Narrowing the Focus

Mapping Intimacies ◽

10.1093/oso/9780190694005.003.0006 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Mason W. Moseley

Keyword(s):

National Science Foundation ◽

Buenos Aires ◽

Comparative Method ◽

Institutional Characteristics ◽

Federal System ◽

Citizen Engagement ◽

Provincial Level ◽

San Luis ◽

National Science ◽

Protest Activity

This chapter introduces a provincial-level adaptation of my theory of the protest state. In addition to its high levels of protest activity, Argentina is a federal system where incidences of protest participation have occurred at uneven rates, making it an excellent case for exploring variation in rates of contention across provincial contexts. Focusing on the provinces of Buenos Aires, Mendoza, and San Luis—where I draw on dozens of interviews with citizen activists, movement organizers, and politicians conducted in 2013 with support from the National Science Foundation—I utilize the comparative method to examine how distinct institutional characteristics of each province have interacted with citizen engagement to produce different outcomes in terms of protest.

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Patents and Technological Change in Late Industrialization : Nineteenth-Century Mexico in Comparative Context The research for this article has been partially supported by the National Science Foundation and the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at Notre Dame. An earlier draft of this paper was presented at the 2002 International Economic History Association meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and benefited from comments there. A special thanks to the work and comments of Patricio Sáiz Gonzalez and Ian Inkster.

History of Technology : Volume 24, 2002 ◽

10.5040/9781350019010.0013 ◽

2016 ◽

Keyword(s):

International Economic ◽

Nineteenth Century ◽

Technological Change ◽

Economic History ◽

National Science Foundation ◽

Buenos Aires ◽

International Studies ◽

National Science ◽

Association Meeting

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Who Likes Political Science?: Determinants of Senators' Votes on the Coburn Amendment

Political Science and Politics ◽

10.1017/s1049096510001010 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 43 (04) ◽

pp. 701-706 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Joseph E. Uscinski ◽

Casey A. Klofstad

Keyword(s):

Political Science ◽

National Science Foundation ◽

Bachelor's Degree ◽

American Political Science Association ◽

Institutional Characteristics ◽

Logit Analysis ◽

Science Funding ◽

National Science ◽

American Political Science ◽

Science Association

AbstractIn October 2009, political scientists learned of a Senate amendment sponsored by Tom Coburn (R-OK) that would eliminate political science funding from the National Science Foundation budget. The American Political Science Association condemned the proposed amendment, and concerned political scientists contacted their senators to urge the amendment's defeat. On November 5, 2009, the amendment was defeated 36-62 after little debate. This article examines the vote on the Coburn Amendment to understand the role that senators' personal, constituency, and institutional characteristics played in their votes. Logit analysis reveals that even after controlling for party, several factors significantly predict the vote, including the number of top-tier political science Ph.D. programs in the senator's state and whether the senator graduated with a bachelor's degree in political science.

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