Social Science Quarterly articles from December 2003

Social Science Quarterly archives from December 2003

Raising considerations: public opinion and the fair application of the death penalty *.
December 1, 2003... Objectives. A major justification for capital punishment is its perceived public support, yet common measures of public opinion do not capture the complexity of death penalty attitudes. This research, first, examines the stability of...

Child care policy reform and the employment of single mothers *.
December 1, 2003... Objective. We estimate how the expansion of public child care subsidies from 1991-1996 contributed to single mothers' employment rates, controlling for other policy changes. Methods. Using new measures of child care spending that distinguish...

Acclimation effects and separate opinion writing in the U.S. courts of appeals *.
December 1, 2003... Objective. This article investigates the existence of a freshman effect on separate opinion authorship on the U.S. Courts of Appeals. First, we evaluate the extent to which freshman judges demonstrate unique behavior with respect to writing...

Campaign finance laws and the competition for spending in gubernatorial elections *.
December 1, 2003... Objective. The diversity of campaign finance laws in the U.S. states allows the effects of these reforms to be measured. I investigate the impact of contribution limits and public financing on campaign spending in gubernatorial elections....

Does sexual harassment training change attitudes? A view from the federal level *.
December 1, 2003... Objective. Employment-related sexual harassment imposes large costs on both workers and their employers and many organizations have responded by implementing formal policies, grievance procedures, or training programs. However, limited...

The effect of negative campaign advertising on vote choice: the mediating influence of gender *.
December 1, 2003... Objective. Some studies of negative campaign advertising's impact argue that a backlash or "boomerang effect" exists. However, the appropriate conceptualization of a boomerang effect might not be an immediate backlash against the sponsor but...

The impact of structural reform on county government service provision *.
December 1, 2003... Objective. This study examines the effect that county government structure has on county spending in an environment of rapid population growth. In particular, it looks at the consequence of changing from a traditional commission noncharter...

Identity politics among Arab-American women *.
December 1, 2003... Objective. Identity politics has dominated contemporary analyses of protest movements. Although multiple identities are commonplace, progress in delineating their empirical relationship has been slow. This article examines the relationships...

Job skill and black male wage discrimination *.
December 1, 2003... Objective. Debate over the causes of wage inequality have raised suggestions that, rather than discrimination, skill differences may be the reason for racial wage disparities. The purpose of this research is to examine what impact on-the-job...

Political cynicism and the mobilization of black voters *.
December 1, 2003... Objective. This article analyzes National Election Study data from the 1996 and 2000 elections in order to explain the increased turnout among blacks in recent presidential elections. Methods. A bivariate analysis of registration and voter...

The corrosive effect of acculturation: how Mexican Americans lose political trust *.
December 1, 2003... Objective. Existing research establishes that political trust is not only an important determinant of individual political behavior and government effectiveness, but may also measure the health of civic society. This article looks...

Did retail enterprise among white immigrants benefit from the residential segregation of blacks? A study of large Northern cities in the early 20th century *.
December 1, 2003... Objective. This study tests the proposition, suggested by the middleman minority theory of entrepreneurship, that retail enterprise among white immigrants in the urban North was aided by the emergence of segregated black communities during...

The changing structure of structural assimilation: white-collar Mexican ethnicity and the significance of ethnic identity professional organizations *.
December 1, 2003... Objective. This article examines the experience of ethnicity among third-plus generation Mexican-American professionals at the workplace and through participation in ethnic identity professional organizations. Methods. A total of 25...

Governing nature: the re-regulation of resources, land-use planning, and nature conservation *.
December 1, 2003... The ongoing neoliberalization of local and regional economies is contributing to quite profound changes in the ways resources, land uses, and nature are managed. Consider in this regard the changing role of the state (1) within North America...

The new economy and the forest: rural development in the post-industrial spaces of the rural Alleghenies *.
December 1, 2003... Objective. Government policy has long linked resource production with economic development in surrounding rural communities. The purpose of this article is to examine how the USDA Forest Service's (USFS) resource-based, rural development...

Nonprofits and park provision in Los Angeles: an exploration of the rise of governance approaches to the provision of local services *.
December 1, 2003... Objectives. Park planning and development in the Los Angeles metropolitan area offer an opportunity to explore the assertion that "Western cities are now being managed, organized and governed in different ways" leading to a "new urban...

Dilemmas of environmental planning in post-urban New Jersey *.
December 1, 2003... Objective. New Jersey's state land-use plan, designed to preserve open space by directing growth to urban centers, rests on the assumption that nature (the "environment") and the urban constitute separate objective spheres, such that nature...

Changing local modes of economic and environmental governance in England: a tale of two areas *.
December 1, 2003... Objectives. Using an urban regime theory approach, the article aims to investigate the degree to which environmental policy in England is devolved to the local level of the state and integrates with local economic governance. Methods....

The family and the Internet: the Israeli case *.
December 1, 2003... Objective. The goal of this study was to explore the relationship between Internet connection and frequency of adolescents' daily use and family time and the perceived quality of relations between adolescents and their parents. Methods. Data...