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The Political Career Of Robert B. Crosby, Nebraska Governor, 1953-1955, Theodore J. Wehrbein
The Political Career Of Robert B. Crosby, Nebraska Governor, 1953-1955, Theodore J. Wehrbein
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This thesis examines the political career of Robert B. Crosby, Nebraska's twenty-seventh governor, whose early popularity ended with his efforts to comply with a State Supreme Court mandate to equalize state-wide property tax assessments. Elected to the Nebraska Legislature in 1940 and re-elected in 1942, Crosby was chosen at the age of 31 as the Speaker of the Legislature in 1943, the youngest person ever to hold that position. After serving two years in the United States Navy, he successfully ran as a Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 1946, and then, in a landslide victory, was elected Governor in …
Russia Shrinking : An Analysis Of Russia's Population Decline: Causes, Effects And Solutions, Michael C. Sullivan
Russia Shrinking : An Analysis Of Russia's Population Decline: Causes, Effects And Solutions, Michael C. Sullivan
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The author argues that population decline is the most important challenge to the Russian Federation in the twenty-first century. First explored are the causes o f the decline, including losses incurred during World War II and Stalin’s bloody purges of the 1930s. Massive health problems are reviewed and offered as leading causes of the loss o f population. Diseases such as alcoholism, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS are noted at the top o f the list. The writer points a finger at the health system as a whole, indicating that its status is of a third world country. Second, the writer examines …
I Want To Tell You What I Did And Why I Did It.: A Rhetorical Criticism Of The Crisis Rhetoric Of President George Bush, Barbara Jen Chandler
I Want To Tell You What I Did And Why I Did It.: A Rhetorical Criticism Of The Crisis Rhetoric Of President George Bush, Barbara Jen Chandler
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This study examines the rhetoric of President George Bush as he addressed four crisis situations during his term in office— The Panama Invasion in December 1989, the Flag Desecration issue in June 1990, the Persian Gulf War in August 1990 and the Los Angeles riots in April 1992. The discourse was analyzed to discover characteristics o f his crisis communication rhetorical style and strategy, and to determine whether his crisis communication supported the arguments for a crisis rhetoric genre. Bush’s style and strategy were examined in terms of the rhetorical elements of speaker, audience, topic and setting. The analysis revealed …
Michael V. Disalle In Ohio Politics: 1950-1962, Diana Draur
Michael V. Disalle In Ohio Politics: 1950-1962, Diana Draur
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Ohio, an agricultural and industrial state, is basically a conservative Republican state. Yet in 1958, Michael V. DiSalle, a liberal Democrat who had been closely associated with President Harry Truman's Fair Deal, was elected governor for the first four-year term legislated in the history of the state. Two years earlier the Ohio newspapermen at their gridiron show "buried" Mike DiSalle because he had lost three previous statewide elections, one for Governor and two for the United States Senate. These men had not studied the history of Ohio politics. This thesis plans to discuss the circumstances and actions that made DiSalle's …
Industrial Democracy In West Germany: Co-Determination And Participation, John A. Witt
Industrial Democracy In West Germany: Co-Determination And Participation, John A. Witt
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The theory and practice of democracy may be viewed from many different perspectives: (1) as a means of achieving higher ends; (2) as a political method for the allocation of finite resources; (3) as a protective system to guard the people from one another; (4) as an authority structure in which everyone is to have a semblance of equal say; (5) as a way to alleviate and resolve power conflicts among competing factions; (6) as a way of representing the masses in complex political affairs; (7) as an aspect of the distinctive and often unique culture of a particular nation.
The Second Chinese Banking Consortium: The Open Door And Finance Diplomacy, Pauline Selenke Pesek
The Second Chinese Banking Consortium: The Open Door And Finance Diplomacy, Pauline Selenke Pesek
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This thesis is an attempt to analyze the events of the Second Chinese Banking Consortium, signed in 1920, and the relationship of this event to America's China policy, generally referred to as the Open Door Policy. The Consortium demostrates how the Open Door Policy developed as a part of American foreign policy, and how the State Department hoped to use American capitial as the right arm or a tool of American diplomacy in China.
Party Politics In Belize, Thomas E. Ryan
Party Politics In Belize, Thomas E. Ryan
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The aim of this paper will be to describe and evaluate the party system of Belize within its historical context as an agency of political development. Toward this end it shall be necessary to outline the governmental structure, to classify the party system within the framework of a morphology of party systems, and to explore the history, ideology and present status of the respective parties. These various considerations will be preparatory to an analysis of the question of whether Belizean political parties are in the procress of constructing a modern political system.
