Politics & Government Week back issues from February 2009:
House Adopts AHF Stimulus Funding Proposal for HIV Testing and Prevention.
Feb 05, 2009 ... AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) lauded the United States House of Representatives today for adopting AHFEs proposal to appropriate $300 million in the pending economic stimulus legislation and dedicate it for HIV/AIDS prevention, testing and services. Yesterday, the Democratic leadership ...
'C OM PASSION' by Nevine Salvade: A Story About Humane Politics, Enlightenment and Shared Humanity.
Feb 05, 2009 ... At an early age, Nevine Salvade was blessed with the gift of life among many different lands, cultures, races, creeds and religions. Having lived on three different continents, Salvade quickly learned to love the differences in people as well as to sing and speak five different languages ....
AJWS to Obama: Sudan's President May Target Darfuri Civilians if Issued Arrest Warrant.
Feb 05, 2009 ... American Jewish World Service (AJWS) has released the following statement urging the Obama administration to heed threats of retaliation from Sudan's president, Omar Al-Bashir, if a warrant for his arrest is issued from the International Criminal Court (ICC). To this end, AJWS has asked ...
ARTBA President & CEO Pete Ruane Statement Regarding the House of Representatives Economic Recovery Proposal.
Feb 05, 2009 ... "The economic recovery plan announced by the U.S. House of Representatives leadership would provide an important first installment on the capital investment needed to fulfill President-elect Obama's pledge to repair and upgrade the nation's aging highway and bridge network, transit systems ...
Pelosi Recommends Congresswoman Lofgren to Chair House Ethics Committee.
Feb 05, 2009 ... Speaker Nancy Pelosi will recommend to the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee and the House Democratic Caucus Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren of California to chair the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct. "Congresswoman Lofgren has demonstrated tremendous ...
Gray Graphics Corporation Prints Official Joint Congressional Committee Invitation Package for the Fifty-Sixth Presidential Inauguration Ceremonies.
Feb 05, 2009 ... On December 20th, 2008 Government Printing Office (GPO) awarded the printing of the prestigious official invitation package to Gray Graphics Corporation for the fifty-sixth presidential inauguration ceremonies to be held at the US Capitol on January 20th, 2009. This marks the ceremonies ...
Tim Kaine Elected DNC Chairman Today.
Feb 05, 2009 ... This afternoon at the DNC's Winter Meeting members of the DNC voted to elect Virginia Governor Tim Kaine to be the next Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. A successful governor and committed Democrat, Gov. Kaine will work to carry the banner of the Democratic Party, engage ...
Glamour and Fashion Return to the White House, Jewelry Designer Loree Rodkin Becomes Part of US History.
Feb 05, 2009 ... For the first time in 50 years, fashion returns to the White House. First Lady, Michelle Obama is the most visible and revered woman in the world, she has quickly become an International role model and fashion icon. In recent months there has been constant speculation on what ...
Blunt Marks Anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Signs Letter in Defense of Pro-Life Legislation.
Feb 05, 2009 ... Missouri Congressman Roy Blunt today reflected on the 36th anniversary of the Supreme Court's tragic ruling on Roe v. Wade by speaking with the Missouri-Illinois Right to Life Caravan and joined 80 of his House colleagues late yesterday in sending a letter to President Barack Obama urging ...
Inauguration Channel from Zannel Provides Front Seat to Washington's Historic Day.
Feb 05, 2009 ... Can't make it to D.C. for Inauguration Day? Zannel, the instant media network used by millions to share pictures, videos and text from mobile phones and the web, has a solution. Today the company announced a dedicated channel for the 2009 Presidential Inauguration. The channel, which will ...
Pennsylvania Governor Rendell Recommends DRPA Funding for Completion of President's House Site.
Feb 05, 2009 ... Governor Edward G. Rendell today recommended a $3.5 million grant from the Delaware River Port Authority to support the completion and enhancement of the President's House commemorative site at 6th and Market Streets in Philadelphia, the location of the executive mansion of the first two ...
