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2. A Balance Sheet for East-West Exchanges. IREX Occasional Papers, Volume 1, Number 1.
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International Research and Exchange Board, New York, NY. and Kassof, Allen H.
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Four papers discuss research exchanges between the United States and the USSR and East Europe. The first paper considers the evolution of perceptions of social scientists in these countries during the Cold War and Detente. The dominant view of American researchers during the Cold War was that the United States, as the most modern society, was the yardstick for measuring other societies. The United States experienced rapid growth of training and research related to the Soviet orbit. However, Soviet scholars were constrained by Marxist-Leninist doctrine and by educational and research policies. In the 1960s, American social scientists gained a greater appreciation for the complexities of modern societies and East European social scientists began innovative studies. The second paper discusses evaluations of research exchanges between the United States and the Soviet Union. The conclusion is that these exchanges are scientifically valuable to both countries. The most serious problem is Soviet political repression of its scientific community. The third paper discusses problems and accomplishments of East European studies in the United States. Although progress seems to be steady, American social scientists have come to pursue topics that are politically safe, and thus often of secondary importance. The final paper suggests that in exchanges between the Soviet Union and the United States, both academic and government communities profit. The point that Soviet exchanges are generally in sciences and engineering and American exchanges are in history and literature illustrates that each side sends whom it wishes. Thus, the author concludes that this type of exchange is neither unbalanced nor unfair. (Author/KC)
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- 1980
3. Commentary on Jane Robert's paper: Parents, clinicians and the genesis of a contested diagnosis: The development of knowledge surrounding pediatric bipolar disorder in the United States.
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PROVENCHER, CLAUDINE
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SCIENTIFIC knowledge ,BIPOLAR disorder ,PARENT attitudes ,PEDIATRIC urology ,PARENTS ,POLITICAL science - Published
- 2017
4. The Federalist Papers' Theory of Institutional Power: Powers, Organization, and Constituency.
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Wirls, Daniel
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CONFERENCE papers , *POWER (Social sciences) , *POLITICAL science , *POLITICAL rights , *POLITICAL development , *CONSTITUTIONAL history - Abstract
A conference paper about the Federalist Papers' theory of institutional power is presented. It mentions that the work in this paper has revealed and interrogated the theory of institutional power which is presented throughout the papers in spite of the plural authorship. It further discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the theory which reveals about American political development and its relation to the unfortunate tendency in American political science.
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- 2011
5. "A Good Tammany Hall Tennessean:" The Life and Papers of Edward Hull Crump.
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Dowdy, G. Wayne
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LEADERS ,POLITICAL science ,WAR ,DISASTERS ,TWENTIETH century - Abstract
Provides information on the collection of the papers of Tennessee political leader Edward Hull Crump which chronicles his career and provides an opportunity to explore the lives of 20th century U.S. citizens as they negotiated the catastrophes of economic devastation and global war. Important documents housed in the Crump collection; Details of the magazine and newspaper articles that document the evolution of Crump's media image; Letters and petitions from individual citizens and neighborhood groups demanding city action included in the Crump collection.
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- 2005
6. The 'American' (North American) Model of Constitutional Review: Historical Background and Early Development
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Klishas, Andrey A.
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The paper explores the impact of the continental system exerted on the constitutional and political evolution of both the United States and individual states and tries to characterize the development of constitutional review phenomenon within the framework of the continental legal system and the Anglo-Saxon legal system. The research stands on the comparative legal analysis methodology within a diachronically featured paradigm. The paper explores the ways through which the continental system could exert relevant impact on the constitutional and political evolution of both the United States and individual states. Further on the article traces the development of the concepts of constitutional review within the framework of the continental legal system and the Anglo-Saxon legal system. The above stages of the analysis allowed the author to outline the specifics, nature of the essence of judicial review in the context of axiological analysis of public activities. The study concludes that judicial review is used to elucidate to what extent a rule of conduct complies with the safeguards of human and civil rights and liberties set out in a specific country.
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- 2016
7. Hegemonic: The Trajectory of Political Theory at Makerere University College, 1949-1968
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Kaweesi, Edward Silvestre
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This paper posits that the foundations of the teaching of political theory at Makerere University College obtain from British and American hegemony. The hegemonic tendencies are exemplified by the content of what was taught as political theory, the nature of the teaching staff in the Department of Political Science -- the country of origin, the institution where they trained, and their research focus. It concludes that streamlining the teaching of political theory at Makerere University will require an understanding of its hegemonic past and its present context to which it is supposed to be aligned.
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- 2023
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8. Exploring the Impacts of Educational Simulations on the Development of 21st Century Skills and Sense of Self-Efficacy
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Kensicki, Anna Evelyn, Harlow, John, Akhilandeswari, Janani, Peacock, Sean, Cohen, Jedd, Weissman, Ross, and Gordon, Eric
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The study of educational simulations at the secondary level has typically centered on programs that are competitive, shorter in duration, and characterized by their low fidelity, or a lack of realism. The resources required to hold longer, more immersive, and nuanced programs are often prohibitive for teachers of political science programs. As such, their effects on student learning outcomes have remained relatively unknown. In this paper, we explore the impact of a Model G20 (MG20) curriculum for high school and early college-aged students on students' sense of self-efficacy and 21st century skills. MG20 is a weeklong, immersive international conference modeled after the real G20 summit. In it, students learn about global governance and roleplay as heads of state and government ministers to negotiate for their collective interests. Using a mixed methods approach, we examine student learning outcomes from two MG20 summits, held in the United States and in the UK. Results show that internationally diverse, immersive, collaborative role-playing simulations significantly improve students' self-ascribed cross-cultural communication and public speaking skills, as well as students' sense self-efficacy. This research suggests future study into new and emerging formats of educational simulations may reveal greater potential for such programs to enhance student learning.
