Browsing by Department "Political Science"
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The Georgia Voter Identification Requirement: Is it a Form of Voter Disenfranchisement?
(2012-05-04)
As an American citizen, my observation reveals that access to the franchise has been prohibited or limited for African Americans and the poor since 1863. Congress and the Supreme Court have been consistent in their legislation ...
The Ghana National Health Insurance Policy: Evaluation of Equity of Coverage and Financial Sustainability
(2014-08-07)
One of the overarching objectives of initiating and implementing public policy is to enhance and advance the welfare of citizens. It is in this disposition that the Ghana government in 2003 initiated a universal health ...
Government Structure, Economic Inequality, and Social Safety Net Provision in US Counties
(2016-08-04)
This study examines the relationship between economic inequality and social safety net spending at the county level between 1996 and 2010. Three key questions are explored. What effect does the interaction between economic ...
The Growth of Private Voluntary Organizations 1968-2004
(2006-12-15)
The increase in the number of private voluntary organizations (PVOs) registered with the United States Agency for International Development was analyzed for the period 1968-2004. The factors that were used to explain the ...
Home is Where the Politics Are: An Exploration of Place-based Politics
(2023-04-13)
Political research has often considered identity and the role it plays in shaping a person's political ideology and party affiliation. When referencing identity, there are multiple identities that one can consider including ...
The Impact of Political and Cultural Factors on the Success of Microfinance Institutions
(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 ...
The Impact of Public-Nonprofit Collaboration on the Capacity of Public Institutions in Nigeria.
(2023-04-03)
My dissertation explores the potential of public and nonprofit sector collaboration to improve public institutional capacity through institutional isomorphism. One of the major problems that has been identified in developing ...
Impacts of National Issues Forums on Participant Efficacy and Behavior
(2011-12-05)
Deliberative democracy theorists argue citizen participation is a critical aspect of democratic government. In this exploratory study, deliberative community forums created by the National Issues Forums were conducted in ...
In the Shadow of the Presidency: Presidential Management and the Influence of Cabinet Secretaries
(2016-05-06)
Scholars today recognize weaknesses in the president’s ability to pass significant legislation. I ask how presidents can increase their overall influence. They must look internally at their management style and the ...
Indigent Defense in Five Southern States: Factors that Influence State Administrative Oversight
(2010-07-16)
The right to legal representation for those accused of crime is now a constitutional right across the American legal system. State oversight of indigent defense programs in the American states has not been the subject of ...
Industrialization, Deindustrialization and Re-Industrialization in a Southern U.S. State: Alabama from 1970-2010
(2014-08-20)
Over the last fifty years, the U.S. has transitioned through three periods of manufacturing, (a) “The Industrial Period” from 1945-1979, (b) “Deindustrialization of America from 1980-2000, and (c) “Re-industrialization of ...
Influencing the Spread of Prison Menstrual Laws: A Three Essay Analysis of Prison Menstrual Legislation
(2023-11-15)
With the growth of women in prison reaching immense rates, states and their response to the unique needs of women prisoners are critical. Understanding what factors influence states to pass prison menstrual laws can inform ...
The Information Environment of State Agency Heads: Variations in Contact, Information Seeking, and Inclusiveness
(2018-04-24)
State agency administrators perform similar tasks across vastly different environments throughout the American states on a daily basis. These agency heads perform their duties at a unique nexus of politics, policy, and ...
The Institutionalization of Military Base Closing
(2006-05-15)
The reason the theory of institutionalization is so important is that it provides the basis for optimum efficiency and effectiveness, two pillars of public administration, within government organizations. Administrative ...
Interdependence Theory, China and American Security Interests
(2006-05-15)
This research examines how the economic relationship between the United States and China impacts the potential for dyadic conflict. We employed Interdependence Theory to explain this relationship. Our purpose is to examine ...
International Military Education and Training Program as a Tool of Smart Power
(2012-12-05)
The International Military Education and Training (IMET) have been functional since
1976 as a part of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA). The proposed dissertation seeks to
investigate the effects that the IMET ...
Ivory Tower Whistleblowers and Hotlines: Higher Education Institutions' (HEI) Voluntary Implementation of NACUBO-recommended Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act of 2002 Whistleblowing Best Practices Provisions: A Web-Based Survey Instrument and Exploratory Research to Determine HEI Level of Implementation, Expectations, Effects and Barriers
(2014-12-04)
The purpose of this exploratory study is to determine Higher Education Institutions’ (HEIs) level of implementation, expectations and effects from voluntarily implementing National Association of College and University ...
Jefferson County, Alabama: A Perfect Storm of Ethical, Financial, Political, and Market Failures
(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.
Just War Theory and Armed Non-State Actors
(2015-05-13)
In the modern era mankind faces challenges that include: globalization, regional and
international institutions assuming sovereign authority over states, devastating acts of terrorism,
24-hour international news coverage, ...
Killing the Common Core: An Analysis of State Policymaking
(2017-07-22)
Policymaking research explains and predicts what will happen when an issue enters the policy stream and why changes occur. Numerous theories, frameworks, and models have been created to attempt to explain policy shifts. ...