Clyde Brown/Publications
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127/128 Harrison Hall* Miami University* Oxford, OH 45056*
513-529-2014*cbrown@muohio.edu


"Non numerantur, sed ponderantur"---Paul Erdos, author of 1475 published articles on mathematics (mass unknown); all considered "substantial" contributions by his biographer Paul Hoffman in The Man Who Loved Only Numbers.  Read Chapter 1 for the pleasure of Hoffman's wit, discover the truly remarkable Erdos and learn the translation of the Latin phrase.

Erdos: "The first sign of senility is to forget one's theorems.  The second is to forget to zip up.  The third is to forget to zip down." Here's hoping our "brains are open" and I haven't "left."


Published Research  (use back arrow to return to this page if you follow any of the links)

"When the Youth Vote Was Young: Student Voters Had More Impact on Local Elections than National Elections,"  in Sylvia Engdahl (ed.) CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS: AMENDMENT XXVI: LOWERING THE VOTING AGE, (forthcoming, 2009): Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group/Centage Learning, with Gayle K. Pluta Brown.

Ames City Councilman Russ Pounds, one of four candidates elected in  1971, as part of a student-endorsed slate.

"Iowa University Towns and the 26th Amendment: The First Test of the Newly Enfranchised Student Vote in 1971," THE ANNALS OF IOWA (forthcoming, Fall 2009), with Gayle K. Pluta Brown.

 As of 2008, twelve-term Cedar Falls Mayor Jon Crews,  first elected in 1971,  while a graduate student.

OHIO'S 2008 CIVIC HEALTH INDEX: BEYONG THE VOTE IN A BATTLEGROUND STATE, Washington, DC: National Conference on Citizenship (2008).  A report written for the National Conference on Citizenship in Washington, DC and the Harry T. Wilks Leadership Institute at Miami University, with Brian Danoff, Stephanie Raill Jayanandhan, Kathleen Knight Abowitz, and Jack Simon. [pdf at <http://ncoc.geekpak.com/index.php?tray=content&tid=top58&cid=201>]

The 2008 National Civic Health Index published by the Congresionally chartered National Conference on Citizenship

"End-of-Course Review Paper Utilizing a Novel," in Hal Blythe and Charlie Sweet's (eds) IT WORKS FOR ME IN SCHOLARSHIP (2008): 84-87, Stillwater, OK: New Forum Press.

 The first volume in the series


"Organized Interest Advertorials Responding to the 9/11 Terrorist Attack and Other National Traumas," in Tomasz Pludowski's (ed) TERRORISM, MEDIA, SOCIETY (2006): Chapter 5 [pp. 73-94], Torun, Poland: Adam Marszalek Publishing, with Herbert Waltzer.

  Book cover

"'Thank You for Smoking': Learning  about Politics," ACADEMIC EXCHANGE QUARTERLY 10-4 (2006): 13-17, with David M. Paul.

Merchants of Death: What would you do to pay the mortage?

 

"Buying National Ink: Advertorials by Organized Interests in TIME Magazine, 1985-2000,"  JOURNAL OF POLITICAL MARKETING 5-4 (2006): 19-45, with Herbert Waltzer.

   Got Milk? Bipartisan Clout? In 1996 candidates Clinton and Dole wanted you to vote? drink milk?


"The Dynamics of Elite Endorsements in Professional Sports Facility Referendums," STATE POLITICS & POLICY QUARTERLY 6-3 (2006): 272-299, with David M. Paul.

Taxes for new sports arenas? "Yes" vote Houston 1999 = 45.2%; 2000 = 65.5%.  What changed?


"Referenda Wars in Cincinnati: The Battle Over Strong Mayors and Sports Stadiums,"  in David McCuan and Stephen Stambough (eds), INITIATIVE-CENTERED POLITICS: THE NEW POLITICS OF DIRECT DEMOCRACY (2005): Chapter 9 [pp. 189-214], Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, with David M. Paul.

    For a while it almost seemed like California (be sure to sing along)


"Every Thursday: Advertorials by Mobil Oil on the Op-Ed Page of The New York Times," PUBLIC RELATIONS REVIEW 31-2 (2005): 197-208, with Herbert Waltzer.

  Pioneer and most prolific user  of advertorials               Herb "Dr. Advertorial" Waltzer

"Virtual Sources: Organized Interests and Democratization by the Web," SOCIAL SCIENCE JOURNAL 41-4 (2004): 543-558, with Herbert Waltzer.

  Most (tied with one other) "Journalist Friendly" website  in the study


"Organized Interest Advertorials Responding to the 9/11 Terrorist Attack and Other National Traumas," HARVARD INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRESS/POLITICS 9-4 (2004): 25-48, with Herbert Waltzer.

9/11/01

"The Mayor Becomes a Congressman: Protecting a Lead Wins Big in Ohio's 3rd Congressional District,"  in L. Sandy Maisel and Darrell West (eds), RUNNING ON EMPTY? POLITICAL  DISCOURSE IN CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS (2004): Chapter 10 [pp. 129-141], Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.

