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Showing 1 to 20 of 456 for “"Political Science, General."”.
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The influence of professions on the development and outcome of federal regulations that affect their work.
The influence of professions on the development and outcome of federal regulations that affect their work.
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Suburban governance: The challenge of morality politics.
Suburban governance: The challenge of morality politics.
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Lobbying at the state level: Higher education interests in Illinois.
Lobbying at the state level: Higher education interests in Illinois.
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The effects of a televised political debate on cognitive selective retention/evaluation during the political decision-making process.
The effects of a televised political debate on cognitive selective retention/evaluation during the political decision-making process.
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Capturing the evasive President: Disaggregating Senate-executive interactions in foreign affairs.
Capturing the evasive President: Disaggregating Senate-executive interactions in foreign affairs.
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Three Essays on Hispanics: the Use of Spanish, Content Analysis and Social Network Analysis
Hispanic political representation continues to grow in the United States. Understanding how Hispanic politicians communicate is an important step in having a better picture of how Hispanic politicians operate in Congress. It also allows us to understand what lies behind policies that are most …
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Le communautaire : une alternative à l'État-providence.
Abstract Not Available.
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La figure transgressive du pli dans le corps-territoire
Résumé de la thèse L'objectif de ce mémoire est de répondre, à la suite de Spinoza et Deleuze, à la question " qu'est-ce que peut un corps? ". Il s'agit dans un premier temps d'explorer les liens entre le corps, le pouvoir et le politique. Tenter de comprendre comment le corps est formalisé par le …
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Le concept du partenariat en développement international : étude de cas : le projet de l'hydraulique villageoise au Togo.
L'experience, face a la faillite des projets d'hydrauliques villageoises (PHV), a amene les organismes impliques en developpement international a progressivement revoir leur strategie d'aide, en mettant en place d'autres types de structures afin de mieux assurer la participation des populations …
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Analyse critique du projet politique de Slavoj Zizek
Face à une politique libérale centriste qui fait de plus en plus figure d'unique option politique, la gauche semble pour plusieurs signifier un projet du passé. Nous nous sommes donné pour objectif d'explorer les travaux de Slavoj Zizek afin de voir si le projet marxiste pouvait bénéficier des …
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Life of the Party or Just a Third Wheel? Effects of Third Parties in U.S. House Elections
… influenced by third parties, even under normal political conditions? I argue that the mere threat of third party entry into the election induces anticipatory electoral strategies by the major parties. This effect, which is a normal aspect of the two-party system, is how third parties play a …
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Gender, Nation, Pronatalism: Encouraging Births in France, Romania, and Israel
… gender equity. In recent years, policies have generally become more gender-neutral in tone and content. However, pronatalist efforts in the three countries I examined had negative implications for gender equity as well, namely, restrictions on contraception or abortion and emphasis in public …
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The Effects of Nonverbal Content in Political Spot Advertisements: The Interaction of Candidate Visual Presentation and Verbal Appeal Type
The results indicate that individuals are more confident in their beliefs about candidates when they have ample opportunity to see and hear the candidate. The findings also demonstrate that appeals based on a candidate's record of accomplishments are more effective than appeals based on a …
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Words of War: Presidential Rationales for Military Action From World War II to Iraq
This study analyzes rationales for war, focusing on three questions: What rationales have U.S. presidents used to justify war and to what extent have they relied on these rationales?; To what extent have television news media echoed these rationales?; Do rationales for war present in news coverage …
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Television in Children's Political Development: A Cultural and Sociological Analysis
… study provides children's interpretations of the political campaign, discussions on the impact of children's interpretation of the televised political content and the implications of family communication patterns on political socialization. This dissertation also shows that the accepted notion of …
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Rhetoric on the Margins of the Second Wave: Feminism, Cultural Memory, and the Transformation of the Political
"The displacement of radical forms of women's political practices necessitates not the ""recovery"" of certain histories, but the very ""creation"" of histories which reconsider the meaning of ""eventfulness"" and change. By examining the anomalous rhetorical practices and their infectious …
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Rhetorical Constitution of Public Character and Conservative Ideology in the 1996 Republican Presidential Primary Campaign
"Contemporary American political culture is often characterized as uncivil, marked by communicative practices that are manipulative, distorting and combative. Such practices by politicians, who exist as role models for how citizens should conduct themselves in public life, may contribute to public …
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Political Commitment: A Sartrean Civic Virtue
… articulates and defends the claim that Sartrean political commitment is a cogent notion of political responsibility, the later half argues for the feasibility and desirability of promoting commitment. Empirical and analytical considerations alike indicate that decentralized civil, social and …
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Theology and Politics in Maimonides, Spinoza, Hegel, and Nietzsche
… to trace out some features of the theologico-political problem as this presents itself within the context of the shift away from transcendentalism to immanentism which, at least in its modern phase, was initiated by Spinoza. Spinoza's vision is contrasted with that of three other thinkers: …
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The Liberalism-Communitarianism Debate: A Neo-Hegelian Aufhebung
… also working with freedom as the fundamental political value; hence I combine communitarian particularity with the liberal emphasis on freedom. At the same time, I combine substantive policies for social unity with individual rights under a revised Hegelian account of the concept of freedom.
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