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- 2022
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9. Adult Education: The Past, the Present, and the Future. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (14th, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 1-3, 1995) = L'Education des Adultes: Un Passe, Un Present, un Avenir. Les Actes du Congress Annuel, l'Association Canadienne pour l'Etude de l'Education des Adultes (14e, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1-3 Juin, 1995).
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Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education, Guelph (Ontario)., Danis, Claudia, and Hrimech, Moham
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The following papers (with nine in French) are included: "Refocusing the Multicultural Discourse in Adult Education" (Acton); "University Extension and the Service University" (Archer); "Linking Cases to Course Content" (Block); "The Effects of Education on Food Security among Low Income Urban Adults" (Blunt); "Adult Education Research Trends in Canadian Universities" (Bouchard); "Born of Different Visions" (Briton, Spencer); "Virginia Griffin's Path and Contribution toward the Holistic Orientation" (Campbell); "Learning a Living" (Church, Creal); "Art and Storytelling" (Crawford); "Economic Globalization" (Cruikshank); "Constructing a Need" (Davidson); "The Marginalization of Adult Education" (Deshpande); "Surfacing Tensions in Graduate Adult Education" (Dewar); "New Directions for Adult Education Programs in Community Colleges" (Feng, Hian); "Domination and Resistance in Workers' Political Learning" (Foley); "The Life History Method" (Gerding); "Looking Back, Looking Forward" (Grace); "New Realities" (Hian, Feng); "The Past, Present and Future of Adult Education in the Kitikmeot Region, Northwest Territories" (Isnor, McLean); "The Future Manager as Leader and Coach" (Leclair); "Recruitment, Retention, and Support Protocols for Women's Literacy Programs" (MacKenzie); "Antonio Gramsci and Adult Education" (Mayo); "Educative Consequences of a Paradigm Shift" (Morin); "Continuing Educators as Learners" (Percival); "'Training for What?' An Educational Response to the Adult Unemployed in a Post-Industrial Society" (Pittas); "Restorying Living" (Randall); "Adult Education and Deinstitutionalization of Psychiatric Patients" (Roy); "Peripheral Visions" (Sanderson); "In the Beginning" (Selman); "Analysis of a Relapse Prevention Programme Designed to Help Penitentiary Inmates" (Shewman); "Codes of Ethics in Adult Education" (Sork); "What Makes a Successful Workplace Education Program?" (Taylor); "Meaningful Learning in Organizations" (Walker); "'Fraught with Wonderful Possibilities'" (Welton); "Distance Education Techniques in Community Development" (Baggaley, Coldevin, Gruber); "Why Do Community Workers Do What They Do?" (Cawley, Guerard, Campo); "Adult Education in an Emerging Postmodern Condition" (Deneff, Schmitt-Boshnick, Scott); "Languages of Inclusion & Creativity" (Hall et al.); and "CASAE [Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education] Peace Portfolio" (Rosenberg et al.). (MN)
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- 1995
10. Testing the Communication Model of Intergroup Interdependence: The Case of American and Canadian Relations
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Giles, Matt, Pines, Rachyl, and Giles, Howard
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This paper expands the theoretical base of intergroup and intercultural communication by testing a new communication model of interdependence (CMII), defined in terms of the embedded nature of groups Giles, M., R. Pines, H. Giles, and A. Gardikiotis. 2018. "Towards a Communication Model of Intergroup Interdependence." Atlantic Journal of Communication 26 (2): 122-130. doi:10.1080/15456870.2018.1432222. Introducing a new visual representation of it, propositions of CMII are tested, by invoking relationships between the U.S. and Canada as they change over time. Relevant self-report outcomes include: social connectedness, language attitudes, and communication accommodation. How awareness of de-interdepending, and whether explicitly invoking the construct 'interdependence' is associated with outcomes, was also examined. Results indicated sufficient support for tenets of the theory to excite future empirical programmatic endeavours.
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- 2021
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11. STATE ENERGY POLICIES: FEDERAL FUNDS FOR PAPER PROGRAMS.
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LEGISLATION , *POLITICAL science , *ENERGY policy - Abstract
Describes the response of American states to federal energy legislation. Discussion of the energy conservation programs that was mandated by the Energy Policy and Conservation Act for the state; Explanation of considerable variation in the extent to which states have been able to absorb federal energy; Determinants of state energy policy.
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- 1981
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12. A New Paradigm for Political Studies: Competence-Based Teaching and Learning
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Groth, Terrie R.
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For some decades, students and scholars of Political Science have debated methodological differences, paradigmatic differences, and policy differences as they relate to curricula. Today, the real challenges facing the teaching of Political Science have less to do with content and much more to do with form and process. The next transformation in teaching and learning must address what kind of political scientist we wish to be, which kind of Political Science we need to create. Our argument advances in three moments. First, we sketch contemporary contexts for analyzing teaching and learning, musing about old and new paradigmatic/methodological debates and the new social-technological contexts of undergraduate learning. Second, we discuss conceptions of competencies in the U.S., Europe, and in relation to a specific Political Science program in Brazil. Third, we dare to sketch a "metaprofile" of the "good political scientist", modeled on the work of the ALFA Tuning Project of the European Commission and reflections on related Brazilian and Latin American experiences. [This paper was presented at the IPSA World Congress 2014 in the Research Committee 33 (The Study of Political Science as a Discipline) panel "Paradigms and Historiography in Political Studies" (23rd, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, July 23, 2014.]
