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THE KNOWLEDGE EVOLUTION OF AMERICAN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: A CONCEPT, CONTENT, AND HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF INTRODUCTORY TEXTBOOKS
(2011)
Disciplinary knowledge is what scholars pursue in their fields, what practitioners execute in practice, and what students learn for future careers. Despite various appraisals of the nature of the study (Waldo 2007[1948]; ...
From Outcast to Established Players - The Transformation of Non-Democratic Parties After Democratization
(2011)
This dissertation investigates and examine how the Kuomintang has
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 ...
Organized Interests in Congressional Elections
(2011)
Why do political action committees (PACs) donate money to some candidates and not others? Answers to this PAC-strategy question take two different forms. First, scholars emphasize demand-side variables of the legislative ...
The Cultural Origins of Mass Ideology
(2011)
What factors drive the thoughts that come to respondents' minds at the particular moment that a survey question is asked about their policy preferences? We have a partial answer to this question from the long tradition of ...
Is Winning Everything? Why Campaign Consultants Operate in the American Political System
(2011)
Is Winning Everything? Why Campaign Professionals Operate in the American Political System
Eastern Efficacy: Political Participation of Post-Communist Women
(2011)
My dissertation tackles an important question of democratic transition by addressing the apparent lack of political participation, specifically low intensity participation (LIP), of women across much of post-communist ...
Congress, the Court, and the Constitution: Constitutional Deliberation in an Affiliated Age
(2011)
The relationship between Congress and the Constitution and more specifically, constitutional deliberation within Congress, has been the focus of important scholarship (Pickerill, 2004; Devins & Whittington, 2005). This ...