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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Political sophistication"”.
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The political sophistication of district-transforming superintendents
… of this study was to explore the perceived political sophistication of two selected urban superintendents: one who transformed the school district into a significantly improved school system and the other who successfully initiated school improvement measures. It was an attempt to understand …
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Political Sophistication: How Values and Social Capital Contribute to Political Knowledge and Cognition
… Schwartz should relate to social capital and political sophistication in particular ways. Individual value types that emphasize "other-orientation" should positively relate to social capital characteristics that increase information flows which in turn will relate to increased political …
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Passionate Political Talk: Social Networks and the Emotional Impact of Political Discussion
… theory of interpersonal influence in political networks by examining the impact of political talk on emotion. Despite scholarly attention to interpersonal communication in political behavior research, the conflicting findings regarding the impact of political talk on opinion formation …
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Communicating science amid environmental controversy : how scientists interact with policy in the San Francisco Bay-Delta
… context, science often becomes a part of the political dispute, used and interpreted differently by different actors in the policy process. Scientists, therefore, face the challenge of communicating their research to non-scientific audiences-such as stakeholders, policy makers, and the general …
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Candidates, the economy and voting behavior
… includes three independent but related essays on political behavior. The first essay, “Candidate Evaluation and Negative Partisanship: Evidence from the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election"", builds on existing literature arguing that candidates are playing more and more important roles in elections, …
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More complicated than we thought: An examination of political knowledge, efficacy, and engagement in the comparative context
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2025-08-01