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Showing 1 to 20 of 250 for “"Presidency"”.
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The Presidency Effect
… duties of a formal Chair, the rotating Council Presidency of the European Union (EU) has evolved into a crucial player in the context of EU decision making, although its impact remains largely unaddressed in accounts of EU output. More than from its formal job description, the rotating …
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National Security Crises and the Expanding American Presidency
… Especially during times of crisis, the presidency has expanded its powers. This thesis has two aims: to explore how the separation of powers is often altered during crises through an examination of the Wilson, Roosevelt, and Bush administrations‟ expansion of executive power; and to …
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Surviving the Presidency: Presidential Failures in South America
<p>Since 1979, one out of six South American presidents have failed to complete their terms of office. These "failed presidencies" occur when democratically elected presidents are forced to leave office early, but without compromising the democratic order. This dissertation seeks to solve the …
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A Pence-ive narration of a gendered vice-presidency
… the gender narrative surrounding the vice-presidency and the 2016 election. It reviews the traditional feminine gender roles assigned to the vice-presidency and as evidenced in Governor Mike Pence’s participation in a 60 Minutes interview, nomination speech at the 2016 national convention, …
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A Tumultuous Tenure: The Presidency of Lyndon Baines Johnson.
<p>This thesis is a work that focuses on how significant the press was to the success and failure of President Lyndon Baines Johnson. In the thesis, three aspects of the Johnson years are analyzed. The first chapter discusses the media's portrayal of Lyndon Johnson during the presidential campaign …
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Hifikepunye Pohamba's rhetorical presidency: inauguration and independence anniversary speeches
… the primary data of the study. Pohamba’s modern presidency, executed the laws through speeches, communicated directly to the Namibian people about what his Government have done, what it is attempting to do, and what they plan to do. In order to investigate how Hifikepunye Pohamba’s rhetoric …
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Women Community College Presidents: The Road to the Presidency
… of time from completion of terminal degree to presidency that identified the road to become a female community college president. The Gregorc Style Delineator™ (Gregorc, 1982) was used to determine the styles of women community college presidents relating to leadership. The constructs, known as …
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Ball State University corporate history, 1984-2000 : the Worthen presidency
There is no abstract available for this dissertation.
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Rhetoric of exception: signing statements, sovereignty, and the Bush presidency
Following the attacks on September 11, the Bush Presidency rapidly moved to expand the role and power of the Presidency to pursue the War on Terror. One technique that was used to expand the power of the president and construct the policies and politics necessary to pursue such a broad and …
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The Unitary Executive and Power in the Modern American Presidency
… focus on the administrative aspects of the presidency emphasizes the crucial importance of a president’s degree of control, and dominance, over the executive branch. In this dissertation, I examine the relationship between the unitary executive, in practice, and the power of presidents to …
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Economic stabilization policies in Argentina during Menem's presidency (1989-1991)
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 1991.
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The presidency and environmental policymaking: A critical assessment of George Bush
Environmental concerns have, gradually and precariously, become integrated into the American policymaking process. Recognized as an essential aspect of human quality of life, environmental policy receives ever increasing attention from American policymakers. Owing to developments such as the …
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Continuity and Change in Botswana’s Democracy: An Assessment of the Presidency
This study presents an analysis of the presidency in Botswana from 1966 to 2013. It explores the character of presidential power, how that power has been used since 1966 and how the presidency has changed over the past five decades. The paper traces the constitutional, institutional and external …
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Executive Powers: The Role of the Supreme Court in an Expanding Presidency
… of presidential powers and its budding "textbook Presidency" rationale; however, the impact of this response has been slight, and as one author of the late 1950's put it, "the President of today is a creature of custom."</p> <p>Given the above introduction, the purpose of this paper is to discuss …
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The Race to Presidency: Toward Race and Citizenship in "A More Perfect Union"
… rapidly growing field of race in the rhetorical presidency.
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The United States Information Agency and Italy during the Johnson Presidency 1963-1969
The United States Information Agency (USIA) was the official propaganda agency of the American government. During the period of the Johnson administration, its programme in Italy was the second largest in Western Europe, right after West Germany and immediately before France. This dissertation …
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The making of the Grand Old Party : The presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes
Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Humanities, 1965.
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Beyond the Modern Era?: An Analysis of the Concept of the Postmodern Presidency
… this, the notion of applying the term to the presidency may obscure more than it reveals. Throughout this period, various political scientists such as Rose, Barilleaux, Schier, Bruce Miroff, and others, as well as communications scholars like Shawn Parry-Giles and Trevor Parry-Giles have …
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