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Frustrated fortunes: Francis E. Warren and the search for a grazing policy, 1890--1929.
(2007)
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The Government Performance and Results Act and the Department of Defense: A view from the bottom.
(2004)
At least five government-wide reform initiatives have been attempted since the end of World War II. The latest is the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) passed into law in 1993. A review of literature on government ...
No time for reason: Deliberation, status, and democracy in the modern society.
(2005)
Economic use of time (efficiency) and democracy are common features in many modern western societies. However, a strong egalitarian democracy requires equal participation in the social construction of meaning, reason and ...
Fairness in American politics and culture.
(2001)
Fairness is a term often used in political debate but not often carefully examined. In this dissertation I propose a way of understanding fairness by combining the insights of political theory with an examination of the ...
Unexpected participants in democracy: Refuge, community, and activism in a congregation of the Metropolitan Community Church.
(2001)
The findings indicate that this denomination offers a unique contribution by empowering certain individuals who would otherwise not participate in the gay liberation movement. The ethnographic study suggests that in more ...
State party organizations as campaign service providers: A three-state study of candidate and party perceptions.
(2005)
The advent of the candidate-centered campaign in conjunction with an array of social, political, and economic changes have altered the electoral environment and the way traditional state political party organizations have ...
The language of emotion in televised political advertising: Presidential spots, 1960--1996.
(2000)
Through computerized lexical analysis of 1,209 televised political commercials aired by the Democratic and Republican party's presidential nominees during general elections from 1960 to 1996, this study discerns which words ...
Choosing to run: The dynamics of candidate emergence in the state legislature of Oklahoma.
(2001)
This research is a qualitative study on potential candidates who were in the process of deciding to run for the state legislature. From the interviews and observations of potential candidates, a greater understanding ...
The role of scientists and scientific information in public policy decisions: The case of drought planning.
(2005)
In addition to general interaction between the two communities, differences within elements of the communities also are highlighted. Scientists interact with policy-makers and the public at-large through several different ...
(Re)engaging the other half of America in electoral politics :
(2001)
This dissertation outlines both qualitative and quantitative methods to address the underlying phenomenon. Specifically, 22 focus groups and 54 in-depth personal interviews were conducted to address the causes and solutions ...