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In the Aftermath of the September 11th attacks, the fear of apocalyptic terrorism has caused many Americans and academics worldwide to reexamine previously held beliefs on the morality and suitability of torture as a means of ensuring...
Elected representatives have incentives to vote as their constituents would. Otherwise, they face the prospect of being removed from office in the next election. However, scholars studying the degree to which legislators act in the...
Representation may be viewed as a dance in which the citizens and their representatives move in graceful unison. The question posed here is not whether this dance occurs, but rather what sustains it. Results presented throughout this...
The purpose of this project is to gain a broader understanding of how the multiple contexts in which individuals interact influence political behavior and attitudes. By drawing upon and adapting work from community psychology the...
Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are third-party administrators that assist employers and insurers in managing prescription drug benefits. The practices of PBMs remain largely unregulated at the national level and lack transparency, ...
This dissertation consists of three essays examining the role of direct democracy in the American states. The papers broadly examine how actors in the direct democracy process decide to support ballot measures. Paper one is a panel...
This is a 3 paper dissertation dealing with money in politics. Chapter 1 uses a unique dataset of Congressional committee activity to test Procedural Cartel Theory. It finds that though campaign contributions have little effect on roll...
In this dissertation I examine the relationship of power between federal, state, and local units of government. Specifically, I explore when a level of government will either gain discretion or be limited in action: resulting in either...
Does privatization of state-owned assets result in economic growth? This paper seeks to theoretically and empirically link this market reform strategy to the outcome of economic growth. By taking a deeper look at developing countries, ...
The management of natural resources has undergone a fundamental change over the past decade. The traditional management approach that relies on command and control institutions, and punitive measures to enforce existing statues is now...
There are generally considered to be three main types of economic voting: pocketbook, sociotropic, and group based. In their article "Dimensions of Sociotropic Behavior: Group-Based Judgments of Fairness and Well Being, Diana Mutz and...
Third party presidential candidates often attract a great deal of attention, but there are multitudes of non-major party candidates at lower levels seeking to influence American politics. The following analysis will examine the...
International actors have championed the rule of law as a fundamental principal for national progress among developing states. But for the post-colonial democracies of the Caribbean region, the concept of the rule of law engenders...
How does legislation get from one level of government to a higher level? This paper examines the role of organized interest groups in the process known as upward vertical policy diffusion between the state and the national levels of...
The European Union has undergone a great expansion in the past decade, opening its doors to twelve fellow European countries with an accelerated accession process. On the outskirts of this encompassing enlargement process remains Turkey, ...
Public opinion surveys have demonstrated that many Americans perceive ideological bias in television news. For many individuals, the two networks that epitomize this bias are Fox News Channel and CNN, the networks that many believe...
Over time, some counties in Florida have shifted spending away from social services to public safety--despite increasing demands on local governments to provide social services--while others have not. This tradeoff between spending...
Ethnic violence broke out in the Soviet Union during the second half of Mikhail Gorbachev's time as Soviet leader. In general, Soviet leaders were taken by surprise by the upsurge in nationalism in the USSR. They came to believe that...
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