The Journal of Politics

Volume 70, Issue 3 (July 2008)

Articles:

Two Genes Predict Voter Turnout
By James H. Fowler and Christopher T. Dawes

Hobbes, Rousseau and the Modern Conception of the State
By Peter J. Steinberger

Reconsidering the Effects of Education on Political Participation” (Appendix)
By Cindy D. Kam and Carl L. Palmer

Two Persistent Dimensions of Democracy: Contestation and Inclusiveness
By Michael Coppedge, Angel Alvarez and Claudia Maldonado

Winning Alone: The Electoral Fate of Independent Candidates Worldwide” (Appendix)
By Dawn Brancati

Financial Regulation, Monetary Policy, and Inflation in the Industrialized World
By Mark S. Copelovitch and David Andrew Singer

Electoral Contests, Incumbency Advantages and Campaign Finance
By Adam Meirowitz

Group Identities and Theories of Justice: An Experimental Investigation Into the
Justice and Injustice of Land Squatting in South Africa
” (Appendix)
By James L. Gibson

Gender on the Agenda: How the Paucity of Women Judges Became an Issue
By Sally J. Kenney

Measuring District Level Partisanship
with Implications for the Analysis of U.S. Elections
” (Appendix)
By Matthew S. Levendusky, Jeremy C. Pope and Simon D. Jackman

Are Americans Confident Their Ballots Are Counted? ” (Appendix)
By R. Michael Alvarez, Thad E. Hall and Morgan H. Llewellyn

From My Cold, Dead Hands: Democratic Consequences of Sacred Rhetoric” (Appendix)
By Morgan Marietta

The Perils of Unearned Income
By Alastair Smith

Demography, Democracy and Disputes: The Search for the Elusive Relationship Between Population Growth and International Conflict
By Skyler J. Cranmer and Randolph M. Siverson

Interrupted Presidencies in Third Wave Democracies
By Young Hun Kim and Donna Bahry

Made in Congress?
Testing the Electoral Implications of Party Ideological Brand Names
” (Appendix)
By Jonathan Woon and Jeremy C. Pope

"Buying in: Testing the Rational Model of Candidate Entry
By Jeffrey Lazarus

Race, Structure and State Governments: The Politics of Higher Education Diversity
By Alissa Hicklin and Kenneth J. Meier

The Consistency of Judicial Choice” (Appendix)
By Paul M. Collins, Jr.

Religious Preferences and Social Science: A Second Look
By Clyde Wilcox, Kenneth D. Wald and Ted G. Jelen

A Reply to My Critics
By Joshua Mitchell