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| AMERICAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
"Bicameral sequence: Theory and state legislative evidence," J.R. Rogers, 30 (October 1998): 1025-1060. "Different paths to the same result: Rational choice, political psychology and impression formation in campaigns," W.T. Bianco, 30 (October 1998): 1061-1081. "Downsian voting and the separation of
powers," D. Lacy and P. Paolino, 30 (October 1998): 1180-1199).
AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW "Party aggregation and the number of parties in India and the United States," P. Chibber and K. Kollman, 92 (June 1998): 329-342. "Comparative dynamics of parliamentary governments," D.P. Baron, 92 (September 1998): 593-610. "Cohesion in legislatures and the vote
of confidence procedure," D. Diermeier and T.J. Feddersen, 92 (September
1998): 611-622.
AMERICAN POLITICS QUARTERLY "Registration, turnout, and the electoral representativeness of US state electorates," R.A. Jackson, R.D. Brown, and G.C. Wright, 26 (July 1998): 259-287. "Repeat challengers - Are they the best
challengers around?" W.R. Mack, 26 (July 1998): 308-343.
ASIAN SURVEY "The fifteenth central committee of the Chinese Communist Party - Full-fledged technocratic leadership with partial control by Jiang Zemin," C. Li and L. White, 38 (March 1998): 231-264. "The 1989 Democracy Movement in China - A spatial analysis of city participation," J. Tong, 38 (March 1998): 310-327. "China's democratization and the Taiwan experience," B.J. Dickson, 38 (April 1998): 349-364. "India's Akali-BJP alliance - The 1997 legislative assembly elections," G. Singh, 38 (April 1998): 398-409. "The dynamics of public opinion, political parties, and media in transitional Hong Kong," A.Y.H. Fung, 38 (May 1998): 474-493. "Taiwan's 1998 local elections - Appraising steps in democratization," D.A. Brown, E.P. Moon, and J.A. Robinson, 38 (June 1998): 569-584. "Leadership change in Shanghai - Toward
the dominance of party technocrats," S. Chen, 38 (July 1998): 671-687.
AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE "Attitudes toward divided government and ticket-splitting in Australia and the United States," C.S. Bean and M.P. Wattenberg, 33 (March 1998): 25-36. "Size and executive-legislative relations
in Australian parliaments," B. Stone, 33 (March 1998): 37-56.
AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICS AND HISTORY "The Liberal Party of Australia and the
Australian Women's Movement Against Socialisation 1947-54," W. Eather,
44 (June 1998): 191-208.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE "Parties and interests in the 'marriage of iron and rye'," C. Schonhardt Bailey, 28 (April 1998): 291-332. "The British conservative party and Europe: The choosing of John Major," P. Cowley and J. Garry, 28 (July 1998): 472-500. "Left-right position matters, but does social class? Causal models of the 1992 British general election," J. Bartle, 28 (July 1998): 501-530. "Euroskepticism and conservative electoral support: How an asset became a liability," G. Evans, 28 (October 1998): 573-590. "Testing the second-order election model after four European elections," M. Marsh, 28 (October 1998): 591-608. "Party attachment in Europe: Methodological
critique and substantive implications," R. Sinnott, 28 (October 1998):
627-650.
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE--REVUE CANADIAENNE DE SCIENCE POLITIQUE "Money and elections: Can citizens participate on fair terms amidst unrestricted spending?" J.L Hiebert, 31 (March 1998): 91-112. "Do new social movements constitute a challenge for political parties? The case of Quebec," (in French) R. Pelletier and D. Guerin, 31 (June 1998): 311-338. "Party, state and political competition in Canada: The Cartel model reconsidered," L. Young, 31 (June 1998): 339-358. "Terminating the provincial career: Retirement
and electoral defeat in Canadian provincial legislatures, 1960-1997," G.F.
Moncrief, 31 (June 1998): 359-374.
CHINA QUARTERLY "Ethnic representation in the current Chinese
leadership," X.W. Zang, 153 (March 1998): 107-127.
COMMUNIST AND POST-COMMUNIST STUDIES "The adaptation of ex-communist parties to post-communist East Central Europe: A comparative study of the East German and Hungarian ex-communist parties," D.F. Ziblatt, 31 (June 1998): 119-138. "Representation deficit in a new democracy:
Theoretical considerations and the Hungarian case," G. Ilonszki, 31 (June
1998): 157-170.
COMPARATIVE POLITICAL STUDIES "The cost of intraparty competition - The
single, nontransferable vote and money politics in Japan," G.W. Cox and
M.F. Thies, 31 (June 1998): 267-291.
