Publications of Paula McClain     :chronological  combined  bibtex listing:

Books

  1. P.D. McClain. "Can We All Get Along?" Racial and Ethnic Minorities in American Politics. Boulder: Westview Press, 2006.
  2.  Minority Group Influence: Agenda Setting, Formulation, and Public Policy. Edited by P.D. McClain. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993.
  3. P.D. McClain with Harold M. Rose. Race, Place, and Risk: Black Homicide in Urban America. Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, 1990. (Winner of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists' 1995 Best Book Award for a previously published book that has made a substantial and continuing contribution.)
  4.  Urban Minority Administrators: Politics, Policy and Style. Edited by P.D. McClain and Albert K. Karnig. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1988.
  5. P.D. McClain. Alienation and Resistance: The Political Behavior of Afro-Canadians. San Francisco, CA: R & E Research Associates, 1979.

Journal Articles

  1. P.D. McClain. "“Racial Intergroup Relations in a Set of Cities: A Twenty-Year Perspective.”." Journal of Politics 68.4 (November, 2006): 757-770.
  2. P.D. McClain, Niambi M. Carter, Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto, Monique L. Lyle, Jeffrey D. Grynaviski, Shayla C. Nunnally, Thomas J. Scotto, J. Alan Kendrick, Gerald F. Lackey, and Kendra Davenport Cotton.. "“Racial Distancing in a Southern City: Latino Immigrants’ Views of Black Americans.”." Journal of Politics 68.3 (August, 2006): :571-584..
  3. Kenneth J. Meier, Paula D. McClain, J. L. Polinard, and Robert D. Wrinkle.. "Divided or Together? Conflict and Cooperation between African Americans and Latinos." Political Research Quarterly 57 (September 2004):399-409. (September, 2004).  [abs]
  4. Meier, Kenneth J., Paula D. McClain, J.L. Polinard, and Robert D. Wrinkle. "Divided of Together? Conflict and Cooperation between African Americans and Latinos." Political Research Quarterly 57 (September, 2004): 399-409.
  5. P. McClain. "Social Capital and Diversity: An Introduction." Perspectives on Politics 1.1 (2003): 101-102.  [author's comments]
  6. Harold M. Rose and P.D. McClain. "Race, Place and Risk Revisited: A Perspective on the Emergence of a New Structural Paradigm." Homicide Studies: An Interdisciplinary and International Journal 2 (May, 1998): 101-129.
  7. P.D. McClain and Steven C. Tauber. "Black and Latino Socioeconomic and Political Competition: Has a Decade Made a Difference?." American Politics Quarterly 26 (April, 1998): 101-116.
  8. P.D. McClain. "Reading more About the Civil Rights Movement: Recommendations from Colleagues Across Disciplines." PS: Political Science and Politics (September, 1997): 472-473.
  9. P.D. McClain. "Black Politics in the Crossroads? Or, in the Cross-Hairs." American Political Science Review 90 (December, 1996): 867-873.
  10. P.D. McClain. "Thirty Years of Urban Policies: Frankly, my Dears, We Don't Give a Damn!." Urban Affairs Review (May, 1995): 641-644.
  11. P.D. McClain and Joseph Stewart, Jr.. "W(h)ither the Voting Rights Act after Shaw v. Reno: Advancing to the Past?." PS: Political Science and Politics 28 (March, 1995): 24-26.
  12. P.D. McClain. "The Changing Dynamics of Urban Politics: Black and Hispanic Municipal Employment--Is There Competition?." Journal of Politics 55 (May, 1993): 399-414.
  13. P.D. McClain. "Place Specific and Place-Based Homicide Risk Analysis." Questions and Answers in Lethal and Non-Lethal Violence 1993 (1993): 131-135. (Proceedings of the Second Annual Workshop of the Homicide Research Working Group)
  14. P.D. McClain and H. W. Perry. "Lucius J. Barker: An Accomplished Career Despite No Crystal Stair." PS: Political Science and Politics 25 (December, 1992): 752-756.
  15. P.D. McClain. "Reconceptualizing Urban Violence: A Policy Analytic Approach." National Political Science Review 3 (1992): 9-24.
  16. P.D. McClain. "Agenda Setting, Public Policy, and Minority Group Influence: An Introduction." Policy Studies Review 9 (Winter, 1990): 263-272.
  17. P.D. McClain and Albert K. Karnig. "Black and Hispanic Socioeconomic and Political Competition." American Political Science Review (June, 1990): 535-545.
  18. P.D. McClain. "Urban Black Neighborhood Environment and Homicide: A Research Note on a Decade of Change in Four Cities -- 1970-1980." Urban Affairs Quarterly 24 (June, 1989): 584-596.
  19. P.D. McClain. "Arizona 'High Noon: The Recall and Impeachment of Evan Mecham." PS: Political Science and Politics 21 (Summer, 1988): 628-638.
  20. P.D. McClain. "Contemporary Women: Policy, Participation and Poverty." Policy Studies Review 6 (Autumn 1987): 247-250.
  21. P.D. McClain and David K. Pijawka. "Agenda Setting and Non-Decisionmaking: Decommissioning Nuclear Generating Stations." Policy Studies Review 5 (May, 1986): 742-756.
  22. A.K. Karnig and P.D. McClain. "The New South and Black Economic and Political Development: Changes from 1970-1980." Western Political Quarterly 38 (December, 1985): 539-550.
  23. P.D. McClain. "Urban Neighborhoods, Black Residents and Homicide Risk." Urban Geography 5 (1984): 210-22.
  24. P.D. McClain. "Possible Outcomes of a 1984 Black Presidential Candidacy." PS 16 (Summer, 1983): 497-499. (Reprinted in F.D. Jones, M.O. Adams with S. Anderson and T. Tollerson, Readings in American Political Issues, (Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt 1987).)
  25. P.D. McClain. "Firearms Ownership, Gun Control Attitudes and Neighborhood Environment." Law and Policy Quarterly 5 (July, 1983): 299-323.
  26. P.D. McClain. "Determinants of Black and White Attitudes Toward Gun Regulation: A Research Note." Journal of Criminal Justice 11 (February, 1983): 77-81.
  27. P.D. McClain. "Black Female Homicide Victims and Offenders: Are They From the Same Population?." Death Education 6 (Fall, 1982): 265-278.
  28. P.D. McClain. "Cause of Death - Homicide: A Research Note on Black Females as Homicide Victims." Victimology 7 (1982): 204-212.
  29. P.D. McClain. "Environment of Risk and Racial Attitudes Toward Gun Regulation: A Test of the Social Reality Thesis." Journal of Enviornmental Systems 12 (1982-1983): 229-248.
  30. P.D. McClain. "Black Females and Lethal Violence: Has Time Changed the Circumstances Under Which They Kill?." Omega: Journal of Death and Dying 13 (1982-1983): 13-25.
  31. P.D. McClain. "Social and Environmental Characteristics of Black Female Homicide Offenders." The Western Journal of Black Studies 5 (Fall, 1981): 224-230.
  32. P.D. McClain. "Political Alienation: Some Social/Psychological Aspects of the Political Culture of Afro-Canadians." Ethnicity 6 (December, 1979): 358-372.

