Contents | Vol. 3 No. 1| State Politics & Policy Quarterly

Abstract

Volume 3• Number 1

Spring 2003

Research Articles

1 Deservingness, Discretion, and the State Politics of Welfare Spending, 1990-96

by Charles Barrilleaux, Florida State University
Ethan Bernick, University of Illinois at Springfield

23 Enhancing Civic Engagement: The Effect of Direct Democracy on Political Participation and Knowledge

by Caroline J. Tolbert, Kent State University
Ramona S. McNeal, Kent State University
Daniel A. Smith, University of Denver

42 Against Their Apparent Self-Interest: The Authorization of Independent State Legislative Ethics Commissions, 1973-96

by Beth A. Rosenson, University of Florida

66 Influences on Intergovernmental Implementation: The States and the Superfund

Kurt D. Cline, Colorado State University

The Practical Researcher

84 Data Gathering Made Easy: TPR Data Bulletins

by Kevin B. Smith, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
J. Scott Granberg-Rademacker, University of Northern Iowa

90 The State of Surveying Legislators: Dilemmas and Suggestions

Cherie Maestas, Texas Tech University
Grant W. Neeley, University of Cincinnati
Lilliard E. Richardson, Jr., University of Missouri

109 About the Authors

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