John Mcadams
Biographic Data
| ID | 349584 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Mcadams |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcadams |
| SIGNATURE | MCADAMS J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Marquette University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 223 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
The New Class in Post-Industrial Society
The traditional class analysis of politics in industrial societies described a conflict that pitted the well-off business class against the working class in a "democratic class struggle." This book ho
Congressmen, Perquisites, and Elections
This paper examines the so-called "perquisites/constituency service" hypothesis that purports to explain incumbents' electoral margins in congressional elections. First, it reviews the individual-level and aggregate-level studies, pointing out serious problems in measurements and methodology and concluding that existing literature does not and cannot support the thesis. Second, using 1984 CPS/NES data, the paper models the voting decisions in 198…
Determinants of Spending by House Challengers, 1974-84
The ways in which strategic politicians target House incumbents thought to be vulnerable to electoral challenge are of great interest to those concerned with the functioning of Congress as a representative institution. Previous research has shown that a narrow electoral margin draws strong opposition. We extend this line of analysis by examining the effects of constituency attentiveness, perquisite use, exogenous district partisanship and ideolog…
Entrepreneur or Agent; Congressmen and the Distribution of Casework, 1977-1978
Testing the Theory of the New Class
This article tests the theory that a post-industrial economic order gives rise to an elite which has a class interest in the expansion of government: the New Class. Cluster analysis of large national surveys reveals the existence of such a group, identifiable by liberal policy preferences and a pattern of group identifications which clearly distinguish it from the traditional middle and working classes. This New Class is concentrated in the profe…
Alternatives for Dealing with Errors in the Variables: An Example Using Panel Data
There are, as we know, sins both of omission and of commission. The thesis of this paper is that failure to seriously treat the problem of errors in the variables is one of the most common sins of omission in contemporary political science. It is not as though political scientists believe that all their variables are measured with perfect reliability. A large literature, well attended to, has shown that many (and often most) survey respondents gi…
Status polarization of social welfare attitudes
Constituency Attentiveness in the House: 1977-1982
This paper examines the constituency-oriented behavior of House incumbents using both public-record and interview data from the late 1970s and early 1980s. It evaluates three broad theoretical perspectives: the rational, which sees constituency attentiveness as the result of electoral threat; the institutional, which holds that the House itself is a powerful molder of behavior; and the sociological, which sees behavior of incumbents as a function…
Representational Styles in the U.S. House of Representatives
This paper attempts to explicate and test the assumptions underlying typologies of legislative behavior. Quantitative data on a wide range of behaviors of 150 House members are used to produce a typology of styles of congressional behavior and to test two related theories of congressional behavior. Cluster analylsis reveals four distinct types of representatives: (1) activists, who are fairly extreme ideologically, highly active and highly visibl…
The Anti‐policy Analysts
The Voter in the 1982 House Elections
Comprehensive micro-level models of voter behavior in House elections first became possible with the release of the 1978 National Election Study of the Center for Political Studies. This study generated an enormous volume of scholarly work. The 1980 National Election Study caused less of a stir, although reports of some findings are beginning to be published. Prudence demands that findings from earlier analyses be replicated with later data, both…
The 1980 House Elections: Re-examining Some Theories in a Republican Year
This paper uses data from the 1980 CPS National Election Study to evaluate the findings of researchers who have used the 1978 CPS National Election Study, and to examine the nature of the Republican House gains in 1980. Our analysis shows a high degree of policy-oriented voting in 1980, as well as substantial retrospective voting. Some (somewhat ambiguous) evidence indicates a significant effect for the perquisites of the congressional office. Ch…
Does Casework Matter? A Reply to Professor Fiorina
As should all reviewers, Professor Morris Fiorina has not only commented forcefully on our article but has sought, in the best academic tradition, to teach two naive empiricists that an oversimplistic approach to a complex problem simply won't do. Of course it won't. But simple is not the same thing as simplistic. An acute and sophisticated understanding can underlie a simple model, while a complex model may be the result of simplistic thinking. …
The Congressional Incumbency Effect: Is It Casework, Policy Compatibility, or Something Else? An Examination of the 1978 Election