Strong Offense on Gun Rights the Best Defense, says American Firearm Rights Activist.
Feb 05, 2009 ... "Since a strong offense is the best defense, now is the time for 90 million gun-owning voters in the United States to adopt that strategy," says John M. Snyder of Telum Associates. "Promoting aggressively the proposed National Right to Carry Reciprocity Act is the way to go." ...
Predicting politics: Professors model prediction markets.
Feb 05, 2009 ... Political prediction markets -- in which participants buy and sell "contracts" based on who they think will win an election -- accurately predicted Barack Obama's 2008 victory. Now Northwestern University researchers have determined that these markets behave similar to financial markets, ...
Scientists at Erasmus University target public administration.(Report)
Feb 05, 2009 ... "Measuring and comparing the overall performance of countries' public sectors requires agreement on definitions and objectives of government. I argue that such an agreement is about finding a consensus rather than about finding better definitions," scientists in Rotterdam, Netherlands ...
Studies in the area of political science reported from Washington University.
Feb 05, 2009 ... According to recent research published in the American Journal of Political Science, "Gibson, Caldeira, and Spence (2003a, 2003b, 2005) expound the theory of positivity bias in their analysis of the legitimacy of the U.S. Supreme Court in the aftermath of Bush v. Gore." "This ...
Studies from University of Helsinki provide new data on cooperation and conflict.
Feb 05, 2009 ... "The pulp mill conflict between Argentina and Uruguay is a topical environmental local-global dispute including various time-space levels (local-regional-national-global). It is also a politico-economic battle among business, civil society and governments in the two South American ...
Research from Rice University reveals new findings on politics.
Feb 05, 2009 ... According to a study from the United States, "Existing research on power and war contends that the distribution of power exerts an independent effect on the chances of armed conflict." "However, theories of bargaining indicate that power's influence on war depends on the ex ante ...
Reports from Wageningen University add new data to research in social science.
Feb 05, 2009 ... According to recent research published in the journal Javnost - the Public, "The Dutch government, like many other governments of advanced democracies, finds itself confronted with political disaffection. Recent cabinets have searched for ways to reconnect with citizens." "The ...
Reports from Harvard University add new data to research in social research.(Report)
Feb 05, 2009 ... "In 1965, Daniel Patrick Moynihan argued that the black family was nearing ''complete breakdown'' due to high rates of out-of-wedlock childbearing. In subsequent decades, nonmarital childbearing rose dramatically for all racial groups and unwed fathers were often portrayed as being absent ...
Researchers from University of Copenhagen report details of new studies and findings in the area of public administration.
Feb 05, 2009 ... According to recent research published in the journal Public Management Review, "In spite of their long history and extensive activities, the international committees of the Nordic Council of Ministers (NCM) have not hitherto been subject to scholarly examination. This article analyses for ...
Data from Villanova University advance knowledge in political science.
Feb 05, 2009 ... "With increasing recognition of a global crisis in water resources, it becomes relevant to ask whether existing legal systems can make serious contributions to the management of the earth's water resources. This article examines the evolution of national water law and its key features, the ...
University of Georgia details research in public administration research and theory.
Feb 05, 2009 ... According to a study from the United States, "This article examines the relationship between federal employee perceptions of procedural justice and work satisfaction rates, turnover intentions, and the degree to which employees trust their managers. As the federal government considers ...
Reports from University of Michigan describe recent advances in political science.
Feb 05, 2009 ... According to recent research published in the American Journal of Political Science, "Many people claim that politicians use fear to manipulate citizens. Using a model, we examine how select attributes of fear affect a politician's ability to scare citizens into supporting policies that ...
Researchers from Fairfield University report details of new studies and findings in the area of race and class.
Feb 05, 2009 ... According to a study from the United States, "Pope Benedict XVI's comments about Islam at the University of Regensburg on 12 September 2006 are examined here in terms of the traditions of Orientalism on which he draws and the political functions that they serve." "The Pope ...
