Daniel C. Bowen
The College of New Jersey
14 Papers
41 Citations
Daniel C. Bowen is an academic researcher from The College of New Jersey. The author has contributed to research in topics: Direct democracy & Representation (politics). The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 14 publications. Previous affiliations of Daniel C. Bowen include University of Iowa.
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Papers
Should We Measure Professionalism with an Index? A Note on Theory and Practice in State Legislative Professionalism Research:
Daniel C. Bowen,Zachary Greene +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluate the internal consistency of professionalism components over time, the relationship between components and the Squire Index, and the degree to which professionalism components are unidimensional using classical multidimensional scaling.
Race and Turnout: Does Descriptive Representation in State Legislatures Increase Minority Voting?
TL;DR: The authors found that African Americans and Latinos are more likely to vote when residing in states with increased descriptive representation in the state legislature measured by the percentage of black or Latino lawmakers, and argued that the level of descriptive representation within the legislative body as a whole is crucial to understanding how context affects voter turnout.
Unraveling Different Barriers to Internet Use Urban Residents and Neighborhood Effects
TL;DR: While current federal programs for broadband have invested heavily in rural infrastructure, significant disparities in Internet use remain in urban areas, where broadband networks are available as mentioned in this paper, and significant disparities exist in Internet usage in rural areas.
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Initiative Campaigns: Direct Democracy and Voter Mobilization
TL;DR: This paper used a multilevel modeling strategy to test whether Americans are more likely to vote in recent midterm and presidential elections when there is increased spending in initiative and candidate campaigns, as well as more frequent use of direct democracy.
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Direct Democracy and Individual Interest Group Membership
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used multilevel modeling to test the initiative's effect on individual joining behavior, and found that the initiative does indeed foster greater levels of group membership.