Partisan Affiliation in Political Science: Insights from Florida and North Carolina

The North Carolina Academy of Science.

COUNCILORS: Viv i a n Co unts , Ben ed ic t C ol l eg e, 2 0 1 5 S andr a G ray , C lems o n Un i v er s i t y , 2 01 5 Mic he le H ar mo n, US C -Ai k en, 2 0 1 5 T o m Abr a ha ms e n, M idla n ds T ec hn ica l C ol l eg e, 2 0 1 6 Rad ma n A l i , M or r i s C ol l eg e, 2 0 1 6 Mi ke F ar me r , US C Up s ta t e , 2 0 1 6 Char les K e i t h, US C -Bea u for t , 2 0 1 6 W alte na S i mps o n...

Lessons from North Carolina.

Political party affiliation, political ideology and mortality.

BACKGROUND Ecological and cross-sectional studies have indicated that conservative political ideology is associated with better health. Longitudinal analyses of mortality are needed because subjective assessments of ideology may confound subjective assessments of health, particularly in cross-sectional analyses. METHODS Data were derived from the 2008 General Social Survey-National Death Inde...

Use and Perceived Impact of the County Health Rankings Report in Florida and North Carolina.

OBJECTIVE Examine overall level of and variation in local health department (LHD) use and perceived impact of the County Health Rankings report (Rankings) in Florida (2010, 2011) and North Carolina (2010-2012, 2013). DESIGN Two cross-sectional surveys among LHDs. PARTICIPANTS Local health directors and relevant staff. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Use of the Rankings was measured by asking respon...

Teaching Political Science in Europe

Thisarticle first reviews the history of political science teaching in Europebefore going on to consider a range of recent developments in the teaching of politicalscience, including cross-national joint programmers; technologically enhancedlearning; placement learning and problem-based learning. The last sectionconsiders a range of issues facing political science teachers, includingfinancial p...