We study the effects of policy-specific public opinion on state adoption of policies affecting
gays and lesbians, and the factors that condition this relationship. Using national surveys …

In 1972, psychologist George Weinberg's book, Society and the Healthy Homosexual,
introduced readers to a new term, homophobia, and to the then-novel idea that hostility to …

This Article locates the productive function of litigation loss in social movements. Departing
from previous sociolegal scholarship, which largely centers on the positive possibilities of …

Standing out from all other books on direct democracy, Citizenship and Contemporary Direct
Democracy connects the study of direct democracy to the broader field of comparative …

Eight states currently have bans on affirmative action, yet little research has focused on the
characteristics of states that predict ban adoption. To begin filling this gap in the literature, I …

Equip students with the skills and confidence they need to conduct political analyses and
critically assess statistical research. In the Seventh Edition of The Essentials of Political …

The movement to achieve marriage equality for same-sex couples has been called" the last
great civil rights struggle."'The analogy to the civil rights movement for racial equality in the …

Despite the strong theoretical expectations about the beneficial effect of direct democratic
instruments on citizens' political support, the empirical evidence is scarce and inconsistent …

Institutions' matter'to electoral reform advocates and political scientists-both argue that
variation in electoral institutions affect how elected officials and citizens behave. Change the …

The rising use of direct democratic procedures within states but also cross-nationally
increases the interest in and the relevance of the research on direct democracy. At the …