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As laboratories, states are faced with a new agenda of social experimentation. This article first considers state elections and parties, including state realignment, party endorsements and primary elections, uncontested seats, and campaign finance. A second topic is the governorship, including governors' careers, changes in power, party leadership, and legislative programs and tactics used in negotiating with legislators. A third section considers the state legislatures, including term limits, professionalism, leadership, committees, roll-call voting, and representation. Another subject closely related to all aspects is the variety and organization of interest groups, their power, and whom they represent. The conclusion is that the states as laboratories are now equipped to handle the social experimentation that devolution has handed down to them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Explores the factors contributing to the success or failure of party endorsements. Background; Theories of the nominating process; Hypotheses about success of endorsements; Findings from primary election data from 1960 to 1994 in the United States; Findings from 1994 endorsing conventions and primary elections; Multivariate analysis of endorsee success in 1994.

Investigates the relationship between the governor's electoral party coalition and the governor's coalition within the legislature in the U.S. Voting loyalty of legislators; Enhancement of party line voting; Existence of linkage between the governor's electoral coalition and the governor's legislative coalition.

The University at Buffalo (UB) and Empire State College (ESC) designed a project that demonstrates the viability of shipping materials directly to the patron, the cost-effectiveness of using UPS for delivering and returning materials, the value of expanded library service to ESC patrons, and the practicality of purchasing-on-demand as a service and collection development model. UB staff provide the service and have access to both institutions' ILLiad clients. Articles are sent via Odyssey. Books not owned by UB are purchased and shipped directly to the patron. The purchased books are added to the UB collection upon return. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]