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Overview

Richard C. Fording is affiliated with the University of Alabama in the United States and has produced research predominantly in the field of social sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields, with a focus on political science and international relations, sociology and political science, gender studies, social psychology, and economics and econometrics.

The research topics covered by Richard C. Fording include electoral systems and political participation, policy transfer and learning, social policy and reform studies, LGBTQ health, identity, and policy, social and intergroup psychology, hate speech and cyberbullying detection, and gender politics and representation.

The scientist has contributed papers to several publication venues, including:

  • Perspectives on Politics
  • State Politics & Policy Quarterly
  • RSF The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
  • Polity
  • Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Some recent notable papers authored by Richard C. Fording include:

  • The Affordable Care Act and the Diffusion of Policy Feedback: The Case of Medicaid Work Requirements (2020) - RSF The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
  • Pride or Prejudice? Clarifying the Role of White Racial Identity in Recent Presidential Elections (2022) - Polity

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, with several co-authors appearing repeatedly in their work. These frequent co-authors include Sanford F. Schram, Robert J. Cramer, Dana Patton, Andréa R. Kaniuka, and Raymond P. Tucker.

Richard C. Fording's research demonstrates an engagement with topics that intersect political behavior, identity, policy reform, and social issues. Their scholarship contributes to understanding complex social dynamics through lenses such as racial identity, policy diffusion, and political participation.

Best Publications

  • Measuring Citizen and Government Ideology in the American States, 1960-93

    William D. Berry;Evan J. Ringquist;Richard C. Fording;Russell L. Hanson

  • Disciplining the Poor: Neoliberal Paternalism and the Persistent Power of Race

    Joe Soss;Richard C Fording;Sanford F Schram

  • Deciding to Discipline: Race, Choice, and Punishment at the Frontlines of Welfare Reform

    Sanford F. Schram;Joe Soss;Richard C. Fording;Linda Houser

  • Measuring Citizen and Government Ideology in the U.S. States: A Re-appraisal:

    William D. Berry;Richard C. Fording;Evan J. Ringquist;Russell L. Hanson

  • Voter ideology in Western Democracies, 1946– 1989

    Heemin Kim;Richard C. Fording

  • The organization of discipline: From performance management to perversity and punishment

    Joe Soss;Richard Fording;Sanford F. Schram

  • The Color of Devolution: Race, Federalism, and the Politics of Social Control

    Joe Soss;Richard C. Fording;Sanford F. Schram

  • Race and the Politics of Welfare Reform

    Sanford F. Schram;Joe Brian Soss;Richard Carl Fording

  • Reassessing the “Race to the Bottom” in State Welfare Policy

    William D. Berry;Richard C. Fording;Russell L. Hanson

  • The Conditional Effect of Violence as a Political Tactic: Mass Insurgency, Welfare Generosity, and Electoral Context in the American States

    Richard C. Fording

  • An Annual Cost of Living Index for the American States, 1960-1995

    William D. Berry;Richard C. Fording;Russell L. Hanson

  • Politics and State Punitiveness in Black and White

    Jeff Yates;Richard C. Fording

  • Devolution, Discretion, and the Effect of Local Political Values on TANF Sanctioning

    Richard C. Fording;Joe Soss;Sanford F. Schram

  • Government partisanship in Western democracies, 1945–1998

    Heemin Kim;Richard C. Fording

  • The third level of US welfare reform: governmentality under neoliberal paternalism

    Sanford F. Schram;Joe Soss;Linda Houser;Richard C. Fording

  • The Political Response to Black Insurgency: A Critical Test of Competing Theories of the State

    Richard C. Fording

  • Voter ideology in Western democracies: An update

    Heemin Kim;Richard C. Fording

  • The Measurement and Stability of State Citizen Ideology

    William D. Berry;Evan J. Ringquist;Richard C. Fording;Russell L. Hanson

  • Neo-liberal poverty governance: race, place and the punitive turn in US welfare policy

    Sanford F. Schram;Richard C. Fording;Joe Soss

  • Race and the local politics of punishment in the new world of welfare.

    Richard C. Fording;Joe Soss;Sanford F. Schram

  • Does Tactical Voting Matter?: The Political Impact of Tactical Voting in Recent British Elections

    Heemin Kim;Richard C. Fording

  • Deciding to Discipline: Race, Choice, and Punishment on the Frontlines of Welfare Reform

    Sanford F. Schram;Joe Soss;Richard Fording;Linda Houser;Linda Houser

Frequent Co-Authors

Sanford F. Schram
Sanford F. Schram City University of New York
Joe Soss
Joe Soss University of Minnesota
Neal D. Woods
Neal D. Woods University of South Carolina

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