Mark M Gray

Biographic Data

ID4122213
NAMEMark M Gray
GIVEN NAMESMark M
FAMILY NAMEGray
SIGNATUREGRAY M M
AFFILIATIONSGeorgetown University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS338
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2000
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
H-INDEX6

  • Strategically Prophetic Priests

    Open AccessBrian Robert Calfano, Elizabeth A Oldmixon et al.ARTICLEReview of Religious Research2014Cited by: 22References: 32

    We assess clergy political activism dynamics using data from a national survey of Roman Catholic priests. Like their elite counterparts in interest groups and other secular political institutions, clergy encounter expectations and demands from competing principals when determining how to publicly act on key political issues. Building on insights from decades of clergy politics scholarship, we leverage new perspectives of principal-based influence…

  • Promising Parties

    Open AccessMark M GrayARTICLEEuropean Review2008Cited by: 1References: 32

    The ability of political parties in advanced industrial democracies to maintain the traditional linkage between voters and their governments by making and attempting to fulfill policy promises is potentially being challenged by emerging social, political, and economic forces of the 21st century. Parties may become less meaningful to the electorate as they deal with the cross-pressures created by the forces of Europeanization, globalization, local…

  • Catholic Schooling and Disaffiliation from Catholicism

    Open AccessPaul Perl, Paul M Perl et al.ARTICLEJournal for the Scientific Study…2007Cited by: 6References: 14

    Using event history analysis of 849 adults raised Catholic, this research note examines effects of attending Catholic elementary school and high school on the likelihood one remains Catholic. Attending Catholic high school for at least three years significantly reduces the likelihood that one disaffiliates from Catholicism, reducing both the likelihood that one converts to another faith and the likelihood that one chooses to have no religion at a…

  • What Proportion of Adult Hispanics Are Catholic? A Review of Survey Data and Methodology

    Open AccessPaul Perl, Paul M Perl et al.ARTICLEJournal for the Scientific Study…2006

    The proportion of Hispanics who are Catholic remains unclear, partly because of varying survey methods and limited understanding of how these variations affect estimates of Hispanic religious identification. We compare 12 national surveys conducted since 1990. Language use strongly predicts religious identification among Hispanics—more strongly than other indicators of assimilation—and evidence suggests English‐only interviewing inflates Protesta…

  • Camelot Only Comes but Once? John F. Kerry and the Catholic Vote

    Open AccessMark M Gray, Paul M Perl et al.ARTICLEPresidential Studies Quarterly2006Cited by: 7References: 8

    Those who have believed in a “Catholic vote” as some unified bloc or as a consistent “swing” component of the U.S. electorate should pay close attention to the results of the 2004 presidential election. The failure of John F. Kerry, the first major party Catholic candidate since John F. Kennedy, to definitively win the votes of those in the electorate who share his faith should finally put to rest the myth of a Catholic presidential vote. The res…

  • Women and Globalization

    Mark M Gray, Miki Caul Kittilson et al.ARTICLEInternational Organization2006Cited by: 85References: 53

    How do rising levels of international interconnectedness affect social, economic, and political conditions for women? Research on gender and international relations frequently offers clear propositions but seldom submits them to broad, quantitative testing. This article begins to fill that gap. We advance the hypothesis that, on balance and over time, increasing cross-national exchange and communication lead to improvements in women's status and …

  • Vindicating Anthony Downs

    Open AccessMark M Gray, A WuffleARTICLEPS Political Science & Politics2005Cited by: 1References: 10

    Positive turnout rates in the United States and elsewhere are widely considered “an embarrassing limitation of the economic approach to politics” because, for any one voter, “the costs of casting a ballot in any large election are almost always greater than the potential benefits, which are dependent on the unlikely occurrence of casting the winning or tie vote in an election” (Knack 1992, 133). Green and Shapiro (1994), whose scathing critique o…

  • International Integration and National Corruption

    Open AccessWayne Sandholtz, Mark M GrayARTICLEInternational Organization2003Cited by: 59References: 39

    We argue that greater degrees of international integration lead to lower levels of corruption, which we define as the misuse of public office for private gain. We theorize that international factors affect a country's level of corruption through two principal channels. One acts through economic incentives, altering for various actors the costs and benefits of engaging in corrupt acts. The second mode is normative. Prevailing norms in internationa…

  • Declining Voter Turnout in Advanced Industrial Democracies, 1950 to 1997

    Open AccessMark Gray, Mark M Gray et al.ARTICLEComparative Political Studies2000Cited by: 157References: 26

    Past comparative voting-behavior research has revealed that electoral institutions can explain much of the variation in voter turnout between nations. This study takes an alternative and dynamic approach by identifying and explaining a pattern of turnout decline within industrial democracies, which is beyond purely institutional explanation. Multivariate analysis of a pooled cross section of 18 industrial democracies between 1950 and 1997 suggest…