Using returns from the 1978 congressional elections, we estimate the effects of three strategies that incumbents may use to increase their vote totals and improve their reelection prospects: (1) the provision of particularized service to constituents-the casework hypothesis, (2) ideological positioning to represent the policy preferences of the district, and (3) legislative activism, defined as appearing on the floor and introducing bills. Using …
The Congressional Incumbency Effect: Is It Casework, Policy Compatibility, or Something Else? An Examination of the 1978 Election
Using returns from the 1978 congressional elections, we estimate the effects of three strategies that incumbents may use to increase their vote totals and improve their reelection prospects: (1) the provision of particularized service to constituents-the casework hypothesis, (2) ideological positioning to represent the policy preferences of the district, and (3) legislative activism, defined as appearing on the floor and introducing bills. Using …
Congressmen, Perquisites, and Elections
This paper examines the so-called "perquisites/constituency service" hypothesis that purports to explain incumbents' electoral margins in congressional elections. First, it reviews the individual-level and aggregate-level studies, pointing out serious problems in measurements and methodology and concluding that existing literature does not and cannot support the thesis. Second, using 1984 CPS/NES data, the paper models the voting decisions in 198…
Constituency Attentiveness in the House: 1977-1982
This paper examines the constituency-oriented behavior of House incumbents using both public-record and interview data from the late 1970s and early 1980s. It evaluates three broad theoretical perspectives: the rational, which sees constituency attentiveness as the result of electoral threat; the institutional, which holds that the House itself is a powerful molder of behavior; and the sociological, which sees behavior of incumbents as a function…
Determinants of Spending by House Challengers, 1974-84
The ways in which strategic politicians target House incumbents thought to be vulnerable to electoral challenge are of great interest to those concerned with the functioning of Congress as a representative institution. Previous research has shown that a narrow electoral margin draws strong opposition. We extend this line of analysis by examining the effects of constituency attentiveness, perquisite use, exogenous district partisanship and ideolog…
Testing the Theory of the New Class
This article tests the theory that a post-industrial economic order gives rise to an elite which has a class interest in the expansion of government: the New Class. Cluster analysis of large national surveys reveals the existence of such a group, identifiable by liberal policy preferences and a pattern of group identifications which clearly distinguish it from the traditional middle and working classes. This New Class is concentrated in the profe…
The Anti‐policy Analysts
Does Casework Matter? A Reply to Professor Fiorina
As should all reviewers, Professor Morris Fiorina has not only commented forcefully on our article but has sought, in the best academic tradition, to teach two naive empiricists that an oversimplistic approach to a complex problem simply won't do. Of course it won't. But simple is not the same thing as simplistic. An acute and sophisticated understanding can underlie a simple model, while a complex model may be the result of simplistic thinking. …
Alternatives for Dealing with Errors in the Variables: An Example Using Panel Data
There are, as we know, sins both of omission and of commission. The thesis of this paper is that failure to seriously treat the problem of errors in the variables is one of the most common sins of omission in contemporary political science. It is not as though political scientists believe that all their variables are measured with perfect reliability. A large literature, well attended to, has shown that many (and often most) survey respondents gi…
The 1980 House Elections: Re-examining Some Theories in a Republican Year
This paper uses data from the 1980 CPS National Election Study to evaluate the findings of researchers who have used the 1978 CPS National Election Study, and to examine the nature of the Republican House gains in 1980. Our analysis shows a high degree of policy-oriented voting in 1980, as well as substantial retrospective voting. Some (somewhat ambiguous) evidence indicates a significant effect for the perquisites of the congressional office. Ch…
Entrepreneur or Agent; Congressmen and the Distribution of Casework, 1977-1978
The Voter in the 1982 House Elections
Comprehensive micro-level models of voter behavior in House elections first became possible with the release of the 1978 National Election Study of the Center for Political Studies. This study generated an enormous volume of scholarly work. The 1980 National Election Study caused less of a stir, although reports of some findings are beginning to be published. Prudence demands that findings from earlier analyses be replicated with later data, both…
Representational Styles in the U.S. House of Representatives
This paper attempts to explicate and test the assumptions underlying typologies of legislative behavior. Quantitative data on a wide range of behaviors of 150 House members are used to produce a typology of styles of congressional behavior and to test two related theories of congressional behavior. Cluster analylsis reveals four distinct types of representatives: (1) activists, who are fairly extreme ideologically, highly active and highly visibl…
