Browsing Auburn Theses and Dissertations by Author "Jardine, Murray"

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American Civil Religion Reexamined: A Preliminary Study into Organic and Contrived Civil Theology

Vidal, Troy (2007-05-15)

Civil religion forms both the basis and the underlying reality for any human society, informing the myth structure of society and how a society interprets itself within the structure of reality. A distinction, however, ...

Determinants of National Policy on Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research in Selected Countries: A Comparative Study

Hughes, Virginia (2015-04-30)

Embryonic stem cells have remained a polarizing issue around the globe. The plethora of potential applications and technologies are unfamiliar to most of society. Politicians and policy analysts continually work to pass ...

The Effects of Social Capital on Local Government Performance and Economic Development

Laughlin, Tammy (2012-05-10)

The purpose of this study is to examine the idea that social interaction, government performance, and development efforts positively affect economic wealth on the local level in cities within the United States. New methods ...

The Impact of Political and Cultural Factors on the Success of Microfinance Institutions

Xu, Minglu (2019-04-09)

This research focuses on the survival context of microfinance institutions from a political and cultural perspective. Compared to other methods of poverty alleviation, microfinance, as a new financial channel, seems more ...

Jefferson County, Alabama: A Perfect Storm of Ethical, Financial, Political, and Market Failures

Morris, Louis (2011-07-06)

This study details the ethical, financial, political, and market failures that have nearly caused the Jefferson County, Alabama to file what may become the largest municipal bankruptcy in the history of the nation.

More than Moral Leadership: Building Organizational Capacity for Promoting Ethical Behavior - Survey Evidence from Alabama Local Governments

Asencio Aragón, Hugo (2012-07-24)

This study addresses a deficiency identified in the public administration literature on how to design and sustain public organizations in which ethical reasoning and decision making is possible. It employs original survey ...

Planetary Partnerships and Their Role in Global Environmental Governance

Kauffman, Brenda (2010-04-08)

Finding solutions to global environmental problems has practical, scientific, theoretical, and academic importance. As a practical matter protecting the earth’s bio-systems is necessary for human survival. As resources ...

Public Administration Revealed: A Trinitarian Approach

Reyes, Maria (2012-11-16)

This is an attempt to offer a window into the good that government can do through new possibilities beyond the practical and economical. Public administration theory has been moving away from its original narrow, scientistic, ...