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BEYOND BRIBERY: AN EXPLORATION INTO LOBBYING AND INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE INFLUENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
(2018-07-27)Qualitative evidence suggests that corporations lobby within countries with informal structures abroad. While political science research on Western lobbying is robust, it falls short in understanding how multinational ... -
Dispensationalism And United States Foreign Policy With Israel
(Political Science, 2008-08-08)I incorporated various public opinion surveys regarding the nature of Dispensational concepts to convey the prevalence of Dispensational theology in America. I incorporated demographic data regarding survey participants ... -
Gender Differences In Media Coverage for Candidates Running in Presidential Nomination Races : A close look at Clinton and Dole
(Political Science, 2009-09-16)The media plays an interesting and intricate role in the election process. Theinformation the media presents to voters is used by voters to form opinions on candidates and issues. As a result, voters take these opinions ... -
Is Secession A Recipe For Political Instability?
(Political Science, 2008-04-22)In the last century, the world has seen the rise and fall of empires, two world wars, and the subsequent creation of new states. Very little attention has been paid to how well these seceded states fared at self-governance. ... -
OVERCOMING THE LEARNING CURVE: THE USE OF FACEBOOK BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
(2015-12-10)This study examines the use of Facebook by members of Congress as a tool for reelection. Specifically, the study looks at the various types of posts congressional members use, such as campaign advertisements or policy ... -
Polarization and Nuclear Fear: How Partisan Message Processing Affects Public Trust in Government
(2018-12-06)Scholars have found that an environment that appears increasingly polarized in the United States has been accompanied by a decline in institutional trust over several decades. Scholarship involving partisanship and trust ... -
The Politics Of State Public Arts Funding
(Political Science, 2008-08-08)Arts funding in America is comprised of public dollars, private support, and earned income that is critical to the economic vitality of state and local communities and to the nation's cultural well-being. To date, most ... -
A Study of Policy Implementation: Desegregation of the Dallas Independent School District
(1983-12)Even though the significance of Brown v. Board of Education is recognized by almost everyone, implementing the decision has been a very difficult task. Implementation of the resulting desegregation order in Dallas has been ... -
Texas Homeland Security: Trust, Communication, And Effective Working Relationships Between Regional Coordinators And Local Respondents
(Political Science, 2008-09-17)Policy implementation and intergovernmental relationships are most often examined from a federal/state perspective. This research, however, focuses on the effectiveness of working relationships between the two lower-levels ... -
Venezuela; A Case Study
(Political Science, 2012-07-25)A case study of Venezuela is provided to test Marxist theory of political development. The first hypothesis is: three characteristics are inherent in any politically developed nation-State:There is an inherent class divide ...