Stan Buchanan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4122425 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stan Buchanan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stan |
| FAMILY NAME | Buchanan |
| SIGNATURE | BUCHANAN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indiana State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Variables Influencing Same-Sex Domestic Partner Benefits for College and University Faculty and Employees
The provision of health care benefits by American universities and colleges to employees and their families would seem to be a mundane administrative chore. Controversy arises, though, over the question of extending employee health benefits to other-sex partners of faculty and employees. Many American colleges and universities still do not make such a provision, despite its obvious advantages. These include, among others, both the attraction and …
Business Interest Group Power and Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
Objectives. Our aim is to test the influence of business interest groups on Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) policy at the state level. Methods. We use the state TANF guarantee, the length of time recipients have before they lose their benefits, and the existence of a “family cap” as dependent variables in three models. Each of the models tests business interest group power and several other measures that represent possible influence…
Forecasting the 2006 Elections for the U.S. House of Representatives
“To arrive at some understanding of what is going on is hard enough,” said Abraham Kaplan, “without having also to meet the demand that we anticipate what will happen next” (1964, 351). Political scientists have been taught to describe and to explain phenomena rather than to predict them. Kaplan, for one, appeared to think that this was enough. But within the rich soil of explanation, Kaplan admitted (346), lay the seed of prediction. Indeed, Car…
Forecasting the 2006 Elections for the United States Senate
“To arrive at some understanding of what is going on is hard enough,” says Abraham Kaplan, “without having also to meet the demand that we anticipate what will happen next” (1964, 351). Despite Kaplan's warning, attempts at forecasting American elections by political scientists have grown in recent years. Foreshadowing election results is not just a casual interest for political scientists. It both sparks interest in the work of our discipline, a…
Forecasting the 2006 Elections for the United States Senate
“To arrive at some understanding of what is going on is hard enough,” says Abraham Kaplan, “without having also to meet the demand that we anticipate what will happen next” (1964, 351). Despite Kaplan's warning, attempts at forecasting American elections by political scientists have grown in recent years. Foreshadowing election results is not just a casual interest for political scientists. It both sparks interest in the work of our discipline, a…
Business Interest Group Power and Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
Objectives. Our aim is to test the influence of business interest groups on Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) policy at the state level. Methods. We use the state TANF guarantee, the length of time recipients have before they lose their benefits, and the existence of a “family cap” as dependent variables in three models. Each of the models tests business interest group power and several other measures that represent possible influence…
Forecasting the 2006 Elections for the U.S. House of Representatives
“To arrive at some understanding of what is going on is hard enough,” said Abraham Kaplan, “without having also to meet the demand that we anticipate what will happen next” (1964, 351). Political scientists have been taught to describe and to explain phenomena rather than to predict them. Kaplan, for one, appeared to think that this was enough. But within the rich soil of explanation, Kaplan admitted (346), lay the seed of prediction. Indeed, Car…
Forecasting the 2006 Elections for the U.S. House of Representatives
“To arrive at some understanding of what is going on is hard enough,” said Abraham Kaplan, “without having also to meet the demand that we anticipate what will happen next” (1964, 351). Political scientists have been taught to describe and to explain phenomena rather than to predict them. Kaplan, for one, appeared to think that this was enough. But within the rich soil of explanation, Kaplan admitted (346), lay the seed of prediction. Indeed, Car…
Forecasting the 2006 Elections for the United States Senate
“To arrive at some understanding of what is going on is hard enough,” says Abraham Kaplan, “without having also to meet the demand that we anticipate what will happen next” (1964, 351). Despite Kaplan's warning, attempts at forecasting American elections by political scientists have grown in recent years. Foreshadowing election results is not just a casual interest for political scientists. It both sparks interest in the work of our discipline, a…
Business Interest Group Power and Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
Objectives. Our aim is to test the influence of business interest groups on Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) policy at the state level. Methods. We use the state TANF guarantee, the length of time recipients have before they lose their benefits, and the existence of a “family cap” as dependent variables in three models. Each of the models tests business interest group power and several other measures that represent possible influence…
Variables Influencing Same-Sex Domestic Partner Benefits for College and University Faculty and Employees
The provision of health care benefits by American universities and colleges to employees and their families would seem to be a mundane administrative chore. Controversy arises, though, over the question of extending employee health benefits to other-sex partners of faculty and employees. Many American colleges and universities still do not make such a provision, despite its obvious advantages. These include, among others, both the attraction and …
Political science (4 works) · Economics (2 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (2 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Business (1 works) · Demographic economics (1 works) · Economic growth (1 works) · Economic Theory and Institutions (1 works)