Wayne L Hoffman
Biographic Data
| ID | 3711213 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wayne L Hoffman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wayne L |
| FAMILY NAME | Hoffman |
| SIGNATURE | HOFFMAN W L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin System |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
An Application of Nonparticipation Data In Recreation Research: Testing the Opportunity Theory
Responses given for not participating in one or more of 19 outdoor recreation activities are analyzed to ascertain whether individuals belonging to distinct recreation groups and socioeconomic categories perceive recreation opportunities in the same manner. The findings suggest that the opportunity theory of leisure may be applicable only to certain segments of the population. Individuals from the lower social strata and less active recreation gr…
The Politics of Public Assistance Reform: An Essay Review
This essay reviews two recent works on the origins, nature, and fate of welfare reform during the Nixon administration's first term. It assesses the publications of Bowler and the Burkes in the light of both the political science literature on incrementalism and executive-congressional relations, and the debate over the impact of policy analysis on American domestic reforms. Finally, the essay speculates on the prospects for future change in Amer…
The Democratic Response of Urban Governments: An Empirical Test with Simple Spatial Models
Among the normative concerns of social scientists, one of the greatest lacunae is evaluation of government performance in light of populist democratic criteria. While formal theorists have continued elaborating models of a competitive political process, and while the search for an appropriate and serviceable welfare criterion goes on, the empirical application of our existing descriptive and prescriptive insights mostly waits in abeyance. This pa…
The Status Of Geography: An ‘Attitude-Opinion’ Survey Of The Aag Membership
The Youngstown School Levies: A Geographical Analysis in Voting Behavior
The Spatial Response of Negroes and Whites Toward Open Housing: The Flint Referendum
The white and Negro response to the 1968 open housing referendum in Flint, Michigan, is used to investigate spatial variations in attitudes. Simple and step-wise multiple regression models were utilized that incorporated measures of income, education, housing, and distance. Separate analyses were made for the white and Negro voting behavior. For the white population it was hypothesized that a positive vote would be associated with high median inc…
The Geography of Federal Grants-in-Aid to States
1 There have been a number of recent books and articles on federalism and on the political and economic programs of the government: W. Anderson: The Nation and States, Rivals or Partners? (Minneapolis, 1955); J. F. Due: Government Finance (Homewood, Illinois, 1959); M. Grodzins: American Political Parties and the American System, Western Polit. Quart., Vol. 13, 1960, pp. 974-988; T. R. Dye: Politics, Economics, and the Public: Policy Outcomes in …
An Application of Nonparticipation Data In Recreation Research: Testing the Opportunity Theory
Responses given for not participating in one or more of 19 outdoor recreation activities are analyzed to ascertain whether individuals belonging to distinct recreation groups and socioeconomic categories perceive recreation opportunities in the same manner. The findings suggest that the opportunity theory of leisure may be applicable only to certain segments of the population. Individuals from the lower social strata and less active recreation gr…
The Spatial Response of Negroes and Whites Toward Open Housing: The Flint Referendum
The white and Negro response to the 1968 open housing referendum in Flint, Michigan, is used to investigate spatial variations in attitudes. Simple and step-wise multiple regression models were utilized that incorporated measures of income, education, housing, and distance. Separate analyses were made for the white and Negro voting behavior. For the white population it was hypothesized that a positive vote would be associated with high median inc…
The Geography of Federal Grants-in-Aid to States
1 There have been a number of recent books and articles on federalism and on the political and economic programs of the government: W. Anderson: The Nation and States, Rivals or Partners? (Minneapolis, 1955); J. F. Due: Government Finance (Homewood, Illinois, 1959); M. Grodzins: American Political Parties and the American System, Western Polit. Quart., Vol. 13, 1960, pp. 974-988; T. R. Dye: Politics, Economics, and the Public: Policy Outcomes in …
The Youngstown School Levies: A Geographical Analysis in Voting Behavior
The Politics of Public Assistance Reform: An Essay Review
This essay reviews two recent works on the origins, nature, and fate of welfare reform during the Nixon administration's first term. It assesses the publications of Bowler and the Burkes in the light of both the political science literature on incrementalism and executive-congressional relations, and the debate over the impact of policy analysis on American domestic reforms. Finally, the essay speculates on the prospects for future change in Amer…
The Democratic Response of Urban Governments: An Empirical Test with Simple Spatial Models
Among the normative concerns of social scientists, one of the greatest lacunae is evaluation of government performance in light of populist democratic criteria. While formal theorists have continued elaborating models of a competitive political process, and while the search for an appropriate and serviceable welfare criterion goes on, the empirical application of our existing descriptive and prescriptive insights mostly waits in abeyance. This pa…
The Geography of Federal Grants-in-Aid to States
1 There have been a number of recent books and articles on federalism and on the political and economic programs of the government: W. Anderson: The Nation and States, Rivals or Partners? (Minneapolis, 1955); J. F. Due: Government Finance (Homewood, Illinois, 1959); M. Grodzins: American Political Parties and the American System, Western Polit. Quart., Vol. 13, 1960, pp. 974-988; T. R. Dye: Politics, Economics, and the Public: Policy Outcomes in …
The Youngstown School Levies: A Geographical Analysis in Voting Behavior
The Spatial Response of Negroes and Whites Toward Open Housing: The Flint Referendum
The white and Negro response to the 1968 open housing referendum in Flint, Michigan, is used to investigate spatial variations in attitudes. Simple and step-wise multiple regression models were utilized that incorporated measures of income, education, housing, and distance. Separate analyses were made for the white and Negro voting behavior. For the white population it was hypothesized that a positive vote would be associated with high median inc…
The Status Of Geography: An ‘Attitude-Opinion’ Survey Of The Aag Membership
The Politics of Public Assistance Reform: An Essay Review
This essay reviews two recent works on the origins, nature, and fate of welfare reform during the Nixon administration's first term. It assesses the publications of Bowler and the Burkes in the light of both the political science literature on incrementalism and executive-congressional relations, and the debate over the impact of policy analysis on American domestic reforms. Finally, the essay speculates on the prospects for future change in Amer…
The Democratic Response of Urban Governments: An Empirical Test with Simple Spatial Models
Among the normative concerns of social scientists, one of the greatest lacunae is evaluation of government performance in light of populist democratic criteria. While formal theorists have continued elaborating models of a competitive political process, and while the search for an appropriate and serviceable welfare criterion goes on, the empirical application of our existing descriptive and prescriptive insights mostly waits in abeyance. This pa…
An Application of Nonparticipation Data In Recreation Research: Testing the Opportunity Theory
Responses given for not participating in one or more of 19 outdoor recreation activities are analyzed to ascertain whether individuals belonging to distinct recreation groups and socioeconomic categories perceive recreation opportunities in the same manner. The findings suggest that the opportunity theory of leisure may be applicable only to certain segments of the population. Individuals from the lower social strata and less active recreation gr…
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