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Showing 1 to 20 of 110 for “"Ratification"”.
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Ratification of the twenty-sixth amendment
… of the paper concerned efforts to secure ratification of the Twenty-sixth Amendment, which provided that the minimum voting age in all elections be lowered to eighteen. Common Cause, a nonpartisan, citizens' lobby, headquartered in Washington, D.C., was one of the principal organizations …
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Why Ratification? Questioning the Unexamined Constitution-making Procedure
My dissertation focuses on ratification--the submission of a draft constitution to the people for their approval in an up or down vote--and has two central aims. First, it explores the mechanics, current usage, and possible effects of ratification and argues that despite its intuitive nature and …
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Wait 'til next year? The politics and timing of treaty ratification
… dissertation, I investigate the phenomenon of ratification delay and attempt to provide an explanation for why some states wait to ratify treaties while others do not. In order to build a theory of ratification timing, I recast the two-level game metaphor to account of the strategic behavior of …
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The ratification of the first nuclear treaty: the test ban debate of 1963
… Khrushchev made the treaty possible. Its ratification by the U.S. Senate was preceded by exhaustive hearings, lengthy debate and wide public discussion. The Secretary of Defense stated that the treaty would aid national defense but scientists and military leaders admitted it would involve …
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Lenna Lowe Yost, temperance, and the ratification of the woman suffrage amendment by West Virginia
This thesis is a biography of West Virginia native Lenna Lowe Yost and her role in two important reform causes---temperance and woman suffrage. It explores Yost's life and political accomplishments in both regional and national venues, progressing from her childhood, through her early activism, and …
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Human rights treaties in the Pacific: A case study of the non-ratification of CEDAW in Tonga
… highlighted three thematic barriers to CEDAW ratification; there were constitutional, cultural and political impediments to formal and substantive equality for women in Tonga. The theory of patriarchy, or the suppression of women by men and which now extends to include suppression of …
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The ratification and implementation of the Marrakesh Treaty: a look at the future of South African Copyright Law
… possible law and policy related barriers for non-ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty. Furthermore, this dissertation will analyse what the possible legal implications thereof will be. The main goal of this dissertation will be to formulate a proposal on how the Marrakesh Treaty should me …
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Prudence and decorum and the invention of american democracy: an examination of the ratification debates for the federal constitution in 1787-88
<p>Abstract</p> <p>This dissertation examines the ratification debates for the federal constitution in 1787-88. The goal of this project has been to examine the use of the rhetorical strategies of prudence and decorum as they are employed within the debates in Massachusetts, Virginia and New York. …
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From Soft-Sell to Hardball: The Evolution of thePro-Equal Rights Amendment Campaign In South Carolina, 1972-1982
… States. But South Carolina did have a strong ratification movement that consisted of optimistic and motivated activists who created a coalition of supportive organizations in the state. The ERA campaign in South Carolina was strong due of the hard work of this coalition, in which the state …
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La percepción de los ciudadanos respecto a la actuación del Consejo Nacional de la Magistratura, en los procesos de selección, nombramiento y ratificación de magistrados
… out the processes of selection, appointment and ratification of magistrates. I consider it necessary to transform the current perception of citizens in a positive way, with the aim that the citizenship values the Peruvian justice system, for this it is necessary to study it, know its functions, …
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A case study of the American public's reaction to the expansion of NAFTA between 1993 - 1998
… is examined here by studying the case of NAFTA ratification and the proposal to expand NAFTA. While according to the U.S. Constitution, the Congress also has a key role in the foreign policy making arena, the examples from NAFTA and NAFTA ratification indeed illustrate that the foreign policy …
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Tobacco control in Zimbabwe and the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC): State of Affairs
… Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC). Since the country’s ratification of the WHO FCTC in 2014, the government has put in place financial incentives to promote tobacco production, contrary to the WHO FCTC. The conflicting signals, coupled with seemingly contradictory actions, have raised doubts about the …
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Virginia and the Equal Rights Amendment
… Assembly to block serious consideration and ratification of the ERA. Proponents of the amendment started with an educational campaign but faced the problem of not being in a position to challenge the powerful conservative leaders in the General Assembly. They then shifted to a campaign based …
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The Feminine Mistake: Burkean Frames in Phyllis Schlafly's Equal Rights Amendment Speeches
… STOP ERA campaign in the prevention of the ratification and unratification of states. However, with the exception of a few theses and dissertations, a lion's share of published articles proclaim the STOP ERA and Schlafly herself to be predominantly negative and serve solely as prevailing …
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The Role of Policy Entrepreneurs in Indonesia's Foreign Policy
… workers who work abroad, particularly with the ratification of the 1990 United Nations Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (CMW). There are three central questions that this thesis examines: (1) To what extent were the policy …
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The Role of Policy Entrepreneurs in Indonesia's Foreign Policy
… workers who work abroad, particularly with the ratification of the 1990 United Nations Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (CMW). There are three central questions that this thesis examines: (1) To what extent were the policy …
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