The State of State Politics Research
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6340491 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Brace (Florida State University), Aubrey Jewett (Florida State University) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 643-681 |
| Publication date | 1995-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Research Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1065-9129 • E-ISSN: 1938-274X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/106591299504800310 |
| OpenAlex | W2020833517 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 62 |
| References cited | 245 |
Reviewers of the state of state politics research often lament the field's lack of theoretical progress and its fragmented character These conditions per sist yet a review of this research published in the professions top journals over the past decade reveals a substantively rich and often methodologi cally sophisticated body of scholarship. Applying an inclusive approach, this essay examines all research published on state politics over the last decade in the profession's six top journals: APSR, AJPS, JOP, PRQ Polity and SSQ. Trends in substantive focus and the findings of this research are described, as are methodological approaches and innovations. The study takes stock of the progress the field has made and identifies promising avenues for future inquiry. The subfield could advance by emphasizing its unique comparative analytical advantages. These advantages provide an excellent opportunity to evaluate the impact of institutional and environ mental contexts on political behavior, processes and outcomes. The field needs to emphasize the importance of modeling political behavior across contexts, and interactively across contextual and individual levels of analy sis. By so doing, the subfield can show how states matter and also assess the generality of models that focus too often on behavior or process within single contexts
Economics · Epistemology · Field (mathematics · Generality · Lament · Management · Political science · Politics · Polity · Positive economics · Public relations · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Policy Transfer and Learning · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
Partisan Models and the Search for Party Effects in the US Senate
The Party Faithful
How Parties Nominate Presidents
The Comparative Advantage of State Interest Organization Research
Theories of Parties
Party Coalitions in the US Congress
Social and Economic Justice Movements and Organizations
Who Sings in the Heavenly Chorus?
Party Nominating Procedures and Recruitment—State and Local Level
Activists, Influence, and Representation in American Elections
Methodological Issues in the Study of Political Parties
Political Parties and Consultants
The Mobilization and Influence of Business Interests
What a Difference Twenty-Five Years Makes
Interest Groups and Agendas
Interest Groups in American Elections
The State of Research on Political Parties and Interest Groups
The Evolution of National Party Organizations
Lobbying and Influence
Urban Interest Groups
The Evolution and Alteration of American Party Coalitions
The Pure Partisan Institution
Linking Political Parties and Interest Groups
The President, Party Politics, and Constitutional Development
Winning Isn't Everything
Methodological Perspectives on Interest Groups
American Political Parties
The Oxford handbook of American political parties and interest groups
Responsive States
Policy, Planning, and People
The Racial Contract, educational equity, and emancipatory ideological critique
Participation in Contentious Politics
Agenda Setting in the States
Evaluating Changes in Florida's Legislative Process
Using National Surveys to Measure Dynamic U.S. State Public Opinion
SPPQ and the Development of the State Politics Subfield
Political economy and adoption of policies affecting everyday life in the American states
The Polls
Packaging Support for Low‐Income Families
Path Dependence and Organizational Behavior
Immigrants' Tanf Eligibility, 1996–2003
Federal Welfare Time-Limit Extensions and Exemptions
Whose Variance Is It Anyway? Interpreting Empirical Models with State-Level Data
From Backwaters to Major Policymakers
Welfare Magnets
Measuring the Preferences of State Supreme Court Judges
The Interplay of Preferences, Case Facts, Context, and Rules in the Politics of Judicial Choice
The State of State Polls
Placing State Supreme Courts in State Politics
State Politics and Policy Quarterly and the Study of State Politics
The Impact of Social Diversity and Racial Attitudes on Social Welfare Policy
Women in State Legislatures and State Legislative Research
The Florida State University State Politics and Policy Data Archive
Expensive Lessons
Same Policy Area, Different Politics
Institutions, Bureaucratic Decisions, and Policy Outcomes
Setting the Terms of Relief
Lobbying Regulations and Political Equality in the American States
On Site, Not Out of Mind
Workers' Compensation Reform in Florida
State Welfare Options
State Poverty Rates
City Limits
The Rise and Decline of Nations
Does Their Difference Make a Difference? The Impact of Women on Public Policy in Arizona Legislature
