Jay Barth
Biographic Data
| ID | 3628501 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jay Barth |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jay |
| FAMILY NAME | Barth |
| SIGNATURE | BARTH J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hendrix College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 217 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
In the Interest of Millennials? Exploring Generational Representation in US State Legislatures
The literature on representation has shown that those who reflect the characteristics, traits, and/or experiences of a group (descriptive representation) are more likely to represent that group’s interests (substantive representation). In this paper, we argue that questions about representation should be considered with regard to generational identity. Drawing upon research that shows the importance of the Millennial Generation identity for under…
Remembering the Little Rock Central High Crisis: The Pryor Center's Distinctive Insights
FABry Disease Patient-Reported Outcome-GastroIntestinal (FABPRO-GI): A new Fabry disease-specific gastrointestinal outcomes instrument
With evidence of content validity, the 24-h and 7-day FABPRO-GI are the first Fabry disease-specific patient-reported outcomes to assess GI signs and symptoms in patients with Fabry disease with potential for use in clinical trials and real-world settings, respectively
Direct Democracy, Educative Effects, and the (Mis)Measurement of Ballot Measure Awareness
Planting in Fertile Soil: The National Rifle Association and State Firearms Legislation
Objective Are increases in citizen demand for guns a boon to advocates of firearms deregulation? We examine this question via state firearms legislation approved between 2009 and 2013, a period marked both by state activism regarding firearms and large surges in the demand for guns in response to Barack Obama's two presidential elections. Methods We conduct a multivariate analysis of an original data set of state firearms laws approved between 20…
Educating Citizens or Defying Federal Authority? A Comparative Study of In-State Tuition for Undocumented Students: Reich/Barth: In-State Tuition for Undocumented Students
Recent years have witnessed a proliferation of state government policies addressing immigration-related issues. This article addresses an example of state policy regarding immigration: since 2001, 11 state legislatures have granted undocumented high school graduates in-state tuition status should they wish to attend public post-secondary schools, while 18 others have considered, and rejected, the same policy. We argue that these outcomes are larg…
The Impact of Contact with Gay and Lesbian Couples on Attitudes about Gays/Lesbians and Gay‐Related Policies
Contact with individual lesbians and gay men leads to more positive evaluations of the group and more support for pro‐LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) public policies. Increasingly, gay rights activists are making “gay families” central to their communications to the public about gay issues and policies. This prompts a new question in the area of contact theory: does contact with same‐sex couples have a different impact on attitudes…
The Media, the Medium, and Malaise: Assessing the Effects of Campaign Media Exposure with Panel Data
In this article we extend recent work on exposure to campaign advertisements, comparing the effects of television ads, radio ads, and campaign-related e-mails using an unusual panel data set that provides information on multiple media sources. Our findings, which control for the endogeneity problem that has plagued much work in political communications, confirm that media exposure does affect citizen attitudes. We also find additional evidence th…
Political Culture, Public Opinion, and Policy (Non)Diffusion: The Case of Gay‐ and Lesbian‐Related Issues in Arkansas
Objectives. Just after three in four Arkansas voters endorsed a state constitutional amendment barring state recognition of same‐sex marriages, a comprehensive state‐level survey allowed a closer look into the attitudes of Arkansans on a variety of gay‐ and lesbian‐related issues. When placed in the context of Arkansas's political culture and ideological patters, this serves as a case study of the relationship between public opinion, specific pol…
Community Context, Personal Contact, and Support for an Anti—Gay Rights Referendum
Using data from an unusual survey, we gauge factors influencing support for a state anti—gay rights referendum. After controlling for other powerful predictors of attitudes, we find personal contact (especially relevant and voluntary contact) has an important impact on public support, although community context does not. These findings support an integrated notion of interactions with “out” groups, grounded in social categorization theory, that s…
Pursuing the Early Voter: Does the Early Bird Get the Worm
In the 2004 election, 30 states offered the option to vote before Election Day with no excuse (National Conference of State Legislators, 2004 National Conference of State Legislatures . ( 2004 ). Absentee and early voting, updated October 27, 2004. Available from http://www.ncsl.org/programs/legman/elect/absentearly.htm. Accessed 13 January 2005 . [Google Scholar]), up from 26 in 2002. For parties, interest groups, and campaigns that have begun e…
Mobilizing the Seldom Voter: Campaign Contact and Effects in High-Profile Elections
The Boy from Altheimer: From the Depression to the Boardroom
The Boy from Altheimer: From the Depression to the Boardroom. By William H. Bowen. (Fayette vil le: University of Arkansas Press, 2006. Pp. xiii, 202. Foreword by Bill Clinton, illustrations, appendix, notes, index. $19.95, paper.) William H. Bowen came of age in a rural, agrarian, and Jim Crowdefined society and then left Arkansas for service in World War II, his early years paralleling those of thousands of other men born in the 1920s. But, as …