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- 2015
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13. Paper Proposal for Southern Political Science Association Conference January 5-8, 2011.
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Berry, Fran and Kaiju Chang
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CONFERENCE papers , *INTERVENTION (Federal government) , *EDUCATIONAL standards , *SCHOOL food , *POLITICAL science , *INTERGOVERNMENTAL tax relations , *STATE governments - Abstract
A conference paper about the adoption of school interventions for youth obesity prevention in the U.S. is presented. It utilizes cross-sectional probit analysis and fifty state data through 2007 to analyze the adoption in different categorical school interventions. The findings reveal that the state government is more likely to adopt the school intervention of setting competitive food nutritional standards.
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- 2011
14. Paper Prepared for the Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting Panel Presentation: Lawmaking and Gridlock January 2-5, 2013.
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Williams, Stephanie L.
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POLITICAL science , *GOVERNMENT agencies , *DELIBERATIVE democracy , *POLITICAL doctrines - Abstract
This paper will examine how extreme partisanship in the United States Senate has prevented any significant collaborative efforts between the President Obama and Congress. I argue that the United States Senate is undergoing a modern era of disunion. The conditions in the Senate can be directly traced to the concerted efforts of Senator Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to maintain ideological purity among his caucus members for the purposes ensuring that President Obama's has a failed presidency by asserting a Republican agenda that is aimed at undermining the legitimacy of Democratic initiatives. The Constitutional responsibility for shared governance has been severely compromised by conservative factions of the Republican Party. Subsequently, members of Congress who wish to find compromises across party lines are shut out of the political process. I propose that the restoration and continued health of the American democracy is dependent on the members' ability to reassert their influence collectively into the political process through engaging their colleagues and constituencies in the process of deliberative democracy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
15. Mind the Gap: Political Science Education in Community Colleges
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Yanus, Alixandra B., O'Connor, Karen, and Weakley, Jon L.
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Community colleges occupy a growing role in the American education system. Their unique cross-section of students poses a challenge for teachers of political science. This paper uses information from a survey completed by over 2,000 students at 20 colleges and universities across the United States to shed light on some of the most significant differences between students at two- and four-year institutions. Most notably, students at two-year institutions are less interested in politics and political office than their counterparts at four-year institutions. This paper offers suggestions for narrowing this gap in the political science classroom. (Contains 1 table.)
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- 2012
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16. Simulations of Decision-Making as Active Learning Tools: Design and Effects of Political Science Simulations
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Bursens, P., Donche, V., Gijbels, D., Spooren, P., Bursens, P., Donche, V., Gijbels, D., and Spooren, P.
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This volume brings together both political and educational scientists. While educational research literature has so far not systematically addressed the tool of simulations of decision-making, political scientists have hardly used insights from research on assessment or on motivation and interest of students. Almost all political science publications on simulations merely discuss how to implement the tool in class and fall short of providing evidence of the effects on student outcomes such as increased interest and performance. Combining the two disciplines is mutually enriching. Political science benefits from state of the art educational science measuring and testing of the claims made by the proponents of simulations, while educational sciences adds the systematic analysis of simulations of decision-making to their list of empirical objects, which also adds insights to the theories on the affective component of student learning. It is the explicit aim of the volume to address how simulating decision-making environments fosters learning. Implications for research and practice regarding student learning are addressed in all chapters. This book contains the following chapters: (1) Simulations of Decision-Making in Political Science Education (Pieter Spooren, Dorothy Duchatelet, Peter Bursens, David Gijbels, and Vincent Donche); (2) Learning from Simulations of Decision-Making (Peter Bursens, David Gijbels, Vincent Donche, and Pieter Spooren); (3) The Costs and Benefits of Organizing a Multi-institutional Simulation on the European Union (Andreas Sobisch, John Scherpereel, Peter Loedel, Gretchen J. Van Dyke, and Nick Clark); (4) Do Simulations Enhance Decision-Making in the EU Financial Services? (John T. Ryan); (5) What's the EU? Achieving Learning Outcomes and Preparing US Students for EuroSim (Rebecca Jones); (6) Mission Impossible? Verisimilitude in EU Simulations (Pierpaolo Settembri and Marco Brunazzo); (7) "Will It Blend?" Combining Online and On-Site Elements in Simulation Games (Simon Raiser, Björn Warkalla, Annegret Schneider, and Konstantin Kaiser); (8) Oranges and Apples? Using Comparative Judgement for Reliable Briefing Paper Assessment in Simulation Games (Pierpaolo Settembri, Roos Van Gasse, Liesje Coertjens, and Sven De Maeyer); (9) Assessment Strategies in Simulation Games (Simon Usherwood); (10) How Simulations of Decision-Making Affect Learning (Vincent Donche, David Gijbels, Pieter Spooren, and Peter Bursens); (11) Simulating European Climate Policy Negotiations in a Teacher Training Seminar: Which Effects Can Be Detected? (Sophie Wulk); (12) Effects of EU Simulation Games on Secondary School Students' Political Motivations, Attitudes and Knowledge: Results of an Intervention Study (Monika Oberle, Sven Ivens, and Johanna Leunig); (13) Learning Effects of Negotiation Simulations: Evidence from Different Student Cohorts (Morten Kallestrup); (14) Simulations Are No 'One-for-All' Experience: How Participants Vary in Their Development of Self-efficacy for Negotiating (Dorothy Duchatelet); and (15) Simulations of Decision-Making in Political Science Education: Premises, Promises and Challenges (David Gijbels, Pieter Spooren, Peter Bursens, and Vincent Donche).
