John J Coleman
Biographic Data
| ID | 981258 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John J Coleman |
| GIVEN NAMES | John J |
| FAMILY NAME | Coleman |
| SIGNATURE | COLEMAN J J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7457-7502 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 222 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Above the Fray? The Use of Party System References in Presidential Rhetoric
Examining communication items from four presidents, we find that presidents link themselves to the party system rhetorically. Employment of party references is tested against recurrent features of the office and shifts in the political environment, including presidential approval, partisan independence, presidential successes and defeats in Congress, and the presence of divided government. Presidents strategically employ party system references w…
Can Drug Design Inhibit Abuse
A recent federal report indicates that prescription drug abuse is now the second leading category of illicit drug use, following marijuana use. Control strategies typically focus on reducing the diversion of prescription drugs from legitimate sources. The proliferation of unregulated Internet sources, however, has rendered control strategies less effective. This study examines a new approach that focuses on reducing abusability through the use of…
The Distribution of Campaign Spending Benefits across Groups
Coleman and Manna (2000) argue that campaign spending boosts the quality of democracy by increasing citizen knowledge about and affect toward candidates. If politically and socially advantaged groups disproportionately capture these knowledge benefits, however, then campaign spending merely perpetuates political inequality. Examining challenger and incumbent spending in 1996, I estimate the distribution of campaign spending benefits and find that…
Student Attitudes toward Instructional Technology in the Large Introductory U.S. Government Course
technologies have been around for more than a decade, and more and more faculty in all areas of academia are moving to computerbased instruction. The Campus Computing Project (1998), which conducts an annual survey of computer use in higher education, estimated that in 1998 nearly 45% of college and university courses used email (a 400% increase since 1994), one-third of all courses used Inter
Congressional Campaign Spending and the Quality of Democracy
Nearly all research on campaign finance overlooks important intermediaries between candidate spending and electoral outcomes. We consider the effects of campaign spending on a variety of factors important to the health of any democracy and political community: trust, efficacy, involvement, attention, knowledge, and affect. Our analysis of the 1994 and 1996 U.S. House elections shows that the effects of campaign spending lie more on the side of de…
Unified Government, Divided Government, and Party Responsiveness
Revisionist accounts conclude that divided and unified government do not differ significantly in the production of "important" public policy. I argue instead that when one theoretically reclaims the concerns about party responsiveness and institutional features of American politics that have animated party government scholars, unified government is significantly more productive than divided government. Employing a range of measures of important l…
The Importance of Being Republican
Few observers expected the massive Democratic defeat in the 1994 House election In 1982 observers were surprised by how few seats the Republicans lost. These two examples suggest the possibility of a wider phenomenon: Republicans are relatively advantaged in midterm elections Models containing party variables and key variables from various midterm election models provide an excellent fit to the 1950-1994 data and support the hypothesis that Repub…
The Decline and Resurgence of Congressional Party Conflict
Studies of party conflict on roll-call votes emphasize the political and structural contexts for party voting. Postwar congressional parties also worked in a macroeconomic policy context. Party conflict diminished when either unemployment or inflation was an isolated problem as the parties converged toward Keynesian solutions. The collapse of Keynesian notions in the stagflation of the 1970s stimulated party conflict. An examination of all budget…
Why Parties? The Origin and Transformation of Party Politics in America. John H. Aldrich Golden Rule
Party Organizational Strength and Public Support for Parties
Theory: Theories of party organizational resurgence suggest that the strength of party organizations counteracts weakness and decline in other portions of the party system. Hypotheses: Higher levels of total party organizational strength in an area lead to more supportive attitudes toward political parties as institutions. Consistent with Progressive fears of concentrated power, an imbalance in the organizational strength of the two parties in an…
State Formation and the Decline of Political Parties
The shifting salience of political parties is a central issue in American political development. From the debates over colonial “parties” to debates over the relevance of realignment theory in the 1980s and 1990s, scholars have attempted to assess the impact of political parties on political development. One topic that has provoked particularly extensive debate is the status of parties since World War II. Scholars point to confidence gaps, realig…
