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==Scholarly work==

==Scholarly work==

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=February 9, 2023}}</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>