COMPARATIVE POLITICS "Electoral institutions, political organization, and party development - French and German socialists and mass politics," M. Kreuzer, 30 (April 1998): 273-292. "From pulpit to party - Party formation and the Christian democratic phenomenon," S.N. Kalyvas, 30 (April 1998): 293-312. "Dollars and democratization - The role
and power of money in Russia's transitional elections," D. Treisman, 31
(October 1998): 1-22.
ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL WEEKLY "Who is responsible for maternity benefit: State, capital or husband? Bombay assembly debates on Maternity Benefit Bill, 1929," A. Chhachhi, 33 (May 1998): L21-L30. "China - Behind the facade - Party decides, people respond," K.P. Kannan, 33 (June 1998): 1371-1384. "1998 elections in West Bengal - A major setback for left front," R. DasGupta, 33 (May 1998):1113-1118. "The farmers' movement in Punjab - Politics of pressure groups and pressure of party politics," P.B. Mukherji, 33 (May 1998): 1043-1048. "Transformation of opposition politics
in West Bengal - Congress, Trinamul and 1998 Lok Sabha elections," J. Mayers,
33 (August 1998): 2253-2262.
ELECTORAL STUDIES "Party competition and plebiscitary politics in Austria," W.C. Muller, 17 (March 1998): 21-44. "Straightforward and strategic voting in the elections for the Swiss Council of States in 1995," H. Kriesi, 17 (March 1998): 45-60. "The referendum-election nexus: an aggregate analysis of Norwegian voting behavior," T. Midtbo and K. Hines, 17 (March 1998): 77-94. "The rise of a third party in South Korea: the Unification National Party in the 1992 National Assembly Election," W.T. Kang, 17 (March 1998): 95-110. "Patterns of voting choice in multimember districts: the case of English local elections," C. Rallings, M. Thrasher, and C. Gunter, 17 (March 1998): 111-128. "The 1997 elections in Pakistan," M. Waseem, 17 (March 1998): 129-131. "The Canadian federal election of 1997," L. LeDuc, 17 (March 1998): 132-138. "Nationwide inclusion and exclusion thresholds of representation," R. Taagepera, 17 (December 1998): 405-418. "Research Note: Compulsory voting in Belgium: An application of the Lijphart thesis," M. Hooghe and K. Pelleriaux, 17 (December 1998): 419-424. "Compulsory voting in Belgium: a reply to Hooghe and Pelleriaux," L. DeWinter and J. Ackaert, 17 (December 1998): 425-428. "Electoral engineering in Chile: The electoral system and limited democracy," G. Rahat and M. Sznajder, 17 (December 1998): 429-442. "Winning at the polls and in the polls: the incumbency advantage in surveys of US house voters," F. Mattei, 17 (December 1998): 443-462. "The impact of electoral reform at the local level in Africa: The case on Senegal's 1996 local elections," R. Vengroff and M. Ndiaye, 17 (December 1998): 463-487. "Mexicans react to electoral fraud and political corruption: an assessment of public opinion and voting behavior," J.A. McCann and J.I. Dominguez, 17 (December 1998): 483-504. "A leadership selection index for multi-ballot political party conventions in Canada," R.S. Chari and G.A. Arteca, 17 (December 1998): 505-522. "The ICORE-collection of election studies to national parliaments in Europe," E. Mochmann and I.C. Oedegaard, 17 (December 1998): 523-524. "Thailand's recent electoral reform," D. Murray, 17 (December 1998): 525-535. "The French general election of 25 May - 1 June 1997," D.B. Goldey, 17 (December 1998): 536-554. "Norway: The Storting election of September 15, 1997," H. Valen, 17 (December 1998): 555-560. "The Polish general election of 1997," K.K.L. Chan, 17 (December 1998): 561-566. "The Irish general and presidential elections of 1997," M. Laver, 17 (December 1998): 567-574. "Tinkering with convention: Voluntary voting at Australia's 1997 constitutional convention election," G. Orr, 17 (December 1998): 575-580. "The Costa Rican general elections of 1 February 1998," B.M. Wilson, 17 (December 1998): 584. "Electoral continuity and change, 1868-1996," L.M. Bartels, 17 (September 1998): 301-326. "Establishing representation in post-Soviet societies: Change in mass and elite attitudes toward democracy and the market, 1992-1995," A.H. Miller, W.M. Reisinger, and V.L. Hesli, 17 (September 1998): 327-350. "Constituency influence and representation," S.C. Stokes, 17 (September 1998): 351-368. "Nonlinear models of electoral change: the implications of political time and chaos theory for the study of mass political behavior," H.F. Weisberg, 17 (September 1998): 369. "The electoral connection and democratic consolidation," R.M. Duch, 17 (June 1998): 149-174. "Political values underlying partisan cleavages in former communist countries," W.L. Miller, S. White, and P. Heywood, 17 (June 1998): 197-216. "Negative and positive party identification in post-communist countries," W.L. Miller, 17 (June 1998): 217-234. "Political party development in divided societies: the case of Ukraine," V.L. Hesli, W.M. Reisinger, and A.H. Miller, 17 (June 1998): 235-254. "Hungarian parliamentary elections, May
1998," B. Fowler, 17 (June 1998): 257.