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- 2018
17. Women's Advancement in Political Science. A Report on the APSA Workshop on the Advancement of Women in Academic Political Science in the United States (Washington, DC, March 4-5, 2004)
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American Political Science Association, Washington, DC.
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In March 2004, the National Science Foundation funded a two-day workshop by the American Political Science Association (APSA) on the advancement of women in academic political science in the United States. The workshop was prompted by an alarming stall in the number of women entering the discipline and persisting through early years of faculty service to achieve tenure. More than two dozen social scientists from across the country convened in Washington, DC to hear relevant research, discuss problems, and frame corrective actions. This report describes their work and recommended actions. The body of this report refers to the research findings reported at the workshop, organizing them around four defining issues and their recommendations. The four defining issues are: (1) A leaking pipeline of prospective political scientists, as women drop out of graduate school or choose other careers; (2) A chronological crunch, in which the most intense demands for research, publications, and service in tenure-track positions overlap with the years of heaviest family responsibilities; (3) An institutional climate that is often inhospitable to women students and young faculty of both sexes, with too few professional development opportunities via mentoring and other interventions; and (4) A culture of research that offers insufficient opportunity and support for collaboration, peer workshopping of drafts, idea-sharing, and networking across, and within, institutions. The profession must improve the graduate school experience, institutional climate, early professorial years leading up to tenure, and the culture and style of performing research. Appendices C and D summarize research reports and participant comments in greater detail, including ideas for specific interventions from fifteen workshop participants who submitted thoughtful comments for this report. A list of the APSA Workshop participants; and the Workshop agenda are also appended.
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- 2005
18. U.S.-Soviet Relations: Testing Gorbachev's 'New Thinking.' Current Policy No. 985.
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Department of State, Washington, DC. Bureau of Public Affairs. and Armacost, Michael H.
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Forty years ago, George F. Kennan advanced the doctrine of containment against Soviet encroachment throughout the world. The Soviet Union has evolved from a Eurasian land power into a global superpower. In an effort to create an international environment congenial to domestic reforms, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has sought greater tranquility along Soviet borders. He seeks to exploit latent anti-nuclear sentiment in Europe and to challenge the conceptual underpinnings of Western deterrence. While an Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) agreement would represent a major victory for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), there are some who fear Gorbachev's moves represent a more subtle and effective means of removing the U.S. nuclear presence from Europe. This would leave a denuclearized Europe alone to face numerically superior Soviet conventional forces. These concerns can be dealt with by recognizing that NATO will need to retain a significant nuclear element in its strategy of flexible response. That element will be composed of nuclear warheads on INF aircraft and U.S. submarine-launched ballistic missiles. Gorbachev is also attempting to improve relations in the Far East and to exploit the turmoil in the Persian Gulf area. However, any significant change in the conduct of Soviet foreign policy will only gradually emerge. The future U.S.-Soviet relationship is likely to continue to contain elements of conflict and cooperation. A firm, consistent, and patient policy can help the U.S. attain its foreign policy goals. (SM)
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- 1987
19. Western European Political Science: An Acquisition Study.
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Walden, Barbara
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Reports on acquisitions of selected Western European political science materials deemed important for inclusion in at least one North American research library. The percentages of French, Italian, Swedish, Catalan, Icelandic, and Belgian materials not found in RLIN (Research Libraries Information Network) and OCLC are provided. Factors supporting adequate collecting levels are identified. (KRN)
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- 1994
20. Caleb Verbois 2011 SPSA Paper The Presidency and Intelligence Gathering NSA Warrantless Wiretapping.
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INTELLIGENCE service , *POLITICAL science , *WAR , *PRESIDENTS of the United States - Abstract
The article discusses the failure of the U.S. government in achieving good foreign intelligence that has led to the events of September 11, 2001. It informs that from the starting of the U.S. Republic, the need for good intelligence in wartime has been critical. The U.S. President George Bush mentioned that foreign intelligence forms the basic part of the constitutional authority.
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- 2011
21. Money Talks: Folklore in the Public Sphere.
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Gencarella Olbrys, Stephen
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FOLKLORE ,MONEY ,PAPER money ,POLITICAL science - Abstract
This article examines “currency chains”—messages and petitions written on paper money—as folkloric expressions and rhetorical acts that critique or commend dominant American public discourse. After a general description of currency chains, it considers two categories in detail. First is the “St. Lazarus” variety that flourished in the United States in the late 1990s, having migrated from Europe. Second are political money chains that engage with a social or political order, often in protest. This article observes the condemnation of currency chains as an irrational phenomenon, and regards them as viable means for often marginalised groups to foster participation in a public sphere. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2005
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22. Studying the U.S. Senate: An Introduction to the Hendricks Symposium Papers.
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Hibbing, John R. and Peters, John G.
