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Recent Scholarship
Demographic and Geographic Variations in Breast Cancer Mortality Among U.S. Hispanics
: Grubb, Maria C.; Klbourn, Barbara; Kihlbergt, Courtney; Levine, Robert S. and Hood, Derryl B. (Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved), 2013
Highlights
: Examines differences in breast cancer mortalities from 1999-2009; state-to-state comparisons included
Expertise and Scale of Conflict: Governments as Advocates in American Indian Politics
: Evans, Laura E. (American Political Science Review), 2011
Highlights
: Explores the constraints and opportunities that minority groups face in a federal system by examining American Indian tribal governments' relations with nearby local governments
Immigrants Across the U.S. Federal Laboratory: Explaining State-Level Innovation in Immigration Policy
: Boushey, Graeme and Luedtke, Adam (State Politics and Policy Quarterly), 2011
Highlights
: Explores incentives and political pressures that lead to immigration policy adoption and innovation among the states
Measuring Citizen and Government Ideology in the U.S. States: A Re-appraisal
: Berry, William D.; Fording, Richard C.; Ringquist, Evan J.; Hanson, Russell L. and Klarner, Carl E. (State Politics and Policy Quarterly), 2010
Highlights
: Revisits Berry et. al's measures of U.S. state citizen and government ideology, altering some of their unadjusted interest-group ratings in an attempt to improve them
Measuring Women-Friendly Policy in the American States
: Cowell-Meyers, Kimberly and Langbein, Laura (Journal of Women, Politics, and Policy), 2013
Highlights
: Uncovers the theoretical meaning and patterns of "women-friendly" policies in the U.S. states
The New Great Debate About Unionism and Collective Bargaining in U.S. State and Local Governments
: Lewin, David; Keefe, Jeffrey H. and Kochan, Thomas A. (ILR Review) 2012
Highlights
: In light of much recent state legislation restricting public employee union activity, report examines "public-private sector pay and benefit relationships"