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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Policy History, Theory, and Methods"”.
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Are Condo Owners Changing San Francisco's Voting Habits?
<p> As San Francisco grows and continues to draw more people to its shores, the question of how these changes will impact the city’s political identity is one that desires a lot of time, research, and attention. This paper seeks to provide some light on one of these questions; how are condo owners …
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Gender Integration Into The Military: A Meta-Analysis Of Norway, Canada, Israel, And The United States
… an examination of the military’s practices and the way that they meet the complexities of new and different types of war and tactics. Vital to this examination are policies related to the inclusion and deployment of women in combat. Burba stated war is not a setting for social testing, but …
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China-U.S Relations: Techno‑Nationalism, Strategic Entrapment, and Taiwan.
… a manageable strategic rivalry into a more rigid and increasingly difficult form of competition after the Obama administration’s “Pivot to Asia.” It argues that traditional explanations such as power transition theory alone cannot fully explain the deterioration of the relationship. Instead, the …
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Partisanship and Opportunities for Additional Bipartisanship in Tech Immigration and Privacy Reform
This paper explores the history of technology and government by analyzing the longstanding partisan advantage Democrats have had in the Silicon Valley and other tech hubs. Additionally, this paper seeks out opportunities for bipartisanship, specifically in the legislative realms of tech privacy and …
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Modern American Propaganda: An Institutional History
… Department of State’s Bureau of Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy is the primary government institution in charge of overt, foreign-directed propaganda. This paper argues that the institutional culture of this institution was born and came to fruition in the period 1941-1953, and has not …
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A Multi-Case Study of Electronic Communication Policy in Rural East Texas School Districts
… of this descriptive case study was to conduct a policy analysis regarding electronic communication between educators and students in three rural East Texas school districts. The policy analysis for each district began with the initial implementation of teacher communication via electronic sources …
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CREATING COMPREHENSIVE WRAP-AROUND SERVICES FOR THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY: EXPLORING NETWORK ACTIVITY AMONG SHELTERS AND SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE SOUTH-SIDE OF CHICAGO
… agree that the homeless community is increasing and that their essential needs to survive such as food, healthcare and housing are quality of life rights for everyone. We must adopt the compassion of the medical industry and understand the importance of how community programs and services impact …
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A Fragile New World: An Analysis of the History, Present, and Future of the U.S. Global Fragility Act
… (GFA). The act aimed to reform U.S. foreign aid and development, focusing on stabilization initiatives that proactively address the root causes of conflict before they escalate into full-blown violence. Despite the significant implications of the GFA for both domestic and international foreign …
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Normalization Policies with Cuba: Implications for Political and Economic Reform
… the relationship between the United States and Cuba has been one of antagonism, mistrust, betrayal, hostility and defiance. Decades of mutual hostility arising from Cuba’s post revolution adoption of an economic system that emulated that of the Soviet Union, along with the long history of …
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The Ferguson Effect in Contemporary Policing: Assessing Police Officer Willingness to Engage the Public
<p>Researchers suggest that as public scrutiny and video recording of violent/tumultuous police encounters increase, police would back away from proactive enforcement, resulting in an increase in crime—the Ferguson Effect. Recent scholarship refined these concerns over police disengagement with the …
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The strategic use of external threat in the shaping of Russian domestic and foreign policies
… shifts during various phases of its development and, along with that, it has influenced the world of international diplomacy on a grand scale. From being the world`s second superpower with huge military and political capabilities to becoming a disintegrated regional power, there definitely has …
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A study of junior sportsman clubs throughout the United States with special reference to the Lodi Junior Sportsmen
This study will trace the history and development of a new idea in recreation, that of the Junior Sportsmen’s Club. This program was first worked out by the writer ar Lodi, California, while he was employed by the Lodi Recreation Department, and has in a few short years spread throughout the United …
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Tracing Violence Against Women from the Francoist Dictatorship to Democratic Spain
… from the <em>Mujer y Memoria </em>database, and statistical trends from the 2022 European Gender-Based Violence Survey, this study provides a multidimensional understanding of how women's rights have evolved from the end of the Franco regime to the present. The findings reveal an underlying …
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Better Work and Global Governance
… run by the International Labor Organization and the International Finance Corporation. It aims to improve working conditions and productivity in the apparel industry. The purpose of this case study is to examine the role that international organizations can play in global governance. The …
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History in Collaboration: Equalizing the Arts and the Humanities in San Francisco
… there has been a critical imbalance in the way history and preservation organizations are civically supported in comparison with the amount of funding that is available to arts organizations in the United States. To correct this imbalance in San Francisco, I propose the creation of a San …
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The New American Slavery: Capitalism and the Ghettoization of American Prisons as a Profitable Corporate Business
<p>The labor of enslaved Africans and Black Americans played a large part in the history of colonial America, with the American plantation being the epicenter for all that was to be produced. While the two have never been completely tied together, capitalism and modern day slavery have been linked …
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The Closure of New Orleans' Charity Hospital After Hurricane Katrina: A Case of Disaster Capitalism
… in one hundred years, New Orleans’ main trauma and safety net medical center, the Reverend Avery C. Alexander Charity Hospital, was permanently closed. Charity’s administrative operator, Louisiana State University (LSU), ordered an end to its attempted reopening by its workers and U.S. military …
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