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Indonesia In 1985: Chills And Thaws, Donald E. Weatherbee

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Indonesia In 1984: Pancasila, Politics, And Power, Donald E. Weatherbee

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Racial Differences In The Relation Of Birth Weight And Gestational Age To Neonatal Mortality, Greg R. Alexander, Mark E. Tompkins, Joan M. Altekruse, Carlton A. Hornung

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Utilizing South Carolina live birth-infant death cohort files for the period 1975-80, this study examines the bivariate distribution of birth weight gestational age (BW-GA), intrauterine growth curves, and BW-GA specific neonatal mortality rates (NMRs) by race. Comparison of BW-GA distributions revealed an appreciable shift between racial subgroups. Nonwhites, on the average, were born 1 week earlier and 270 grams lighter in weight than whites. In addition to racial differences in rates of intrauterine growth, nonwhites experienced lower BW-GA NMRs than whites in BW-GA categories < 3,000 grams and < 38 weeks. However, the improved mortality experience of nonwhites at more immature BW-GA categories was not consistently present when different cause-specific NMRs were considered.

These persistent racial variations highlight continuing issues regarding both the use of a single norm for …

Political Education And The History Of Political Thought, Daniel R. Sabia

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Texts designed to introduce political science students to the history of political thought or to past political theories have been commonplace in the discipline, as have disputes about their pedagogical utility or justifiability, and methodological debates concerning their adequacy or legitimacy. In an effort to address these disputes and some of these debates, I construct three models of historiographical inquiry. Each model represents a particular approach, and each is defined in terms of three common features. The methodological debates are joined both indirectly and directly: indirectly by identifying clearly the majorfeatures and purposes of these approaches, and directly by consideration …

The Electoral Fortunes Of Gubernatorial Incumbents: 1947-1981, Mark E. Tompkins

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I break down gubernatorial electoral outcomes into expected vote and short-term changes, using an intrastate baseline measure. Employing these measures, I find evidence of period effects in the role played by incumbency, including the growth in its importance in the last decade. Incumbents' gains are most notable in first reelection contest, but tail off in subsequent races. Moreover, these advantages are more pronounced after a two-year term than after a four-year term. Other factors influencing incumbents' success are less clear in their impact: Sabato's measure of reputation is associated with electoral gains, but increasing state bureaucratization appears more weakly linked.

International Relations Theory, Foreign Policy Substitutability, And "Nice" Laws, Benjamin A. Most, Harvey Starr

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Two logical problems appear to have impeded the development of an integrative understanding of international and foreign policy phenomena. The first has to do with the potential for foreign policy substitutability: through time and across space, similar factors could plausibly be expected to trigger different foreign policy acts. The second concerns the potential existence of “sometimes true,” domain-specific laws. It is the logical opposite of the substitution problem, suggesting that different processes could plausibly be expected to lead to similar results. Neither problem appears to be well understood in the current literature; if anything, both are ignored. Nevertheless, they are …

Brunei: The Asean Connection, Donald E. Weatherbee

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The Ideology And Praxis Of Shi'ism In The Iranian Revolution, Shahrough Akhavi

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Nigerian Government And Politics Under Military Rule, 1966-79 By Oyeleye Oyediran, Mark W. Delancey

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Diffusion, Reinforcement, Geopolitics, And The Spread Of War, Benjamin A. Most, Harvey Starr

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The discussion reports the results of an examination of the possible diffusion of new war participations during the 1946-65 era. A theoretical argument is developed to yield more precise expectations about when, where, why, and how diffusion processs might operate. Four diffusion-related processes (positive spatial diffusion, positive reinforcement, negative spatial diffusion, and negative reinforcement) are discussed and analyzed. A series of simple turnover tables and a focus on nations' borders are used to go beyond the authors' previous stochastic modeling efforts. The results provide strong evidence that is consistent with both the authors' theoretical argument and the general war diffusion …

Book Review: Understanding Conflict And War, Vol. 4 - War, Power, Peace, By Rudolph Rummel, Harvey Starr

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Against Epistemology - Comment, Daniel R. Sabia

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Concern For Policy Outputs As A Cue For Supreme Court Decisions On Certiorari, Donald R. Songer

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Tribalisme Et Parti Unique En Afrique Noire: Esquisse D'Une Théorie Générale De L'Intégration Nationale By Lanciné Sylla, Mark W. Delancey

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Radical Nationalism In Cameroun: Social Origins Of The U.P.C. Rebellion By Richard A. Joseph, Mark W. Delancey

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Reaching The Peasant Farmer: Organization Theory And Practice In Kenya By David K. Leonard, Mark W. Delancey

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The Africanization Of The Labor Market: Educational And Occupational Segmentation In The Cameroun By Remi Clignet., Mark W. Delancey

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Credit For The Common Man In Cameroon, Mark W. Delancey

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Alliance Behavior In 19th-Century Europe, Patrick J. Mcgowan, Robert M. Rood

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Alliance Behavior In Balance Of Power Systems - Applying A Poisson Model To 19th-Century Europe, Patrick J. Mcgowan, Robert M. Rood

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Egypt's Socialism And Marxist Thought: Some Preliminary Observations On Social Theory And Metaphysics, Shahrough Akhavi

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A Collective Goods Analysis Of The Warsaw Pact After Czechoslovakia, Harvey Starr

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Portuguese Timor: An Indonesian Dilemma, Donald E. Weatherbee

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