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Showing 1 to 20 of 290 for “"Interest groups"”.
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Environmental and related interest groups in South Africa
… study was undertaken to provide information on interest groups or voluntary organisations which involve themselves in environmental conservation. The primary aim was to identify and list all those groups which together make up the environmental lobby in South Africa. Further aims were to …
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The Middle East Peace Process and U.S. Special Interest Groups
… the actual clout of pro-Israel U.S. special interest groups by studying their influence in relation to the Middle East Peace Process. This author builds on his first hand experiences of living in Palestine and the U.S., and analytical tools he has acquired by studying the role of United …
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Interest groups and policy-making: the welfare state, 1942-1964
… neglected the participation of these particular interest groups in the formation of welfare policy. These concepts are herein applied to a range of areas of welfare - social security, pensions, the National Health Service and state education - in which the TUC, BEC and FBI demonstrated a level of …
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The effect of selected special interest groups on public school curriculum
… state representatives of six selected special interest groups regarding the perceived influence each group has had on public school curricula and the attitudes held by the representatives regarding the selection of materials and content for public school curricula.The population contacted …
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A study of freshman interest groups and leadership practices at Texas Woman's University
… were each placed in one of three control groups. Group A students (the treatment group) were in the Neighbors Educated Together Program (NET). Group B students (control group) were in one of two university-sponsored programs (COLORS or University 1000), and Group C students (control group) …
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Interest Groups and Exchange Rate Policy Choice in Brazil and Venezuela: Incorporating the Workers
… regime type, parliamentary structure, and interest groups. This study further explores the role of interest groups in determining exchange rate policy choice. Existing research on interest groups focuses primarily on major economic sectors such as agriculture, manufacturing, finance, and …
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Coalition Networks and Policy Learning: Interest Groups on the Losing Side of Legal Change
… policy learning literatures indicate that when interest groups face failure they will seek out alternative ideas and strategies that will enhance their potential for future success. Research with regard to interest groups and legal change has found that interest groups, using arguments that were …
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Quantitative Methods in the Study of Interest Groups: The Issue Organization and National Policy-Making
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IDEATIONAL POWER IN THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY REFORMS:A DISCOURSE NETWORK ANALYSIS OF INTEREST GROUPS' POLICY NARRATIVES
… power structures and traditional agricultural interests, making meaningful reform difficult. The study addresses the puzzle of the CAP reform trajectory, showing increasingly multifunctional objectives alongside an exceptionalist core. It investigates how entrenched power structures endure …
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The Influence of Interest Groups as Amicus Curiae on Justice Votes in the U.S. Supreme Court
Amicus curiae participation by interest groups has greatly increased over the past few decades in the Supreme Court despite a limited understanding of their influence. Previous literature has suggested that at the U.S. Supreme Court level, interest groups as amici are no more likely to get justices …
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A Study of the Roles of Interest Groups and the Courts in Canadian Educational Policy Development
… in the nature and activity of educational interest groups, and changes in the roles and philosophy of the Canadian judiciary may, in conjunction, be creating an unrecognized level of educational policy-making in this country. In addition, the thesis seeks to examine the possible …
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The participation of business and non-business interest groups in the Canadian trade policy making process
The thesis presents research on participation of interest groups in the Canadian trade policy making process that has relatively recently been extended to include non-business interest groups who now participate in the process that was previously limited to government officials and business groups …
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Interest groups, public opinion, and path dependence: how Canada and the U.S diverged on healthcare policy
… that a mechanism of path dependence, whereby interest groups and constituencies that participate in policy battles are strengthened or curtailed by their outcomes, weighed disproportionately on the power of the former in the United States. In Canada, path dependence created a stalemate in …
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Interest groups in education : teachers' perceptions of the effectiveness of the Kenya National Union of Teachers
… organization and trade union championing the interest of teachers. The premise from which the work begins is that KNUT as an interest group organization is guided in its role by the needs, desires and aspirations of teachers, both as individuals and members of the teaching profession. In this …
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Influence and information in U.S. bureaucracy : how agencies, congress, and interest groups use federal advisory committees
… therein. All governments that serve the public interest encounter conflicting needs - on the one hand to gather information to solve important problems, and on the other hand to resist particularistic pressures of special interests both within and outside of government. Many governments choose …
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The role of special interest groups in agricultural policy: a case study of the 1995 Farm Bill
Agricultural interest groups play an important role in the formation of agricultural policy. History has shown that agricultural policy has developed gradually over time and major reform is rare. When reform does take place, however, it is not without the support of interest groups. This study …
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Hate By Numbers: Exploring Hate Crime Reporting Across Crime Type And Among Special Interest Groups Using The NCVS
… to another official. Additionally, both groups of victims cited the belief the police would think the crime was not important as one of their top four most important reasons for not reporting. Among special interest groups, the most significant findings involved veterans being less likely …
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INTEREST GROUPS IN RESPONSE TO THE OBAMACARE: THE CHANGING ORGANIZATIONAL FIELD OF HEALTH CARE POLICY IN THE UNITED STATES
… (ACA). In particular, this study provides the interest groups’ role in the ACA’s evolution process. The ACA was enacted in 2010 by the US Congress highlighting some major reform goals, which included, i) expanding states’ Medicaid expansions and health insurance market reforms to allow greater …
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