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Showing 1 to 20 of 74 for “"form of government"”.
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The council manager form of government - The city of Quincy as a case study
Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University
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Towards a ressourcement of Dwight D. Eisenhower's belief that "our form of government makes no sense unless it is founded in a deeply felt religious faith"
… Dwight D. Eisenhower's contention that our form of government makes no sense unless it is founded in a deeply felt religious faith. In this context, it examines the beliefs of the Founding generation that support Eisenhower's contention. It also examines the beliefs prevailing during 1950s …
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Municipal Governance and Financial Health: An Analysis of the Institutional Structures of California Cities
… relationship between institutional structures of California municipalities and their financial health by examining how variations in framework, form of government, and operational model affect a city’s finances. This study seeks to answer why some cities are more fiscally healthy than others, …
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The Constitution and the council-manager plan: public administration operating under a system without shared powers
This study carries forward the exploration of John Rohr’s normative theory of public administration by examining the applicability of the "balance wheel" role for public administrators to local government administration. Because local government charters contain no moral basis for action, and there …
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Des Moines Adopts the Commission Form of Municipal Government
THE PROBLEM. The purpose of this work was to analyze the various factors that were involved in the adoption of the Commission Form of Government by the City of Des Moines, and to see if the Des Moines Plan was really a reform movement as its backers claimed or an attempt to establish a form of …
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Digital Tools and Design: Improving Participation in Policymaking
… I begin by identifying the problem that government consultations often fail to engage the public in policymaking because of their inaccessibility. I then explore ways to make government consultations more accessible and engaging, taking findings from: a literature review; interviews with …
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Natural Law Theory Under the Sun How Iranian Political Thought Viewed Tyranny as Opposed to The West
… research aims to explore and unravel the theory of natural law within its Greek context and its influence on political thought, particularly addressing the need to counteract the damages of tyranny and the cyclical succession of regimes, as articulated by Plato. This study reveals that the …
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ASPETTI E PROBLEMI ATTUALI DEL BICAMERALISMO ITALIANO.
Aspects and current problems of the Italian bicameralism. The research focus on analysis of the Italian bicameralism and the most important proposals to reform the Senate of the Republic in order to verify the current requirement for the revision of Parliament and asses – through a legal evaluation …
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An Independent Palestinian Arab State: Military and Strategic Implications
… explore the military and strategic implications of a Palestinian Arab state on the "West Bank." Palestinian Arab leadership is threatening to declare a state in the West Bank in May 1999. Considering military and strategic risks, this thesis will explore the costs and risks to Israel of such a …
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Defining The Republic
… Science (Political Theory)</p> <p>Degree: Doctor of Philosophy</p> <p>The “Great Divergence” between Alexander Hamilton and James Madison is one of the most well-known events in the early history of the United States. Together, Hamilton and Madison wrote most of The Federalist, and each was …
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Chimeras and Jagunços: Positivist Discourse in Euclides da Cunha's Os Sertões
… present study elucidates the discursive practice of positivism, as particularly manifested in late nineteenth-century Brazil. Founded in 1889, the Republic of the United States of Brazil was constructed as a positivist state by republican idealists and pragmatic oligarchs; the political embodiment …
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"On Wings of Everlasting Power: G. W. M. Reynolds and ""Reynolds's Newspaper"", 1848-1876"
… Chartist leader, and founder and editor of Reynolds's Newspaper, was at the intellectual and rhetorical center of much of working-class radical, political, and social thought in mid-Victorian England. Structuring his political ideas on a melodramatic model, he argued that the aristocracy …
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Examining the Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Small Businesses and Industries in Northwest Indiana
<p>This research examined the lived experiences of small businesses in Northwest Indiana with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. The interviews were conducted over a period of six months with an attempt to answer the question, “What was the impact of the Affordable Care Act on small …
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Metropolitan municipal government for greater Cape Town
The idea of this thesis was conceived as a result of experiences with the deprived areas of Greater cape Town. It is difficult to have regard to the social, financial and economic problems of a great many of the inhabitants of this area without giving some thought to what should be done to improve …
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John Dewey's Theory of Citizenship and Community in the Developing American Democracy as Seen Through the Philosophy of Pragmatism as a Public Administration Model for the Citizen's Role in Public Governance
At the time of the founding of the field of public administration, government was in a condition of some degree of failure. Since elitist and corrupt politics were the predominant mode of government at the time, the cause of this failure was seen as insufficient rationality, and coinciding with …
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An Analysis of Texas' Municipal Home Rule Charters Since 1994
… experienced tremendous growth in the latter part of the twentieth century. Cities whose populations have surpassed 5,000 residents often seek status as a home rule city in order to better deal with the challenges of growth. The structure of a home rule charter, combined with the change in legal …
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Great Challenges and Great Opportunity: Historic Preservation in Kennesaw, Georgia
… suburban city located in the northern portion of Cobb County of metro Atlanta. The 2000 census put Kennesaw’s population at 21,675, but July 2007 estimates put Kennesaw’s population at 31,613 people. Kennesaw operates under the Council-Manger form of government which consists of a Mayor, five …
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A comparative case study of female literacy and development in Guatemala and Bolivia
… case study will analyze the education reform policies pursued by Guatemala and Bolivia from the 1980s to the present. Education reform projects and international aid were provided as development strategies in Latin America to improve gender equality in education and literacy rates during …
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