Chapters in Books

  1. P.D. McClain. "“North Carolina’s Response to Latino Immigrants and Immigration.”." Immigration's New Frontiers: Experiences from the New Gateway States. Ed. Greg Anrig, Jr., and Tova Andrea Wang Century Foundation, November, 2006: 7-32.
  2. McClain, Paula D., Michael C. Brady, Niambi M. Carter, Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto, and Efren O. Perez. "Rebuilding Black Voting Rights Before the Voting Rights Act." The Voting Rights Act: Security The Ballot. Ed. Richard M. Valelly Washington: Congressional Quarterly Press, 2005
  3. Harold M. Rose and P. McClain. "Homicide Risk and Level of Victimization in Two Concentrated Povery Enclaves: A Black/Hispanic Comparison." Violent Crime: Assessing Race and Ethnic Difference. Ed. Darnell F. Hawkins Cambridge University Press, 2003
  4. McClain, Paula D., and Steven C. Tauber. "Racial Minority Group Relations in a Multiracial Society." In Governing American Cities: Immigrants and Inter-Ethnic Coalitions, Competition, and Conflict.. Ed. Michael Jones-Correa, (ed.) (New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2001), 2001
  5. P. McClain. "Urban Crime in the United States and Western Europe: A Comparison." In Handbook on Urban Studies.. Ed. R. Paddison, University of Glasgow (ed. (London: Sage Publications, 2000), 2000
  6. P. McClain. ""Foreward"." Legacies of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Ed. Bernard Grofman Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 2000
  7. P. McClain and Joseph Stewart, Jr.. "An Overview of Black American Politics and Participation Since the Civil Rights Movement." New Directions: African Americans in a Diversifying Nation. Ed. James S. Jackson and Marilyn Zuckerman pp. 207-239Washington D.C.: National Policy Association, 2000
  8. P.D. McClain. "Foreward." Legacies of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Ed. Bernard Grofman Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 2000: ix-xiii.
  9. P.D. McClain. "Foreward." The Almanac of Women and Minorities in American Politics. Ed. Mart Martin Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1999
  10. P.D. McClain and Steven C. Tauber. "Wilder's 1992 Presidential Campaign: A Deracialized Strategy?." African American Politics and Power. Ed. Hanes Walton New York: Columbia University Press, 1997
  11. P.D. McClain. "Coalition and Competition: Patterns of Black-Latino Relations in Urban Poltiics." From Polemics to Practice: Forging Political Coalitions Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities. Ed. Wilbur C. Rich New York: Praeger, 1996
  12. P.D. McClain and John A. Garcia. "Expanding Disciplinary Boundaries: Black, Latino and Minority Group Politics in Political Science." Political Science: The State of the Discipline. Ed. Ada W. Finifter 2nd editionWashington, D.C.: American Political Science Association, 1993: 247-279.
  13. P.D. McClain. "Minority Group Access and Policy Agenda Setting: An Introduction." Minority Group Influence: Agenda Setting, Formulation, and Public Policy. Ed. Paula D. McClain Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993
  14. P.D. McClain. "Urban Violence: Agendas, Politics, and Problem Redefinition." Minority Group Influence: Agenda Setting, Formulation, and Public Policy. Ed. Paula D. McClain Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993
  15. P.D. McClain. "Racial Minorities and Agenda Setting: Is There Access and Influence?." Minority Group Influence: Agenda Setting, Formulation, and Public Policy. Ed. Paula D. McClain Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993
  16. P.D. McClain. "Georgia Montgomery Davis Powers." Black Women in the United States: An Historical Encyclopedia, Volume II. Ed. Darlene Clark Hine, Elsa Barkley Brown, and Rosalyn Terborg-Penn Brooklyn, NY: Carlson Publishing Inc., 1993: 936-937.
  17. P.D. McClain and Albert K. Karnig. "Introduction: Minority Administrators - Another Frontier." Urban Minority Administrators: Politics, Policy and Style. Ed. Albert K. Karnig and Paula D. McClain Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1988
  18. Albert K. Karnig and Paula D. McClain. "Minority Administrators: Lessons from Practice." Urban Minority Administrators: Politics, Policy and Style. Ed. Albert K. Karnig and Paula D. McClain Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1988
  19. P.D. McClain. "Saturday Night Specials and Gun Regulation: A Feasible Policy Option." Firearms and Violence: Issues of Public Policy. Ed. D. B. Kates New York: Ballinger, 1984
  20. P.D. McClain. "Introduction to Development Implications of the New Immigration." Sourcebook on the New Immigration, Book II. Ed. Roy S. Bryce-Laporte New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books, 1979