Franklin Roosevelt's Advisory System: The Institutionalization Of The Executive Office Of The President, James C. Rowling
Franklin Roosevelt's Advisory System: The Institutionalization Of The Executive Office Of The President, James C. Rowling
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Since its inception in 1787, the Office of the President of the United States has had to deal with many governmental problems, burdening the President with extraordinary decisions. As the country has grown in population, in geography, and in world influence the number of problems and decisions has escalated, placing immense pressure upon the decision making procress. Today, decisions made by the President of the United States can affect the future of the entire world. Consequently, the advice and administrative assistance a president receives when he is making these decisions is crucial. Furnishing the President with this advice and assistance …
American Policy Toward The Defense Of Formosa And The Offshore Islands, 1954-1955, Donald H. Chang
American Policy Toward The Defense Of Formosa And The Offshore Islands, 1954-1955, Donald H. Chang
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The American attitude toward the defense of Formosa and the offshore islands during the Quemoy crisis that erupted in September 1954 was intertwined with American policy toward China in general and the Nationalist Government in Formosa in particular. The United States had tried to stay out of the civil conflict between the Nationalists and the Communists. Yet the sequence of events that developed in the Far East forced the United States to take a position in favor of the Nationalists on Formosa. The American policy toward Formosa, although it ran counter to the Communists, was not fully identified with the …
The Great Debate: Truman's Decision To Deploy American Ground Forces To Europe, 1950-1951, Gary L. Ruppert
The Great Debate: Truman's Decision To Deploy American Ground Forces To Europe, 1950-1951, Gary L. Ruppert
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Following World War II the United States Government made world commitments which were no less than revolutionary. Sooner or later President Harry S. Truman had to come to a showdown with his critics, for the conservatives and pre-World War II isolationists never readily accepted America's new position in world affairs. As frustration mounted, right wing elements of the Republican Party combined with a few dissident Democrats to challenge the Administration in its handling of foreign affairs. The fall of China followed a short time later by aggression in Korea solidified the Truman critics and opened what amounted to a major …
United States Foreign Policy With The Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1945-1959, Otis C. Moore
United States Foreign Policy With The Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1945-1959, Otis C. Moore
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This thesis considers the changes in United States relations with the Soviet Union after World War II. In discussing the major events which shaped the changes in policy, I have not addressed the details of the events themselves, since each in itself is worthy of a complete volume. Instead, I have limited by discussion to the broad indicators of diplomatic policy changes which resulted from the events.
The New Deal In Dawson County, Nebraska, Jerold L. Simmons
The New Deal In Dawson County, Nebraska, Jerold L. Simmons
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The election of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 reflected a major change in the political thinking of the American people. Although this change was largely brought about by the economic difficulties of the 1930's, the success and popularity of the Roosevelt Administration solidified this change, forming among certain interest groups an almost permanent New Deal philosophy. The farmers of the Great Plains, particularly those of Nebraska, did not follow the pattern set by other economic groups. Even though they gave Roosevelt overwhelming support in 1932 and generally approved of the economic benefits of the New Deal farm program, by 1940 …
Cuba And Its Good Neighbor: A Microcosm Of Changing United States Policy Toward Latin America, Thomas Lyle Olson
Cuba And Its Good Neighbor: A Microcosm Of Changing United States Policy Toward Latin America, Thomas Lyle Olson
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The emphais of this study is upon the dichotomy created by the United States trying earnestly to promost the Good Neighbor policy while at the same time exhibiting an unwillingness to allow complete self-determination by promoting a stable and conservative government. The study proceeds only through 1934 because, by that time, although the Good Neighbor policy continued, it had had its effect upon the Republic of Cuba and the relationships between the two countries had been established in a pattern which would continue until the Castro revolution. In addition, after 1934 there is a void in the amount of primary …
The Independent Candidacy Of George Norris In The 1936 Nebraska Senatorial Contest, Frederic L. Splittgerber
The Independent Candidacy Of George Norris In The 1936 Nebraska Senatorial Contest, Frederic L. Splittgerber
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The purpose of this study was to analyze the circumstances which fostered nomination and election of an independent candidate, George Norris of Nebraska, to the United States Senate in 1936. Beginning with the political and economic background of the state of Nebraska, an attempt has been made to study progressively highlights, events, and personalities through the primaries, the state and national conventions, the summer activities of the candidates, as well as the rigorous fall campaigning, and the election in November. Cause and effect relationships in this unique election were evaluated in order to propound a theory regarding the possibilities of …
The National Election Of 1912 In Nebraska, C L. Hartman
The National Election Of 1912 In Nebraska, C L. Hartman
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Before 1912, the Nebraska delegates to the national party conventions were chosen by state conventions, dominated the local bosses. The presidential preference primary law now effective for the first time, provided for popular choice of delegates, and left the politicians guessing as to the character of those delegations. There were inclications in October, 1911, that the Nebraska republicans favored William Howard Taft and Robert H. La Follette. The democratic situation was far more complex. The followers of William Jennings Bryan were divided about eqaully between Woodrow Wilson and Champ Clark, while Bryan was friendly to both. Democratic organization leaders, particularly …