Reports from Harvard University advance knowledge in politics.
Feb 05, 2009 ... According to recent research from the United States, "This paper examines the role that political institutions play in inducing or subduing ethnic identification. 1 provide a formal model of ethnic identification as a function of institutional design and social context that focuses on one ...
Investigators at Columbia University publish new data on political science.
Feb 05, 2009 ... According to recent research from the United States, "We compare two approaches for estimating state-level public opinion: disaggregation by state of national surveys and a simulation approach using multilevel modeling of individual opinion and poststratification by population share. We ...
Studies from Wellesley College yield new information about politics.
Feb 05, 2009 ... "Traditionally, lower federal court nominations were confirmed swiftly and unanimously by the Senate. However, increasingly, lower court confirmations have become lengthy and contentious proceedings," scientists in the United States report. "Traditional explanations for this ...
Research results from Michigan State University update understanding of politics.(Report)
Feb 05, 2009 ... "This paper reconciles the long-standing debate on electorally motivated government spending by embedding politicians' electoral incentives in political institutions," investigators in the United States report. "Using budgetary spending data from 21 OECD countries from 1973 to ...
Data on politics reported by researchers at University of Texas.
Feb 05, 2009 ... "In recent years, several studies have argued that Aristotle saw the associations of the household as voluntary, mutually beneficial, and directed toward lofty aims," investigators in the United States report. "These studies have brought out genuine complexities in Aristotle's ...
Research from Northwestern University in the area of politics published.
Feb 05, 2009 ... "Autocrats, as factional patrons, only find out the true loyalty of clients during a serious political challenge, when they are least able to enforce the factional bargain. In autocracies with nouns against cults of personalities, public, exaggerated praises may constitute an alternative ...
Reports on political science findings from I. Dombrowsky and co-researchers provide new insights.
Feb 05, 2009 ... According to recent research from Leipzig, Germany, "In recent years an emergent global policy discourse has promoted the concept of Integrated Water Resources Management (TWRM) as a strategy for the sustainable management of international waters. However, integration remains a ...
Research on political science published by scientists at University of South Carolina.
Feb 05, 2009 ... According to recent research published in the American Journal of Political Science, "Research in political science is increasingly, but independently, modeling heterogeneity and spatial dependence. This article draws together these two research agendas via spatial random effects survival ...
Study data from Florida State University update understanding of political science.(Survey)
Feb 05, 2009 ... "Policy facts are among the most relevant forms of knowledge in a democracy. Although the mass media seem like an obvious source of policy-specific information, past research in this area has been plagued by design and methodological problems that have hindered causal inferences," ...
New social research study findings have been published by scientists at Georgetown University.
Feb 05, 2009 ... "This article reviews Daniel Patrick Moynihan's views on employment and young black men in his 1965 report," scientists in the United States report. "The author then updates the evidence on their employment status and reviews the causes and policy implications of these trends. ...
University of California reports research in political science.(Report)
Feb 05, 2009 ... "This study develops a Social Network Analytic approach to conceptualize and measure interdependence across levels of analysis. This framework contains several innovations," scientists in the United States report. "First, it integrates ''sensitivity interdependence''-the ...
Research conducted at University of Maryland has updated our knowledge about politics.(Report)
Feb 05, 2009 ... According to a study from the United States, "This article argues that presidential leadership tends to exacerbate partisan disagreement in Congress on the issues the president champions. The argument starts from the president's role as highly visible party leader." "Because of ...
Research conducted at Johns Hopkins University has updated our knowledge about social research.(Report)
Feb 05, 2009 ... "This article reports on a sample of 538 African American and Hispanic women who were receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) in 1999, 416 of whom left the program by 2005. The Hispanic women consisted of a Mexican-origin group and a second group that was primarily Puerto ...
New public administration research and theory study findings have been reported by researchers at University of Arizona.
Feb 05, 2009 ... "Collaboration is an increasingly important topic in the public administration and management literatures," scientists in the United States report. "A preponderance of studies focuses on how managers can build trust between the government and collaborative partners by means of ...