EUROPE-ASIA STUDIES "Procedural breakdown and deadlock in the
Russian state Duma: The problems of an unlinked dual-channel institutional
design," J.M. Ostrow, 50 (July 1998): 793-816.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL RESEARCH "The literature on European parties and party systems since 1945: A quantitative analysis," D. Caramani and S. Hug, 33 (June 1998): 497-524. "Introduction: The Italian parliamentary elections of 1996 - Competition and transition," R. DAlimonte, 34 (August 1998): 1-4. "Electoral alliances: Party identities and coalition games," A. DiVirgilio, 34 (August 1998): 5-34. "Omens of an early winter: The proportional vote and the changing Italian party system," R. Cartocci, 34 (August 1998): 35-62. "How to lose a majority: The competition in single-member districts," R. DAlimonte and S. Bartolini, 34 (August 1998): 63-104. "Platforms, media, and voters," G. Sani and P. Segatti, 34 (August 1998): 105-120. "The parliamentary elite in transition," L. Verzichelli, 34 (August 1998): 121-150. "Majoritarian miracles and the question of party system change," S. Bartolini and R. DAlimonte, 34 (August 1998): 151-170. "The Italian elections of 1996," R. DAlimonte, 34 (August 1998): 171. "Turnout in electoral democracies," A. Blais and A. Dobrzynska, 33 (March 1998): 239-262. "Voter turnout at the British general election of 1992: Rational choice, social standing or political efficacy?" C. Pattie and R. Johnston, 33 (March 1998): 263-284. "Anchoring political preferences: The structural bases of stable electoral decisions and political attitudes in Britain," A.S. Zuckerman, L.A. Kotler Berkowitz, and L.A. Swaine, 33 (March 1998): 285-322. "Popularity functions for the Portuguese Prime Minister, Government, Parliament and President," L.R.F.G. Veiga, 33 (March 1998): 347-362. "A touchstone of dissent: Euroscepticism in contemporary Western European party systems," P. Taggart, 33 (March 1998): 363-388. "Issue news and electoral volatility -
A comparative analysis of media effects during the 1994 election campaigns
in Germany and the Netherlands," J. Kleinnijenhuis and J.A. DeRidder, 33
(April 1998): 413.
GOVERNANCE "Making up the government's mind: Agenda
setting in a parliamentary system," M. Considine, 11 (July 1998): 297-318.
HARVARD INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRESS/POLITICS "Examining the demise of the National Republican coalition," K. Johnson Cartee, G.A. Copeland, A. Marquez, J. Buford, and J. Stephens, 3 (Spring 1998): 34-54. "Whither televised election news? Lessons from the 1996 campaign," D.A. Graber, 3 (Spring 1998): 112-120. "Did the media leave the voters uninformed in the 1996 election?" R.J. Blendon, J.T. Young, M. Brodie, R. Morin, D.E. Altman, and M. Brossard, 3 (Spring 1998): 121-130. "UK political parties and the Internet - 'Politics as usual' in the new media?" R.K. Gibson and S.J. Ward, 3 (Summer 1998): 14-38. "The Starr subpoenas and the strange press
silence," M. Kalb, 3 (Autumn 1998): 1-5.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL "Support for democratic development - Sharing
Canada's election expertise," J.P. Kingsley, 53 (Spring 1998): 221-232.
INTERNATIONALE POLITIK "The decline of parliaments - International
politics and the level of national decision making," K. VonBeyme, 53 (April
1998): 21-30.
ISSUES & STUDIES: A JOURNAL OF CHINA STUDIES AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS "The NPC system and its evolution: From nomenklatura to selectorate," J.S. Li, 34 (March 1998): 1-22. "Reform of state-owned enterprises in mainland
China since the CCP's fifteenth congress," C.M. Yeh, 34 (May 1998): 52-78.
JOURNAL OF ASIAN AND AFRICAN STUDIES "The slow evolution of the party system
in Botswana," J.A. Wiseman, 33 (August 1998): 241-264.
