Search Results - "Polinard, J L"

Ethnic Context and Immigration Policy Preferences Among Latinos and Anglos by Rocha, Rene R., Longoria, Thomas, Wrinkle, Robert D., Knoll, Benjamin R., Polinard, J. L., Wenzel, James

“…Objective. We examine how the immigration policy preferences of Anglos and Latinos vary according to ethnic context. Specifically, we hypothesize that…”
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Structural Choices and Representational Biases: The Post-Election Color of Representation by Meier, Kenneth J., Juenke, Eric Gonzalez, Wrinkle, Robert D., Polinard, J. L.

“…Representation scholars link descriptive representation of blacks and Latinos in legislative bodies to substantive policy representation. We examine this…”
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Representative Bureaucracy and Distributional Equity: Addressing the Hard Question by Meier, Kenneth J., Wrinkle, Robert D., Polinard, J. L.

“…Research on representative bureaucracy has failed to deal with whether or not representative bureaucracies produce minority gains at the expense of…”
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Divided or Together? Conflict and Cooperation between African Americans and Latinos by Meier, Kenneth J., McClain, Paula D., Polinard, J. L., Wrinkle, Robert D.

“…This article examines the political relationships between Latinos and African Americans in 194 multiracial school districts. The empirical results indicate…”
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Who’s on the Bench? The Impact of Latino Descriptive Representation on U.S. Supreme Court Approval Among Latinos and Anglos by Evans, Diana, Franco, Ana, Polinard, J. L., Wenzel, James P., Wrinkle, Robert D.

“…Objectives. Few studies have examined the impact of the descriptive representation of Latinos on evaluations of the judiciary. This study helps to fill that…”
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Bureaucracy and Organizational Performance: Causality Arguments about Public Schools by Meier, Kenneth J., Polinard, J. L., Wrinkle, Robert D.

“…One key policy dispute in the school choice debate concerns whether the education bureaucracy is a cause or a consequence of poor performance. This dispute is…”
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Public School Quality, Private Schools, and Race by Wrinkle, Robert D., Stewart, Joseph, Polinard, J. L.

“…Recent research suggests two competing theories explaining the relationship between public school performance and private school enrollment. The "market…”
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Core Beliefs and Abortion Attitudes: A Look at Latinos by Bolks, Sean M., Evans, Diana, Polinard, J. L., Wrinkle, Robert D.

“…Objective. This research examines the variables that influence the abortion attitudes of the three largest Latino populations: Mexican Americans, Puerto…”
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Politics, Bureaucracy, and Farm Credit by Meier, Kenneth J., Polinard, J. L., Wrinkle, Robert D.

“…The most common view of political institutions and their control over bureaucracy is the principal-agent model. That model assumes that politicians and…”
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Mexican American and Anglo Attitudes toward Immigration Reform: A View from the Border by Binder, Norman E., Polinard, J. L., Wrinkle, Robert D.

“…Objective. This paper identifies and analyzes factors that influence the views that Mexican Americans and Anglos hold toward immigration issues. Methods. The…”
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Zen and the Art of Policy Analysis: A Response to Nielsen and Wolf by Meier, Kenneth J., Eller, Warren S., Wrinkle, Robert D., Polinard, J. L.

“…Nielsen and Wolf lodge several criticisms of Meier, Wrinkle, and Polinard (1999). Although most of the criticisms deal with tangential issues rather than our…”
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Micheal Giles and Mancur Olson Meet Vincent Ostrom: Jurisdiction Size and Latino Representation by Meier, Kenneth J., Polinard, J. L., Wrinkle, Robert D.

“…Objective. Two theories of politics predict that jurisdictional size will have different consequences for minority representation. Ostrom and colleagues…”
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Ethnicity and Nonelectoral Political Participation by Wrinkle, Robert D

“…Analyzes data from the Latino National Political Survey to examine whether nonelectoral political participation by Latino subgroups (Mexican Americans, Puerto…”
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Divided or Together? Conflict and Cooperation between African Americans and Latinos by Meier, Kenneth J., McClain, Paula D., Polinard, J. L., Wrinkle, Robert D.

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Equity Versus Excellence in Organizations: A Substantively Weighted Least Squares Analysis by Meier, Kenneth J., Wrinkle, Robert D., Polinard, J. L.

“…All public organizations face conflicting goals that in theory require trade-offs. Using data from school systems, this article argues that good organizations…”
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The Influence of Educational and Political Resources on Minority Students' Success by Polinard, J. L., Wrinkle, Robert D., Meier, Kenneth J.

“…Using Black and Hispanic students' pass rates on the Texas public school exit-level assessment as a proxy for academic achievement, this study identifies…”
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A Lingering Question of Priorities: Athletic Budgets and Academic Performance Revisited 1 by Meier, Kenneth J., Eller, Warren S., Marchbanks, Miner P., Robinson, Scott, Polinard, J. L., Wrinkle, Robert D.

“…Many organization theories suggest that divergent goals can hamper an organization's pursuit of its primary mission. An earlier version of this article…”
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A Lingering Question of Priorities: Athletic Budgets and Academic Performance Revisited by Meier, Kenneth J., Eller, Warren S., Marchbanks III, Miner P., Robinson, Scott, Polinard, J. L., Wrinkle, Robert D.

“…Many organization theories suggest that divergent goals can hamper an organization's pursuit of its primary mission. An earlier version of this article…”
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Mexican American Voter Registration and Turnout: Another Look by LONGORIA, Thomas, WRINKLE, Robert D., POLINARD, J. L.

“…New evidence is offered in regard to the relationship between voter registration and turnout among Mexican Americans. This study extends an earlier…”
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Representation and policy: Appointments of Mexican Americans to boards and commissions by Polinard, J.L., Wrinkle, Robert D., Longoria, Tomás

“…This article examines the relationship between change from at large to district systems in city council elections and the appointment of Mexican Americans to…”
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