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Intergovernmental Relations: an Analytical Overview
(Sage Publications, 1974)
The distinctive features of American intergov ernmental relations (IGR) are specified, and the last half-century of policy trends in the United States are viewed through the conceptual lens provided by the IGR perspective. ...
Crafting Institutions for Localized Aid
(2015-06-09)
Today, most development practitioners agree that “going local” should be the way to
deliver foreign aid. However, while this idea is widely embraced in principle,
turning it into action is the hard problem. After all, ...
Geography, Partisanship, and the Politics of Group Threat.
(2015)
This dissertation project engages three broad themes in the political behavior literature. First, it addresses the question of political geography, and how the physical arrangement of individuals affects their political ...
Socioeconomic Status and Health: Understanding Gradients Across Childhood and Adolescence
(Pergamon Press, 2006)
Socioeconomic status (SES) gradients may not be static across the lifespan, but instead may vary in strength across different life stages. This study examined the periods in childhood when SES and health relationships ...
The Politics of a Sexual Misconduct Case
(New York University Press, 2000)
The chapter outlines a case of alleged clergy misconduct, how it was mishandled, and the consequences (legal and pastoral). It lists ten things that went wrong.