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2007
Evolutionary Theory and Political Leadership: Why Certain People Do Not Trust Decision Makers, Kevin Smith, Christopher W. Larimer, Levente Littvay, and John Hibbing
Evolutionary Theory and Political Leadership:Why Certain People Do Not Trust Decision Makers, Kevin Smith, Christopher W. Larimer, Levente Littvay, and John R. Hibbing
2006
The Problem of Secular Sacredness: Ronald Dworkin, Michael Perry, and Human Rights Foundationalism, Ari Kohen
Deracialization or Racialization: The Making of a Black Mayor in Jackson, Mississippi, Byron D. Orey
Teaching and Researching "The Politics of Race" in a Majority White Institution, Byron D. Orey
Race and Gender Matter: Refining Models of Legislative Policy Making in State Legislatures, Byron D. Orey, Wendy Smooth, Kimberly S. Adams, and Kisha Harris-Clark
2005
Are Political Orientations Genetically Transmitted?, John R. Alford, Carolyn L. Funk, and John R. Hibbing
Thucydides [from Encyclopedia of Social Measurement], Peter A. Furia and Ari Kohen
The Possibility of Secular Human Rights: Alan Gewirth and the Principle of Generic Consistency, Ari Kohen
Framing Race: The Election of the First African-American Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, Byron D. Orey
2004
Getting People to Tolerate Bad Outcomes:, John R. Hibbing
Accepting Authoritative Decisions: Humans as Wary Cooperators, John R. Hibbing and John R. Alford
White Racial Attitudes and Support for the Mississippi State Flag, Byron D’Andra Orey
2003
THE NEW BLACK CONSERVATIVE: RHETORIC OR REALITY?, Byron D. Orey
Participation in Electoral Politics, Byron D. Orey and Reginald Vance
2001
Process Preference and American Politics: What the People Want Government to Be, John R. Hibbing and Elizabeth Theiss-Morse
A New Racial Threat in the New South? (A Conditional) Yes, Byron D’Andra Orey
2000
Symbolic Racism in the 1995 Louisiana Gubernatorial Election, Jonathan Knuckley and Byron D. Orey
BLACK LEGISLATIVE POLITICS IN MISSISSIPPI, Byron D. Orey
1999
Regime Type, Strategic Interaction, and the Diversionary Use of Force, Ross A. Miller
1998
Group Rebellion in the 1980s, Ryan Dudley and Ross A. Miller
Situational Dissastifaction in Congress: Explaining Voluntary Departures, John R. Hibbing and Michael K. Moore
Female Empowerment: The Influence of Women Representing Women, Angela High-Pippert and John Comer
The Race Race in Black and White: The 1995 Louisiana Gubernatorial Election, Byron D. Orey
The Media's Role in Public Negativity Toward Congress: Distinguishing Emotional Reactions and Cognative Evaluations, Elizabeth Theiss-Morse and John R. Hibbing
1997
A Not-so-distant Mirror: the 17th Amendment and Congressional Change, John R. Hibbing and Sara Brandes Crook
The Effects of Charges of Corruption on Voting Behavior in Congressional Elections, 1982-1990, John R. Hibbing and Susan Welch
Prior Beliefs and Voter Turnout in the 1986 and 1988 Congressional Elections, Stephen P. Nicholson and Ross A. Miller
1996
A Renaissance of Political Culture?, Robert W. Jackman and Ross A. Miller
The Poverty of Political Culture, Robert W. Jackman and Ross A. Miller
1995
Domestic Structures and the Diversionary Use of Force, Ross A. Miller
1994
Unfastening the Electoral Connection: The Behavior of U.S. Representatives when Reelection is No Longer a Factor, John R. Hibbing, Rebekah Herrick, and Michael K. Moore
1987
Participation and Independence of Consumers in a Health Systems Agency, Keith J. Mueller and John C. Comer
1920
The Co-Operative Movement in Nebraska, Maurice H. Weseen
THE CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT IN NEBRASKA, Maurice Harley Weseen