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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"civic involvement"”.
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Policy making and civic involvement: Apathy or impotence?
… discusses the current problems surrounding civic participation. Conventional political wisdom tells us that many people have become apathetic when it comes to getting involved in politics. However, I will argue that policy makers misconstrue their perception of the public because they are …
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Joint Relationships between Civic Involvement, Higher Education, and Selected Personal Characteristics among Adults in the United States
… the common good of society by allowing citizen involvement in government. Sustaining American democracy depends on civic involvement among citizens. Civic involvement, which consists of citizens' informed involvement in government, politics, and community life, is a desired behavior among adult …
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INVESTIGATING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION MAKING PROCESS: A CASE STUDY OF NORTHEAST CARBONDALE, ILLINOIS
… the data was used to examine if impediments to civic engagement, under Carbondale's current public participation strategy exist. Utilizing a mixed methods approach, a 21- question survey was developed and distributed, via door-to-door visits, to investigate residents' characteristics, civic …
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Cultivating the common good : civic life and religious contexts in American society.
… recognized a positive link between religion and civic life in the United States. Americans who attend religious services more frequently, who pray more often, and who are more involved in the life of a congregation tend to be more civically engaged than their non-religious counterparts. However, …
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An Examination Of The Service-learning Program At A Comprehensive University Through The Lenses Of Program Theory And Institutional Theory
… used to code text across data sources: social/civic outcomes, personal outcomes, learning outcomes, and career outcomes. Findings suggest that the goals and outcomes associated with service-learning found in university documents clustered around social and civic involvement, while outcomes …
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The impact of the subprime mortgage crisis on community health
… refers to the citizens of a community and their civic involvement. The analysis uses binary logistic regression to identify communities that are commonly associated with subprime mortgage defaults. Subprime loans in the ten-county Atlanta Metropolitan Area are the focus of the study. The analysis …
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Municipal High Modernism and “Negotiation”: Toronto’s Post-War Governance and Expressway Arrangement c. 1943 - 1971
… human scale, architectural distinctiveness and civic involvement in urban life. The thesis’ vital case study is the protest against the proposed Spadina Expressway, the success of which led to the cancellation of not just that highway, but the abandonment of other municipal highway plans across …
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Religious communities and political participation among Chinese migrants in Australia
… by providing either opportunities to develop civic skills or exposure to mobilisation attempts (Verba, Schlozman & Brady, 1995). Religious communities play an important role in facilitating immigrant political participation because immigrants tend to lack the resources and civic skills needed …
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The Right to Control the Land: Law, Heritage and Self-Determination by Native Hawaiians
… in Hawai‘i as a case study to explore how involvement in the legal process has impacted both Indigenous identity and heritage. In this dissertation I examine three major lawsuits following one line of legal precedent: traditional and customary access rights. The investigation answers the …
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Understanding political and citizen participation on digital platforms for civic mobilization. Analysis of cyber-activism in Spain through Change.org
… traditional processes of political and civic participation in Spain. Citizens display their indignation with the political elite and public institutions and aim to find new opportunities to get involved in the democratic community (Stoker, 2006; Hay, 2007; Presno Linera, 2012; …