Kevin B. Smith
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
105 Papers
752 Citations
Kevin B. Smith is an academic researcher from University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The author has contributed to research in topics: Politics & Ideology. The author has an hindex of 30, co-authored 101 publications. Previous affiliations of Kevin B. Smith include University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee & Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis.
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The Public Administration Theory Primer
H. George Frederickson,Kevin B. Smith,Christopher W. Larimer,Michael J. Licari +3 more
- 31 Jan 2003
TL;DR: Theories of Political Control of Bureaucracy, Rational Choice Theory and Irrational Behavior, and theories of Governance: A Bright Future for Theory are presented.
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Political Attitudes Vary with Physiological Traits
Douglas R. Oxley,Kevin B. Smith,John R. Alford,Matthew V. Hibbing,Jennifer Leeper Miller,Mario J. Scalora,Peter K. Hatemi,John R. Hibbing +7 more
TL;DR: Evidence that variations in political attitudes correlate with physiological traits is presented, suggesting that individuals with measurably lower physical sensitivities to sudden noises and threatening visual images were more likely to support foreign aid, liberal immigration policies, pacifism, and gun control.
Typologies, Taxonomies, and the Benefits of Policy Classification
TL;DR: The authors re-examine the idea of policy classification by assessing the potential contributions of policy taxonomies and propose a taxonomic approach to policy classification, which may offer advantages above and beyond traditional typologies.
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Not by twins alone: Using the extended family design to investigate genetic influence on political beliefs
Peter K. Hatemi,John R. Hibbing,Sarah E. Medland,Matthew C. Keller,John R. Alford,Kevin B. Smith,Nicholas G. Martin,Lindon J. Eaves +7 more
TL;DR: This paper found that genetic influences account for an even greater proportion of individual differences than reported by studies using more limited data and more elementary estimation techniques, making it increasingly difficult to deny that genetics plays a role in the formation of political and social attitudes.
Linking Genetics and Political Attitudes: Reconceptualizing Political Ideology
TL;DR: The authors trace the route by which genetics could ultimately connect to issue attitudes and suggest that central to this connection are chronic dispositional preferences for mass-scale social rules, order, and conduct, what we label political ideology.