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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Referenda"”.
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The Relationship of Selected Factors to The Success or Failure of School Tax Referenda
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The roles and prevalence of communication research in selected southern New Jersey school bond referenda
… two successful Southern New Jersey school bond referenda. Both school districts utilized communication research to help them win the support of their communities. The study sought to offer insight into the importance, or lack thereof, of communications research as a tool to be used in assisting …
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The Relationship of Selected Variables to The Outcome of Referenda in Unit Type School Districts in The State of Illinois
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Revealed willingness to pay for conservation across the U.S.
… for conservation initiatives. We use the local referenda data from Trust for Public Land from 1988 to 2015 over the entire U.S. at the county level and estimate how the communities value different land types and conservation purposes. We analyze 458 referenda to understand how voting behavior …
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If You Build It, They Will Stay: Evaluating Citizen Support for Public Financing of Sport Facilities
… examination of the politics surrounding stadium referenda. It was undertaken in an attempt to identify the influences affecting levels of public support for these stadium referenda. A theoretical model of voter support for public financing proposals was proposed and tested. That model suggests …
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U.S. school quality: The public benefits of primary and secondary education
… that. The third essay examines education tax referenda, which school districts propose to taxpayers to attain funding additional to their state-allocated funds. The chapter examines educational finance using sample selection methods to correct for school district decisions to enter the …
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Factors influencing the successful passage of a school bond referendum as identified by selected voters in the Navasota Independent School District in Texas
… 11, 2004, and December 11, 2004, school bond referenda in the Navasota Independent School District. Frequency distributions, cross-tabulations, and Chi- Square tests were performed on the data to determine if there were any significant findings through the surveys. The results of the …
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When casinos come to town : how Iowa newspapers framed gambling expansion and the influence of these frames on citizens' approval or rejection of casinos in their counties
… residents in 15 Iowa counties participated in referenda that sought their approval of a measure that will allow the introduction of casino gambling in their counties. In eight of these counties, the measure failed; in the other seven, the measure passed. Because casino expansion has received …
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A new reality: Funding formula changes and property tax caps and their effects on the role of the school superintendent in the state of Indiana
… school superintendents were using general fund referenda to meet their school district’s operational budgets. However, after interviews began it became clear that the superintendents wanted to tell a different story and that was how the current school funding mechanism and property tax caps has …
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Evaluation of Public Participation Processes in Environmental Decision-making. Evaluation of Referenda and Public Hearings on Waste Management from a Participant Perspective = Társadalmi részvételi folyamatok értékelése környezeti ügyekben. A népszavazás és a közmeghallgatás értékelése hulladékos ügyekben a résztvevők szemszögéből
Magyarországon a környezeti ügyekben zajló részvételi folyamatok közül kiemelkedően magas a hulladékgazdálkodási esetek száma. Ez többek között annak is köszönhető, hogy ez hagyományosan is a környezeti konfliktusok legjellemzőbb területe. Emellett a hulladékgazdálkodási infrastruktúra jelentősen …
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Sub-state nationalism and social solidarity : essays on Spain and the United Kingdom
… the United Kingdom, where recent independence referenda in Catalonia and Scotland illustrate that sub-state nationalism is neither confined to weak states nor a thing of the past. In the first paper, I argue that the mobilization of sub-state identity in Spain influences preferences for what I …
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Factors that affect the outcome of a general fund referendum in Indiana
… that influence the outcome of General Fund referenda in Indiana. The quantitative study examined factors from two distinct areas: demographic variables and campaign strategies. The demographic variables studied for the forty-two school districts were socioeconomic status, student …
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Public Perception of Public Transportation and its Built Environment in the New Haven - Springfield Corridor
… public response to hypothetical bond referenda to fund new transit projects with particular service and built environment attributes. Service options are characterized by six attributes: service type, service reliability, comfort, stop environment, parking availability at final …
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How do we know? Determining school district fiscal and administrative policy in rural Hispanic boomtowns in the Midwest
… we are expressing when we vote for candidates or referenda. However, the voting system does not always work to accurately reveal the preferences of a community. In addition to voting, governments often try to employ other mechanisms to understand the public’s preferences. One such mechanism is …
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The performance of techniques for estimating the number of eligible signatories to a large petition on the basis of a sample of signatures : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Statistics at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
The New Zealand Citizens' Initiated Referenda Act, 1993, states that if a petition signed by at least 10 percent of eligible electors is presented to the House of Representatives, then parliament is required to hold an indicative referendum on the petition. Normal practice at present is to check a …
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A comparative study of how political journalists in four European countries reported on the coronavirus pandemic
… by a layer of direct democracy though regular referenda. The political systems in the UK and France while differing, share a majoritarian and indeed adversarial political culture. All have dominant, regulated public broadcasters. Despite the many differences the evidence of this study suggests …
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Social Deprivation, Political Alienation and Community Empowerment. The geography of voter turnout in Ireland,1997-2002, and its Association with Social Deprivation.
… areas in general elections and, especially, referenda. Election-specific influences on the relationship between turnout and deprivation were uncovered, with class influences being more pertinent in relation to referendum turnouts. Other socio-economic and demographic influences were shown to …
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The ‘People’s Movement’ ‘EU Critical Action & Irish Social Activism’
… movement group against the backdrop of three referenda on European treaties over a four year period. I illustrate how grievances are produced and focus on the underlying factors which motivate individuals to engage in collective action against the European Union and its reform treaties. In …
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Darkness in the shadows: post-conflict trauma and the documentary image
… politics. Bolstered by the validation offered by referenda both north and south, the prospect of a shared future was greeted with great hope and optimism. The involvement of the Clinton Administration created a greater international dynamic to the agreement with media outlets readily reporting the …
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Die sozialräumliche Dynamik der urbanisierten Schweiz und ihre politikgeografische Dimenssion
… behaviour was measured with results of popular referenda. A strong homology between the sociodemographic and political topography could be observed. The parallels between sociodemographic changes and change of political behaviour are obvious. Reurbanisation is mirrored in the appearance of a …
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