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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"American governance"”.
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The Office of Personnel Management: a study in the politics and administration of American governance
… impacts on the institutions and capacity of American governance. OPM has been infused with values of political responsiveness to the detriment of competing values of merit, competence, and technical effectiveness. The study creates an analytical framework which reveals a fundamental …
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International news contraflow in the United States and Canada: struggles over North American media markets and regulation of Al Jazeera and China Central Television
… into advanced media systems. I assess North American governance of news media flows in light of increased availability of nonwestern news organizations. The research in the following chapters examines the cases of the Al Jazeera Network (AJ) and China Central Television (CCTV) to more fully …
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Public administration in a time of fractured meaning: beyond the legacy of Herbert Simon
… The result was the loss of a key tension in the American governance process: the Anti-Federalist - Federalist debate of community versus centralized control. An analytical strategy called deconstruction is used to examine Simon's most seminal work, Administrative Behavior. It operates in a …
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Historic preservation: a study in local public administration
… review boards, represent a part of the American governance tradition? This study examines the relationships between public board members, citizen interests, career public administrators and the elected appointing authorities. This research involved a national survey of over 1200 members …
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The Nature of Authentic Governance: A Treatise on Democratic Rhetoric and Rhetorical Democracy
<p>Democracy is a form of governance that allows for the flourishing of human potentiality. Unfortunately, democracy has become less of a means of governance and more of a rhetorical device to secure the consent of the people to be ruled by the elite few. Thus the current study seeks to disrupt …
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The Politics of Community Development: A History of the Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation
… from the bottom-up initiatives of African American women in the Central Brooklyn Coordinating Council (CBCC), a federation of more than one hundred community groups aided by city planners at Pratt Institute. Their seminal efforts at rehabilitating Bedford-Stuyvesant marked a transition in …
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Investigating Factors Which Influence the Practice of Corporate Governance within the Kenyan Corporate Sector
… examines the compatibility of Kenya’s (Anglo-American-originated) CG code with the country’s institutional environment. Its inspiration arises from researcher’s observation that Kenyan firms continue to experience various CG challenges despite the adoption of an international code of CG …
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CULTURE WARS AT THE SCHOOLHOUSE GATE: SCHOOL BOARD DECISION MAKING & STUDENTS’ SPEECH RIGHTS
… boards occupy a unique space in the fabric of American governance. School board members are often called upon to make decisions about how the values of a community are reflected in its schools, their classrooms, and even the school district’s library collection. These decisions are far from …
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The Foundations of Civilian Supremacy: Civil-Military Relations During the American Civil War
<p>The American Civil War was the defining event that shaped civil-military relations in the United States. This master's thesis explores the multifaceted dynamics between civilian and military leadership during this crucial period in American history. It examines the relationship between civilian …