Over the past fifty years, the “special status” of education decision-making has been eroded.
Once the province of local and state school boards, decisions about schools and schooling …

Administrative structure can shape bureaucratic process, performance, and responsiveness
and is a particularly important consideration when new bureaucratic functions and programs …

It is well established that the race and gender of elected representatives influence the ways
in which they legislate, but surprisingly little research exists on how race and gender interact …

The ongoing underrepresentation of racial and ethnic minorities in most levels of office
continues to warrant our attention. However, scholars have only focused on what factors …

An inside look into why Millennials are rejecting careers in politics, and what this means for
the future of America's political system Millennials are often publically criticized for being …

A predictive model of terrorist activity is developed by examining the daily number of terrorist
attacks in Indonesia from 1994 through 2007. The dynamic model employs a shot noise …

Local governments play a central role in American democracy, providing essential services
such as policing, water, and sanitation. Moreover, Americans express great confidence in …

Sound evidence demonstrating what, if any, role the Voting Rights Act (VRA) has played in
the impressive gains minorities have made in local office holding over the last 45 years …

Retrospective voting is a central explanation for voters' support of incumbents. Yet, despite
the variety of conditions facing American cities, past research has devoted little attention to …

Despite a long history of legal challenges alleging that elections conducted at‐large
suppress minority representation, this remains the dominant electoral system in local …