James L True
Biographic Data
| ID | 3466231 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James L True |
| GIVEN NAMES | James L |
| FAMILY NAME | True |
| SIGNATURE | TRUE J L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lamar University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 173 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Conservative Christians and Political Participation: A Reference Handbook
A timely exploration of the political history, growth, and impact of one of the most powerful religious groups in the United States. Conservative Christians and Political Participationexamines the involvement and influence of the growing number of Conservative Christians in America. A historical overview of the interaction of religion and politics from colonial times to today sets the stage for a deeper exploration into the demographics of this g…
Saying “Yes,”“No,” and “Load Me Up” to Guns in America
Debate over gun control and gun rights has energized but not explained the seesaw nature of national gun policy making. Punctuated equilibrium theory (PET) aids in understanding that process, the gun policies it produces, and the roles of the ideologically opposed coalitions that are their sources. Gun ownership remains closely related to public preferences about gun policy, and the size of the gun-owning population has begun to diminish. In this…
Avalanches and Incrementalism: Making Policy and Budgets in the United States
Incrementalism is the dominant theory for explaining government decisions about policy and budgets, but it is of little use in explaining the large-scale budget changes and policy redirections that are actually observed. This article reviews recent efforts to explain both large and small changes in government decision making, and argues that punctuated equilibrium theory offers a better way of relating politics, government institutions, and polic…
Attention, Inertia, and Equity in the Social Security Program
Payments for Old Age and Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance of Social Security constitute almost one-fourth of all the spending of the national government, and those payments are growing at an impressive rate. Social Security enjoys most of the mechanisms that bind future politicians to the preferences of the past, yet pressures for major changes continue to build. By applying punctuated equilibrium theory to Social Security, this artic…
Policy Punctuations: U.S. Budget Authority, 1947-1995
Baumgartner and Jones (1993) described a process of punctuated equilibrium in their study of policymaking in the United States since World War II Evidence was drawn from a series of particular issue-areas, but the model has implications for all areas of policymaking In this paper, we explore the validity of this approach with a new dataset that tabulates congressional budget authority at the Office of Management and Budget subfunction level acros…
Does Incrementalism Stem from Political Consensus or from Institutional Gridlock
Theory: Wildavsky (1992) indicated that consensual politics lead to incremental budget results and that dissensual politics result in large and rapid budget changes. Yet it is also possible that dissensual politics could result in policy gridlock with budgets changing very little. Hypotheses: By associating increased dissensus with divided governments and by measuring the long-term trend in budget volatility, we can test (1) whether the trend is …
Policy Punctuations: U.S. Budget Authority, 1947-1995
Baumgartner and Jones (1993) described a process of punctuated equilibrium in their study of policymaking in the United States since World War II Evidence was drawn from a series of particular issue-areas, but the model has implications for all areas of policymaking In this paper, we explore the validity of this approach with a new dataset that tabulates congressional budget authority at the Office of Management and Budget subfunction level acros…
Does Incrementalism Stem from Political Consensus or from Institutional Gridlock
Theory: Wildavsky (1992) indicated that consensual politics lead to incremental budget results and that dissensual politics result in large and rapid budget changes. Yet it is also possible that dissensual politics could result in policy gridlock with budgets changing very little. Hypotheses: By associating increased dissensus with divided governments and by measuring the long-term trend in budget volatility, we can test (1) whether the trend is …
Avalanches and Incrementalism: Making Policy and Budgets in the United States
Incrementalism is the dominant theory for explaining government decisions about policy and budgets, but it is of little use in explaining the large-scale budget changes and policy redirections that are actually observed. This article reviews recent efforts to explain both large and small changes in government decision making, and argues that punctuated equilibrium theory offers a better way of relating politics, government institutions, and polic…
Attention, Inertia, and Equity in the Social Security Program
Payments for Old Age and Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance of Social Security constitute almost one-fourth of all the spending of the national government, and those payments are growing at an impressive rate. Social Security enjoys most of the mechanisms that bind future politicians to the preferences of the past, yet pressures for major changes continue to build. By applying punctuated equilibrium theory to Social Security, this artic…
Saying “Yes,”“No,” and “Load Me Up” to Guns in America
Debate over gun control and gun rights has energized but not explained the seesaw nature of national gun policy making. Punctuated equilibrium theory (PET) aids in understanding that process, the gun policies it produces, and the roles of the ideologically opposed coalitions that are their sources. Gun ownership remains closely related to public preferences about gun policy, and the size of the gun-owning population has begun to diminish. In this…
Does Incrementalism Stem from Political Consensus or from Institutional Gridlock
Theory: Wildavsky (1992) indicated that consensual politics lead to incremental budget results and that dissensual politics result in large and rapid budget changes. Yet it is also possible that dissensual politics could result in policy gridlock with budgets changing very little. Hypotheses: By associating increased dissensus with divided governments and by measuring the long-term trend in budget volatility, we can test (1) whether the trend is …
Policy Punctuations: U.S. Budget Authority, 1947-1995
Baumgartner and Jones (1993) described a process of punctuated equilibrium in their study of policymaking in the United States since World War II Evidence was drawn from a series of particular issue-areas, but the model has implications for all areas of policymaking In this paper, we explore the validity of this approach with a new dataset that tabulates congressional budget authority at the Office of Management and Budget subfunction level acros…
Attention, Inertia, and Equity in the Social Security Program
Payments for Old Age and Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance of Social Security constitute almost one-fourth of all the spending of the national government, and those payments are growing at an impressive rate. Social Security enjoys most of the mechanisms that bind future politicians to the preferences of the past, yet pressures for major changes continue to build. By applying punctuated equilibrium theory to Social Security, this artic…
Avalanches and Incrementalism: Making Policy and Budgets in the United States
Incrementalism is the dominant theory for explaining government decisions about policy and budgets, but it is of little use in explaining the large-scale budget changes and policy redirections that are actually observed. This article reviews recent efforts to explain both large and small changes in government decision making, and argues that punctuated equilibrium theory offers a better way of relating politics, government institutions, and polic…
Saying “Yes,”“No,” and “Load Me Up” to Guns in America
Debate over gun control and gun rights has energized but not explained the seesaw nature of national gun policy making. Punctuated equilibrium theory (PET) aids in understanding that process, the gun policies it produces, and the roles of the ideologically opposed coalitions that are their sources. Gun ownership remains closely related to public preferences about gun policy, and the size of the gun-owning population has begun to diminish. In this…
Conservative Christians and Political Participation: A Reference Handbook
A timely exploration of the political history, growth, and impact of one of the most powerful religious groups in the United States. Conservative Christians and Political Participationexamines the involvement and influence of the growing number of Conservative Christians in America. A historical overview of the interaction of religion and politics from colonial times to today sets the stage for a deeper exploration into the demographics of this g…
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