American State Cultures: Testing a New Measure and Theory

Lieske, Joel A.

doi:10.1093/publius/pjr018

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“…First, this paper provides support for the race/ethnicity theory. In an important study, Hero and Preuhs (2007) (Lieske, 2012).…”

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Compensation or Retrenchment? The Paradox of Immigration and Public Welfare Spending in the American States

2017

State Politics Policy Q.

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By using American state-level data from 1999 to 2008, this article explores how the recent immigrant influx has influenced public welfare spending in the American states. By integrating the race/ethnicity and globalization compensation theory, I hypothesize that immigration will increase welfare spending in states with a bleak job market and exclusive state immigrant welfare policy; in contrast, immigration will decrease welfare spending in states with a good job market and inclusive state immigrant welfare policy. Empirical tests show evidence for both hypotheses, suggesting that the applicability of general political science theories depends on a combination of state policy and economic contexts.

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“…First, this paper provides support for the race/ethnicity theory. In an important study, Hero and Preuhs (2007) (Lieske, 2012).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Compensation or Retrenchment? The Paradox of Immigration and Public Welfare Spending in the American States

2017

State Politics Policy Q.

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“…10 The states also vary, at least somewhat, in political culture. According to Lieske (2012), Alaska has an individualistic/traditional political culture, Colorado an individualist and Minnesota a moralistic/individualistic culture. However, one should not error is over generalizing the findings of the research presented here to all other states.…”

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Gender themes in state legislative candidates’ websites

Herrick

2016

The Social Science Journal

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a b s t r a c tFemale candidates can represent women by campaigning on issues that have traditionally been the purview of women, and motivating their opponents to do likewise. Although recent research on gubernatorial and congressional elections has found relatively little difference between male and female candidates in their campaign issues, it is possible that greater differences could be found at the state level. This article examines the effects of state legislative candidates' sex and party and opponents' sex on whether candidates campaign on women's or men's issues. It does so by examining campaign websites in three states in 2012: Alaska, Colorado, and Minnesota. The article finds that female, and candidates with female opponents focus more on women's issues in their campaigns than do male candidates and those running against male candidates. In addition, it finds that although Democrats too are more likely to campaign on women's issues, party does not explain away the sex differences. Also as predicted, the article finds little sex difference in the degree to which candidates focus on men's issues, but Republicans are more likely to campaign on men's issues than are Democrats.

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“…For example, greater numbers of women candidates emerge in areas that, when compared to national averages, are more progressive and welcoming to political change and have smaller populations of religious Americans (Setzler, ). A state's political culture (Elazar, ; for an alternative approach to culture, see Lieske, , ) may also advance or deter the emergence of women candidates. Women in moralistic states (located largely in New England and along the U.S.‐Canada border) are the most likely to run for office, while women in traditionalistic states (particularly the South) are the least likely to run for office (Hogan, ).…”

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It's All Relative: Understanding “Women Friendliness” Between and Within States

Pyeatt

Yanus

2019

Social Science Quarterly

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Objective. In this article, we reexamine how the entry and success of women state legislative candidates is affected by local political context. Methods. We use evidence from state legislative elections from 2001 to 2010 to test our hypotheses. Results. We find that female candidates' emergence and success are affected by the district's context relative to both all districts nationally and all districts within that state. Intrastate comparisons are particularly influential in districts that are less women friendly using a national comparison. Conclusions. Our findings underscore the importance of considering multiple dimensions of political context as scholars attempt to understand the variation in political representation of women state legislators.Thomas Jefferson and Robert E. Lee were Virginians first, and Americans second. Likewise, Andrew Jackson was defined by his rugged Tenneseean image, and the Adamses were the consummate New England patricians. For their political differences, these early American statesmen had one thing in common: they were defined not only by their nationality-American-but also by the context and culture in which they were born, raised, and made their reputations.Competing identities such as these were common in the nation's first 150 years. But as dual federalism gave way to cooperative federalism, and, more recently, as local newspapers and radio and television broadcasts have given way to cable news and the Internet, citizens of the United States have become increasingly attached to a common identity. Yet, focusing solely on one level of the American federal government can oversimplify American citizens' cultural, political, and social identities. Even in an era of high party unity, Republicans in Maine view political issues differently than Republicans in Mississippi. The East Coast and the West Coast battle over which is the "best coast" on every issue from lifestyle to the best way to make a taco. (On the latter issue, both are wrong. Just ask any Texan.) With apologies to Tip O'Neill, it may no longer be the case that all politics are local, but some politics certainly are.In this article, we explore how both national (interstate) and local (intrastate) comparisons affect the entry and success of women candidates in state legislative elections. Overall, we expect that women candidates will be most likely to successfully run for office in areas that are the most "women friendly"-urban, diverse, Democratic, and affluentbased on a national comparison. However, we expect that intrastate comparisons will be

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American State Cultures: Testing a New Measure and Theory

Cited by 25 publications

References 21 publications

Compensation or Retrenchment? The Paradox of Immigration and Public Welfare Spending in the American States

Compensation or Retrenchment? The Paradox of Immigration and Public Welfare Spending in the American States

Gender themes in state legislative candidates’ websites

It's All Relative: Understanding “Women Friendliness” Between and Within States

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