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A Journal of Political Science 

1999 

Volume 10 ISSN 0890-2410 



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COMMONWEALTH: A Journal of Political Science 

l\nTTOR~ Thoma,~ J- BAldino, Wilkes lJnivPTsity 

ASSOCIATE EDITORS: Martin Colla, Widener University 
Donald G. Tannenbaum, Gettysburg College 

MANAGING EDITOR: HArold Cox, WilkE's Univprsity 

EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD 

Aryeh Bolwinlck 
Temple University 

M. Margaret Conway 
University of Florida 

Roger H. Davidson 
University of Maryland 

Jean B. Elshtain 
University of Chicago 

Richard F. Fenno 
University of Rochester 

Marianne Githens 
Goucher College 

Susan W. Hammond 
American University 

Samuel Krislov 
University of Minnesota 

G. Calvin Mackenzie 
Colby College 

Michael J. Malbin 
State University of NY, Albany 

Harvey C. Mansfield, Jr. 
Harvard University 

Kenneth F. Matt 
Gettysburg College 

Craig N. Murphy 
Wellesley College 

Mark P. Petracca 
University of California, Irvine 

Elmer Plischke 
University of Maryland, Emeritus 

H. Mark Roelofs 
New York University 

Bruce M. Russett 
Yale University 

Victoria Schuck 
Stanford University 

J. David Singer 
University of Michigan 



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Contents 

Volume 10 1999 
ISBN 0890-2410 

Before the Constitution: Interest Groups from 1763-1789 

JamesYoho 1 

Censorship of the Internet: The First Amendment Lost in Cyberspace 

Gerard J. Fitzpatrick 

PENNSYLVANIA RESEARCH 

Pennsylvania Women's Campaign Communication: A Content 
Analysis of Brochures from 1996 State Assembly Races 

Stephanie Greco Larson 

Regulation Negotiation: Lessons Learned From Failure to Reach 
Agreement A Case Study of the Pennsylvania Department of 
Environmental Protection 

Paula A. Duda 

A Resource Guide to the Study of Contemporary Pennsylvania 
Politics and Government 

Joseph R. Marbach 

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About the Authors 

Paula A. Duda, Ph.D., is a graduate of the MPA program at the 
Pennsylvania State University and a 1994 graduate of thc doctoral 
program at the State University of New York, Binghamton. Professor 
Duda specializes in state and local government issues such as strategic 
planning, regulatory politics and rural economic development. She 
teaches political science at Kutztown University. 

Gerard J. Fitzpatrick, Ph.D., is a Professor of Politics at Ursinus College. 
He has publications in the areas of public law and American political 
thought. He received his doctoral degree from the University of Virginia. 

Stephanie Greco Larson, Ph.D., is an associate professor of political science 
;mn coordinator of the women studies program at Dickinson College in 
Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on the content and 
consequences of political communication. 

Joseph R. Marbach, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of political science at 
Seton Hall University in Newark, New Jersey. His areas of expertise 
include federalism. and slale and local governn.l.ent all.d politics. 

James Yoho, J.D., Ph.D., is an assistant professor of political science at 
Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barrc, Pcnnsylvania. Hc rcceivcd his law 
degree from the University of Illinois and his doctoral degree from the 
University of Virginia. He has published several articles on interest 
groups and law. 



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Acknowledgments 

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The Pennsylvania Political Science Association 
OFFICERS EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 

President 
Kathleen McQuaid 
Mansfield University 

First Vice President 
Craig M. Wheeland 
Villanova University 

Second Vice President 
Brooke Harlowe 
Susquehanna University 

Treasurer 
Donald Buzinkai 
King's College 

Secretary 
W. Wesley McDonald 
Elizabethtown College 

1997-2000 
Gerard J. Fitzpatrick 
Ursinus College 

Jeffery B. Burnham 
University/of Scranton 

1998-2001 
Roy A. Dawes 
Gettysburg College 

Jean Wahl Harris 
University of Scranton 

1999-2002 
James G. Denze 
Washington & Jefferson College 

Stephanie Bressler 
King's College 

EX OFFICIO MEMBERS 

Past President 
Joseph Melusky 
St. Francis College 

Commonwealth Managing Editur 
Harold Cox 
Wilkes University 

Commonwealth Editor 
Thomas J. Baldino 
Wilkes University 

Commonwealth Associate Editors 
Donald G. Tannenbaum 
Gettysburg College 

Martin Collo 
Widener University 




