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The representative method: Legislative behavior in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico.
(2006)
This dissertation presents a model which examines three facets of representation. The study of legislative representation has been discussed within the categories of representative focus, constituency responsiveness, and ...
The political culture-and-personality of the Laotian political-bureaucratic elite /
(The University of Oklahoma., 1976)
Frustrated fortunes: Francis E. Warren and the search for a grazing policy, 1890--1929.
(2007)
Abstract not available.
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 ...
God Bless (My) America: Religion, Christian Nationalism and American Identity
(2019-05-11)
There has been ample academic research exploring the concept of "Christian Nationalism" and how it affects the political views and activities of its adherents. Christian Nationalism can be defined as the belief that being ...
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 ...
A study in acculturation and political development :
(1980)
A fundamental concept of this study is that the basic element of determining the nature of a political culture is the kind of orientation towards authority which characterizes it. Parochial, subject, and participant cultures, ...
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 ...
Executive budget success: Evidence from the American states.
(2006)
Budgeting is among the executive's most important powers in a separated political system. The extent to which executive budget proposals are adopted by the legislature is an important measure of the executive's political ...