Presidential Address:

The Supreme Court and the South
Karen O'Connor

Articles:

The Path(s) to Rivalry: Behavioral and Structural Explanations of Rivalry Development
Douglas M. Stinnett and Paul F. Diehl

Rebuildng the Foundations of Offense-Defense Theory
Stephen Biddle

Economic Performance, Institutional Intermediation, and Democratic Survival
Michael Bernhard, Timothy Nordstrom, Christopher Reenock

Effects of Negative Campaigning on Turnout in U.S. Senate Elections, 1988-1998
Richard Lau and Gerald M. Pomper

Thucydides and Plato on Democracy and Trust
Gerald M. Mara

Political Context, Issue Salience, and Selective Attentiveness: Constituent Knowledge of the Clarence Thomas Confirmation Vote
Vincent L. Hutchings

Research Notes:

Selection of Law Clerks and Polarization in the U. S. Supreme Court
Corey Ditslear and Lawrence Baum

Inner-City Contexts, Church Attendance, and African-American Political Participation
Yvette Alex-Assensoh and A. B. Assensoh

Election Systems and Voter Turnout: Experiments in the United States
Shaun Bowler, David Brockington, Todd Donovan

The Distribution of Campaign Spending Benefits Across Groups
John J. Coleman