Dear all,
I wonder if any of you knows a dataset on US senate election results by
state, ideally it would go back to the 1950s.
Thanks a lot!
Best,
Jens
anyone interested?
Gary
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Date: 01 Jun 2005 14:33:50 EDT
From: Linda L. Fowler <Linda.L.Fowler(a)Dartmouth.EDU>
To: Linda L. Fowler <Linda.L.Fowler(a)Dartmouth.EDU>
Subject: request for help
June 1, 2005
Dear Colleague:
I am writing to ask for your help in identifying a co-author for a new project I have undertaken on Congress and foreign policy that addresses the decline of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as a coalition partner and potential check on the president in foreign affairs. I am focusing on the role of the committee as a mediator of information exchange among elites and the general public and how that role has changed in an era of polarized parties. I have begun collecting data on the committee's hearings from 1947-2003 and its visibility in the news media during that time. I hope to show how both of these variables change with the incidence of cross-party coalitions (using NOMINATE scores) within the committee and the Senate. I intend to use the MID data set as a source of controls for the type and incidence of international conflict over the 50- year period.
I have a Guggenheim fellowship to write a book aimed at a broad audience on the role of the Congress in fostering the "democratic advantage" in U.S. diplomacy. I am planning a set of journal articles, as well, that will involve a more sophisticated theoretical and statistical approach. After 9 years doing administrative work, my methodological skills, never particularly strong, are inadequate to do the kind of work I think necessary. Consequently, I am looking for a junior scholar who is interested in working with me.
I am in a position to offer a modest stipend of $4000 for each of two summers and co-authorship on whatever articles we produce. My plan is to take responsibility for creating the data sets, framing the questions and writing the literature review, while relying heavily on a junior colleague for assistance with the research design, theoretical development and data analysis. Someone with experience in game theory and familiarity with time series analysis would be optimal, but not essential. My recent collaborations with Lynn Vavreck in studying the New Hampshire primary suggest that this arrangement could be a productive one for both parties.
I would appreciate your forwarding this message to any graduate students or recently minted PhDs who are interested in institutional change, congressional committees, party polarization, or U. S. foreign policy. I can provide more information about the project for any interested colleagues.
Thanks for whatever assistance you can provide.
Linda
Linda L. Fowler
Professor of Government and Frank Reagan Chair in Policy Studies
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH 03755
email: linda.fowler(a)dartmouth.edu
tel: 603-646-0009
fax: 603-646-2152