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CONFERENCES & conventions ,ELECTIONS ,POLITICAL science ,PRACTICAL politics ,POLITICAL participation ,CAMPAIGN management - Abstract
This and the next two issues of LegisIative Studies Quarterly will publish a group of articles based on papers presented at the 1988 G. E. Hendricks Symposium on the United States Senate. Held on the campus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in October 1988, this symposium brought together leading students of the U.S. Congress. Their articles fall into three large categories, and these categories will be used to divide the articles among the three issues (see Appendix). Following this introduction, three historically oriented articles will appear in this issue. The August issue d l contain five articles on the organization and operation of the Senate, and the November issue will present six articles relating to Senate elections. Collectively, these articles constitute an impressive portrait of current research on the Senate. Why is it important to obtain such a portrait? Of what value was our symposium and the papers it produced? What did we hope to accomplish, and did we do it? In this brief introduction to the Hendricks Symposium studies, we address these and related questions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1989
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23. An Empirical Exploration of Factors Related to Adolescents' Political Efficacy
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Levy, Brett L. M.
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Political scientists have found that one of the strongest predictors of political participation is political efficacy, the belief that individuals' actions can influence political processes. Prior research indicates that political efficacy increases through various experiences, such as discussions of public issues, but it does not explain why or how these experiences support the development of political efficacy. To address this gap, this paper explores the broad set of factors that influence political efficacy amongst adolescents, who are at a crucial age for identity development. By analysing interview data from 32 high school students and questionnaire responses from 142 undergraduates, I found evidence to support a model that includes a wide variety of factors that contribute to political efficacy, such as persistence, political interest and political trust. Based on this empirical model, I provide practical recommendations to educators and researchers interested in preparing students for active political participation. (Contains 7 tables and 4 figures.)
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- 2013
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24. Time to the Doctorate and Labor Demand for New PhD Recipients
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Cornell Higher Education Research Institute (CHERI) and Groen, Jeffrey A.
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This paper considers the influence of labor demand for new PhD recipients on time to the doctorate. I use student-level data on all doctorates awarded by U.S. universities in seven humanities and social science fields together with the annual number of job listings by field from 1975 to 2005. An increase in the number of job listings in a field does not affect the completion probability contemporaneously but does increase it three to six years later. Time series variation in job listings by field can account for about 20 percent of the variation in average time to degree by entry year. Data Sources and Variable Definitions are appended. (Contains 3 figures, 7 tables and 13 footnotes.)
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- 2012
25. Scholasticism: Causes and Cures
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Mead, Lawrence M.
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The claim that faculty conduct research is one of the main justifications for the modern university. Supposedly, academe carries out important, cutting-edge inquiries in which society has an interest. In fact, states this author, research at American universities is becoming narrow and artificial, out of touch with social realities, and of interest mainly to other academics. This development the author calls scholasticism, after the medieval philosophers whom one remembers as being similarly ingrown. In recent decades, conservative critics of academe have focused on political correctness--the tendency of academics to privilege liberal perspectives to the exclusion of conservative ones. But scholasticism may pose a greater threat to the heart of university life, which is the intelligent construction of arguments. Rather than address important issues thoughtfully, today's academics are becoming pedants, mostly writing only for other specialists. Scholasticism is squeezing the intellectual life out of academe, and driving it toward other venues, including government and the blogosphere. In this article, the author describes the rise of scholasticism and asks about causes and cures: Why has obscurantism mushroomed in recent decades, and what can be done about it? He relies mostly on the trends he has seen in his own department and at New York University over more than thirty years. (Contains 35 footnotes.)
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- 2011
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26. Getting Political Science in on the Joke: Using 'The Daily Show' and Other Comedy to Teach Politics
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Beavers, Staci L.
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The challenges of teaching introductory-level U.S. politics to reluctant audiences are well known and widely lamented. This article investigates the pedagogical potential of political satire, specifically "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart", in engaging students in this tough-to-teach course. Based on a review of available literature and student survey data from the fall 2008 term, I argue that using this popular program in the classroom can enhance an introductory U.S. politics course. A review of both these survey data and student papers based on the program suggests promising possibilities for encouraging students' political engagement and critical-thinking skills. This preliminary examination demonstrates that further study on the program's potential both for student engagement and student learning outcomes is warranted.
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- 2011
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27. Connecting Students Internationally to Explore Postconflict Peacebuilding: An American-Canadian Collaboration
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Mendeloff, David and Shaw, Carolyn
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This paper presents the design and assesses the results of an international collaborative course of American and Canadian undergraduates on the topic of postconflict peacebuilding. Using online discussions, a web-based role-play simulation, and videoconferencing this collaborative course sought to enhance student engagement with the material by exposing them to views from different countries and encouraging broader thinking about the complex set of activities and challenges involved in peacebuilding. The challenges and benefits of such collaboration are discussed. (Contains 8 notes.)
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- 2009
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28. Teacher Training for Political Science PhD Students in Europe Determinants of a Tool for Enhanced Teaching in Higher Education
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Pleschova, Gabriela and Simon, Eszter
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In this paper we examine the state of teacher training for political science PhD candidates in the European Union and make a comparison with the situation in the United States. We investigate the determinants of supply and demand of teacher training. On the supply side, we suggest that research orientation and quality assurance are factors that might enhance institutional willingness to provide training. On the demand side, we examine the influence of gender, career plans, year of study, and career status on student motivation to undergo teacher training. We find that about half of EU institutions offering PhD programs also provide some form of teacher training; this closely follows American trends. We also uncover that while research orientation has a significant positive effect on the willingness of universities to provide training in pedagogy, quality assurance does not. Of the four factors we put forward as potential influences on student demand for teacher training, only future plans have a significant effect. We argue that similarities in the situation of teacher training in the United States and the European Union make transatlantic dialogue in graduate education worthwhile. Moreover, the positive impact of teacher training on the quality of teaching and learning as well as the positive valuation of training by more than two-thirds of PhD students in our sample makes us conclude that teacher training should be more widely available. (Contains 5 tables and 4 notes.)