Computer-Flavored Circuit Theory-Revisited
The impact of the computer and computation on the introductory circuits courses is examined. In response to this impact, changes that include the analysis of nonlinear circuits and experimentation using APL are recommended for the teaching of the circuits courses
Unified Government, Divided Government, and Party Responsiveness
Revisionist accounts conclude that divided and unified government do not differ significantly in the production of "important" public policy. I argue instead that when one theoretically reclaims the concerns about party responsiveness and institutional features of American politics that have animated party government scholars, unified government is significantly more productive than divided government. Employing a range of measures of important l…
Congressional Campaign Spending and the Quality of Democracy
Nearly all research on campaign finance overlooks important intermediaries between candidate spending and electoral outcomes. We consider the effects of campaign spending on a variety of factors important to the health of any democracy and political community: trust, efficacy, involvement, attention, knowledge, and affect. Our analysis of the 1994 and 1996 U.S. House elections shows that the effects of campaign spending lie more on the side of de…
The Decline and Resurgence of Congressional Party Conflict
Studies of party conflict on roll-call votes emphasize the political and structural contexts for party voting. Postwar congressional parties also worked in a macroeconomic policy context. Party conflict diminished when either unemployment or inflation was an isolated problem as the parties converged toward Keynesian solutions. The collapse of Keynesian notions in the stagflation of the 1970s stimulated party conflict. An examination of all budget…
Party Organizational Strength and Public Support for Parties
Theory: Theories of party organizational resurgence suggest that the strength of party organizations counteracts weakness and decline in other portions of the party system. Hypotheses: Higher levels of total party organizational strength in an area lead to more supportive attitudes toward political parties as institutions. Consistent with Progressive fears of concentrated power, an imbalance in the organizational strength of the two parties in an…
The Distribution of Campaign Spending Benefits across Groups
Coleman and Manna (2000) argue that campaign spending boosts the quality of democracy by increasing citizen knowledge about and affect toward candidates. If politically and socially advantaged groups disproportionately capture these knowledge benefits, however, then campaign spending merely perpetuates political inequality. Examining challenger and incumbent spending in 1996, I estimate the distribution of campaign spending benefits and find that…
The Importance of Being Republican
Few observers expected the massive Democratic defeat in the 1994 House election In 1982 observers were surprised by how few seats the Republicans lost. These two examples suggest the possibility of a wider phenomenon: Republicans are relatively advantaged in midterm elections Models containing party variables and key variables from various midterm election models provide an excellent fit to the 1950-1994 data and support the hypothesis that Repub…
Above the Fray? The Use of Party System References in Presidential Rhetoric
Examining communication items from four presidents, we find that presidents link themselves to the party system rhetorically. Employment of party references is tested against recurrent features of the office and shifts in the political environment, including presidential approval, partisan independence, presidential successes and defeats in Congress, and the presence of divided government. Presidents strategically employ party system references w…
Student Attitudes toward Instructional Technology in the Large Introductory U.S. Government Course
technologies have been around for more than a decade, and more and more faculty in all areas of academia are moving to computerbased instruction. The Campus Computing Project (1998), which conducts an annual survey of computer use in higher education, estimated that in 1998 nearly 45% of college and university courses used email (a 400% increase since 1994), one-third of all courses used Inter
State Formation and the Decline of Political Parties
The shifting salience of political parties is a central issue in American political development. From the debates over colonial “parties” to debates over the relevance of realignment theory in the 1980s and 1990s, scholars have attempted to assess the impact of political parties on political development. One topic that has provoked particularly extensive debate is the status of parties since World War II. Scholars point to confidence gaps, realig…
Computer-Flavored Circuit Theory-Revisited
The impact of the computer and computation on the introductory circuits courses is examined. In response to this impact, changes that include the analysis of nonlinear circuits and experimentation using APL are recommended for the teaching of the circuits courses