New findings in politics described from New York University.
Feb 05, 2009 ... "A theory of deliberation must provide a plausible account both of individuals' choices to speak or to listen and of how they reinterpret their own views in the aftermath of deliberation. We describe a game-theoretic laboratory experiment in which subjects with diverse interests speak or ...
Study data from R. Haskins and colleagues update understanding of social research.
Feb 05, 2009 ... "In 1965, Daniel Patrick Moynihan predicted that the exposure of so many black children, especially males, to fatherless families would prevent many from seizing new opportunities through the civil rights revolution. Although Moynihan was excoriated in the academic world and beyond, ...
New political science findings from Stanford University described.
Feb 05, 2009 ... "Students of American politics rarely study public sector unions and their impacts on government. The literature sees bureaucratic power as rooted in expertise, but largely ignores the fact that bureaucrats often join unions to promote their own interests, and that the power of their ...
Study findings from George Washington University broaden understanding of life sciences.(Report)
Feb 05, 2009 ... "Are violators of international human rights norms punished with lower levels of foreign aid? Despite their abstract preferences, governments often lack the incentive to punish norm violators bilaterally. Multilateral lending institutions, such as the World Bank, could fill the void if ...
New social research findings from Princeton University published.
Feb 05, 2009 ... According to recent research from the United States, "In 1965, Daniel Patrick Moynihan warned that nonmarital childbearing and marital dissolution were undermining the progress of African Americans. The author argues that what Moynihan identified as a race-specific problem in the 1960s has ...
New findings in social science described from University of Helsinki.
Feb 05, 2009 ... According to recent research from Helsinki, Finland, "Immigration is a policy field increasingly shifting under supranational decision-making in the EU. This article analyses news coverage of African ''illegal'' migration to the Canary Islands in a Finnish and a Swedish newspaper." ...
Researchers from Harvard University detail findings in social research.
Feb 05, 2009 ... "In 1965 Daniel Patrick Moynihan observed that the ''racist virus in the American blood stream still afflicts us.'' The authors assess the tenor of racial attitudes in white and black America across the ensuing four decades. Their core conclusion is paradoxical," scientists in the United ...
New public administration study findings have been reported by researchers at University of Geneva.
Feb 05, 2009 ... "As a new and flatter organization replaces the traditional public organization, it would need more of strategic public management. Key decisions in team production relate to the employment of outcome measures for both monitoring of real activities as well as the reform of the structuring ...
Studies from Yale University have provided new data on political science.
Feb 05, 2009 ... According to recent research from the United States, "Three vote-share equations are estimated and analyzed in this article, one for presidential elections, one for on-term House elections, and one for midterm House elections." "The sample period is 1916-2006. Considering the ...
Study findings from State University of New York broaden understanding of public administration research and theory.
Feb 05, 2009 ... "Public administration scholars often associate increased public participation in policy implementation with the advancement of democratic values," scientists in the United States report. "Likewise, scholars engaged in the various forms of action research (AR) promote their ...
Reports by K. Denny and co-researchers describe recent advances in political science.
Feb 05, 2009 ... "Individuals who vote in one election are more likely to vote in the next. Yet modelling the causal relationship between past and current voting decisions is intrinsically difficult, as this positive association can exist due to habit formation or unobserved heterogeneity," scientists in ...
Studies from University of Michigan provide new data on politics.
Feb 05, 2009 ... According to a study from the United States, "This paper explores how political institutions besides electoral rules shape the presidential party system. Our focus is upon what we call the ''size of the presidential prize'': the degree to which authority is concentrated in the presidency ...
Research from Cardiff University broadens understanding of public administration.
Feb 05, 2009 ... "This article tests the independent effects of strategy formulation and strategy content on organizational performance. The formulation variables include rational planning, logical instrumentalism and strategy process absence, and the strategy content variables are prospecting, defending ...
Studies conducted at Indiana University on public administration research and theory recently published.
