General Interest
Governors? Job Performance Ratings and State Unemployment: The Case of California
Susan B. Hansen
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Assessing the Performance of Municipal Police Services Using Data Envelopment Analysis: An Exploratory Study
Ronald C. Nyhan and Lawrence L. Martin
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Agency Strategies and Determinants of Agency Success under Redirection in Georgia
James W. Douglas
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The Effects of State Abortion Policies on States? Abortion Rates
Anita Pritchard and Sharon Kay Parsons
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Research Note
Governors, Bureaus, and State Policymaking
Charles Barrilleaux
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General Interest
Connecting State Government Reform with Public Priorities: The Iowa Test Case
Julie Bundt and Gene M. Lutz
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Comment: Taking a Second Look: Public Priorities, the NPM, and the Iowa Test Case
Robert F. Durant
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Reply: Putting the ?Public? Back in Public Management
Julie Bundt and Gene M. Lutz
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Economic Development Consequences of State Support for Higher Education
Ruth Storm and Richard C. Feiock
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Texas and the International Economy
John Barkdull and John P. Tuman
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Getting to the Top: Factors Influencing the Selection of Women to Positions of Leadership in State Legislatures
Rebecca E. Deen and Thomas H. Little
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Attitudes toward Economic Development and the Environment: A Comparison of Two West Texas Cities
Mark Somma, Scott Nikolai, and Tracy Skopek
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Research Note
Early Voting and the Timing of the Vote: Unanticipated Consequences of Electoral Reform
William Lyons and John M. Scheb II
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A Symposium: Conflict Management and Resolution in Council-Manager Cities
Introduction
William J. Pammer, Jr., Symposium Editor
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City Council Conflict as a Cause of Psychological Burnout and Voluntary Turnover among City Managers
James B. Kaatz, P. Edward French, and Hazel Prentiss?Cooper
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Conflict and Cooperation in Elected-Administrative Relations in Large Council-Manager Cities
James H. Svara
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After the Election: How Do Governing Boards Become Effective Work Groups?
Margaret S. Carlson and Anne S. Davidson
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Managing Conflict and Building Cooperation in Council-Manager Cities: Insights on Establishing a Resolution Framework
William J. Pammer, Jr., Herbert A. Marlowe, Jr., Joseph G. Jarret, and Jack L. Dustin
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General Interest
Campaign Spending in State Legislative Primary Elections
Robert E. Hogan
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Annexation: A ?Winner-Take-All? Process?
Mary Edwards
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