Arkansas Politics and Government
Published a decade and a half after late Diane D. Blair's influential book Arkansas Politics and Government, this freshly revised edition builds on her work, which highlighted both decades of failure by Arkansas's government to live up to state's motto of Regnat Populus (The People Rule) and positive trends of democracy. Since first edition, Arkansas has seen two-term U.S. presidency of a native son, retirement of players who defined state's poli…
Numeracy About Minority Populations: Americans’ Estimations of Local Gay Population Size
Previous research on demographic innumeracy has consistently shown that Americans have grossly inflated perceptions of minority population sizes at the national level. We present data from a survey indicating that Americans have significantly more reasonable estimations of homosexuals populations in their local communities. We argue that such findings serve as a needed corrective to the view that Americans are hopelessly ignorant about minority c…
Radio Advertising in American Political Campaigns: The Persistence, Importance, and Effects of Narrowcasting
Although much research has been done on advertising in American political campaigns, virtually all has focused on the use of television. The dearth of work on radio advertising limits our ability to fully understand American electoral dynamics. More campaigns use radio than television, and there is reason to suspect that the narrowcasting that is possible with highly targeted radio ads may be substantively different from the campaign messages tha…
Mighty Peculiar Elections: The New South Gubernatorial Campaigns of 1970 and the Changing Politics of Race
In this work, Randy Sanders aims to capture a moment in a time of transition when four gubernatorial races in 1970 revealed a great deal about the politics of race and changing attitudes in the south as well as the nation
Are Gay Men and Lesbians in the South the New “Threat”: Regional Comparisons of the Contact Theory
While we have shown that increased contact with gay men and lesbians does positively alter attitudes toward that group in the United States, these findings may not hold for the American South. First, a long series of analyses of racial politics in the region have shown that, contrary to the contact theory, white southerners' attitudes towards African‐Americans are actually inversely related to the percentage of blacks in their community. Second, …
Provincialism, Personalism, and Politics: Campaign Spending and the 2002 U.S. Senate Race in Arkansas
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Gender and Gubernatorial Personality
Recent work in state politics has presented conflicting evidence regarding whether male and female political actors view and use power in different manners. In contrast with the previous works that have generally focused on gender differences in the legislative arena, this paper examines differences between male and female governors in the expressions of different notions of power in their personalities. Applying measurement strategies grounded i…
Gender and gubernatorial personality
American Governors and their Constituents: The Relationship between Gubernatorial Personality and Public Approval
Public approval is an important tool for chief executives. It helps predict their re-election success and it may translate into greater legislative and administrative policy success. Does a governor's personality influence his or her public approval? We address this question by examining the effects of three gubernatorial motives—affiliation-intimacy, achievement, and power—on public approval. We hypothesize that governors who are especially moti…
Contact, Community Context, and Public Attitudes toward Gay Men and Lesbians
Contact theory holds that interaction with members of minority groups makes members of the majority more tolerant. Unfortunately, in the case of homosexuals, previous research has been limited by significant conceptual and methodological problems. In this study, we attempt to alleviate these past problems by reconceptualizing the notion of contact to hypothesize that citizens who live in communities with larger gay populations will have significa…
Governors in the Legislative Arena: The Importance of Personality in Shaping Success
Research on the leadership of executives in the United States typically follows one of two traditions, emphasizing either characteristics of the incumbent or features of the office. This article brings together these traditions. It draws upon the work of Winter to develop measures of three aspects of personality—the power, achievement, and affiliation drives—and hypothesizes that the power and achievement motives are exhibited in conjunction by s…
The Central High Museum and Visitor Center Laura Miller
Community Context, Personal Contact, and Support for an Anti—Gay Rights Referendum
Using data from an unusual survey, we gauge factors influencing support for a state anti—gay rights referendum. After controlling for other powerful predictors of attitudes, we find personal contact (especially relevant and voluntary contact) has an important impact on public support, although community context does not. These findings support an integrated notion of interactions with “out” groups, grounded in social categorization theory, that s…
Contact, Community Context, and Public Attitudes toward Gay Men and Lesbians
Contact theory holds that interaction with members of minority groups makes members of the majority more tolerant. Unfortunately, in the case of homosexuals, previous research has been limited by significant conceptual and methodological problems. In this study, we attempt to alleviate these past problems by reconceptualizing the notion of contact to hypothesize that citizens who live in communities with larger gay populations will have significa…