Does Casework Matter? A Reply to Professor Fiorina
As should all reviewers, Professor Morris Fiorina has not only commented forcefully on our article but has sought, in the best academic tradition, to teach two naive empiricists that an oversimplistic approach to a complex problem simply won't do. Of course it won't. But simple is not the same thing as simplistic. An acute and sophisticated understanding can underlie a simple model, while a complex model may be the result of simplistic thinking. …
The Congressional Incumbency Effect: Is It Casework, Policy Compatibility, or Something Else? An Examination of the 1978 Election
Using returns from the 1978 congressional elections, we estimate the effects of three strategies that incumbents may use to increase their vote totals and improve their reelection prospects: (1) the provision of particularized service to constituents-the casework hypothesis, (2) ideological positioning to represent the policy preferences of the district, and (3) legislative activism, defined as appearing on the floor and introducing bills. Using …
The 1980 House Elections: Re-examining Some Theories in a Republican Year
This paper uses data from the 1980 CPS National Election Study to evaluate the findings of researchers who have used the 1978 CPS National Election Study, and to examine the nature of the Republican House gains in 1980. Our analysis shows a high degree of policy-oriented voting in 1980, as well as substantial retrospective voting. Some (somewhat ambiguous) evidence indicates a significant effect for the perquisites of the congressional office. Ch…
Representational Styles in the U.S. House of Representatives
This paper attempts to explicate and test the assumptions underlying typologies of legislative behavior. Quantitative data on a wide range of behaviors of 150 House members are used to produce a typology of styles of congressional behavior and to test two related theories of congressional behavior. Cluster analylsis reveals four distinct types of representatives: (1) activists, who are fairly extreme ideologically, highly active and highly visibl…
The Anti‐policy Analysts
The Voter in the 1982 House Elections
Comprehensive micro-level models of voter behavior in House elections first became possible with the release of the 1978 National Election Study of the Center for Political Studies. This study generated an enormous volume of scholarly work. The 1980 National Election Study caused less of a stir, although reports of some findings are beginning to be published. Prudence demands that findings from earlier analyses be replicated with later data, both…
Constituency Attentiveness in the House: 1977-1982
This paper examines the constituency-oriented behavior of House incumbents using both public-record and interview data from the late 1970s and early 1980s. It evaluates three broad theoretical perspectives: the rational, which sees constituency attentiveness as the result of electoral threat; the institutional, which holds that the House itself is a powerful molder of behavior; and the sociological, which sees behavior of incumbents as a function…
Alternatives for Dealing with Errors in the Variables: An Example Using Panel Data
There are, as we know, sins both of omission and of commission. The thesis of this paper is that failure to seriously treat the problem of errors in the variables is one of the most common sins of omission in contemporary political science. It is not as though political scientists believe that all their variables are measured with perfect reliability. A large literature, well attended to, has shown that many (and often most) survey respondents gi…
Status polarization of social welfare attitudes
Determinants of Spending by House Challengers, 1974-84
The ways in which strategic politicians target House incumbents thought to be vulnerable to electoral challenge are of great interest to those concerned with the functioning of Congress as a representative institution. Previous research has shown that a narrow electoral margin draws strong opposition. We extend this line of analysis by examining the effects of constituency attentiveness, perquisite use, exogenous district partisanship and ideolog…
Entrepreneur or Agent; Congressmen and the Distribution of Casework, 1977-1978
Testing the Theory of the New Class
This article tests the theory that a post-industrial economic order gives rise to an elite which has a class interest in the expansion of government: the New Class. Cluster analysis of large national surveys reveals the existence of such a group, identifiable by liberal policy preferences and a pattern of group identifications which clearly distinguish it from the traditional middle and working classes. This New Class is concentrated in the profe…
Congressmen, Perquisites, and Elections
This paper examines the so-called "perquisites/constituency service" hypothesis that purports to explain incumbents' electoral margins in congressional elections. First, it reviews the individual-level and aggregate-level studies, pointing out serious problems in measurements and methodology and concluding that existing literature does not and cannot support the thesis. Second, using 1984 CPS/NES data, the paper models the voting decisions in 198…
The New Class in Post-Industrial Society
The traditional class analysis of politics in industrial societies described a conflict that pitted the well-off business class against the working class in a "democratic class struggle." This book ho
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