Feb 05, 2009 ... According to recent research from the United States, "This article conceptualizes and measures collaboration. An empirically validated theory of collaboration, one that can inform both theory and practice, demands a systematic approach to understanding the meaning and measurement of ...
Scientists at Louisiana State University detail research in politics.(Report)
Feb 05, 2009 ... "The quality of political news coverage has implications for the information voters are left with to make political decisions," scientists in the United States report. "This article argues that the quality of the information found in political news is influenced by media ...
Research from University of Michigan broadens understanding of politics.
Feb 05, 2009 ... "A rich theoretical literature has illuminated the institutional mechanisms through which legislators influence agency policy. We focus on the behavioral ones, examining the decisions of individual legislators to intervene in agency rulemaking," investigators in the United States report. ...
Scientists at Cardiff University publish new data on public administration research and theory.
Feb 05, 2009 ... According to recent research published in the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, "Institutional theory suggests that organizations pursue legitimacy by conforming to isomorphic pressures in their environment. We extend previous research on institutional theory by ...
Research conducted at University of California has provided new information about political science.
Feb 05, 2009 ... "Accounts of state failure in the developing world frequently highlight a logic of ''spoils politics'' in which a government and an opposing faction vie for control of the state and the accompanying spoils. Attempts to buy the opposition off play a key role in this logic, and an ...
New findings from M. Braun and co-authors describe advances in cooperation and conflict.
Feb 05, 2009 ... According to a study from Prague, Czech Republic, "There is a significant amount of scholarly literature produced on the topic of the alleged legitimacy deficit of the European Union (EU). This article is based on the assumption that the legitimacy of the EU is shaped largely by the ...
Investigators at University of California zero in on politics.(Report)
Feb 05, 2009 ... According to recent research from the United States, "Tire most widely accepted explanation for the rally-round-the-flag phenomenon is a relative absence of elite criticism during the initial stages of foreign crises. In this study we argue that the nature and extent of elite debate may ...
Research in the area of political science reported from Temple University.
Feb 05, 2009 ... According to recent research from the United States, "Many political observers view get-out-the-vote (GOTV) mobilization drives as a way to increase turnout among chronic nonvoters. However, such a strategy assumes that GOTV efforts are effective at increasing turnout in this population, ...
New politics data have been reported by researchers at University of Colorado.(Report)
Feb 05, 2009 ... According to recent research from the United States, "Recent work on economic interdependence and conflict has focused largely on explaining whether trading states fight each other while ignoring the possibility that trade has broader political implications on state behavior. In this ...
Study findings on political economy are outlined in reports from R.R. Soares and colleagues.
Feb 05, 2009 ... According to a study from Brazil, "This paper presents a theory in which increases in female labor force participation and reductions in the gender-wage gap are generated as part of a single process of demographic transition, initially characterized by reductions in mortality and ...
Research from T. Bernauer and co-researchers in the area of political science published.
Feb 05, 2009 ... According to a study from Zurich, Switzerland, "Many case studies and some large-N research have shown that upstream-downstream cooperation in international river basins occurs quite frequently. The same holds for global water governance efforts more generally." "Yet such ...
New research on political science from University of Antwerp summarized.
Feb 05, 2009 ... "Political processes are affected by ''friction.'' Due to cognitive limitations and institutional delays, political agendas do not adapt smoothly to real-world impulses; political agendas either ignore them or overreact. The first question this article tackles is whether the same ...
Studies from University of Virginia provide new data on politics.
Feb 05, 2009 ... According to recent research published in the Journal of Politics, "This paper examines whether the content of presidential advertising campaigns helps to create and reinforce associations between the issues a candidate emphasizes and that candidate." "The argument relies on the ...
Data on politics published by researchers at University of California.(Report)
Feb 05, 2009 ... "Scholars continue to debate the relationship between democracy and free trade. This paper contributes to this debate by showing that the effects of democracy on trade policy vary across trading partners," researchers in the United States report. "Because democratization shifts ...