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Guide to Journal Articles
Raisa B. Deber. “‘The Fault, Dear Brutus' ‘: Women as Congressional Candidates in Pennsylvania’, 44:2, May 1982, pp. 463-79. Why is such a large proportion of the US Congress middle-class, middle-aged and male? This analysis of women’s attempts to gain political office centres on four hypotheses: (1) women are underrepresented because they do not seek political office: (2) women are concentrated in ‘hopeless’ races; (3) women candidates receive little in the way of political resources; (4) women candidates are disadvantaged at the polls because of voter discrimination. The question is still, though, whether to blame the women or change the repertoire.
Journal OfPolitics,
Edinburgh University Politics Group, ‘Learning to Fight Multi-Party Elections: The Lessons of Hillhead’, Parliamentary Affairs, 35:3, Summer 1982, pp. 252-66. The victory of Roy Jenkins at the Glasgow Hillhead by-election of March 1982 furthered the prospects of multi&party competition in British politics as well as establishing the Social Democratic/Liberal Alliance as a force in Scottish politics. James M. Enelow and Melvin J. Hinich.
‘Ideology, Issues and the Spatial Theory of Elections’, 1982, pp. 493-501. This article explores the conrzction between ideology and issues in the minds of voters and the relationship between this connection and the electoral prospects of candidates engaged in two-party competition. Magnifying the expected policy difference that voters associate with a fixed ideological difference aids the incumbent, whereas collapsing it aids the challenger.
American
Political Science Review, 76~3, September
Theory” and Political Realignment in the United States’, Political 1982, pp. 426-31. The author attempts to determine whether a linear or nonlinear relationship exists between time and presidential election data. The purpose is to test the hypothesis of Charles Sellers that there is an ‘equilibrium cycle in two-party politics’ which consists of three phases: realignment, ascendancy and equilibrium. The conclusion is that although there is some slender evidence of cyclical tendencies in the results of American presidential elections, the tendencies are so weak and the data points so few, that they cannot be used for predictive purposes. John H. Fenton,
“‘Cycle
Studies, 30:3, September
Peter C. Fishburn
and Steven J. Brams,
‘Expected
Utility and Approval
Voting’,
Behavioral
Science, 26, 1981, pp. 136-42.
By the same authors: ‘Efficacy, Power and Equity under Approval Voting’, Public Choice, 37, 1981, pp. 425-34; ‘Approval Voting, Condorcet’s Principle and Runoff Elections’, Public Choice, 36, 1981, pp. 89- 114; ‘Deducing Simple Majorities from Approval Voting Ballot Data’, Social Science Research, 10, 1981, pp. 256-66; ‘Reconstructing Voting Processes: The 1976 House Majority Leader Election’, Political Methodology, 7, Nos 3 and 4, 1981, pp. 95-108. In this series of articles, Fishburn and Brams analyse approval voting from a number of different viewpoints. They argue that approval voting is more equitable than either the common plurality system or the plurality runoff method. ‘Issue Preferences and Candidate Choice in Presidential Primaries’, American 26~3, August 1982, pp. 523-46. This paper uses the CBS News-New York Times primary election exit surveys for 20 1976 presidential primaries to assess the impact of issue preferences upon candidate choice in presidential primaries. Issue opinions generally do not predict the outcome of the 1976 primaries very well. Some consequences of issue-voting (or the absence thereof) for governing are suggested. J. David Gopoian,
Journal ofPoliticalScience,
Douglas A. Hibbs, Jnr. with the assistance of R. Douglas Rivers and Nicholas Vasilatos, ‘The Dynamics of Political Support for American Presidents among Occupational and Partisan Groups’, American Journal of Political Science, 26~2, May 1982, pp. 312-32. This article investigates the response of political support for American Presidents among
Guide to Journal Articles
Raisa B. Deber. “‘The Fault, Dear Brutus' ‘: Women as Congressional Candidates in Pennsylvania’, 44:2, May 1982, pp. 463-79. Why is such a large proportion of the US Congress middle-class, middle-aged and male? This analysis of women’s attempts to gain political office centres on four hypotheses: (1) women are underrepresented because they do not seek political office: (2) women are concentrated in ‘hopeless’ races; (3) women candidates receive little in the way of political resources; (4) women candidates are disadvantaged at the polls because of voter discrimination. The question is still, though, whether to blame the women or change the repertoire.
Journal OfPolitics,
Edinburgh University Politics Group, ‘Learning to Fight Multi-Party Elections: The Lessons of Hillhead’, Parliamentary Affairs, 35:3, Summer 1982, pp. 252-66. The victory of Roy Jenkins at the Glasgow Hillhead by-election of March 1982 furthered the prospects of multi&party competition in British politics as well as establishing the Social Democratic/Liberal Alliance as a force in Scottish politics. James M. Enelow and Melvin J. Hinich.
‘Ideology, Issues and the Spatial Theory of Elections’, 1982, pp. 493-501. This article explores the conrzction between ideology and issues in the minds of voters and the relationship between this connection and the electoral prospects of candidates engaged in two-party competition. Magnifying the expected policy difference that voters associate with a fixed ideological difference aids the incumbent, whereas collapsing it aids the challenger.
American
Political Science Review, 76~3, September
Theory” and Political Realignment in the United States’, Political 1982, pp. 426-31. The author attempts to determine whether a linear or nonlinear relationship exists between time and presidential election data. The purpose is to test the hypothesis of Charles Sellers that there is an ‘equilibrium cycle in two-party politics’ which consists of three phases: realignment, ascendancy and equilibrium. The conclusion is that although there is some slender evidence of cyclical tendencies in the results of American presidential elections, the tendencies are so weak and the data points so few, that they cannot be used for predictive purposes. John H. Fenton,
“‘Cycle
Studies, 30:3, September
Peter C. Fishburn
and Steven J. Brams,
‘Expected
Utility and Approval
Voting’,
Behavioral
Science, 26, 1981, pp. 136-42.
By the same authors: ‘Efficacy, Power and Equity under Approval Voting’, Public Choice, 37, 1981, pp. 425-34; ‘Approval Voting, Condorcet’s Principle and Runoff Elections’, Public Choice, 36, 1981, pp. 89- 114; ‘Deducing Simple Majorities from Approval Voting Ballot Data’, Social Science Research, 10, 1981, pp. 256-66; ‘Reconstructing Voting Processes: The 1976 House Majority Leader Election’, Political Methodology, 7, Nos 3 and 4, 1981, pp. 95-108. In this series of articles, Fishburn and Brams analyse approval voting from a number of different viewpoints. They argue that approval voting is more equitable than either the common plurality system or the plurality runoff method. ‘Issue Preferences and Candidate Choice in Presidential Primaries’, American 26~3, August 1982, pp. 523-46. This paper uses the CBS News-New York Times primary election exit surveys for 20 1976 presidential primaries to assess the impact of issue preferences upon candidate choice in presidential primaries. Issue opinions generally do not predict the outcome of the 1976 primaries very well. Some consequences of issue-voting (or the absence thereof) for governing are suggested. J. David Gopoian,
Journal ofPoliticalScience,
Douglas A. Hibbs, Jnr. with the assistance of R. Douglas Rivers and Nicholas Vasilatos, ‘The Dynamics of Political Support for American Presidents among Occupational and Partisan Groups’, American Journal of Political Science, 26~2, May 1982, pp. 312-32. This article investigates the response of political support for American Presidents among