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Political learning in adolescence: A survey of political awareness and attitudes of middle school students in the heartland.
(1998)
The results of this study of 942 middle school students in the Oklahoma City Public Schools reveal that family discussions of politics and group membership provide a pull into the world of politics for many adolescents. ...
The tenuous majority: The effect of two-party competition on the House of Representatives.
(1999)
This dissertation relies on interviews of members of Congress and their staff, in conjunction with the historical record, to illustrate how the new race for the House and the new era of tenuous, narrow House majorities is ...
The Christian Right and congressional elections in Oklahoma: Can a social movement impact candidate-centered elections?
(1999)
The research indicates a flaw in McAdam's model, the need to develop continuing leadership if a social movement is to avoid decline. The surge and decline nature that McAdam builds into his political process model of social ...
Coping with limits: Responding to reform in Oklahoma.
(1998)
The model of legislative reform posited here include internal factors like: members' characteristics, professionalism, and internal political culture. It also include external influences like: the constitution, the states' ...
Primordial violence in India in the 1990s. A challenge to the democratic process: A study of primordial violence on the Indian subcontinent focusing on a case-study of the Maratha Group, the Shiv Sena.
(1997)
Major changes have taken place on the Indian subcontinent in the 1990s. The Nehru-Gandhi family is no longer in power and the Congress party, the premier political party, has been forced into forming coalitions in order ...
Health care reform at the subnational level: An analysis of the diffusion of health policy innovations among American states.
(1997)
This dissertation uses the framework of Walker's (1969) seminal study on the diffusion of policy reforms to identify independent variables which help explain why some states are more likely than others to be innovative in ...
Women, politics, and power: The media's construction of First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton.
(1999)
From the beginning, their open political partnership was hotly discussed and debated in the media. Media attention and concern centered on Rodham Clinton's political power and influence. With her appointment to head the ...
Interest group federalism: Indian gaming and the status of Indian tribes in the American political system.
(1997)
This dissertation seeks to answer the question, "What is the status of Indian tribes in the American political system at the end of the twentieth century" by studying how New Mexico and Oklahoma tribes have attempted to ...
Warring factions: Senators, nominees, and interest groups in the Senate confirmation process.
(1999)
Two primary methods of study are employed in this project. First, data were gathered from 1,112 confirmation hearings for federal judges and 88 confirmation hearings for cabinet secretaries-designate between 1977 and 1998. ...
Washington style: Members of Congress on Capitol Hill.
(1998)
Members of the United States House of Representatives adopt one of three distinct patterns or styles of behavior in Washington: a constituent style, policy style or partisan style. These styles are the vehicles House members ...