Assistant Professor
1655 Patterson Office Tower
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0027
Phone: (859) 257-9256
Email: rford@uky.edu
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Biography:
Associate Professor, earned his B.A. at the University of Florida (1986), and his Ph.D. from Florida State University (1997). His primary teaching and research interests include public policy (welfare, criminal justice), state politics, social movements, West European politics, and quantitative methodology. He is the author or co-author of articles appearing in American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Social Science Quarterly, Comparative Political Studies, and European Journal of Political Research. He is currently involved in a number of different research projects examining various dimensions of state welfare and criminal justice policies.
Recent Publications:
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“Reform or Resistance? Local Government Response to State-Mandated Ethics Reform,” with Penny Miller and Dana Patton. 2003. Publius 33 (Spring): 1-16.
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“ ‘Laboratories of Democracy’ or Symbolic Polictics? The Racial Origins of Welfare Reform.” In S.F. Schram, J. Soss, and R.C. Fording, eds. Race, Welfare, and the Politics of Reform. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. 2003.
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"Reassessing the 'Race to the Bottom' in State Welfare Policy," with William Berry and Russell Hanson. 2003. Journal of Politics 65 (May): 327-49.
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“Voter Ideology in Western Democracies: An Update,” with HeeMin Kim. 2003. European Journal of Political Research 42:95-105.
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“Government Partisanship in Western Democracies, 1946-1998,” with HeeMin Kim. 2002. European Journal of Political Research 41(2): 187-206.