Papers and
Publications
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PUBLICATIONS
- Freitag, R. (2001). “Evaluating W-2: A Case Study of Community Service Providers in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.” The Small City and Regional Community: Proceedings of the 2000 Conference, Volume 14:421-435.
- Freitag, R. (2000). "Budget and Finance." In Crane and Hagensicks Wisconsin Government and Politics, seventh edition, ed. Ronald E. Weber. New York: McGraw-Hill.
- Freitag, R. (1999). "The Neverending Story of Welfare Reform." In We Get What We Vote For...Or Do We? The Impact of Elections on Governing, ed. Paul Scheele. Westport, CT: Praeger.
- Freitag, R. (1992). "The Scope of Conflict and Welfare Policy in the American States." Texas Journal of Political Studies 15 (Fall/Winter): 46-66.
CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
- The Impact of W-2 on Community Service Providers in Three Wisconsin Cities. To be presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 25-28, 2002.
- Money Rules: The 2000 Election for the Wisconsin Legislature. Presented October 5, 2001, at the annual meeting of the Wisconsin Political Science Association, University of Wisconsin—La Crosse.
- "Roundtable: The Role of the Instructor in the Electronic Classroom." Presented October 13, 2000 at the annual meeting of the Wisconsin Political Science Association, University of Wisconsin--Platteville.
- Evaluating W-2: A Case Study of Community Service Providers in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Presented September 29, 2000 at the Small City and Regional Community conference, University of Wisconsin—Madison.
- The Impact of W2 on Community Service Providers in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Presented April 27-30, 2000 at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois.
- Teaching in the New Millennium: Collaborative Writing Projects for the Web. Presented April 15, 1999, at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois.
- In Search of the Race to the Bottom: Welfare Reform Revisited. Presented November 6, 1998, at the annual meeting of the Wisconsin Political Science Association, University of WisconsinMilwaukee.
- Social Capital and Welfare Reform: Can the Local Communities Do the Job? Presented October 15, 1998, at The Small City and Regional Community conference, University of WisconsinStevens Point.
- Confronting Cynicism with Cooperative Learning in the American Government Classroom. Presented November 8, 1997, at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Norfolk, Virginia.
- If At First You Dont Succeed: The Fate of Welfare Reform from Nixon to Clinton. Presented April 5, 1997, at the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Political Science Association, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania.
- The Political Reform Commission: Cooperative Learning in the Introductory American Government Classroom. Presented March 20, 1997, at the Third Annual Teaching Excellence Conference sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh.
- The Neverending Story of Welfare Reform. Presented October 25, 1996, at a special conference sponsored by the Political Science Department of the State University of New York College at Oneonta and the League of Women Voters of New York State on the "Impact of Elections on Governing."
- The Devolution Revolution: Lessons from Over Thirty Years of Comparative State Welfare Policy Research. Presented April 13, 1996, at the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Political Science Association, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania.
- The Scope of Conflict and Welfare Policy in the American States. Presented March 29, 1991, at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Political Science Association, San Antonio, Texas.
- The Political Economy of State Welfare Policies. Presented March 30, 1989, at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Political Science Association, Little Rock, Arkansas.