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Showing 1 to 20 of 106 for “"Elected Officials"”.
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Digital Feedback: Trends in Constituents\' Communication with Elected Officials
… those media to communicate with government officials. Following the age comparison, this thesis examines race, income, and education as indicators for digital political communication. This thesis utilizes secondary data analysis of surveys collected by PEW Internet & American Life Project …
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The Politics of Persuasion: Testing the Power of Local Elites
… variables of most interest, only opposition by elected officials had a significant influence on the success of a ballot measure: opposition by minority leaders, citizen groups, and established groups had no significant affect on the fate of the ballot measures. I conclude that business groups …
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District Magnitude the Tie that Binds: A Comparative Analysis of Political Behavior
… ways in which district magnitude, the number of elected officials that serve a district, impacts the relationship between voters and elected officials. Through application of the principal-agent model, I argue that mid-size magnitudes are small enough to limit the number of representatives that …
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Rural public administration: the tasks of leadership
… the attitudes and perceptions of local officials concerning their participation in the governance of their communities. James Svara’s dichotomy/duality model is used to assess and compare the attitudes and perceptions of a total of ninety-three elected and administrative officials from …
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An assessment of the attitudes of selected respondents toward the standards of quality for public education in Virginia
… board members, division superintendents, local elected officials, state department of education personnel, and state legislators towards the approach taken to improve the public schools in Virginia by the enactment of state mandated standards of quality. A questionnaire was developed and mailed …
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Three essays on the economics of political institutions
… institutions obeys to the circumstances in which elected officials delegate power to the bureaucracy and that this issue can be studied with the use of the paradigm of the ""New Economics of Organization."""
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The Power of Youth Voices: Uncovering Political and Social and Political Change by Youth in the 20th Century
… of the US at this time, many politicians and elected officials committed political and legislative action that would extend fundamental freedoms to marginalized individuals. While much of the political change that occurred is accredited to the past leaders and elected officials of America. …
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Working Towards the Sustainability of New Orleans’ African American Indigenous Cultural Traditions
… from the police department, indifference from elected officials and city planners, as well as economic exploitation, denying them the ability to thrive. With a restructuring of public policy and outside assistance, these cultural traditions will be able to help revitalize the economically …
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Voting for Corruption: How Poverty and Inequality Undermine Democratic Accountability in Latin America
<p>Why do citizens fail to hold their elected officials democratically accountable for corruption? In this dissertation, I argue that poverty and inequality undermine democratic accountability for corruption by creating opportunities for elected officials to mobilize political support through …
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Macroeconomic Indicators of Working Class Voter Abstention in US Presidential Elections, 1948-2004
… class voters can realistically petition their elected officials regarding the most salient matters of economic self-interest. My results indicate that from 1948-2004, the working public became more isolated from their most salient economic decisions, voted less often due to heretofore …
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Three essays in political economy
… Free Delivery on the behavior of voters and elected officials. Using a panel dataset covering the years surrounding the roll-out of RFD, and a set of instrumental variables to address the endogenous allocation of routes, we find that voters in communities receiving more routes vote more …
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Inequality in Political Representation
… in political influence, voters observing that elected officials who determine policy are disproportionately from a political elite or establishment. Why, after decades of near-universal voting rights, are only five percent of MPs in the UK House of Commons from the working class, and only one …
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Examining the role of political entrepreneurship in the decision to change Mexico's foreign policy on human rights/
… change without steadfast support from neither elected officials nor a favorable domestic political environment.
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Class Struggle in the Climate Crisis: Strategic Considerations for Life-Making In and Against a Settler-Colony
… They most frequently call on people: to petition elected officials; to donate money; and to engage in or to assist illegalized blockades. I argue that turning towards a class struggle approach opens up new possibilities.
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SpendView : a platform for democratizing access to government budget and expenditure data
… risks of misspending -a critical need of elected officials, who are under everyday scrutiny. Responding to these needs, I propose the design, implementation, impact and usability studies of a software platform for analysis and visualization of government budget and expenditure data.
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Decision Making During National Security Crisis: The Case of the JFK Administration
… during crises is an important task that many elected officials face during their time in office. This thesis seeks to identify principles that make up a sound policy decision-making process and may lead to more positive outcomes. The analysis here is a comparative case study of three national …
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Technology-enabled political empowerment
… called GovLink users can contact their elected officials for free. This thesis is based on a study of the behavior of I-Neighbors and GovLink users, looking for evidence that these technologies affect community involvement and political participation. Data gathered through surveys, the …
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Local Bureaucrats and Climate Change Adaptation
… across the United States, local government officials – specifically local bureaucrats – are faced with the realities of a changing climate which include severe storms, prolonged droughts, larger and more damaging floods, and more. Simultaneously, the issue of climate change is incredibly …
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A primer on primaries: Exploring the variation in U.S. primary election laws
… the considerations that motivate state elected officials and party leaders to change them—are not well understood. In this dissertation, I analyze the variation in enfranchisement, or the type of primary, focusing on primary elections for offices below the level of the presidency (e.g., …
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MOVEMENT WITHOUT MOTION: THE RHETORIC OF CONSERVATIVE COUNTER-CLAIMS TO GLOBAL WARMING THEORY
… doubt about proposed mandates in the minds of elected officials, the media, and the public. Using a survey of the websites of 14 conservative think tanks, this thesis analyzes counter-claims to global warming theory to identify rhetorical artifacts that typically characterize conservative …
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