Papers Submitted

  1. P.D. McClain, Victoria DeFrancesco, Monique L. Lyle, Niambi Carter, Gerald F. Lackey, Jeffrey D. Gryvaniski, Kendra Davenport Cotton, Shayla Nunnally, Thomas Scotto and J. Alan Kendrick. "Black Elites and Latino Immigrant Relations in a Southern City: Do Black Elites and the Black Masses Agree?."   (February 3, 2005). Submitted for a conference on "Immigration to the United States: New Sources and Destinations," sponsored by the Russell Sage Foundation, February 3-4, 2005, New York, New York.

Book Reviews

  1. Thomas J. Sugrue. The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit.  Virginia Quarterly Review (October, 1997).
  2. Huey L. Perry and Wayne Parent. Blacks and the American Political System.  American Review of Politics (Spring, 1996): 76-79.
  3. Carol M. Swain. Black Faces, Black Interests.  Journal of Politics 56 (November, 1994): 1145-1148.
  4. Bernard Grofman and Chandler Davidson. Controversies in Minority Voting: The Voting Rights Act in Perspective.  Contemporary Sociology 22 (May, 1993): 391-392.
  5. Hanes Walton, Jr.. When the Marching Stopped: The Politics of Civil Rights Regulatory Agencies.  American Political Science Review 83 (September, 1989): 1039-1040.
  6. David Lester. Gun Control: Issues and Answers.  Journal of Criminal Justice 14 (1986): 571-572.

Monographs

  1. P.D. McClain with John Stuart Hall. Representation, Participation and the New Pheonix District Election System. Urban Villages/Council Districts, the Future -- or Frustration?. Tempe, AZ: School of Public Affairs, 1984.
  2. P.D. McClain with Harold M. Rose. Black Homicide and the Urban Environment. Washington, D.C.: National Institute of Mental Health, 1981.
  3. P.D. McClain. Wisconsin's Approach to Assist Urban and Other Distressed Areas. National Academy of Public Administration, 1979.

Papers Published

  1. P.D. McClain. "Context Matters! Race, Representation and Public Opinion (a review essay)." Dubois Review: Social Science Research on Race 2.1 (Spring, 2005): 145-150.
  2. P.D. McClain, Niambi M. Carter, and Michael C. Brady. "Gender and Black Presidential Politics: From Chisholm to Moseley Braun." The Journal of Women, Politics and Policy 27.1 (2005): 51-68.

Papers Accepted

  1. P.D. McClain, Niambi Carter, Victoria DeFrancesco, Monique Lyle, Shayla C. Nunnally, Thomas J. Scotto, J. Alan Kendrick, Jeffrey D. Grynaviski, Gerald F. Lackey, and Kendra Davenport Cotton. "Racial Distancing in a Southern City: Latino Immigrants' Views of Black Americans." Journal of Politics  (forthcoming August, 2005).  [abs]

Other

  1. P.D. McClain and Joseph Stewart, Jr.. ""Can We All Get Along? Racial and Ethnic Minorities in American Politics"." (2005).  [abs]