Changes

Mladenka is the author of the textbook, ''The Unfinished Republic: American Government in the 21st Century,'' a study of the dynamic nature of politics and how the system reacts to change.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.betterworldbooks.com/the-unfinished-republic-id-0131244965.aspx|title=The Unfinished Republic: American Government in the 21st Century|location= New York|publisher= Prentice-Hall| ISBN =0-13-124496-5|accessdate=October 17, 2010}}</ref> With Kim Quaile Hill (born 1946), then of the University of Houston and later Texas A&M University, Mladenka is co-author of another textbook, ''Texas Government: Politics and Economics.'' He has also penned ''Democratic Governance in American States and Cities'' (ISBN 0-534-13603-6) and ''The Dual Republic: A Multiracial/multicultural Approach to American Government'' (ISBN 0-13-859679-4).

Mladenka is the author of the textbook, ''The Unfinished Republic: American Government in the 21st Century,'' a study of the dynamic nature of politics and how the system reacts to change.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.betterworldbooks.com/the-unfinished-republic-id-0131244965.aspx|title=The Unfinished Republic: American Government in the 21st Century|location= New York|publisher= Prentice-Hall| ISBN =0-13-124496-5|accessdate=October 17, 2010}}</ref> With Kim Quaile Hill (born 1946), then of the University of Houston and later Texas A&M University, Mladenka is co-author of another textbook, ''Texas Government: Politics and Economics.'' He has also penned ''Democratic Governance in American States and Cities'' (ISBN 0-534-13603-6) and ''The Dual Republic: A Multiracial/multicultural Approach to American Government'' (ISBN 0-13-859679-4).

In 1977, Mladenka and Kim Hill completed the study "The Distribution of Benefits in an Urban Environment: Parks and Libraries in Houston." The researchers found that the location of parks and libraries are based on "bureaucratic rules and appear to be little affected by explicit racial and socioeconomic criteria."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uar.sagepub.com/content/13/1/73.abstract|title=The Distribution of Benefits in an Urban Environment: Parks and Libraries in Houston|publisher=uar.sagepub.com|accessdate=October 17, 2010}}</ref> Mladenka and Hill in 1978 did a similar study on police services in urban areas.<ref>Mladenka and Hill, "The Distribution of Urban Police Services," ''Journal of Politics'' 40 (February 1978): pp. 112-33.</ref>

In 1977, Mladenka and Kim Hill completed the study "The Distribution of Benefits in an Urban Environment: Parks and Libraries in Houston." The researchers found that the location of parks and libraries are based on "bureaucratic rules and appear to be little affected by explicit racial and socioeconomic criteria."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uar.sagepub.com/content/13/1/73.abstract|title=The Distribution of Benefits in an Urban Environment: Parks and Libraries in Houston|publisher=uar.sagepub.com|accessdate=October 17, 2010}}</ref> Mladenka and Hill in 1978 did a similar study on police services in urban areas.<ref>Mladenka and Hill, "The Distribution of Urban Police Services," ''Journal of Politics'' 40 (February 1978), pp. 112-33.</ref>

Mladenka's research revealed that scholarly journals during the 1980s published fewer articles on urban politics than in the other subfields of the discipline. He found that urban scholars are not as prominent on the editorial boards of the major political science journals, and that traditional scholars, called empiricists, regard most urban research, dependent on case studies, paradigms, quantitative analysis, and theoretical perspectives, as confusing and repetitive jargon in sharp contrast to the traditional emphasis of the discipline. These urban scholars stress "local settings where global, national, and voting behavior outcomes happen at street level and where day-to-day lives are affected."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.siue.edu/~atheisi/scholarship.htm|title=Dr. Theising's Reflection on Scholarship|publisher=siue.edu|accessdate=October 17, 2010}}</ref><ref>Kenneth R. Mladenka and Bryan D. Jones, "Urban Politics and Political Science," "Political Science: Looking to the Future," Vol. 4. in ''American Institutions,'' William Crotty, ed., (Evanston, [[Illinois]]: [[Northwestern University]] Press, 1994), pp. 287-289.</ref>

Mladenka's research revealed that scholarly journals during the 1980s published fewer articles on urban politics than in the other subfields of the discipline. He found that urban scholars are not as prominent on the editorial boards of the major political science journals, and that traditional scholars, called empiricists, regard most urban research, dependent on case studies, paradigms, quantitative analysis, and theoretical perspectives, as confusing and repetitive jargon in sharp contrast to the traditional emphasis of the discipline. These urban scholars stress "local settings where global, national, and voting behavior outcomes happen at street level and where day-to-day lives are affected."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.siue.edu/~atheisi/scholarship.htm|title=Dr. Theising's Reflection on Scholarship|publisher=siue.edu|accessdate=October 17, 2010}}</ref><ref>Kenneth R. Mladenka and Bryan D. Jones, "Urban Politics and Political Science," "Political Science: Looking to the Future," Vol. 4. in ''American Institutions,'' William Crotty, ed., (Evanston, [[Illinois]]: [[Northwestern University]] Press, 1994), pp. 287-289.</ref>