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Manufacturing a Protestant Consensus: Religion and Regime Entrenchment in the Eisenhower Era 制造新教共识:艾森豪威尔时代的宗教与政权堑壕

IF 0.8 3区社会学

Studies in American Political Development Pub Date : 2023-02-28 DOI: 10.1017/S0898588X22000268

J. Compton

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Private Power in Public Programs: Medicare, Medicaid, and the Structural Power of Private Insurance 公共项目中的私人权力:医疗保险、医疗补助和私人保险的结构性权力

IF 0.8 3区社会学

Studies in American Political Development Pub Date : 2023-01-27 DOI: 10.1017/S0898588X22000207

Andrew S. Kelly

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The Empty Gift: Citizenship, Imperialism, and Political Development in Puerto Rico 空的礼物:波多黎各的公民权、帝国主义和政治发展

IF 0.8 3区社会学

Studies in American Political Development Pub Date : 2023-01-05 DOI: 10.1017/S0898588X22000232

Maye Lan Henning

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Collective Bargaining Retrenchment in Union Country: The Politics of 2011 Wisconsin's “Budget Repair” Bill 联盟国家的集体谈判紧缩:2011年威斯康星州“预算修复”法案的政治

IF 0.8 3区社会学

Studies in American Political Development Pub Date : 2022-12-12 DOI: 10.1017/S0898588X22000244

Yotala Oszkay

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SAP volume 36 issue 2 Cover and Front matter SAP第36卷第2期封面和封面

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Studies in American Political Development Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.1017/s0898588x22000219

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American Political Development and the Crises in American Politics 美国政治发展与美国政治危机

IF 0.8 3区社会学

Studies in American Political Development Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.1017/s0898588x22000220

Paul Frymer, M. Gottschalk, Kimberley S. Johnson

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Everything Old Is New Again: The Persistence of Republican Opposition to Multilateralism in American Foreign Policy 一切旧的事物都是新的：共和党在美国外交政策中对多边主义的坚持

IF 0.8 3区社会学

Studies in American Political Development Pub Date : 2022-09-14 DOI: 10.1017/S0898588X22000165

Benjamin O. Fordham, Michael G. Flynn

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Our Future at Risk: Toward an American Political Development Scholarship of Foresight 我们的未来处于危险之中:走向美国政治发展的前瞻性奖学金

IF 0.8 3区社会学

Studies in American Political Development Pub Date : 2022-09-09 DOI: 10.1017/S0898588X22000153

Daniel Kryder, Ryan LaRochelle

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Congressional Pay and Responsiveness in the Antebellum U.S. House of Representatives 南北战争前美国众议院的国会薪酬和反应

IF 0.8 3区社会学

Studies in American Political Development Pub Date : 2022-08-26 DOI: 10.1017/S0898588X2200013X

J. Baughman

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The U.S. Supreme Court Is Not a Dahlian Court 美国最高法院不是达连法院

IF 0.8 3区社会学

Studies in American Political Development Pub Date : 2022-08-26 DOI: 10.1017/s0898588x22000189

Paul Baumgardner, Calvin Terbeek

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