JOURNAL OF COMMONWEALTH AND COMPARATIVE POLITICS "Reforming the parliament in Bangladesh:
Structural constraints and political dilemmas," N. Ahmed, 36 (March 1998):
68-91.
JOURNAL OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION "Congress, the president, and the end of
the cold war - Has anything changed?" E.R. Wittkopf and J.M. McCormick,
42 (August 1998): 440-466.
JOURNAL OF DEMOCRACY "Poland's emerging party system," A. Smolar, 9 (April 1998): 122-133. "Election results (June-September 1998)," 9 (October 1998): 176-167. "Party systems in the third wave," S. Mainwaring,
9 (July 1998): 67-81.
JOURNAL OF POLITICS "The partisan consequences of majority-minority redistricting in the South, 1992 and 1994," J.R. Petrocik and S.W. Desposato, 60 (August 1998): 613-633. "Ideological realignment in the US electorate," A.I. Abramowitz and K.L. Saunders, 60 (August 1998): 634-652. "Party building through campaign finance reform: Conditional party government in the 104th Congress," V.G. Moscardelli, M. Haspel, and R.S. Wike, 60 (August 1998): 691-704. "The dynamics of senatorial representation,
1952-1991," B.D. Wood and A.H. Andersson, 60 (August 1998): 705-736.
JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL POLITICS "Proportional representation - Broadening the options," R.F. Potthoff and S.J. Brams, 10 (April 1998): 147-178. "The normative force of electoral promises," A. Schedler, 10 (April 1998): 191-214. "Agenda control by interest groups in EU social policy," B. Boockmann, 10 (April 1998): 215-236. "Rebuttal to Wuffle and Collet's supposedly
irrefutable evident that higher turnout benefits Republicans," B. Grofman,
10 (April 1998): 251.
LEGISLATIVE STUDIES QUARTERLY "The impersonal vote? Constituency service and incumbency advantage in British elections, 1950-92," B.J. Gaines, 23 (May 1998): 167-196. "Maintaining congressional committees: Sources of member support," F. Maltzman, 23 (May 1998): 197-218. "Congressional party leadership: Utilitarian versus majoritarian incentives," K. Bawn, 23 (May 1998): 219-244. "Boll weevils and roll-calling: A study in time and space," M.V. Hood and I.L. Morris, 23 (May 1998): 245-270. "The effects of term limits on state legislatures," J.M. Carey, R.G. Niemi, and L.W. Powell, 23 (May 1998): 271. "When will pork leave the farm? Institutional bias in Japan and the United States," M.F. Thies, 23 (November 1998): 467-492. "Property rights and the emergence of standing committee dominance in the nineteenth-century house," J.A. Jenkins, 23 (November 1998): 493-520. "Issue salience and support for civil rights legislation among southern Democrats," V.L. Hutchings, 23 (November 1998): 521-544. "Senators' home-state reputations: Why do constituents love a Bill Cohen so much more than an Al D'Almato?" S. Binder, F. Maltzman, and L. Sigelman, 23 (November 1998): 545-560. "The impact of constituency diversity upon the competitiveness of US House Elections, 1962-96," W. Koetzle, 23 (November 1998): 561-574. "Electoral career patterns and incumbency
advantage in the US House of Representatives," R.A. Dawes and A.H. Bacot,
23 (November 1998): 585.
OSTEUROPA "Parliamentary elections in Ukraine 1998," A. Ott, 48 (October 1998): 994-1009. "A good democratic lesson - Impressions
from the Ukrainian parliamentary elections of 1998," O. Vorndran, 48 (October
1998): 1010-1014.
PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS "Anatomy of a labour landslide: The constituency system and the 1997 general election," R. Johnston, C. Pattie, D. Rossiter, D. Dorling, H. Tunstall, and I. McAllister, 51 (April 1998): 131-148. "In praise of party," P. Seyd, 51 (April 1998): 198-208. "The politics of American campaign finance," A. Grant, 51 (April 1998): 223-240. "Parliament and government - An annotated
bibliography of government publications for the 1995-96 parliamentary session,"
M. Rush, 51 (April 1998): 293-271.
PARTY POLITICS "Theories of government formation and the 1996 general election in Japan," J. Kato and M. Laver, 4 (April 1998): 229-252. "Party-orchestrated activities for legislative party goals - Campaigns for majorities in the US House of Representatives in the 1990s," R. Kolodny and D. Dwyre, 4 (July 1998): 275-296. "Patterns of representation and competition
- Parties and democracy in post-Pinochet Chile," G.L. Munck and J.A. Bosworth,
4 (October 1998): 471-494.
