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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"U.S. Politics"”.
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What does money mean? : frames of wealth and economic identity in U.S. politics, 1980-2020
… hierarchy in terms of the role(s) of money in politics and of wealth and wealth-based identities. I am interested in if and how groups in the U.S. use or ignore differences in class and wealth to order who and what is important in our democratic republic. This dissertation focuses on that …
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Essays on the Political Economy of Inequality, Wealth, and Money
… to allow moneyed interests to shape U.S. politics. Empirically, I demonstrate that popular access to banking in the U.S. started diverging from the rest of the Western world already in the 19th century, much earlier than assumed by most scholars; I use large confidential micro-data on …
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Re-reading the new right: risk, media, and rhetoric in Republican environmental policy
The rise of the new right in U.S. Politics from 1994-1996 is examined as a process of asymmetrical communication and informational deployments of signs constructed to appeal to a conservative political subculture. Lash and Urry’s analysis of the economy of signs and space is employed to trace the …
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The immigration challenge: the use of U.S. Military Force to control illegal immigration from Mexico
… United States has become a major issue in U.S. politics. A February 1997 report released by the INS estimates that there are currently 5 million illegal aliens in the United States. In 1986, when the estimated number of illegal aliens was also 5 million nationally, the U.S. Congress passed an …
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Queering of animal behavior in US biology textbooks
… a salient political divide in contemporary U.S. politics and suggests the term "animal tropes" to describe the recurring, stereotyped examples of animal behavior that reinforce heterosexist norms.
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Women’s Pornography Use and Sexuality Education in U.S. Public Schools
… moral frameworks deeply seeded in U.S. politics. This study sought to isolate in more detail what is known about CSE and AOSE and women’s pornography use. Findings suggested that regardless of sexuality education, women are using pornography at similar rates. In this sample, 60% of the …
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The Politics of Conspiracy Theory and Control: Cybernetic Governmentality and the Scripted Political
This study analyzes the politics of contemporary conspiracy theory discourses in the United States. Departing from the predominant methodological individualism that characterizes many contemporary analyses of conspiracy theory, which take the individual subject as the unit to be explained and …
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Three Essays In Industrial Organization, Law And Finance
… asset pricing, empirical capital structure, U.S. politics, and corporate law: relationship-specific investment (RSI), contracting environment and financial performance; RSI, contracting environment and the choice of capital structure; and political value and SEC enforcement actions. Firms that …
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At the Crossroads of Civil War
<p>The Battle of Antietam, often overlooked among the defining events of the American Civil War, perfectly encapsulates the complexities of the conflict and the myriad factors that must be considered to fully understand it. These intertwining factors can be found preceding and following Antietam in …
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How Presidential Campaign Decisions on Foreign Policy Positions and Advisers are Made and Can Reshape International Relations: A Bush 2000 Case Study
Since the end of the Cold War, America has generated a dangerous paradox in global affairs. Every president from Bill Clinton to Donald Trump has entered office with little foreign policy experience. Yet these men were instantly granted vast powers, which impacted global events. This thesis …