The Impact of Contact with Gay and Lesbian Couples on Attitudes about Gays/Lesbians and Gay‐Related Policies
Contact with individual lesbians and gay men leads to more positive evaluations of the group and more support for pro‐LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) public policies. Increasingly, gay rights activists are making “gay families” central to their communications to the public about gay issues and policies. This prompts a new question in the area of contact theory: does contact with same‐sex couples have a different impact on attitudes…
Mobilizing the Seldom Voter: Campaign Contact and Effects in High-Profile Elections
Educating Citizens or Defying Federal Authority? A Comparative Study of In-State Tuition for Undocumented Students: Reich/Barth: In-State Tuition for Undocumented Students
Recent years have witnessed a proliferation of state government policies addressing immigration-related issues. This article addresses an example of state policy regarding immigration: since 2001, 11 state legislatures have granted undocumented high school graduates in-state tuition status should they wish to attend public post-secondary schools, while 18 others have considered, and rejected, the same policy. We argue that these outcomes are larg…
Are Gay Men and Lesbians in the South the New “Threat”: Regional Comparisons of the Contact Theory
While we have shown that increased contact with gay men and lesbians does positively alter attitudes toward that group in the United States, these findings may not hold for the American South. First, a long series of analyses of racial politics in the region have shown that, contrary to the contact theory, white southerners' attitudes towards African‐Americans are actually inversely related to the percentage of blacks in their community. Second, …
American Governors and their Constituents: The Relationship between Gubernatorial Personality and Public Approval
Public approval is an important tool for chief executives. It helps predict their re-election success and it may translate into greater legislative and administrative policy success. Does a governor's personality influence his or her public approval? We address this question by examining the effects of three gubernatorial motives—affiliation-intimacy, achievement, and power—on public approval. We hypothesize that governors who are especially moti…
Governors in the Legislative Arena: The Importance of Personality in Shaping Success
Research on the leadership of executives in the United States typically follows one of two traditions, emphasizing either characteristics of the incumbent or features of the office. This article brings together these traditions. It draws upon the work of Winter to develop measures of three aspects of personality—the power, achievement, and affiliation drives—and hypothesizes that the power and achievement motives are exhibited in conjunction by s…
Direct Democracy, Educative Effects, and the (Mis)Measurement of Ballot Measure Awareness
Radio Advertising in American Political Campaigns: The Persistence, Importance, and Effects of Narrowcasting
Although much research has been done on advertising in American political campaigns, virtually all has focused on the use of television. The dearth of work on radio advertising limits our ability to fully understand American electoral dynamics. More campaigns use radio than television, and there is reason to suspect that the narrowcasting that is possible with highly targeted radio ads may be substantively different from the campaign messages tha…
Planting in Fertile Soil: The National Rifle Association and State Firearms Legislation
Objective Are increases in citizen demand for guns a boon to advocates of firearms deregulation? We examine this question via state firearms legislation approved between 2009 and 2013, a period marked both by state activism regarding firearms and large surges in the demand for guns in response to Barack Obama's two presidential elections. Methods We conduct a multivariate analysis of an original data set of state firearms laws approved between 20…
The Media, the Medium, and Malaise: Assessing the Effects of Campaign Media Exposure with Panel Data
In this article we extend recent work on exposure to campaign advertisements, comparing the effects of television ads, radio ads, and campaign-related e-mails using an unusual panel data set that provides information on multiple media sources. Our findings, which control for the endogeneity problem that has plagued much work in political communications, confirm that media exposure does affect citizen attitudes. We also find additional evidence th…
Political Culture, Public Opinion, and Policy (Non)Diffusion: The Case of Gay‐ and Lesbian‐Related Issues in Arkansas
Objectives. Just after three in four Arkansas voters endorsed a state constitutional amendment barring state recognition of same‐sex marriages, a comprehensive state‐level survey allowed a closer look into the attitudes of Arkansans on a variety of gay‐ and lesbian‐related issues. When placed in the context of Arkansas's political culture and ideological patters, this serves as a case study of the relationship between public opinion, specific pol…
Numeracy About Minority Populations: Americans’ Estimations of Local Gay Population Size
Previous research on demographic innumeracy has consistently shown that Americans have grossly inflated perceptions of minority population sizes at the national level. We present data from a survey indicating that Americans have significantly more reasonable estimations of homosexuals populations in their local communities. We argue that such findings serve as a needed corrective to the view that Americans are hopelessly ignorant about minority c…
Pursuing the Early Voter: Does the Early Bird Get the Worm