POLICY AND POLITICS "The recruitment of representatives in
British local government: pathways and barriers," N. Rao, 26 (July 1998):
291-306.
POLICY STUDIES JOURNAL "The political leadership of women and public policymaking," B. Burrell, 25 (Winter 1997): 565-568. "A view of their own: Women's committee leadership styles and the state legislatures," C.S. Rosenthal, 25 (Winter 1997): 585-600. "Legislator gender and legislator policy
priorities in the Argentina chamber of deputies and the United States House
of Representatives," M.P. Jones, 25 (Winter 1997): 601-612.
POLITICAL BEHAVIOR "What's Newt doing in People magazine? - The changing effect of national prominence in congressional electionsm," D. Niven and J. Zilber, 20 (September 1998): 213-224. "Estimating the effects of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993," B. Highton and R.E. Wolfinger, 20 (June 1998): 79-104. "Electoral competitiveness and the voting
decision - Evidence from the pooled Senate election study," J.W. Koch,
20 (December 1998): 295-312.
POLITICAL QUARTERLY "The Conservative predicament," 69 (Apr.-Jun. 1998): 107-109. "Conservative renewal," D. Willetts, 69 (Apr.-Jun. 1998): 110-117. "The conservative defeat: An historical perspective," J. Charmley, 69 (Apr.-Jun. 1998): 118-125. "The Conservative Party and Europe: From Major to Hague," M. Holmes, 69 (Apr.-Jun. 1998): 126-132. "Towards 'new conservatives'? Organisational reform and the Conservative Party," G. Peele, 69 (Apr.-Jun. 1998): 141-147. "A late, though not lost, opportunity: Ethnic minority electors, party strategy and the Conservative Party," S. Saggar, 69 (Apr.-Jun. 1998): 148-159. "The 1997 Norwegian parliamentary election: A swing towards parliamentary power," K. Bjugan, 69 (Apr.-Jun. 1998): 177-183. "The Scottish parliament and Scottish civil
society: Which side will education be on?" L. Paterson, 69 (Jul.-Sept.
1998): 224-233.
POLITICAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY "Congressional leadership of public opinion," L.R. Jacobs, E.D. Lawrence, R.Y. Shapiro, and S.S. Smith, 113 (Spring 1998): 21-42. "The rise of the public speakership," D.B. Harris, 113 (Summer 1998): 193-212. "War power, Bosnia, and the 104th Congress," R.C. Hendrickson, 113 (Summer 1998): 241-258. "From our archives: A new look at the impeachment
of Andrew Johnson," M.L. Benedict, 113 (Autumn 1998): 493-512.
POLITICAL STUDIES "The importance of candidate characteristics and local political conditions in the 1994 US midterm elections," J.E. Owens, 46 (September 1998): 766-776. "Party families and democratic performance:
Extraparliamentary vs. parliamentary group power," R. Gibson and R. Harmel,
46 (1998): 633-650.
PS-POLITICAL SCIENCE & POLITICS "The Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
The role of Congress," M.E. Galey, 31 (September 1998): 524-529.
PUBLIC CHOICE "How to gerrymander: A formal analysis," K. Sherstyuk, 95 (April 1998): 1-26. "Additional incumbent spending really can harm (at least some) incumbents: An analysis of vote share maximization," D. Coates, 95 (April 1998): 63-88. "The economic organization of legislatures and how it affects congressional voting," G.R. Parker and S.L. Parker, 95 (April 1998): 117-130. "By-elections, changing fortunes, uncertainty and the mid-term blues," S. Price and D. Sanders, 95 (April 1998): 131-148. "The political costs of tax increases and expenditure reductions: Evidence from state legislative turnover," R. Sobel, 96 (July 1998): 61-80. "First branch, or root? the Congress, the President, and the Federal Reserve," I. Morris and M. Munger, 96 (September 1998): 363-380. "Predicting the institutional effects of term limits," D. Franklin and T. Westin, 96 (September 1998): 381-394. "Legislative systems with absolute party
discipline: Implications for the agency theory approach to the constituent-legislator
link," N. Longley, 97 (October 1998): 121-140.
URBAN AFFAIRS REVIEW "Changes in central-city representation
and influence in Congress since the 1960s," H. Wolman and L. Marckini,
34 (November 1998): 291-312.
WOMEN & POLITICS "Female empowerment: The influence of women representing women," A. High-Pippert and J. Comer, 19 (1998): 53-66. "Discussion of women's issues in the 1996 Internet campaign," R. Klotz and A. Broome, 19 (1998): 67-86. |