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- 2009
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29. Book Notes.
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POLITICAL science - Abstract
Presents a list of books on politics in the U.S. "Latinos in the United States: The Sacred and the Political," by David T. Abalos.; "Rocky Mountain Constitution Making, 1830-1912," by Gordon Morris Bakken; "The Protestant Establishment: Aristocracy & Caste in America," by E. Digby Baltzell.
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- 1987
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30. COMMENTS ON VINCENT OSTROM'S PAPER.
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Riker, William
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CONSTITUTIONAL law ,UNITED States politics & government ,POWER (Social sciences) ,POLITICAL science ,SOCIAL institutions ,SOCIAL structure - Abstract
Comments on an article about the essential problems in the conceptualization of the U.S. experiment in constitutional choice. Analysis of the efficacy of constitutional forms in restraining the tyrannical exercise of political power; Discussion of the social institutions that renders the issue of constitutional choice less pressing; Problem posed by the concepts of constitutional structure and political condition.
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- 1976
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31. Who Put Hate in My Sunday Paper?
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Safi, Omid
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ORGANIZATION ,LIBEL & slander ,HATE speech ,IDEOLOGY ,THOUGHT & thinking ,THEORY of knowledge ,POLITICAL science ,PHILOSOPHY ,WORLDVIEW - Abstract
The article discusses the disturbing issues of the "obsession" campaign's massive scale. First, it points to the ease having which foreign groups established organizations in the U.S. which are non-profitable. It states that all their ideologies, wealth and influence are marginal. Thus, the author stresses that this "Obsession Project" has also highlighted the poisonous political climate in the country in which demonizing a whole ethnic community seems to become more a commonplace. It is also noted that related campaigns that aim to lower the bar is acceptable speech as opposed to "hate speech."
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- 2009
32. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS.
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POLITICAL science ,LAW ,PUBLIC opinion ,RESEARCH - Abstract
This section presents abstracts of several public opinion research published in the U.S. in the 1970s.
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- 1973
33. Voter Registration of Berkeley and Stanford Faculty
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Klein, Daniel B. and Western, Andrew
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There is increasing public discussion about whether the cultural institutions of the United States are ideologically skewed, relative to the general population. The major realms of political culture include the news media, K-12 schooling, academia, governmental institutions, cause-directed organizations, grant-making private foundations, the entertainment industries, and the arts. There is increasing belief that these institutions are dominated by people who vote Democratic. Where evidence is available, it generally backs up the claim that the D to R ratios in such settings are very lopsided. However, the evidence is much less abundant than one might guess. Much of the evidence that does exist is generated by openly conservative organizations, and the research is rarely reported in a scholarly manner. This paper contributes to the task of ascertaining the basic facts about ideological lopsidedness in academia by reporting the results of a systematic study of voter registration of large parts of the faculty at University of California-Berkeley and Stanford University. (Contains 6 figures, 1 table, and 17 notes.)
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- 2004
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34. UN NEWS: Paper Victory.
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Bedill, Jane
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INTERNATIONAL relations ,POLITICAL science - Abstract
Reports that the United States has won its third paper battle at the United Nations. Approval of a modified "Little Assembly"; Opposition of the Soviet bloc to the plan and promise to boycott the assembly; Design of the "Little Assembly" to by-pass the Security Council veto; Dealing with political situations referred to it by the Assembly; Subjects under consideration by the Security Council; Need for the consent of the states involved.
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- 1947
35. Building the Judiciary: Law, Courts, and the Politics of Institutional Development. By Justin Crowe. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2012. 328p. $80.00 cloth, $35.00 paper.
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Popova, Maria
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COURTS ,POLITICAL science ,FEDERAL courts - Abstract
Justin Crowe has written an accessible, thorough, and compelling history of the institutional development of the US Supreme Court and the federal judiciary it sits atop, from their inconspicuous inception in February 1790 to their current status as, perhaps, the most powerful judiciary in the world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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36. The regulation of short sales: a politicised topic*.
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Howell, Elizabeth
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SHORT selling (Securities) -- Law & legislation ,GOVERNMENT regulation ,POLITICAL science ,STANDARDS - Abstract
This paper considers the IOSCO principles on short selling regulation, and applies these to the regulations in place the US, the EU, and Hong Kong. The paper argues that practice of short selling is beneficial for markets, and that the justifications for (particularly) permanent restrictions do not stand up to rigorous scrutiny. It suggests that politics is often the key factor shaping its regulation, and that regulators tend to respond to such interests, producing a lack of international convergence with respect to the laws in existence around the world. Short selling is undoubtedly a sensitive topic, but if it is to be regulated, it merits implementing and enforcing global rules. This is unrealistic, but so are the inconsistent, go-it-alone approaches currently adopted by IOSCO's members. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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37. Truth in Science Publishing: A Personal Perspective.
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Südhof, Thomas C.
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PROFESSIONAL peer review ,REPRODUCIBLE research ,RESEARCH ,FALSIFICATION of data ,ACADEMIC fraud ,RESEARCH grants ,SCIENCE publishing - Abstract
Scientists, public servants, and patient advocates alike increasingly question the validity of published scientific results, endangering the public’s acceptance of science. Here, I argue that emerging flaws in the integrity of the peer review system are largely responsible. Distortions in peer review are driven by economic forces and enabled by a lack of accountability of journals, editors, and authors. One approach to restoring trust in the validity of published results may be to establish basic rules that render peer review more transparent, such as publishing the reviews (a practice already embraced by some journals) and monitoring not only the track records of authors but also of editors and journals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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38. The limited promise of interracial friendship: political partisanship moderates the association between having Black friends and anti-Black implicit bias.
