Browsing UCO - Graduate Works and Theses by Author "Sharp, Brett S."
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Analyzing PAC's.
Resendez, Daniel (2013)Political action committees have been the subject of controversial court cases and legislative reform. Judicial decisions and legislative reforms are the product of creating campaign finance aiming at the creation of a ... -
Consociationalism and corruption : an exploration of the consociational system's susceptibility to corruption.
Shouman, Mamdouh (2013)Countries whose societies are fragmented, and which are in the process of transitioning to democracies, face the question of which political system best manages social conflict. Among those political systems that deal with ... -
Educating with the arts : how art education policy impacts educational outcomes
Deter-Billings, Mary Louisa (2015)The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of art education policy on educational outcomes. While past literature focuses on how art in the classroom can raise individual test scores, this research takes a broader ... -
Exploring cell phone use in romantic relationships.
Watson, Michelle Annette (2015)Mobile technology has changed the way we interact with people on many levels. The impact of cell phone use on romantic relationships is viewed through the theoretical lens of symbolic interactionism which posits the world ... -
International law & the death penalty.
Mbolong, Etienne Brice (2017)In the beginning there was the death penalty. And it was good. Or so the countries of the world and international laws thought. But times do change and there have been many changes on many fronts in international law, ... -
It must be the money : family structure, child well-being, and public policy.
Nowlin, Matthew C. (2008)This study proposed to examine the interactions between income, family structure, race and child well-being. Educational achievement was used as a proxy for child well-being. -
Opportunistic federalism is failing : a case for change in Ouroborosian policy making.
Kennedy, Philip C. (2014)The current federalism paradigm has been on a path to failure since its inception. The various methods of federalism from the past have attempted to effectively fuse both federal and state power based on the most pervasive ... -
Profanity and humor : is that @!&#% funny?
Hultman, James (2011)Profanity and Humor are two complex human behaviors; both have been understudied by mainstream academics. There has even less research examining the interaction between these two topics. Three previous studies examined ... -
Reforming the criminal justice system : a pragmatic approach to building a sustainable system.
Smith, Da'mon J. (2011)Much of the literature on the "administration of justice" literature is engrossed with topics that typically concern criminologist, judges, layers and police, and therefore, is absentminded of its own identity and purpose. ... -
Term limits and interest group influence.
England, Jessica (2009)Supporters of term limits argued that they would decrease interest group influence. Using data from 24 states from 1998 to 2008, this paper finds that this assumption is not the case. This analysis finds that states with ... -
The new deal for city management : a principal-agent theory policy analysis.
Pate, Steven Shane (2007)This thesis examines the historical development of principal-agent theory as it has been applied to municipal management, and how this theory helps us explain the high attrition rate in the city management profession. ... -
The persistence of the gender wage gap in the 21st century.
Stringham, Jennifer Irene Strobel (2012)The goal of this research project is to determine whether the gender wage gap still exists, and if so, why it continues to exist. It explores the evolution of federal wage equality legislation, the establishment of the ... -
Why churches deserve tax exemption : the impact of Southern Baptists in Oklahoma.
Brodersen, Paul Michael (2007)This paper continues the research on faith-based nonprofit's relationship with government in providing social programs and provides a cost/benefit analysis of nonprofit tax-exemption--Abstract, Leaf 4."