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BARD: Better Automated Redistricting

Journal of Statistical Software, 2011
BARD is the first (and at time of writing, only) open source software package for general redistricting and redistricting analysis. BARD provides methods to create, display, compare, edit, automatically refine, evaluate, and profile political districting
Micah Altman, Michael P. McDonald
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Examining student involvement in the total program in small schools in New Mexico

Advancements in Agricultural Development, 2022
The dynamics facing rural development and school policy in New Mexico has limited merging and redistricting efforts in small schools in isolated rural communities. This has created a situation where small schools exist in several rural communities in the
R. G. (Tre) Easterly, Frank Hodnett, Mary Rodriguez   +2 more
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Polarization and state legislative elections

American Journal of Political Science, Volume 70, Issue 2, Page 453-470, April 2026.
Abstract US state legislatures are critical policymaking institutions that are increasingly polarized, yet data and measurement limitations have prevented researchers from understanding how state legislative elections contribute to this polarization. To address this gap, we construct new measures of candidate ideology based on campaign contributions ...
Cassandra Handan‐Nader, Andrew C. W. Myers, Andrew B. Hall   +2 more
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Conflict Resolution in the 21st Century: A South Asian Perspective

Pacific Focus, Volume 41, Issue 1, Page 83-100, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Conflicts in the contemporary international system have increasingly shifted from state‐centric power struggles to deeply rooted human needs crises. This study applies John Burton's Human Needs Theory to explain the persistence of the Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan, focusing on the deprivation of identity, recognition, and ...
Hafeez Ullah Khan
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Community Members Draw the Line

SAGE Open, 2014
This study investigates whether a community-based task force’s redistricting plan in Ventura County, California, positively affected fair representation, social equity issues, community interests, and the electoral process.
Gregory Freeland
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The Devil’s in the Details: Evaluating the One Person, One Vote Principle in American Politics

Politics and Governance, 2014
Ever since the Supreme Court instituted the one person, one vote principle in congressional elections based on its decision in Wesberry v. Sanders (1964), intrastate deviations from equal district populations have become smaller and smaller after each ...
Jeffrey W. Ladewig, Seth C. McKee
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School choice and residential commute times

Real Estate Economics, Volume 54, Issue 2, Page 424-468, March 2026.
Abstract Using New York City Department of Education administrative data matched with transit information, we are able to better quantify commute time and path considerations as they relate to school choice programs. We find longer commutes from home markedly deter students from applying to even the most elite high schools. For the top public school, a
Lawrence Costa, J. J. Naddeo, Michael J. Seiler   +2 more
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Understanding Our Markov Chain Significance Test: A Reply to Cho and Rubinstein-Salzedo

Statistics and Public Policy, 2019
The article of Cho and Rubinstein-Salzedo seeks to cast doubt on our previous paper, which described a rigorous statistical test which can be applied to reversible Markov chains.
Maria Chikina, Alan Frieze, Wesley Pegden   +2 more
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Gentrification, Urban Informality, and Displacement in Bangkok

The Developing Economies, Volume 64, Issue 1, Page 71-88, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This study analyzes the recent complex dynamics of urban transformation and spatial exclusion affecting the urban lower class. Emerging cities such as Bangkok experience rapid and compressed development in which the characteristics and challenges of both developed and developing cities co‐occur.
Tamaki Endo
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Gender differences in cooperation in Congress: Replicating Gagliarducci and Paserman (2022)

Economic Inquiry, Volume 64, Issue 1, Page 199-211, January 2026.
Abstract Gagliarducci and Paserman study gender differences in cooperation among politicians using data from the U.S. House of Representatives in 1988–2010. The evidence is consistent with commonality of interest driving cooperation, rather than gender per se.
Manuel Bagues, Pamela Campa, Giulian Etingin‐Frati   +2 more
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