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Nelson, Kristen Novella
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POLARIZATION (Social sciences) , *POLITICAL science , *RACIAL & ethnic attitudes - Abstract
Some studies show that people with friends of different races also have lower levels of implicit racial bias. Yet, other studies do not replicate this finding. The omission of political parties from this research may explain its contradictory results, given the central role that race has played in the polarization of US society. Recent scholarship shows that political partisanship influences whether intergroup friendships improve explicit (i.e. conscious) attitudes. However, no studies have asked if friendships with African Americans have differing effects on white Democrats' and Republicans' anti-Black implicit bias. This paper examines this question by analyzing Race IAT and survey responses from 1,868 white Americans. Results reveal that white Democrats and Republicans maintain friendships with African Americans at similar rates. Yet, having Black friends only predicts weaker anti-Black implicit bias among white Democrats. This finding suggests that partisan differences in interracial friendship dynamics may shape implicit racial attitudes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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39. Florida Political Science Association Annual Meeting: Saturday, 2 March 2019 University of Tampa, Florida.
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CONFERENCES & conventions ,PUBLISHING ,POLITICAL science ,RECORDING & registration - Abstract
The article offers information on the annual meeting of Florida Political Science Association (FPSA) held on March 2 , 2019 at University of Tampa, Florida. Topics discussed include cost of registration for conference day; dollar 250 award given to the FPSA Best Graduate Student Paper presented at the conference; and information on the topics of paper presentation that involves American National Politics, Political Theory, and State & Local Government.
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- 2018
40. PDViz: A Visual Analytics Approach for State Policy Data.
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Han, Dongyun, Nayeem, Abdullah‐Al‐Raihan, Windett, Jason, and Cho, Isaac
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VISUAL analytics ,POLICY diffusion ,SOCIAL scientists ,SUBNATIONAL governments ,RESEARCH questions ,POLITICAL science ,POLITICAL forecasting - Abstract
Sub‐national governments across the United States implement a variety of policies to address large societal problems and needs. Many policies are picked up or adopted in other states. This process is called policy diffusion and allows researchers to analyse and compare the social, political, and contextual characteristics that lead to adopting certain policies, as well as the efficacy of these policies once adopted. In this paper, we introduce PDViz, a visual analytics approach that allows social scientists to dynamically analyse the policy diffusion history and underlying patterns. It is designed for analysing and answering a list of research questions and tasks posed by social scientists in prior work. To evaluate our system, we present two usage scenarios and conduct interviews with domain experts in political science. The interviews highlight that PDViz provides the result of policy diffusion patterns that align with their domain knowledge as well as the potential to be a learning tool for students to understand the concept of policy diffusion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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41. Paper-trail perspective.
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Fortier, John
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ELECTIONS ,POLITICAL participation ,VOTING ,POLITICAL science - Abstract
The article comments on the issue regarding the reconsideration made by the U.S. Congress on the changes it made to election administration. According to the author, the major agenda focuses on the security and proper functioning of electronic voting machines. Furthermore, he added that Congress should ignore the voices that are pushing for changes by the 2008 elections.
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- 2007
42. Introduction: Labor Markets and Public Policies in the United States and Canada.
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Card, David and Oreopoulos, Philip
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EMPLOYMENT policy ,LABOR supply ,POLITICAL science ,LABOR economics ,ECONOMIC models - Abstract
The article presents a series of papers from a conference at Employment and Social Development Canada, that compares US and Canadian labor markets and social policy issues. Topics discussed include the paper covering the five broad themes of social programs, immigration, unemployement, local labor markets and human capital.
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- 2019
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43. A Maverick's Paper Trail.
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Isikoff, Michael
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FUNDRAISING , *PRACTICAL politics , *CAMPAIGN funds , *POLITICAL science - Abstract
Focuses on United States presidential candidate John McCain's fund raising activity. Question of McCain's motives as he writes letters to regulatory agencies on behalf of companies that are contributors to his campaign; McCain's argument that he is doing his job as Senate committee chairman.
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- 2000
44. Paper chase.
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Barone, M.
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IRAN Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981 , *POLITICAL campaigns & ethics , *EX-presidents , *POLITICAL science ,UNITED States presidential election, 1980 - Abstract
Reports that former President Ronald Reagan has ordered sealed campaign files for the period from July 1 through October 23, 1980 opened to determine if they would substantiate the charges that his campaign staff was responsible for delaying the release of the American hostages then held by Iran.
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- 1991
45. Government of the People, by the Elite, for the Rich: Unequal Responsiveness in an Unlikely Case.
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Elsässer, Lea, Hense, Svenja, and Schäfer, Armin
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POLITICAL science ,MIDDLE class ,EQUALITY - Abstract
Copyright of Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung Discussion Papers is the property of Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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- 2018
46. Does Political Participation Contribute to Polarization in the United States?
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Argyle, Lisa P and Pope, Jeremy C
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POLITICAL participation ,POLARIZATION (Social sciences) ,POLITICAL science ,POLITICAL doctrines - Abstract
Polarization and participation are often connected in the political science literature, though sometimes the causality runs participation to polarization and sometimes the causality runs in the reverse direction. In some accounts there is an expectation that increasing participation and increasing polarization generate an ongoing spiral effect. In this paper we evaluate the over-time relationships between polarization and participation by assessing evidence in existing panel and aggregate data. We find that people with more extreme attitudes are more likely to participate in politics. However, only one particular form of participation—persuading others—appears to predict later levels of polarization. Therefore, only persuasion has the necessary correlation and temporal ordering for a feedback loop with more extreme ideology. The implication is that the discipline should pay more attention to interpersonal persuasion as a form of participation in American politics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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47. Notes and Footnotes.
