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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Bill Clinton"”.
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Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Immigration Policy: How 9/11 Transformed the Debate Over Illegal Immigration
… whether the immigration policies of Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush were at fault for not properly securing the border prior to these attacks. Specifically, did the Bush administration effectively secure the border following 9/11? Furthermore, how does the substantial growth of …
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Making the Case for War: The War Rhetoric of Presidents George H. W. Bush, William J. Clinton, and George W. Bush
… presidents that ordered them (George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush) shows a clear pattern of “war propaganda” in their speeches. By evoking the “Just War Theory” and the concept of the “Rogue State”, each president made a moral justification for military intervention. An examination …
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A Historical Analysis of the Failures of Camp David 2000 Summit
… seeks to understand the reasons for failures of Bill Clinton, Yasser Arafat, and Ehud Barak's Camp David Summit that was held in July, 2000. The Summit was arranged to complete the last phase of Oslo Peace Process. Numerous researches have attempted to reveal the facts of the summit but, so far, …
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Partial Justice: Congressional Argumentation and Presidential Impeachment
… against Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Bill Clinton argued whether each president warranted removal from office. Specifically, it establishes a four-part typology of impeachment arguments, and examines which of these arguments were advanced by each side in each case. It then looks at …
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Political silence, the feminine style, and Aids: The role of surrogate speakers at the 1992 presidential nominating conventions
… homosexuality, drug use, etc.), the candidates, Bill Clinton and George Bush, felt it an unwise political decision to openly discuss it. Surrogate speakers, therefore, were chosen to address the AIDS issue at the 1992 national nominating conventions. Bob Hattoy, Elizabeth Glaser, and Mary Fisher …
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Freedom and order : how democratic governments abridge civil liberties after terrorist attacks -- and why sometimes they don't
… after the 1993 World Trade Center bombing-that Bill Clinton signed major civil liberty-limiting, counter-terror legislation in the form of the 1996 Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act. By contrast, George W. Bush passed the much more comprehensive and repressive Patriot Act through a …
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Care Is Not a Family Value: Gender Frames and the Discourse of "Baby UI"
… birth or adoption of a child. In 1999,President Bill Clinton attempted to rectify the situation by providing the United States Department of Labor with the executive authority to allow states to utilize funds from unemployment insurance coffers. “Baby UI” was born. Yet, in 2003, President George …
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United States Use of Force against Terrorism and the Threat of Terrorism: An Analysis of the Past Four U.S. Presidents¿ Use of Force to Combat International Terrorism.
… of Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush used force in response to incidents of international terrorism. Key players in each administration and whether they advocated a law enforcement approach or a war paradigm approach to counterterrorism are examined. In …
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How Presidential Campaign Decisions on Foreign Policy Positions and Advisers are Made and Can Reshape International Relations: A Bush 2000 Case Study
… paradox in global affairs. Every president from Bill Clinton to Donald Trump has entered office with little foreign policy experience. Yet these men were instantly granted vast powers, which impacted global events. This thesis addresses how decisions made during a presidential campaign can …
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Economic Development, Social Dislocation and Political Turmoil in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Pooled Time-Series Analysis and a Test of Causality
… the end of the Cold War. In 1997 U.S. president Bill Clinton took a 12-day tour of the region. In 1999 the U.S. Congress (106th Congress) passed the Growth and Opportunity Act and the Hope for Africa Act, designed to encourage political stability and economic development in the region. Although …
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Governing the commercial internet: Multistakeholder influences on Clinton era governance of the global internet
… the policies developed during the presidency of Bill Clinton regarding internet governance, starting in 1992 and ending in 2000. Efforts to commercialize the internet began prior to the presidency of Bill Clinton, but the decisions made by that administration accelerated that process. Today, the …
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Forging a New Democratic Party: The Politics of the Third Way From Clinton to Obama
… most well-known for its connection to President Bill Clinton. Combining qualitative document analysis and focused interviews with personnel from the think-tanks and policy institutes of the New Democrat faction and its competitors, the dissertation finds that the initiation and maintenance of …
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The United States of America's foreign policy towards Africa: the case studies of Kenya and Nigeria, 1990-2008
… policies on Africa, namely, George Bush Sr., Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. George Bush Sr. presided for two years over the post-Cold War US foreign policy towards Africa and struggled so much to shed the legacy of the policy of containment that was characteristic of the Reagan government …
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A Case Study of the Dimensions of Affordability of Undergraduate Education in Virginia
… (1981-1988), George H.W. Bush (1989-1992), and Bill Clinton (1993-2000) each served as president. Three consecutive years of decreases in Virginia's public undergraduate enrollments occurred in 1988-1990. 1990 was the highest year-to-year decrease at negative 4.79% overall. 1990 was the largest …
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US energy policy and its position in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations: a theory-guided historical analysis
… of George H.W. Bush (1989 - 1993), Bill Clinton (1993 - 2001), George W. Bush (2001 - 2009) and Barack Obama (2009 - 2017) are investigated through the interaction of the unit- and structural-levels. A historical overview indicates the challenges that succeeding administrations faced …
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Presidential power and constitutional public administration.
This dissertation examines the relationship between the American presidency and the federal bureaucracy from the perspective of the constellation of power created by the Constitution. It argues that the centrality of presidential power in discussions of bureaucratic management and oversight is the …
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An Inconvenient Coalition: Climate Change and Democratic Party Elite Discourse on Class, 1988-2008
This dissertation uses Critical Discourse Analysis to study debates among elite members and affiliates of the Democratic Party from 1988-2008 on class issues and their relevance to the party's environmental agenda. This research builds off of several related historical and theoretical accounts …