  Before: Mike Turner, Dayton's mayor      After: Ohio's 3rd CD Congressman

"Moo U and the 26th Amendment: Registering for Peace and Voting for Responsive
City Government," PEACE & CHANGE 29-1 (January 2004): 48-80, with Gayle K.
 Pluta Brown.

  A new voter "Dump Nixon" movement in 1971 changed local government  

"The Political Scorecard of Professional Sports Facility Referendums in the United States, 1984-2000," JOURNAL OF SPORT & SOCIAL ISSUES 26-3 (August 2002): 248-267, with David M. Paul.

  Increased Taxes for Sports Stadiums & Arenas? 

"Lobbying the Press: 'Talk to the People Who Talk to America'" in Allan J. Cigler and Burdette A. Loomis (eds), INTEREST GROUP POLITICS (6th edition,  2002): Chapter 12 [pp. 249-274], Washington, DC: CQ Press, with Herbert Waltzer.

  Top "Source Offer"  Sponsor in American Journalism Review & Columbia Journalism Review

 "Testing the Limits of Elite Influence on Public Opinion: An Examination of Sports
 Facility Referendums," POLITICAL RESEARCH QUARTERLY 53-4 (December 2001):  871-888, with David M. Paul.

  Seattle's Kingdome    Dave Paul

"'Daring to be Heard': Advertorials by Organized Interests on the Op-Ed Page of The
New York Times, 1985-1998,"  POLITICAL COMMUNICATION 18-1 (January 2001):
23-50, with Herbert Waltzer and Miriam Waltzer.

  Top Advertorial Sponsor     

"Moo U and the Cambodian Invasion" in Marc J. Gilbert (ed.), THE VIETNAM WAR ON CAMPUS (2001): Chapter 6 [pp. 119-141], Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, with Gayle K. Pluta Brown.

    Nixon announcing the invasion of Cambodia       Gayle K. Brown 

"The Campaign by Cincinnati Business Interests for Strong Mayors and Sports Stadia," SOCIAL SCIENCE JOURNAL 37-2 (2000): 161-177, with David M. Paul.

Cincinnati's Corporate Skyline

"Local Organized Interests and 1996 Cincinnati Sports Stadia Sales Tax Referendum," JOURNAL OF SPORT & SOCIAL ISSUES 23-2 (1999): 218-237, with David M. Paul.

Model of Paul Brown Stadium     Tom Landry Model

"Protesting the Invasion of Cambodia: A Case Study of Crowd Behavior and Demonstration Leadership," POLITY 30-4 (1998): 645-665, with Erik L. Lewis.

Cover of TIME Magazine on May 18, 1970          Erik L. Lewis

"Political Success, Government Subsidization and the Free Rider Problem," SOCIAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY 76-4 (1995): 853-862, with Richard Jankowski.

  The Classic Free Rider Analysis        Not Richard Jankowski

"Judgments About the Capabilities of Male and Female City Councillors and Support for Female City Council Candidates," SOCIAL SCIENCE JOURNAL 31-4 (1994): 355-373.

Former Cincinnati Mayors and City Councillors Bobbie Sterne & Jerry Springer

"Gender-Based  Differences in Perceptions of Male and Female City Council Candidates," WOMEN & POLITICS 13-1 (1993): 1-17, with Peter Shocket and Neil Heighberger.

  National Organization for Women Logo

"Modeling Membership in the National Rife Association," MIDSOUTH POLITICAL SCIENCE JOURNAL (now AMERICAN REVIEW OF POLITICS) 13-2 (1992): 157-172.

  National Rifle Association sticker

"The Effect of Voting Technology on Voter Behavior in a Stimulated Multi-Candidate City Council Election: A Political Experiment of Ballot Transparency," WESTERN POLITICAL QUARTERLY (now POLITICAL RESEARCH QUARTERLY) 44-2 (1992): 521-537, with Peter Shocket and Neil Heighberger.

  Voting machine levers       Checking chads (Florida, 2000)

"The Electoral Risk of Redistricting: Evidence from the United States," ELECTORAL STUDIES 11-2 (1992): 122-137.

  Redistricting based on 1990 apportionment

Fifteen annotated entries on (1) Supreme Court decisions on reapportionment and (2) ideological political interest groups with PACs in L. Sandy Maisel (ed.), POLITICAL PARTIES AND ELECTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES (1991).

  Editorial cartoon of the first gerrymander in Massachusetts (Jan. 1812  "Broadsides")

"State Response to Richmond v. Croson: A Survey of Equal Opportunity Officiers," NATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW 3 (1991): 40-61, with Augustus Jones, Jr.

U. S. Supreme Court                Gus Jones (left)

"Explanations of Interest Group Membership Over Time: The Farm Bureau in Five Midwestern States," AMERICAN POLITICS QUARTERLY 17-1 (1989): 32-53.

American Farm Bureau Federation Logo

"Congress, Politics and the Public Interest" in Herbet M. Levine (ed.), POINT-COUNTERPOINT: READINGS IN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT (1988): 209-216.

U.S. Capitol Building


Q. "Do you feel like an entomologist studying an ant hill?"
A. "No, like an ant studying an ant hill."
E.E. Schattschneider

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