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ART ,POLITICAL science ,ENGRAVERS ,CHINESE engraving ,PAPER money ,DEANS (Education) - Abstract
The article focuses on issues related to art. It cites the implications of the decision of the U.S. government to bring Chinese engravers to Washington to work on the country's paper money. It mentions a dinner organized for the 80th birthday of Doctor Frederic W. Goudy, dean of American printing, in New York. It notes the death of Sir Edward Johnston at his home in Sussex, England on November 26, 1944.
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- 1945
48. Causes of Challenger Quality in U.S. House Elections, 1946-2002.
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Arseneau, Robert B.
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ELECTIONS , *VOTING , *POLITICAL science - Abstract
This paper re-examines the empirical support for Jacobson and Kernell's strategic politicians theory of seat change in U.S. House elections. The theory contends, in short, that a substantial part of the impact of national electoral forces on seat change acts indirectly through the intervening variable of challenger quality. District and aggregate level models of challenger quality are estimated using a new database of House challengers. Jacobson's district level model is estimated using pooled data from the 1946-2002 elections. Krasno and Green's district level model and a revised version of their model are estimated for each of the 1946-2002 elections. Jacobson's aggregate level models of relative challenger quality are estimated using data from the 1946-2002 elections. A new aggregate level model of challenger quality is developed in this paper. The overall performance of the new model as measured by explained variance is comparatively greater than for earlier models. The impact of national forces on challenger quality is moderate at best. A new seat change model including challenger quality as a causal variable is introduced and estimated for the 1954-2002 elections. Estimates of this model demonstrate that challenger quality is an important cause of seat change. In addition, the impact of both national and district electoral forces on seat change, acting through the intervening variable of challenger quality, is estimated using data from the 1954-2002 elections. The indirect impact of national forces on seat change is moderate. Finally, an alternative measure of challenger quality constructed from data originally gathered in order to construct Krasno and Green's measure of challenger quality is substituted for Jacobson's traditional measure. The substitution improves the overall performance of the new aggregate level model of challenger quality presented here, but the additional gain in the performance is small. In conclusion, the analysis presented here provides empirical support for Jacobson and Kernell's strategic politicians theory. However, the theory has limited explanatory power. The impact of national forces on seat change acting through challenger quality is not large enough to account for much of the observed seat change that occurs from one election to the next. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2005
49. Path Dependency, Punctuated Equilibria, and the Politics of Policy Change.
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McGuinn, Patrick
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POLITICAL science , *LEGISLATION , *GOVERNMENT policy , *GOVERNMENT agencies , *GUIDELINES ,UNITED States politics & government - Abstract
A chasm has long existed in political science between those who view the American policymaking process as static and those who see it as dynamic. Insufficient effort has been made to bridge this divide or to incorporate the insights of both perspectives into the analysis of major policy initiation and reform. This paper uses the case of federal education policy to demonstrate how a historically-based policy regimes framework can illuminate the evolution of specific policy areas over time and account for periods of dynamic change amidst long periods of policy stasis. This framework picks up where Baumgartner and Jones left off by focusing on what happens after agendas change, policy monopolies are broken, and equilibria punctured. The paper then demonstrates the efficacy of the policy regimes approach by using it to briefly examine the evolution of federal education policy and to explain how reformers were able to overcome both institutional and political obstacles to policy change in the 2002 No Child Left Behind law. Contemporary developments in American politics?particularly the existence of partisan parity and intense political competition for swing voters?have led politicians to adopt popular, moderate positions on swing issues such as education even if they conflict with longstanding ideological convictions or the preferences of allied interest groups. This political maneuvering can force both parties to the center and generate compromises on salient issues over which there may have long been great conflict and little change. Swing issues are thus an important political phenomenon?their unique characteristics facilitate major policy change even as they influence the direction of wider political debates and encourage greater democratic responsiveness from government. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2004
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50. Ackerman’s Dualist Democracy and the Machiavellian Moment.
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Shaw, Carl K. Y.
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DEMOCRACY , *DECISION making , *POLITICAL science , *CONSTITUTIONAL law - Abstract
This paper attempts to evaluate Bruce Ackerman?s theory of dualist democracy. He distinguishes two different decisions that may be made in a democracy. The first is a decision by the people themselves, which is designated as higher lawmaking that embodies the general will of the people; the second is a decision by government, which is designated as normal politics. The objective of Ackerman?s two-track theory of democracy is to resolve the tension between self-government and the rule law in American constitutionalism. I attempt to demonstrate that Ackerman?s idea of dualist democracy is a virtue-centric, populist, republicanism. His synthesis relies on the premise of the priority of self-government over the rule of law. It constitutes a solid alternative to the recent neo-Roman republicanism of Quentin Skinner and Philip Pettit, which emphasizes law-centric republican constitutionalism. The relevance of dualist democracy is explored via a contextualized analysis of the virtue-centric republicanism from Hannah Arendt to J. G. A. Pocock and Hanna Pitkin. Ackerman?s interpretation of the Federalist Paper as the main intellectual resource of his project is also examined. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2004
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