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University at Albany, State University of New York

Political Science

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2018

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Homeland Security/Emergency Management Budgets By Each U.S. State: Why Do Some States Allocate So Much More Money Than Others Do?, Anna R. Agnes May 2018

Homeland Security/Emergency Management Budgets By Each U.S. State: Why Do Some States Allocate So Much More Money Than Others Do?, Anna R. Agnes

Political Science

Why do some U.S. states allocate so much more money to their homeland security/emergency management budgets than others states do? This paper looks at multiple possible claims as to why this might be, including the political party control of the state, the state’s location to another country or body of water, the history of terrorist attacks in the state since September 11th, 2001, and the amount of money that is allocated to the state from the federal Homeland Security Grant Program. Budget information on each state’s homeland security/emergency management budget as well as the state’s overall FY 17 budget was …


Underwhelming Success Of United States Foreign Assistance, Yissett Peralta May 2018

Underwhelming Success Of United States Foreign Assistance, Yissett Peralta

Political Science

Foreign assistance offers, humanitarian support, military support and financial support to recipients who have faced some form of disaster. In my research I have concluded that the underwhelming success, is to do many things, a countries instability, corruption, but most importantly the time and finances the United is willing or not will to put forth for that country. In analyzing the underwhelming success, one must also factor in the goals and interest of the United States, providing aid to certain countries. In conducting my research and analyzing Iraq, Bosnia and Haiti, the money is not being used in an efficient …