Jeremy Bowles asks how the process by which parties pick candidates shapes what politicians actually deliver in office. The question matters because candidate selection can alter who wins—even when voters have strong local preferences—and thereby influence the distribution and effectiveness of public goods, especially in regimes where parties dominate political life.
Scholars now have unprecedented access to data from authoritarian regimes, thanks to initiatives like the Open Government Partnership. This article argues that while open data offers new research opportunities, it also introduces significant challenges related to potential manipulation.
This study challenges the common belief that welfare policies strictly intensify with rising African American caseloads. By extending Soss, Fording, and Schram's Racial Classification Model to account for federal funding constraints and state legislators' racial biases alongside their ideological aims, we examine TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) work requirements, sanctions, time limits, and exemptions.