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China's Political Reforms: A Net Assessment
(Sage Publications, 1984)
China's leaders since the death of Mao Zedong have tried to reform the political system so as to reduce the level of political coercion, increase the use of rational/legal processes, put talented individuals into responsible ...
III. The Philosophy of the Particular and the Universality of the City
(Sage Publications, 1988)
Motivations for Party Activism
(Sage Publications, 1983)
This article reports the data from studies in four countries (United States, Netherlands, Sweden, and India) on the reasons for initial involvement in party activism and the reasons for continuance in party work. Considerable ...
I. Eros and the Female in Greek Political Thought
(Sage Publications, 1984)
They do not understand that being brought apart is carried back together with itself; it is a back-stretching harmony as of the bow and the lyre. Herakleitus, Frag. 51 “Tell me, you, the heir of the argument,” I said, “what ...
The Influence of Military Service on Social Consciousness and Protest Behavior
(SAGE PUBLICATIONS, 1984)
Cross-national analysis of aggregate data has found a relationship between the military participation ratio and national economic growth rates and distributional inequality. This article examines one aspect of this macro-micro ...
Preemptive and reactive spending in U.S. House races
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Agathon Press, Inc. ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1986-03)
This paper examines the spending behavior of candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives. Particular attention is paid to the timing of receipts and expenditures over the complete 2-year election cycle. Incumbents ...
Stability and change in political attitudes: Observed, recalled, and “explained”
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Agathon Press, Inc. ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1986-03)
Using data from a panel survey of members of two generations, this study explores observed change in policy opinions across a 9-year span and respondents' recollections and explanations of their self-perceived attitude ...
Elite Conflict Orientations in Polish and US Cities
(Sage Publications, 1989)
This paper analyzes the values of local leaders in Poland and the United States. A matched subset of cities is used. Interview data were collected in the 1983-84 period. The focus is on elite views about political conflict. ...