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The Strain of the Herd: Risk Perceptions, Policy Preferences, and Parental Decision-Making for Childhood Vaccination
(2012)
As the vaccine controversy continues to deepen in the United States, this dissertation research addresses how we can better understand and deal with this issue in respect to public policy in general and public health policy ...
Cross-National Lesson-Drawing: International Influences on Domestic Policymaking in the United States
(2017-12)
In an increasingly internationalized policy environment, determinants of U.S. domestic policy may include factors that are global in reach and external to the macro-level domestic political setting. The changing context ...
When politics is personal: The role of personal policy interests in legislative activity.
(2006)
Mainstream literature on congressional behavior continues to concentrate on reelection as members' primary motivator, rather than exploring the other reasons for the legislative activities in which members engage. Although ...
Heroes and Villains: Cultural Narratives, Mass Opinions, and Climate Change
(2010)
Global climate change is easily identified as one of the most pressing and contentious policy problems facing not only the United States, but the human race. In a democratic society such as our own, understanding the ...
Managerial Perceptions and Demographic Changes Within The Higher Education Landscape at Public Four-Year Institutions
(2023-05-12)
Drawing on theory from within public policy, administration, and several types of management this project looks to explore how campus leaders at public four-year higher education institutions have responded to shifts within ...
Work requirements and welfare participation: Analyzing the effects of the JOBS program.
(2000)
The 1996 welfare reform relies heavily on work as an antidote to "dependency." But have we any reason to expect work requirements to spur people to leave welfare? Recent experience provides an opportunity to analyze the ...
Consolidations in Higher Education: How Collaborative Structures and Processes Impact the Outcomes of Organizational Change
(2018-08)
Over the past several decades, institutions of higher education have found themselves in a difficult environment. States have reduced funding, total enrollment has either fallen or flattened across several years, and ...
Expressing political and administrative values through stories: A semiotic analysis of the National Performance Review.
(1998)
The argument presented here is that the stories in NPR are effective at communicating the values intended by the authors of the report. This finding supports what many administrative theorists have recently postulated about ...