polities or networks analysed. This study extends previous research on the role of network structure in shaping policy outcomes by analysing network structure’s eff…
Gendered Citation Patterns across Political Science and Social Science Methodology Fields
Accumulated evidence identifies discernible gender gaps across many dimensions of professional academic careers including salaries, publication rates, journal placement, career progress, and academic service. Recent work in political science also reveals gender gaps in citations, with articles written by men citing work by other male scholars more often than work by female scholars. This study estimates the gender gap in citations across politica…
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