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In the Footsteps of the Infallibles: The Effects of Shi`a Narratives on Shi`a Political and Socilal Behavior in the United States
(2011)
This dissertation examines the effects of religious narratives on the political and social behavior of Shi‘a Muslims in the contemporary United States. It finds that American Shi‘as utilize the narratives of ...
The impact of Palestinian terrorism on the Arab/Israeli conflict.
(1980)
In recent years the PLO has deemphasized its use of terrorism internationally and is attempting to cultivate a respectable political image. The PLO has already accomplished its goal of recognition for its cause by the use ...
Municipal productivity in high-quality service cities /
(1983)
In this study, the topic of municipal productivity is taken from its broadest definitional aspects to the identification of specific factors statistically associated with relative productivity in a narrow stratum of United ...
The impact of rural water districts on state water policy :
(1982)
The interlinks developed into a complex communication system that enabled those public officials involved in the water policy arena to influence legislators and other policy makers, so that policy favorable to the local ...
The socialization of new employees in state government agencies.
(2004)
The most important finding from the analysis of the relationship between the agency type, agency size, and employee type and the type of tactics used to socialize new employees is the disconnect between the types of tactics ...
Conservatism and Immigration Opinion in the United States
(2018-03-27)
The popular and academic consensus on the substance of conservative opinion on immigration is that it is universally and overwhelmingly in favor of restrictive policy, but the existence of pro-immigration figures such as ...
Collaboration and Indian Education: Exploring Intergovernmental Relationships Between Tribes and Public Schools
(2012)
The education of American Indian students in public schools requires the coordinated effort of managers at multiple levels of government including tribal, local, state, and federal. With more than 90% of American Indian ...
Reassessing Representative Bureaucracy: An Exploratory Analysis Using Role Perception
(2009)
Despite theoretical and empirical advances in the field of representative bureaucracy, scholars have yet to come to consensus on how to best define and measure the term. Many contemporary studies of representative bureaucracy ...
Retrieving lost ideals :
(1980)
The Alliance for Progress, which was intended to intercept a social revolution that had been set in motion and enable the United States to channel the revolution toward peaceful change, promoted authoritarian and suppressive ...
Bureaucracies and the Supply of Information in Higher Education Policy
(2019-04-30)
Most discussions of the policy process begin with and focus on the legislative branch, as this is the institution most directly responsible for crafting policies. Many also bring the chief executive or interest group ...