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Showing 1 to 20 of 49 for “"political beliefs"”.
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Moral reasoning and political beliefs of the University of Zululand students
… were compared in relation to their socio-political beliefs, results proved that education does not play a significant role when it comes to such issues. The level of education did not correlate with all political beliefs as one would expect. The results of this study showed that a …
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Many Gender Gaps: Intersectionality and Cross-Group Differences in Gender's Effect on Political Beliefs
… out to debunk the notion that the gender gap in political ideology is homogeneous across subpopulations. This idea is implicit in most of the otherwise exhaustive gender gap literature. Building on intersectionality theory I explore the many ways people are influenced by their other identities …
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Political Beliefs, Region of Residence, and Openness to Firearm Means Safety Measures to Prevent Suicide
… study examined the relationship between region, political beliefs, and openness to firearm means safety in a sample of 300 American firearm owners. Overall, firearm owners were more willing to engage in means safety for others than for themselves and to store firearms safely than to temporarily …
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The Beats Have No Color Lines: An Exploration of White Consumption of Rap Music
… the relationship between white consumption of politically conscious rap music and the political beliefs of white rap music consumers. The guiding research questions included an exploration of why whites with little prior concern about racism consume rap music with politically conscious …
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Claiming process : a strategy of production in approaching notions of self, biography and community in painting
… has been to explore my social, personal and political 'beliefs' in order to create a body of paintings that both reflects and challenges my 'belief' structures. In my work there are contradictory desires for change and stability, and an ongoing struggle between location and dislocation.
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The (Re)emergence of eco-fascism : white-nationalism, sacrifice, and proto-fascism in the circulation of digital rhetoric in the ecological far-right.
… by white nationalists espousing eco-fascist political beliefs indicates a troubling trend in environmental politics. Brenton Tarrant, the Christchurch shooter, and Patrick Crusius, the El Paso Shooter, explicitly utilized argumentative strategies taken from eco-fascist literature bases. The …
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David Gilmour Blythe's Street Urchins and American Nativism
… painting. Such an analysis will posit Blythe's political beliefs about immigration as a plausible explanation for his peculiar view of the children who occupied Pittsburgh's streets.
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Race and ethnicity influences on mock-juror evaluations of eyewitness testimony.
… verdicts or sentencing decisions. Participants' political beliefs and confidence in the criminal justice system were associated with lengthier prison sentence recommendations, and system confidence was also associated with more guilty verdicts and more favorable evaluations of eyewitness …
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The prophetic imagination of P. B. Shelley
… even a cursory glance at Shelley’s poetry and political beliefs reveals an interest in what is wrong with the world, how to fix it, and what will happen if no action is taken. However, current studies fail to fully assess what makes up the prophetic imagination. They confine discussions of …
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Understanding the politics of Hispanic American women: Attitudes and behaviors of an emerging elite
… purpose of this study to learn more about the political attitudes and behaviors of Hispanic women in the United States. A survey with questions taken from the National Election Study was completed by 101 Hispanic women and 106 Anglo women at Texas Woman's University. The questionnaire examined …
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Why Aren't More Heathens Eco-Pagan Vegetarians? The Intersection Of Gender, Politics, And Spiritual Environmentalism
… yet their patriarchal and conservative political beliefs devalue environmentalism. My focus is on the feminization of the environment and vegetarianism to such a degree that Heathens view these movements as radicalized liberal tree hugging hobbies and how these political views have …
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A STATISTICAL EXPLANATION OF THE EFFECT OF SOCIO-POLITICAL IDEOLOGY ON BLACK AMERICAN HEALTH
… morbidity. But rarely does research examine how political culture affects health. I investigate this relationship using four waves of the National Survey of Black Americans. I focus on factors like political partisanship, electoral and political participation, Black socio-political beliefs, and …
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Towards the Ideal: Coherence Theories of Judicial Adjudication and the Ideal Law in Hard Cases
… equilibrium to determine principles of a political community, and then determines and chooses the decision with the largest weighted aggregate realization of principles. It will be argued that the ideal law methodology presents a better method for determining hard cases than coherence …
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The indepedence of the judiciary and the challenge of political interference:a Zambian perspective
… instances been sidelined in preference to political beliefs and party ideologies since independence.The undermining of the concept of independence of the Judiciary is the focal point of this essay and it shall trace it from independence through to the era of the New Deal Administration. It …
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Foucauldian Micropolitics and the Evolution of Party Polarization: Diverging Discourses in America's Two-Party System
… is representative of pre-existing, strongly felt political beliefs in the electorate, or that voters act on the basis of the elite cues they observe in politicians. Scholarship has been lacking, however, a microlevel analysis of the polarization of elite discourse, its motivations, and its effects …
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Operational code beliefs of Ronald Reagan: the nature of the international environment and image of the Soviet Union
… to the White House emphasizing the moral and political differences between the Soviet Union and the United States. The conflict between the two countries was likened to one between right and wrong, good and evil. Yet, by the end of his second term in office, Reagan was hailing a new era in …
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The Effect of Community and Individual Differences on College Students' Attitudes and Behaviors towards Transgender Individuals
… adolescents, it is important to assess their beliefs and behaviors regarding this population. The present study sought to investigate the impact of individual and community factors on cisgender college students’ attitudes and behaviors towards transgender individuals. Using a sample of 302 …
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Student Partisan Identity and Online Discussions
Political division in the United States is the subject of much analysis in the fields of political science and psychology. While political partisanship looms large over discussions of the national political climate’s influence on schools and classrooms, very little work exists that directly …
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Feeding the hunger of history: society and politics in Dylan Thomas's prose and dramatic works
… considered and nuanced reading of Dylan Thomas’s political outlook than extant criticism has tended to present. It makes a case for the reading of Thomas’s socialism as intrinsic to his ethical vision, and explores this through close analytical attention to his prose and dramatic work. It proceeds …
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