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A Roll Call Analysis Of Family Policy Legislation In The United States House Of Representatives: 1979-1994., Elizabeth Stewart Atkinson
A Roll Call Analysis Of Family Policy Legislation In The United States House Of Representatives: 1979-1994., Elizabeth Stewart Atkinson
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
This study is an examination of the roll call voting behaviors of members of the House of Representatives toward family policy legislation during the years 1979 to 1994. The two objectives of this study are (a) to determine whether a family policy domain exists among the legislation considered by the House during each of the sessions examined in this study, and (b) to explain and predict the voting behavior of House members toward family policy legislation. After a review of the theories of legislative voting behavior, the literature on legislative voting behavior, and the relevant family science literature, an empirical …
Continued Consequences Of Race-Based Redistricting: An Analysis Of Incumbent Roll-Call Voting Behavior And Candidate Emergence In The 1990s., Christine Leveaux Sharpe
Continued Consequences Of Race-Based Redistricting: An Analysis Of Incumbent Roll-Call Voting Behavior And Candidate Emergence In The 1990s., Christine Leveaux Sharpe
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
There have been many claims made that the creation of the majority-black district has led to a more conservative Congress, both in terms of roll-call voting behavior and partisan membership. I contend that there is a direct relationship and an indirect relationship between the creation of majority-black districts and increased conservatism in the House. The direct relationship focuses on the roll-call voting behavior of the House member. The indirect relationship focuses on the partisan makeup of the House. The analysis is couched in broad-based rational choice theory, asserting that incumbent House members and prospective House candidates behave strategically in an …
Components That Should Be Included In An Ethics Enhancement Program For State Legislatures., Kenneth Ward
Components That Should Be Included In An Ethics Enhancement Program For State Legislatures., Kenneth Ward
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
The purpose of the study was to identify the components and sub-components that should be included in an ethics enhancement program for a state legislature, as perceived by a national panel of experts in the areas of legislative ethics. A Delphi panel comprised of state legislators and state ethics officers was established and comprised of persons representing each of the four regions of the United States. In Round One of the study, the panel identified 12 primary components and 124 related sub-components for an ethics enhancement program in a state legislature. Each of the suggested items were unique and nearly …
Media Priming In The 1980 Presidential Election., Gina Leigh Corell
Media Priming In The 1980 Presidential Election., Gina Leigh Corell
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
This study will focus on a specific election, the 1980 presidential race. Through an examination of the media coverage, key issues, and the candidates, this research will provide a context for the statistical analysis that follows. This research explores the impact of media and other determinants of candidate assessment and vote choice. The findings in this study not only support the argument that news affects elections but also clarify the exact nature of that influence. The research uses the theory of priming as its theoretical base. The American National Election Study Survey for the 1980 presidential election is the data …
School Desegregation From Brown To Fordice, 1954-1992: A Case Study In American Individualism., Albert Leon Samuels
School Desegregation From Brown To Fordice, 1954-1992: A Case Study In American Individualism., Albert Leon Samuels
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
In United States v. Fordice (1992), the Supreme Court declared that racially nondiscriminatory admissions and hiring policies alone failed to satisfy the state of Mississippi's "affirmative duty" to dismantle a previously de jure system of segregated higher education. However, the justices declined to define precisely what the state must do to satisfy its constitutional obligations, leaving in its wake a host of unresolved questions. Of particular concern to many African Americans is the fact that the future status of public black universities was left in the balance. Using a case study approach, this dissertation argues that higher education desegregation cannot …
Half Empty Or Half Full: Explaining Black Attitudes Toward Affirmative Action., Maruice Louis Mangum
Half Empty Or Half Full: Explaining Black Attitudes Toward Affirmative Action., Maruice Louis Mangum
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
Using the Black National Election Study series (1984, 1988, and 1996), I estimate black support for affirmative action. I develop models that capture the effects of self-interest (as reflected in socioeconomic and demographic characteristics, and perceptions of both racial threat and racial fairness) and symbolic politics attitudes (the core values of egalitarianism and individualism, political ideology, partisanship, and group consciousness). The method of choice is Ordinary Least Squares Estimation. An examination of the data shows that what drives black attitudes toward affirmative action are largely symbolic politics attitudes, not the effects of self-interest. Generally speaking, the theory of symbolic politics …