State Formation and the Decline of Political Parties
The shifting salience of political parties is a central issue in American political development. From the debates over colonial “parties” to debates over the relevance of realignment theory in the 1980s and 1990s, scholars have attempted to assess the impact of political parties on political development. One topic that has provoked particularly extensive debate is the status of parties since World War II. Scholars point to confidence gaps, realig…
Why Parties? The Origin and Transformation of Party Politics in America. John H. Aldrich Golden Rule
Party Organizational Strength and Public Support for Parties
Theory: Theories of party organizational resurgence suggest that the strength of party organizations counteracts weakness and decline in other portions of the party system. Hypotheses: Higher levels of total party organizational strength in an area lead to more supportive attitudes toward political parties as institutions. Consistent with Progressive fears of concentrated power, an imbalance in the organizational strength of the two parties in an…
The Importance of Being Republican
Few observers expected the massive Democratic defeat in the 1994 House election In 1982 observers were surprised by how few seats the Republicans lost. These two examples suggest the possibility of a wider phenomenon: Republicans are relatively advantaged in midterm elections Models containing party variables and key variables from various midterm election models provide an excellent fit to the 1950-1994 data and support the hypothesis that Repub…
The Decline and Resurgence of Congressional Party Conflict
Studies of party conflict on roll-call votes emphasize the political and structural contexts for party voting. Postwar congressional parties also worked in a macroeconomic policy context. Party conflict diminished when either unemployment or inflation was an isolated problem as the parties converged toward Keynesian solutions. The collapse of Keynesian notions in the stagflation of the 1970s stimulated party conflict. An examination of all budget…
Unified Government, Divided Government, and Party Responsiveness
Revisionist accounts conclude that divided and unified government do not differ significantly in the production of "important" public policy. I argue instead that when one theoretically reclaims the concerns about party responsiveness and institutional features of American politics that have animated party government scholars, unified government is significantly more productive than divided government. Employing a range of measures of important l…
Student Attitudes toward Instructional Technology in the Large Introductory U.S. Government Course
technologies have been around for more than a decade, and more and more faculty in all areas of academia are moving to computerbased instruction. The Campus Computing Project (1998), which conducts an annual survey of computer use in higher education, estimated that in 1998 nearly 45% of college and university courses used email (a 400% increase since 1994), one-third of all courses used Inter
Congressional Campaign Spending and the Quality of Democracy
Nearly all research on campaign finance overlooks important intermediaries between candidate spending and electoral outcomes. We consider the effects of campaign spending on a variety of factors important to the health of any democracy and political community: trust, efficacy, involvement, attention, knowledge, and affect. Our analysis of the 1994 and 1996 U.S. House elections shows that the effects of campaign spending lie more on the side of de…
The Distribution of Campaign Spending Benefits across Groups
Coleman and Manna (2000) argue that campaign spending boosts the quality of democracy by increasing citizen knowledge about and affect toward candidates. If politically and socially advantaged groups disproportionately capture these knowledge benefits, however, then campaign spending merely perpetuates political inequality. Examining challenger and incumbent spending in 1996, I estimate the distribution of campaign spending benefits and find that…
Can Drug Design Inhibit Abuse
A recent federal report indicates that prescription drug abuse is now the second leading category of illicit drug use, following marijuana use. Control strategies typically focus on reducing the diversion of prescription drugs from legitimate sources. The proliferation of unregulated Internet sources, however, has rendered control strategies less effective. This study examines a new approach that focuses on reducing abusability through the use of…
Above the Fray? The Use of Party System References in Presidential Rhetoric
Examining communication items from four presidents, we find that presidents link themselves to the party system rhetorically. Employment of party references is tested against recurrent features of the office and shifts in the political environment, including presidential approval, partisan independence, presidential successes and defeats in Congress, and the presence of divided government. Presidents strategically employ party system references w…
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