In the 2004 election, 30 states offered the option to vote before Election Day with no excuse (National Conference of State Legislators, 2004 National Conference of State Legislatures . ( 2004 ). Absentee and early voting, updated October 27, 2004. Available from http://www.ncsl.org/programs/legman/elect/absentearly.htm. Accessed 13 January 2005 . [Google Scholar]), up from 26 in 2002. For parties, interest groups, and campaigns that have begun e…
Arkansas Politics and Government
Published a decade and a half after late Diane D. Blair's influential book Arkansas Politics and Government, this freshly revised edition builds on her work, which highlighted both decades of failure by Arkansas's government to live up to state's motto of Regnat Populus (The People Rule) and positive trends of democracy. Since first edition, Arkansas has seen two-term U.S. presidency of a native son, retirement of players who defined state's poli…
Provincialism, Personalism, and Politics: Campaign Spending and the 2002 U.S. Senate Race in Arkansas
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Gender and Gubernatorial Personality
Recent work in state politics has presented conflicting evidence regarding whether male and female political actors view and use power in different manners. In contrast with the previous works that have generally focused on gender differences in the legislative arena, this paper examines differences between male and female governors in the expressions of different notions of power in their personalities. Applying measurement strategies grounded i…
In the Interest of Millennials? Exploring Generational Representation in US State Legislatures
The literature on representation has shown that those who reflect the characteristics, traits, and/or experiences of a group (descriptive representation) are more likely to represent that group’s interests (substantive representation). In this paper, we argue that questions about representation should be considered with regard to generational identity. Drawing upon research that shows the importance of the Millennial Generation identity for under…
The South
Arkansas Politics: A Reader
The New Politics of the Old South: An Introduction to Southern Politics . Charles S. Bullock III , Mark J. Rozell
The Central High Museum and Visitor Center Laura Miller
Gender and Gubernatorial Personality
Recent work in state politics has presented conflicting evidence regarding whether male and female political actors view and use power in different manners. In contrast with the previous works that have generally focused on gender differences in the legislative arena, this paper examines differences between male and female governors in the expressions of different notions of power in their personalities. Applying measurement strategies grounded i…
Gender and gubernatorial personality
American Governors and their Constituents: The Relationship between Gubernatorial Personality and Public Approval
Public approval is an important tool for chief executives. It helps predict their re-election success and it may translate into greater legislative and administrative policy success. Does a governor's personality influence his or her public approval? We address this question by examining the effects of three gubernatorial motives—affiliation-intimacy, achievement, and power—on public approval. We hypothesize that governors who are especially moti…
Contact, Community Context, and Public Attitudes toward Gay Men and Lesbians
Contact theory holds that interaction with members of minority groups makes members of the majority more tolerant. Unfortunately, in the case of homosexuals, previous research has been limited by significant conceptual and methodological problems. In this study, we attempt to alleviate these past problems by reconceptualizing the notion of contact to hypothesize that citizens who live in communities with larger gay populations will have significa…
Governors in the Legislative Arena: The Importance of Personality in Shaping Success
Research on the leadership of executives in the United States typically follows one of two traditions, emphasizing either characteristics of the incumbent or features of the office. This article brings together these traditions. It draws upon the work of Winter to develop measures of three aspects of personality—the power, achievement, and affiliation drives—and hypothesizes that the power and achievement motives are exhibited in conjunction by s…
Mighty Peculiar Elections: The New South Gubernatorial Campaigns of 1970 and the Changing Politics of Race
In this work, Randy Sanders aims to capture a moment in a time of transition when four gubernatorial races in 1970 revealed a great deal about the politics of race and changing attitudes in the south as well as the nation
Are Gay Men and Lesbians in the South the New “Threat”: Regional Comparisons of the Contact Theory
While we have shown that increased contact with gay men and lesbians does positively alter attitudes toward that group in the United States, these findings may not hold for the American South. First, a long series of analyses of racial politics in the region have shown that, contrary to the contact theory, white southerners' attitudes towards African‐Americans are actually inversely related to the percentage of blacks in their community. Second, …
Provincialism, Personalism, and Politics: Campaign Spending and the 2002 U.S. Senate Race in Arkansas
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The Boy from Altheimer: From the Depression to the Boardroom
The Boy from Altheimer: From the Depression to the Boardroom. By William H. Bowen. (Fayette vil le: University of Arkansas Press, 2006. Pp. xiii, 202. Foreword by Bill Clinton, illustrations, appendix, notes, index. $19.95, paper.) William H. Bowen came of age in a rural, agrarian, and Jim Crowdefined society and then left Arkansas for service in World War II, his early years paralleling those of thousands of other men born in the 1920s. But, as …
