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Michael Barth Berkman

    • 1051 Citations
    • 15 h-Index
    1986 …2019
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    Research Output 1986 2019

    • 1051 Citations
    • 15 h-Index
    • 15 Article
    • 4 Review article
    • 2 Book
    • 1 Short survey
    50 Citations (Scopus)

    The polls - Trends: Evolution, creationism, and the teaching of human origins in schools

    Plutzer, E. & Berkman, M. B., Aug 1 2008, In : Public Opinion Quarterly. 72, 3, p. 540-553 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    Curricula
    public opinion
    Teaching
    Bearings (structural)
    US citizen
    27 Citations (Scopus)

    The graying of America and support for funding the nation's schools

    Plutzer, E. & Berkman, M. B., Sep 12 2005, In : Public Opinion Quarterly. 69, 1, p. 66-86 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    Education
    funding
    citizen
    public support
    public education
    80 Citations (Scopus)

    Ten thousand democracies: Politics and public opinion in America's school districts

    Berkman, M. B. & Plutzer, E., Dec 1 2005, Georgetown University Press. 206 p.

    Research output: Book/Report › Book

    public opinion
    district
    democracy
    politics
    school
    31 Citations (Scopus)

    State legislators as congressional candidates: The effects of prior experience on legislative recruitment and fundraising

    Berkman, M. B. & Eisenstein, J., Sep 1 1999, In : Political Research Quarterly. 52, 3, p. 481-498 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    fundraising
    candidacy
    money
    experience
    interest group
    16 Citations (Scopus)

    Scientific expertise and the culture war: Public opinion and the teaching of evolution in the American states

    Berkman, M. B. & Plutzer, E., Sep 1 2009, In : Perspectives on Politics. 7, 3, p. 485-499 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    public opinion
    expertise
    politics
    Teaching
    stem cell research
    4 Citations (Scopus)

    Measuring Complex State Policies: Pitfalls and Considerations, with an Application to Race and Welfare Policy

    Plutzer, E., Berkman, M. B., Honaker, J., Ojeda, C. & Whitesell, A., Jan 1 2019, In : Policy Studies Journal. 47, 3, p. 712-734 23 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    social policy
    compromise
    federal system
    flexibility
    welfare
    2 Citations (Scopus)

    Local autonomy versus state constraints: Balancing evolution and creationism in U.S. high schools

    Berkman, M. B. & Plutzer, E., Oct 1 2011, In : Publius. 41, 4, p. 610-635 26 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    autonomy
    public opinion
    teacher
    school
    biology teacher
    27 Citations (Scopus)

    Legislative professionalism and the demand for groups: The institutional context of interest population density

    Berkman, M. B., Jan 1 2001, In : Legislative Studies Quarterly. 26, 4, p. 661-679 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    population density
    demand
    demand for information
    Group
    lobby
    133 Citations (Scopus)

    Legislative Professionalism and Incumbent Reelection: The Development of Institutional Boundaries

    Berry, W. D., Berkman, M. B. & Schneiderman, S., Dec 1 2000, In : American Political Science Review. 94, 4, p. 859-873 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    professionalization
    election
    institutionalization
    economics
    district
    14 Citations (Scopus)

    Incremental consolidation and comprehensive reorganization of American state executive branches

    Berkman, M. B. & Reenock, C., Oct 1 2004, In : American Journal of Political Science. 48, 4, p. 796-812 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

    reorganization
    consolidation
    administrative organization
    reform
    employment trend
    30 Citations (Scopus)

    Gray peril or loyal support? the effects of the elderly on educational expenditures

    Berkman, M. B. & Plutzer, E., Dec 1 2004, In : Social Science Quarterly. 85, 5 SPEC. ISS., p. 1178-1192 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

    expenditures
    tax policy
    loyalty
    school
    finance
    18 Citations (Scopus)

    Gauging the Rainmakers: Toward a Meteorology of State Legislative Climates

    Hanson, R. L. & Berkman, M. B., Jan 1 1991, In : Economic Development Quarterly. 5, 3, p. 213-228 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    meteorology
    climate
    development strategy
    social scientist
    factor analysis

    Federalism and the Racialization of Welfare Policy

    Ojeda, C., Whitesell, A. M., Berkman, M. B. & Plutzer, E., Dec 1 2019, In : State Politics and Policy Quarterly. 19, 4, p. 474-501 28 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    federalism
    social policy
    family program
    assistance
    exemption
    98 Citations (Scopus)

    Evolution and creationism in America's classrooms: A national portrait

    Berkman, M. B., Pacheco, J. S. & Plutzer, E., May 1 2008, In : PLoS biology. 6, 5, p. 920-924 5 p., e124.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

    Curricula
    Teaching
    79 Citations (Scopus)

    Evolution, creationism, and the battle to control America's classrooms

    Berkman, M. B. & Plutzer, E., Jan 1 2010, Cambridge University Press. 287 p.

    Research output: Book/Report › Book

    systematics of science
    classroom
    school
    majority rule
    biology teacher
    15 Citations (Scopus)

    Ethos, ideology, and partisanship: Exploring the paradox of conservative democrats

    Carmines, E. G. & Berkman, M. B., Jun 1 1994, In : Political Behavior. 16, 2, p. 203-218 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    election research
    political ideology
    ideology
    citizen
    Group
    9 Citations (Scopus)

    Enablers of Doubt: How Future Teachers Learn to Negotiate the Evolution Wars in Their Classrooms

    Berkman, M. B. & Plutzer, E., Mar 14 2015, In : Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 658, 1, p. 253-270 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    classroom
    teacher
    biology teacher
    school
    legitimacy
    123 Citations (Scopus)

    Do women legislators matter? Female legislators and state abortion policy

    Berkman, M. B. & O'connor, R. E., Jan 1 1993, In : American Politics Research. 21, 1, p. 102-124 23 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    abortion
    women's representative
    bill
    funding
    legislation
    15 Citations (Scopus)

    Do U.S. Senators Moderate Strategically?

    Bernstein, R. A., Wright, G. C. & Berkman, M. B., Jan 1 1988, In : American Political Science Review. 82, 1, p. 237-245 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    senate
    voting
    candidacy
    election
    interpretation
    45 Citations (Scopus)

    Do Governors Matter? Budgeting Rules and the Politics of State Policymaking

    Barrilleaux, C. & Berkman, M. B., Jan 1 2003, In : Political Research Quarterly. 56, 4, p. 409-417 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

    politics
    budget
    public policy
    74 Citations (Scopus)

    Defeating creationism in the courtroom, but not in the classroom

    Berkman, M. B. & Plutzer, E., Jan 28 2011, In : Science. 331, 6016, p. 404-405 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Short survey

    School Teachers
    161 Citations (Scopus)

    Candidates and policy in United States senate elections

    Wright, G. C. & Berkman, M. B., Jun 1986, In : American Political Science Review. 80, 2, p. 567-588 22 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    senate
    candidacy
    election
    president
    news