American Resources

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American articles

7 of the 20 Most Frequently Cited Political Science Review Articles, 1945-2005

• Bachrach, Peter and Morton S. Baratz (1962). Two Faces of Power 56 (December): 947–52
  
  
• Walker, Jack L. (1969). The Diffusion of Innovation among American States 63 (September): 880–99
  
  
• Kramer, Gerald H. (1971). Short Term Fluctuations in U.S. Voting Behavior, 1896–1964 65 (March): 131–43
  
  
• Miller, Warren E. and Donald E. Stokes (1963). Constituency Influence in Congress 57 (March): 45–56
  
  
• McClosky, Herbert. (1964). Consensus and Ideology in American Politics 58 (June): 361–82
  
  Polsby, Nelson W. (1968). The Institutionalization of the U.S. House of Representatives 62 (March): 144–68.
  
  

• Tufte, Edward R.(1975). Determinants of the Outcome of Midterm. 69 (September): 812–26. Congressional Elections.

US Presidential Elections and TV

• Morris, Jonathan S. “From Network News to Cable Commentary: The Evolution of Television Coverage of Party Conventions.” Presented at the State of the Parties Conference, Akron, OH, Fall, 2005 (with Peter L. Francia).
  
  

• Paletz, David L. and Martha Elson “Television Coverage of Presidential Conventions: Now You See It, Now You Don’t” Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 91, No. 1 (Spring, 1976), pp. 109-131