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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Partisan Politics"”.
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Enhancing democratic communication? Television and partisan politics in Palestine
… in the transition to democracy, the existence of partisan media may be able to fulfil a role in contributing to the democratization of Palestine. The two television channels do provide limited functions of democratic communication to their own factions, so between them they may benefit Palestinian …
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Partisan politics and the resolution of international economic disputes
… This dissertation investigates how government partisanship shapes settlement behavior across major ISDS claims, which involve substantial infringements on the property rights of foreign direct investment (FDI), and minor ISDS claims, which stem from government regulatory actions. I argue that …
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The partisan politics that led to the Spanish-American War
This thesis explores how partisan politics played a major role in leading the United States into the Spanish-American War. With the unprecedented economic depression that began in 1893, many American politicians exploited a rebellion in Cuba to distract Americans from their own financial problems. …
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Meeting in the Middle: The Impact of Single-Party Dominance on Partisan Politics
… One of the most readily apparent results of this partisan atmosphere is the increase in the number of American states that are almost totally controlled by one of the two major political parties. This study seeks to examine the effect this single-party domination has on the policy positions of …
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Partisan Politics and Green Foreign Direct Investment (Electrical Vehicle Industry in the United States)
<p>As December 2015, 196 countries adopted the Paris Agreement, a legally binding international treaty on climate change, to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (UNFCCC, 2015). Transportation is a major global source of carbon emissions (Van Fan et al., 2018), and these emissions can be …
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Partisan politics in the southern cone: is there anything left for the left? Political institutions, privatisation and policy outcome
… is forcing governments, regardless of their partisanship, to ‘converge’ upon a similar set of market-friendly economic policies. The thesis focuses on the ability of the left wing governments in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay to implement their preferences in the policy area of privatisation, …
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The Nature of Iowa Territorial Politics
… which attempt to analyze the development of politics during this period. The essential purpose of this thesis is to examine the nature of political development, the strength of political activity, the nature and influence of partisan politics, the specific development of politics on the …
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Legislating Citizenship in the United States: The Impact of State Building on Woman Sufferage Legislation, 1848-1918
… theory and by adapting aspects of institutional politics theory and organizational theory. Specifically, I examine the dynamics of partisan politics, organizational characteristics of state government, and the legislative process. I find that partisan politics and organizational dynamics impact …
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The role of traditional establishment in the electoral process: a case study of the Mpezeni chiefdom.
… to which the traditional establishment engage in politics in Mpezeni Chiefdom of Chipata District, to identify the role played by the traditional establishment in the electoral process in Mpezeni Chiefdom of Chipata District and to assess the effects of the involvement of the traditional …
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The role of traditional establishment in the electoral process: a case study of the Mpezeni chiefdom.
… to which the traditional establishment engage in politics in Mpezeni Chiefdom of Chipata District, to identify the role played by the traditional establishment in the electoral process in Mpezeni Chiefdom of Chipata District and to assess the effects of the involvement of the traditional …
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Engaging Bad Governments: Resource Groups and Patterns of Engagement in Bangladesh
… with formal institutions in multiple ways - in partisan politics, local government, and informal avenues - that coexist with ongoing urban resistance politics.</p>
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An Historical Analysis of the Development of Charter School Legislation in Virginia
… emerged from the interviews. These themes are 1) Partisan Politics, 2) Local Autonomy, 3) Accountability, 4) Choice, 5) Funding, and 6) Opposition. Charter school legislation is unique to each state. Also, one delegate individually championed charter school legislation in Virginia. There were some …
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A historical analysis of the nomination of Wendell Lewis Willkie for the presidency of the United States of America
… New Deal - a war conducted outside the realm of partisan politics. His successes in the fight with the administration brough Willkie a measure of recognition and aroused the interest of certain Republicans who held similar opinions of the New Deal; his personality and continued expression of his …
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Science Under Siege: Joseph Henry's Smithsonian, 1846--1865
… gallery, the building and museum remained. The partisan politics of the 1850s and the Civil War exacerbated his difficulties. He spent fought a losing battle to prevent the Smithsonian Institution from becoming what it is today---the national museum.
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Mexican Peasants and the Mexican State: Reform and Continuity
… organized rural poor in regard to elections and partisan politics, and the synergy that has developed between neoliberal reform and the corporatist system in Mexico. These findings for state-rural poor relations have important implications for the democratization of Mexico.
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State of Being
… is relegated to war, courts of law and bi-partisan politics. Adapting and assimilating life circumstances and experiences with a sensitivity to the interplay of intensely colorful fiber in my hands affects an optimistic and energetic reinterpretation of life's complexity. In a time of …
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Empirical studies in public economics in developing countries
… probability of reelection. Chapter 3, entitled Partisan Politics and Intergovernmental Transfers in India, studies the effect of partisan politics on budgetary transfers from the central to the state governments in India. Using a panel of 14 major Indian states, from 1960 to 1994, it tests for …
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Socio-political contradictions in Brown’s American Gothic: an important historical precursor to the conceptualization of ideology in modernity
… to the greater stage of early American socio-politics as a whole and the bi-partisan system emerging in the 1790s. He makes the point that that most of these ideologies—including the alluded to partisan politics of Federalism and Jeffersonian Republicanism—express dissatisfaction with …
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He is not one of U.S.: partisanship, perceptions of anti-Americanism & their consequences for democracy
… has become deeply intertwined with contemporary partisan politics in the United States (U.S.). Debates over who truly counts as “American” and what values define the nation are not new, but in an era of intensifying affective polarization, social sorting, and rising threats and harassment …
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The Evolution of Poltical Violence in Jamaica 1940-1980
… became institutionalized in modern Jamaican politics. This endemic violence fostered an unstable political environment that developed out of a symbiotic relationship between Jamaican labor organizations and political violence. Consequently, the political process was destabilized by the …
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