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Democracy in the Fifty States

By: Kim Quaile Hill

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The disillusionment of scholars and nonscholars alike who conclude that democracy in the United States has failed calls for an innovative examination of our democratic processes. Kim Quaile Hill, arguing that these critics have been too hasty in their judgment, presents the first comprehensive assessment on the extent of achieved democratization. He examines the range of representative democracy in the states by comparing them on the key components of democracy indicated in empirical democratic theory?equal rights to vote, competitiveness among political parties, and the degree of mass participation. Building on empirical democratic theory and scholarship in comparative state politics, Hill follows the tradition of prominent cross-national studies to develop this intranational analysis of democratic processes. These analyses provide considerable evidence that the states vary substantially in the extent to which they approximate the democratic ideal. Hill begins with an evaluation of each of the primary ocmpenents of democracy and how states fulfilled them. He also replicates this analysis for the late 1940s and the early 1980s, two periods chosen for their historical distinctiveness in terms of legal regimes relevant to democracy in the states. The preceding analysis results in comprehensive measures of democracy in the states. For readers skeptical of gauging such a complex concept as democratization, Hill provides an empirical demonstration of the validity and reliability of the measures. And, for critics who still ask "Does democracy deliver the goods?", he presents strong evidence that more-democratic states adopt more equitable policies for citizens' welfare and ensure a greater range of civil rights than do less-democratic states.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803223722

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9780803223721

Representation in Congress

A Unified Theory

By: Kim Quaile Hill,Soren Jordan,Patricia A. Hurley

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Representation in Congress

A Unified Theory

By: Kim Quaile Hill,Soren Jordan,Patricia A. Hurley

Representation in Congress presents a theory of representation in the US Congress that is also applicable to many other legislatures.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107107814

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9781107107816

Representation in Congress

A Unified Theory

By: Kim Quaile Hill,Soren Jordan,Patricia A. Hurley

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Representation in Congress

A Unified Theory

By: Kim Quaile Hill,Soren Jordan,Patricia A. Hurley

Representation in Congress provides a theory of dyadic policy representation intended to account for when belief sharing, delegate, responsible party, trustee, and 'party elite led' models of representational linkage arise on specific policy issues. The book also presents empirical tests of most of the fundamental predictions for when such alternative models appear, and it presents tests of novel implications of the theory about other aspects of legislative behavior. Some of the latter tests resolve contradictory findings in the relevant, existing literature - such as whether and how electoral marginality affects representation, whether roll call vote extremism affects the re-election of incumbents, and what in fact is the representational behavior of switched seat legislators. All of the empirical tests provide evidence for the theory. Indeed, the full set of empirical tests provides evidence for the causal effects anticipated by the theory and much of the causal process behind those effects.

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1316301028

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9781316301029

Democracy in the Fifty States

By: Kim Quaile Hill

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The Politics of War

Canada’s Afghanistan Mission, 2001–14

By: Jean-Christophe Boucher,Kim Richard Nossal

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The Politics of War

Canada’s Afghanistan Mission, 2001–14

By: Jean-Christophe Boucher,Kim Richard Nossal

When the Canadian government committed forces to join the military mission in Afghanistan following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, little did it foresee that this decision would involve Canada in a war-riven country for over a decade. The Politics of War explores how, as the mission became increasingly unpopular, Canadian politicians across the political spectrum began to use it to score points against their opponents. This was “politics” with a vengeance. Through historical analysis of the public record and interviews with officials, Jean-Christophe Boucher and Kim Richard Nossal show how the Canadian government sought to frame the engagement in Afghanistan as a “mission” rather than what it was – a war. They examine the efforts of successive governments to convince Canadians of the rightness of Canada’s engagement, the parliamentary politics that resulted from the increasing politicization of the mission, and the impact of public opinion on Canada’s involvement. This contribution to the field of Canadian foreign policy demonstrates how much of Canada’s war in Afghanistan was shaped by the vagaries of domestic politics and political gamesmanship.

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UBC Press

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Book's by Kim Quaile Hill

Democracy in the Fifty States

Democracy in the Fifty States

Representation in Congress

Representation in Congress

Representation in Congress

Representation in Congress

Democracy in the Fifty States

Democracy in the Fifty States

The Politics of War

The Politics of War

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