Political Science Faculty Publications and Presentations
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Submissions from 2021
Absolute Impunity: On the Legacies of 9/11 & the Policies of the War on/of Terror, Bryant W. Sculos
Edward Vidaurre and the Politics of the Cholo Strut, William W. Sokoloff
Submissions from 2020
A Bribed Tool of Reactionary Intrigue: Black Panther Ideology and the Rise of A White Lumpenproletariat, Clyde W. Barrow
Using Scan Statistics for Cluster Detection: Recognizing Real Bandwagons, Jie Chen, Thomas Ferguson, and Paul D. Jorgensen
Allies, Antagonists, or Ambivalent? Exploring Latino Attitudes about the Black Lives Matter Movement, Álvaro José Corral
Latinos por Trump? Latinos and the 2016 Presidential Election, Álvaro José Corral and David S. Leal
Immigration policy in Québec-Canada as a case study of incrementalism, Alexandre Couture Gagnon
Le point sur la situation aux États-Unis, Alexandre Couture Gagnon and Julie-Pier Nadeu
Identity, Nationalism, and Cultural and Linguistic Policies in Québec, Alexandre Couture Gagnon and Diane Saint-Pierre
Border Security and Immigration Policy Management in South Texas by the Numbers: Perception, Stories and the Knowledge Analytic, Terence Garrett
A Comparative Analysis of the Attitudes toward the U.S.-Mexico Border Policy: Evaluating Perspectives on Border Security and Building a Wall in the Rio Grande Valley, National Hispanic and General U.S. Populations, Dongkyu Kim, Mi-Son Kim, and Natasha Altema McNeely
Organized Labor Strikes and Social Spending in Latin America: The Synchronizing Effect of Mass Protest, Dongkyu Kim, Mi-Son Kim, and Cesar H. Villegas
Race, inequality, and social capital in the U.S. counties, Mi-Son Kim, Dongkyu Kim, and Natasha Altema McNeely
Chinese Politics and Labor Movements, Jake Lin
Exemplar Partner or Controversial Outsider? Huawei’s Strategic Engagement in Oceania, Jake Lin
Anti-austerity between militant materialism and real democracy: exploring pragmatic prefigurativism, Olatz Ribera-Almandoz, Nikolai Huke, Mònica Clua-Losada, and David J. Bailey
Teaching Political Theory at a Prison in South Texas, William W. Sokoloff
The Determinants of Chinese Foreign Direct Investment Flows in Mexican States, 2004–2014, John P. Tuman and Hafthor B. Erlingsson
Submissions from 2019
The Categorized and Invisible: The Effects of the ‘Border’ on Women Migrant Transit Flows in Mexico, Carla Angulo-Pasel
Marxist Political Theory, Diversity of Tactics, and the Doctrine of the Long Civil War, Clyde W. Barrow
Cultural Foundations of Contentious Democracy in South Korea, Youngho Cho, Mi-Son Kim, and Yong Cheol Kim
Opération Amérique: Québec’s Soft Power Applied to French Language Teaching in the United States, Alexandre Couture Gagnon and Carol A. Chapelle
Political Parties and Women’s Success in Municipal Elections in 2005 in Montérégie and Montréal (Québec, Canada), Alexandre Couture Gagnon, Filip Palda, and Katarzyna Sepielak
An analysis of U.S. Custom and Border Protection’s tripartite Mexico border security policy, Terence Garrett
Policy Memo: Political Violence and Terrorism on the Mexico-US Border, Terence Garrett
Hispanic Millennial Ideology: Surprisingly, No Liberal “Monolith” Among College Students, William Greene and Mi-Son Kim
Happiness theory and worker cooperatives: A critique of the alignment thesis, Mark J. Kaswan
The Question of Tactics in an Age of Authoritarian Neoliberalism, Nicholas Kiersey and William W. Sokoloff
Teaching Political Theory at a Prison in South Texas, William W. Sokoloff
Teaching Political Theory ONLINE at a “Hispanic Serving Institution”, William W. Sokoloff
Foreign direct investment flows to Mexican states: A study of the automobile industry, 2004–2014, John P. Tuman and Hafthor B. Erlingsson
Submissions from 2018
There are Better Alternatives than Easton: A Critical Rejoinder to William J. Kelleher, Clyde W. Barrow
A critical rejoinder to Manfred B. Steger, Clyde W. Barrow and Michelle Keck
Filip Palda: In memoriam, Alexandre Couture Gagnon
