International Social Science Review articles

Recent articles from International Social Science Review

Lobbying unorthodox lawmaking.
September 22, 2008... Introduction When the 107th Congress (2001-02) passed the largest tax cut in American history, no hearings were held to consider the proposed bill. Observers of the legislative process might have expected an outcry over the failure of the committees to exercise due consideration of such...

Antonio Diaz Soto y Gama and changing Mexico: a twentieth-century political journey.
September 22, 2008... When Vicente Fox Quesada became president of Mexico on December 1, 2000, conservatives celebrated the ascendancy of the Partido Accion Nacional (National Action Party, or PAN). For the first time since 1929, a political organization other than the Partido Revolucionario Institucional...

America's first golf hero: Francis Ouimet and the 1913 U.S. Open.
September 22, 2008... Introduction Golf is currently riding a crest of popularity in the United States. In 2006, 28.7 million golfers played the game on nearly 16,000 courses across the country. (1) The golf economy in 2005 was $76 billion, including $6 billion spent on equipment and supplies. The total...

'Dining with the devil': the unique secularization of American evangelical churches.
September 22, 2008... Introduction It has often been said that imitation is the highest form of flattery. When one cultural group begins to imitate the way of life of another, however, they are, to some degree, disavowing their past and assuming a new identity. In the case of many American evangelical...

The effects of conspicuous traffic enforcement on speeding behaviors: a study of speed reduction response.
September 22, 2008... Purpose In law enforcement, it is the purpose of speed enforcement, commonly referred to as "traffic radar enforcement," not only to detect motorists engaged in speeding and issue citations, or tickets, when appropriate, but to use this punitive method to alter the perceived risk...