Contents | Vol. 8 No. 1 | State Politics & Policy Quarterly

Abstract

Volume 8 • Number 1

Spring 2008

1 State Politics and Policy for the Next Term: the Editors' Introduction

by David Lowery, University of Leiden
Ronald E. Weber, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Richard F. Winters, Dartmouth College

Research Articles

7 Partisan Mountains and Molehills: The Geography of U.S. State Intraparty Factionalism

by Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz, University of Maryland
John Michael McTague, University of Maryland

32 Minority Party Gains Under State Legislative Term Limits

by Richard J. Powell, University of Maine

48 Democratic Responsiveness and Policy Shock: The Case of State Abortion Policy

by John F. Camobreco, Christopher Newport University
Michelle A. Barnello, Christopher Newport University

66 Modeling the Outcomes of State Abortion Funding Referenda: Morality or Redistributive Policy, or Both?

by Jongho Roh, Florida State University
Frances S. Berry, Florida State University

The Practical Researcher

88 Strategies for Measuring Influence over State Agencies

by Nelson C. Dometrius, Texas Tech University
Brendan F. Burke, Suffolk University
Deil S. Wright, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

101 About the Authors

Announcements

103 Call for Papers: Special Issue of SPPQ on Religion and Politics

104 Call for Applications: New SPPQ Associate Editor

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