Arkansas Politics and Government
Published a decade and a half after late Diane D. Blair's influential book Arkansas Politics and Government, this freshly revised edition builds on her work, which highlighted both decades of failure by Arkansas's government to live up to state's motto of Regnat Populus (The People Rule) and positive trends of democracy. Since first edition, Arkansas has seen two-term U.S. presidency of a native son, retirement of players who defined state's poli…
Numeracy About Minority Populations: Americans’ Estimations of Local Gay Population Size
Previous research on demographic innumeracy has consistently shown that Americans have grossly inflated perceptions of minority population sizes at the national level. We present data from a survey indicating that Americans have significantly more reasonable estimations of homosexuals populations in their local communities. We argue that such findings serve as a needed corrective to the view that Americans are hopelessly ignorant about minority c…
Radio Advertising in American Political Campaigns: The Persistence, Importance, and Effects of Narrowcasting
Although much research has been done on advertising in American political campaigns, virtually all has focused on the use of television. The dearth of work on radio advertising limits our ability to fully understand American electoral dynamics. More campaigns use radio than television, and there is reason to suspect that the narrowcasting that is possible with highly targeted radio ads may be substantively different from the campaign messages tha…
Pursuing the Early Voter: Does the Early Bird Get the Worm
In the 2004 election, 30 states offered the option to vote before Election Day with no excuse (National Conference of State Legislators, 2004 National Conference of State Legislatures . ( 2004 ). Absentee and early voting, updated October 27, 2004. Available from http://www.ncsl.org/programs/legman/elect/absentearly.htm. Accessed 13 January 2005 . [Google Scholar]), up from 26 in 2002. For parties, interest groups, and campaigns that have begun e…
Mobilizing the Seldom Voter: Campaign Contact and Effects in High-Profile Elections
The Impact of Contact with Gay and Lesbian Couples on Attitudes about Gays/Lesbians and Gay‐Related Policies
Contact with individual lesbians and gay men leads to more positive evaluations of the group and more support for pro‐LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) public policies. Increasingly, gay rights activists are making “gay families” central to their communications to the public about gay issues and policies. This prompts a new question in the area of contact theory: does contact with same‐sex couples have a different impact on attitudes…
The Media, the Medium, and Malaise: Assessing the Effects of Campaign Media Exposure with Panel Data
In this article we extend recent work on exposure to campaign advertisements, comparing the effects of television ads, radio ads, and campaign-related e-mails using an unusual panel data set that provides information on multiple media sources. Our findings, which control for the endogeneity problem that has plagued much work in political communications, confirm that media exposure does affect citizen attitudes. We also find additional evidence th…
Political Culture, Public Opinion, and Policy (Non)Diffusion: The Case of Gay‐ and Lesbian‐Related Issues in Arkansas
Objectives. Just after three in four Arkansas voters endorsed a state constitutional amendment barring state recognition of same‐sex marriages, a comprehensive state‐level survey allowed a closer look into the attitudes of Arkansans on a variety of gay‐ and lesbian‐related issues. When placed in the context of Arkansas's political culture and ideological patters, this serves as a case study of the relationship between public opinion, specific pol…
Community Context, Personal Contact, and Support for an Anti—Gay Rights Referendum
Using data from an unusual survey, we gauge factors influencing support for a state anti—gay rights referendum. After controlling for other powerful predictors of attitudes, we find personal contact (especially relevant and voluntary contact) has an important impact on public support, although community context does not. These findings support an integrated notion of interactions with “out” groups, grounded in social categorization theory, that s…
Educating Citizens or Defying Federal Authority? A Comparative Study of In-State Tuition for Undocumented Students: Reich/Barth: In-State Tuition for Undocumented Students
Recent years have witnessed a proliferation of state government policies addressing immigration-related issues. This article addresses an example of state policy regarding immigration: since 2001, 11 state legislatures have granted undocumented high school graduates in-state tuition status should they wish to attend public post-secondary schools, while 18 others have considered, and rejected, the same policy. We argue that these outcomes are larg…
Planting in Fertile Soil: The National Rifle Association and State Firearms Legislation
Objective Are increases in citizen demand for guns a boon to advocates of firearms deregulation? We examine this question via state firearms legislation approved between 2009 and 2013, a period marked both by state activism regarding firearms and large surges in the demand for guns in response to Barack Obama's two presidential elections. Methods We conduct a multivariate analysis of an original data set of state firearms laws approved between 20…
Direct Democracy, Educative Effects, and the (Mis)Measurement of Ballot Measure Awareness
Political science (24 works) · Law (18 works) · Politics (17 works) · Law (13 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (12 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Public Administration (8 works)