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Do Words Really Mean Things? Habitual Voters and the Framing Effects of Ballot Language
(2017-05)
The alleged dangers of direct democracy have been debated since the founding of the United States, and this discussion carries on into the current time whenever the subject of referendum elections is raised. While much ...
Order in a Chaotic Subsystem: A Comparative Analysis of Nuclear Facility Siting Using Coalition Opportunity Structures and the Advocacy Coalition Framework
(2013-11)
This dissertation attempts to highlight existing patterns surrounding locally unwanted land uses (LULUs) and explain how institutional features of a country influence the likelihood those LULUs become operational. Focusing ...
PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATIONS AND HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCE
(2018-07-18)
This dissertation examines the diffusion of performance-based funding policy in higher education based on the conceptual framework of policy innovation and diffusion. After examining the two waves of state adoption of ...
Do As I Say Not As I Do: A Study of Representation in Congress
(2013-08-26)
This dissertation examines the behavior of members of the House of Representatives on economic issues in order to ascertain how economic characteristics of their constituencies affect their actions. Specifically, this ...
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 ...
Modernization and ethnicity in China: a study of everyday ethnicity and urban renewal in Hui neighborhoods
(2017-07-12)
Though much of the international attention given to China’s ethnic politics focuses on minority groups’ resistance to the Chinese state, relations between the state and ethnic Hui Muslims are not marked by resistence, ...
Shadows in the Cognitive Terrain: Suicide Terrorism and the Role of Ideology
(2016)
Presents a historic review on the role of ideology on suicide terrorism. Reviews research from cognitive psychology and anthropology to describe how ideology influences individual perception and decision making to become ...
Factors Influencing Decision Making in Networked Organizations: A Case Study on Leadership and the Formation of the Non-Department of Defense Schools Program (NDSP) Task Force
(2016-05-13)
The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) and the United States military fall under the purview of the Secretary of Defense. However, leaders at multiple levels within this organization do not systematically ...