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Showing 1 to 20 of 50 for “"political involvement"”.
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Philosophy of Human Nature as a Function of Political Preference, Political Involvement, and Age
… factorial design with party preference, level of political involvement, and age as the three main effects to test twelve specific hypotheses. One hundred twenty subjects were randomly selected from among the Democratic and Republican parties of Kittitas County and students from Central Washington …
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Civic and political involvement among young adults: Exploring political talk, political efficacy and political participation in a community context
… research on uses and gratifications by exploring political information-seeking uses of the Internet and social networking sites (SNS) and their relationships with political efficacy and political participation. Approximately 300 young adults completed a survey covering information-seeking, …
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Nurses, Politics And Policy: Moving A Critical Initiative Forward Through Education, Inspiration And Motivation For Political Activity
… educate, motivate and inspire Texas nurses for political involvement. The project was completed in collaboration with the Texas Nurses Association. 78 nurses participated in surveys focusing on nurses’ attitudes and opinions, knowledge level, mental preparedness for political involvement and …
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The Effects of Race and *Class on Patterns of Political Participation Among African-American Young Adults
… African-American young adults show that while involvement in politics declined for both groups since 1960, the drop was more dramatic for African-American young people. Explanations for this decline, however, were not consistent with my hypotheses. More specifically, results in this study …
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WHO SUPPORTS TERRORISM? A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TERRORIST RESOURCE NETWORKS
… resource structure, especially territorial and political control to explain terrorist-civilian interaction. The importance of territorial control and political involvement with respect to terrorism has been under studied because of the inherent clandestine and violent nature of terrorist groups. …
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Creating community through symbolic discourse: An analysis of Jesse Jackson's rhetoric at the Democratic National Conventions, 1984--2000
… five consecutive election cycles. Jackson's political involvement works to challenge the majority value system. Each address aims to create a community consisting of minority voices in America by bringing them into the Democratic Party in hopes of changing national policy. Metaphorical …
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La revolución de la estrella polar. La evolución del ideal de feminidad ante el cambio de la mentalidad española en la segunda mitad del siglo XIX
… the changes in the perception of educational, political, occupational and prívate countermodels and the dialogue established in written discussions and related visual material concerning the ideal woman. Lastly, it contemplates the responsive integration process of various aspects such as …
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The relationship of student involvement in political organizations to self-reported capacities for socially responsible leadership
… the relationship between college students’ political involvement and their capacities for socially responsible leadership, including which student characteristics, precollege experiences, and collegiate experiences contributed to these capacities. Political involvement was defined as …
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Independens long Vanuatu: the churches and politics in a Melanesian nation
… movement of the 1970s. I also look at the political involvement of the churches in the two years immediately following national independence. The dissertation is based on fieldwork in Vanuatu from April 1981 to June 1982. In Chapter I, I introduce and defend my national, institutional …
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Conspicuous Consumption and American Political Behavior
… of image in society. This proposal argues that political participation is susceptible to exploitation in the form of conspicuous consumption as defined by Thorstein Veblen. The analyses that follow will test the degree to which Americans who demonstrate more traditional forms of conspicuous …
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Performing to Reclaim: War Trauma and Female Non-Combatant Recovery in Sylvia Townsend Warner, Virginia Woolf, and H.D.
… into postwar roles rooted in the intellect, political involvement, artistry, or multiple sexualities. Finally, narrative recovery is emblematic of the authors' collective aim to renounce the restrictive influence of patriarchal ideology upon womanhood. By exercising autonomy, woman equips …
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Technology-enabled political empowerment
Political participation and community involvement in the United States have declined steadily and significantly over the past four decades, and some attribute the fall to new media, such as television and the Internet. This thesis is a study of new technologies and their impact on political and …
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Public transport network improvements as a catalyst for integrated land use-transport development: lessons from case studies of Copenhagen, Curitiba, Hong Kong and Seoul
… One main similarity in these case studies was political involvement before the implementation of the projects, while one of the main differences was the different funding mechanisms used to implement these projects. The four case studies showed that successful implementation of their projects …
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A downward spiral: Young people, the media, and political disengagement
This study examines whether political disengagement is related to the amount and/or type of television that young people watch. The study was conducted through survey research at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, with over one hundred undergraduate participants. It demonstrates that there is no …
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'Composite' models of project management : integration of control-oriented and adaptive approaches in rural water supply
… institutional learning, project innovations, and political involvement in development projects. Typically, development projects are characterized by highly inflexible project rules, lack of interaction between senior and junior staff, inadequate cooperation amongst technical and community …
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A critical analysis of international financial institutions' understanding of political corruption : a focus on the IMF, World Bank, and the ANC
… the IFIs to delve into domestic politics. Such political involvement would entail a great deal of risk on their part, and would be beyond their mandate and their appetite. In order to demonstrate this, this dissertation presents an overview of political corruption and the important role of the …
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THE POLITICAL DYNAMICS OF THE IRAQI MARJAʿIYYA
… marjaʿiyya (religious authority) in Iraq’s socio-political landscape, focusing on the intersection of jurisprudence, religious guidance, and political engagement. It explores historical, jurisprudential, and contemporary perspectives on the political involvement of the marajiʿ (Shiʿi scholars) …
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Effects of internet use on actual and self-perceived political knowledge, issue certainty and political participation
Current research on political knowledge focuses to a large extent on differences between Internet users and non-users. As Internet use is shown to constantly increase, more complex questions arise related to the impact of Internet on citizens' political involvement. This thesis takes a deeper look …
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Political participation and involvement: a study in concept construction and measurement
A review of recent works in the field of Political Participation revealed much confusion over what the concept meant. It was decided to test the measuring instruments used in the major works in the participation field in order to come up with more precise working definitions for Political …
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Constructing Women and Nation: Feminized America in British and American Visual Culture 1760-1800
… raising further questions about white women's political involvement during the American Revolution through an examination of America as represented by a woman in British-American visual sources from approximately 1760 to 1800. Through both a chronological and thematic approach, this thesis …
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