Research

"Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose"
- Zora Neale Hurston

Research and Publications

Publications:
Brock, Clare. (2021). "Partisan Polarization and Corporate Lobbying: Information, Demand, and Conflict" Interest Groups and Advocacy. (Link) ( Pre-print PDF of Partisan Polarization and Corporate Lobbying: Information, Demand, and Conflict and Appendix)

Davis, Kathleen and Clare Brock. (2020). "Nutrition Practices to Grow Healthy Communities" in Mopfu (ed). Sustainable Community Health. (Link)

Brock, Clare and Kristin Kelly. (2017) “Pennies for Pounds: Soda Consumption and Taxation as a Test of Economic Voting Behavior.” World Medical & Health Policy 9(4), 418-434. (Link)

Brock, Clare. (2016). “Framing Child Nutrition Programs: The Impact of Party and District Characteristics on Elite Framing,” Social Science Quarterly. (Link)

Brock, Clare and Bartholomew Sparrow. (2016). “Race, Ethnicity, and the Politics of Food,” in the Oxford Handbook on Racial and Ethnic Politics in America. (Link)

Book Reviews

Brock, Clare. (2022). "Review of the Civil Rights Lobby: the leadership conference on civil rights and the second reconstruction by Shamira Gelbman" Interest Groups and Advocacy. doi: https://doi-org.ezp.twu.edu/10.1057/s41309-022-00154-3

Brock, Clare. (2018). Revolving Door Lobbying: Public Service, Private Influence, and the Unequal Representation of Interests. By Timothy M. LaPira and Herschel F. Thomas. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2017. 272p. $39.95 cloth. Perspectives on Politics, 16(3), 859-860. doi:10.1017/S1537592718001780

Other Publications

Van Erve, Wouter and Clare Brock. (2020). "Texas Two-Steps Behind: The Disappointing State of Civics Education in Texas" 3 Streams. (Link)

Brock, Clare (2021). "Why is corporate lobbying on food skyrocketing?" 3 Streams (Link)

Works in Progress

Under Review. Brock, Clare. What’s Cooking in Congress? Interest Group Lobbying and the Construction of Food and Agricultural Policy in an Era of Party Polarization.

Under Review. Born, Vivienne and Clare Brock. “Writing for Social Sciences and Humanities: Bridge Programs and Improving Student Outcomes.”

Brock, Clare and Daniel Mallinson. “Measuring the Stasis: Punctuated Equilibrium Theory and Partisan Polarization”

Van Erve, Wouter and Clare Brock. "A Lone Star State of Mind: Civics Education and Texas Teachers"

Brock, Clare and Sam Workman. "Food Security: Framing and Policy Implementation”