Genre et professionnalisation de la politique municipale : un portrait des élues et élus du Québec, d’Anne Mévellec et Manon Tremblay, Québec, Presses de l’Université du Québec, 2016, 300 p. (review), Alexandre Couture Gagnon
We Care About Children, Alexandre Couture Gagnon
Review of Inside the Clinton White House: An Oral History. By Russell L. Riley. Oxford University Press. 2016. xv + 441pp. £19.99/$29.95.. History, 103: 706-707., Michael Espinoza
Trump and the GOP: A Marriage of Convenience?, Michael Espinoza
Industrial Structure and Political Outcomes: The Case of the 2016 US Presidential Election, Thomas Ferguson, Paul D. Jorgensen, and Jie Chen
Le rôle du Programme des travailleurs agricoles saisonniers (PTAS) dans la vulnérabilisation des travailleurs migrants au Canada, Cindy Gagnon and Alexandre Couture Gagnon
Where There’s a Wall There’s a Way: The End (?) of Democratic Discourse Regarding Immigration and Border Security Policy, Terence Garrett
Public Support for Campaign Finance Reform: The Role of Policy Narratives, Cultural Predispositions, and Political Knowledge in Collective Policy Preference Formation, Paul D. Jorgensen, Geoboo Song, and Michael D. Jones
Small State, Smart Influence: China’s Belt and Road Extended to New Zealand, Jake Lin
Chapter 1: Introduction, Richard T. Longoria
The belt and road initiative: a New Zealand appraisal, Jason Young and Jake Lin
Submissions from 2017
The Political and Intellectual Origins of New Political Science*, Clyde W. Barrow
Globalization theory and state theory: the false antinomy, Clyde W. Barrow and Michelle Keck
Owners, Officials, and Reporters, Daniel Chomsky
Determinants of Salary Dispersion among Political Science Faculty: The Differential Effects of Where You Work (Institutional Characteristics) and What You Do (Negotiate and Publish), Vicki Hesli Claypool, Brian David Janssen, Dongkyu Kim, and Sara McLaughlin Mitchell
Determinants of Salary Dispersion among Political Science Faculty: The Differential Effects of Where You Work (Institutional Characteristics) and What You Do (Negotiate and Publish), Vicki Hesli Claypool, Brian David Janssen, Dongkyu Kim, and Sara McLaughlin Mitchell
Book review: Carol A. Chapelle, Teaching Culture in Introductory Foreign Language Textbooks, Alexandre Couture Gagnon
Spanish Speaking Institutions and Language Assimilation in the Rio Grande Valley, Alexandre Couture Gagnon and Carlos Gutierrez-Mannix
External Voting Rights in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Influence of Remittances, Globalization, and Partisan Control, Hafthor B. Erlingsson and John P. Tuman
Who's on the Bench? The Impact of Latino Descriptive Representation on U.S. Supreme Court Approval Among Latinos and Anglos, Diana Evans, Ana Franco, Jerry L. Polinard, James Wenzel, and Robert D. Wrinkle
Capitalism Denied with Chinese Characteristics, Timothy Kerswell and Jake Lin
The dynamics of party relabeling: Why do parties change names?, Mi-Son Kim and Frederick Solt
Do More Strikes Mean a Stronger Working Class's Agency: A Comparative Study in Post-Socialist China, Jake Lin
Cultura, lengua y diversidad cultural de naciones minoritarias: los casos de Quebec y Cataluña, territorios… ¿compartidos?, Diane Saint-Pierre and Alexandre Couture Gagnon
Submissions from 2016
Health Care, The Arab Spring and After, Sonia Alianak
Challenging the age of austerity: Disruptive agency after the global economic crisis, David J. Bailey, Mònica Clua-Losada, Nikolai Huke, Olatz Ribera-Almandoz, and Kelly Rogers
Workers, parties and a “New Deal:” A comparative analysis of corporatist alliances in Mexico, and the United States, 1910–1940, Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera and Ruth Ann Ragland
Book Review: Why the Right Went Wrong: Conservatism – From Goldwater to the Tea Party and Beyond by E.J. Dionne Jr., Michael Espinoza
Pragmatism and the Mass Public, Richard T. Longoria
Review of Bringing Race Back In: Black Politicians, Deracialization and Voting Behavior in the Age of Obama, Natasha Altema McNeely
Submissions from 2015
Losing the Monopoly of Violence: The State, a Drug War and the Paramilitarization of Organized Crime in Mexico (2007–10), Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, Michelle Keck, and Jose Nava
