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
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