An Integrated Case-Related Model of Judicial Decision Making
Uncovering the Political Impacts of Gender
Views through a Kaleidoscope
Contextual Models of Participation in U.S. State Legislative Elections
Interparty Competition in the American States
Explaining Variation and Change in Gubernatorial Powers, 1960-1982
Explaining Variation and Change in Gubernatorial Powers, 1960-1982
Exploring Variations in State Laws Providing Protections for Persons with Disabilities
The Nationalization of State Policy Revisited
Uncovering the Political Impacts of Gender
Exploring Variations in State Laws Providing Protections for Persons With Disabilities
Interparty Competition in the American States
Economic Voting for Governor and U. S. Senator
A Pure Theory of Local Expenditures
Inter-Party Competition, Economic Variables, and Welfare Policies in the American States
Variation in State Economic Growth
Interest Group Politics and Economic Growth in the U.S. States
Explaining Government Growth in the U.S. States
State Population and the Electoral Success of U.S. Senators
Integrating Alternative Approaches to the Study of Judicial Voting
A Dynamic Model of Partisan Competition in the American States
Presidents, Governors, and Electoral Accountability
Legislative Party Development and the Speaker System
Party Integration and Party Organizational Strength
The Effect of Primary Divisiveness in Gubernatorial and Senatorial Elections
The Effects of Primaries and Statewide Races on Voter Turnout
Partisan Redistricting and the 1982 Congressional Elections
Measuring State Partisanship and Ideology with Survey Data
The "Content" of Welfare Policy
The Changing Context of State Political Economy
The Item Veto and Expenditure Restraint
Local Advantage in Campaign Financing
The Density of State Interest Group Systems
The Impact of Women on State Legislative Policies
Air Quality Control Expenditures in the American States
Public Policies and Economic Growth in the American States
Agency Requests, Gubernatorial Support, and Budget Success in State Legislatures Revisited
Have Gubernatorial Elections Become More Distinctive Contests
Member Career Opportunities and the Internal Organization of Legislatures
Interest-Group and Party Influence Agents in the Legislative Process
Electoral Politics and Strategic Voting in State Supreme Courts
I Seen My Opportunities and I Took 'Em
Does Redistricting Aimed to Help Blacks Necessarily Help Republicans
Neo-Institutionalism and Dissent in State Supreme Courts
Legislative Workload Congestion in Texas
Voting in Gubernatorial Succession Referenda
Staggered Terms and Black Representation
Societal Complexity and Interest-Group Lobbying in the American States
Supreme Court Decision Making
Trading Security for Seats
Electoral Structure and State Legislative Representation
Voter Turnout in Runoff Elections
Professionalization and Public Opinion of State Legislatures
The Persistence of Partisan Redistricting Effects in Congressional Elections in the 1970s and 1980s
Legislative Calendars and Workload Management in Texas
Party Control and Partisan Bias in 1980s Congressional Redistricting
Integrated Models of Judicial Dissent
State Polls
Individual and Systemic Influences on Turnout
Multi-Member Districts and the Representation of Women
Interstate Competition and State Strategies to Deregulate Interstate Banking 1982-1988
Press Issue Agendas in the 1982 Congressional and Gubernatorial Election Campaigns
Innovation and Reinvention in State Policymaking
Policy Congruence and American State Elites
The Outsider on the Court
The Electoral Fortunes of Gubernatorial Incumbents
Candidate Support in Presidential Nomination Campaigns
Divisive Primaries and Party Activists
The Effect of Partisan Information on Voters in Nonpartisan Elections
Taxes and Voting
Testing Theories of Social Regulation
Constituent Influence in State Supreme Courts
Does Regulation Matter
Federalism and Policy Responsiveness
Do Parties Make a Difference? The Role of Party Organizations in Congressional Elections
The Neglected World of State Politics
Who Gave It? Who Got It
The Theory of Legislative Institutionalization and the California Assembly
The Pursuit & Retention of Legislative Office in New York, 1870-1990
Changing Intergovernmental Aid & Local Government Expenditure Patterns
Government Closest to the People
Exchanges between Interest Groups & State Administrators
State Legislator Goal Orientations
Cooperation & Conformity among the States
Implementing Environmental Policy in a Federal System
The Biases of the Electoral College in the 1990s
Votes & Taxes
A Political-Institutional Interpretation of Legislative Oversight Mechanisms & Behavior
Expectations & Welfare Work
The Political Economy of Collective Action
State Legislative Reform
State Political Cultures and Public Opinion About Abortion
The Diversity of State Interest Group Systems
Accounting for State Economic Growth
The Functions of Committee Change in State Legislatures
The Effects of Leadership Positions on Votes for Incumbents in State Legislative Elections
Small-Scale Policy
| Unique citing works | 62 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,14 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2026 (30) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 62 |