Res Publica
Volume IX
2004

Editors
Mollie Whitehead
Tracy Quinlan

Assistant Editors
Sarah Wells
Jordan Ault
Lauren Jensen

Faculty Advisor
Kathleen Montgomery

Table of Contents:

 Jordan Ault - The Effect of an Illinois Wesleyan Education on Political Ideology

Tracy Quinlan - Leveling the Playing Field:  Electoral Thresholds and the Representation of Women

Andrew Kapral - Third-Party Intervention in Intrastate Conflict:  A Cost Benefit Analysis

Paul Finch - Political Culture and Child Poverty:  An Examination of Western and Post-Communist European States

Mollie Whitehead - Protecting Women From Domestic Violence:  A Comparative Perspective

John Larson - Race and Representation in Congress:  The Color of Constituencies