Review of Introduction to American Government, 7th edition, Alexandre Couture Gagnon
Prospects for Campaign Finance Reform: The Role of Policy Narratives, Cultural Predispositions, and Political Knowledge in Collective Policy Preference Formation, Paul D. Jorgensen, Michael D. Jones, and Geoboo Song
U.S. Drug Policy and Supply-Side Strategies: Assessing Effectiveness and Results, Michelle Keck and Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera
The dynamics of party relabeling: Why do parties change names?, Mi-Son Kim and Frederick Solt
Urbanization and inequality in China's mega-cities: A perspective from Chinese industrial workers, Jake Lin
Submissions from 2014
How Do Cause Lawyers Decide When and Where to Litigate on behalf of Their Cause?, Scott Barclay and Daniel Chomsky
Realpolitik in the American University: Charles A. Beard and the Problem of Academic Repression, Clyde W. Barrow
The Coming of the Corporate-Fascist University?, Clyde W. Barrow
Administrative Surveillance and Fear: Implications for U.S.-Mexico Border Relations and Governance, Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, Terence Garrett, and Michelle Keck
Health policies in Quebec: when the right hand doesn’t know what the left hand is doing, Alexandre Couture Gagnon and Jean-François Savard
Developing democracy: cooperatives and democratic theory, Mark J. Kaswan
Comparing the Determinants of US-Funded NGO Aid Versus US Official Development Aid, Michelle Keck
Neoliberal reform and protest in Latin American democracies: A replication and correction, Frederick Solt, Dongkyu Kim, Kyu Young Lee, Spencer Willardson, and Seokdong Kim
Submissions from 2013
L’âge des incertitudes. Essais sur le fédéralisme et la diversité nationale, d’Alain-G. Gagnon, Québec, Les Presses de l’Université Laval, 2011, 210 p. (review), Alexandre Couture Gagnon
La gouvernance multiniveau dans les nations minoritaires : les cas du Québec-Canada et de la Catalogne-Espagne, Alexandre Couture Gagnon
Myth, Memory and the Reagan Legacy: Taxes and the GOP, Michael Espinoza
Pharmaceuticals, Political Money, and Public Policy: A Theoretical and Empirical Agenda, Paul D. Jorgensen
“Reinventing” Higher Education: Symbolism, Sloganeering, and Subjectivity in the Lone Star State, Staci M. Zavattaro and Terence Garrett
Submissions from 2012
Mind the Gap? Political Advertisements and Congressional Election Results, Michael D. Jones and Paul D. Jorgensen
Submissions from 2011
Review of The Provinces and Canadian Foreign Trade Policy, Christopher J. Kukucha, Vancouver: UBC Press, 2008, pp. xiv, 242., Alexandre Couture Gagnon
The price of transparency: do campaign finance disclosure laws discourage political participation by citizens’ groups?, Alexandre Couture Gagnon and Filip Palda
Stated funded NGOs in civil wars: the US case, Michelle Keck
Ethnic Context and Immigration Policy Preferences Among Latinos and Anglos, Rene R. Rocha, Thomas Longoria, Robert D. Wrinkle, Benjamin R. Knoll, Jerry L. Polinard, and James Wenzel
Submissions from 2010
Toward Subnational Comparative Cultural Policy Analysis: The Case of Provincial Cultural Policy and Administration in Canada, Monica Gattinger, Diane Saint-Pierre, and Alexandre Couture Gagnon
The Politics of Perception: An Investigation of the Presence and Sources of Perceptions of Internal Discrimination Among Latinos, Jessica Lavariega-Montforti and Gabriel Sanchez
Submissions from 2008
Chapter 1. What is Meritocracy?, Richard T. Longoria
Submissions from 2007
A Story of Saxophone Craftsmanship: Implications for Public Administration Theory, Terence Garrett
Katrina, Rita, Challenger and Columbia: Operationalizing a Knowledge Analytic in NASA and DHS Crises, Terence Garrett
Submissions from 2006
Acculturation Effects on Trust in National and Local Government Among Mexican Americans, James P. Wenzel
Submissions from 2005
Trying to Save the Garden: What if “Rat Choice” Hadn’t Invaded Public Policy and Public Administration? A Public Administration Satire, Terence Garrett
