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Voting Your (Home)Values: An Empirical Assessment Of Homeownership And Voting Patterns In Seattle, Carter Fredrick Morfitt
Voting Your (Home)Values: An Empirical Assessment Of Homeownership And Voting Patterns In Seattle, Carter Fredrick Morfitt
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In this paper, I draw on data from King County Elections and the U.S. Census Bureau's American Communities survey in an attempt to assess the predictions of the "homevoter hypothesis", which posits that homeowners tend to support policy measures that will boost their home values and oppose policy measures that could be perceived as a threat to their home values.
Banking Services For Low-Income Consumers: Is Everyone Receiving Their Fair Share?, Cristin Koegen
Banking Services For Low-Income Consumers: Is Everyone Receiving Their Fair Share?, Cristin Koegen
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Government has a responsibility to treat all its citizens with equal concern. It is an undeniable fact that just as citizens have obligations to the government, such as obeying the laws passed by the legislatures and paying taxes, governments must reciprocate the favor to citizens by showing equal concern for all. One can view the relationship between government and citizens as a web of obligations; citizens must respect and obey the government, and government must respect and protect all citizens. In order for government to remain stable and legitimate, the web must be reciprocal; if citizens fail to pay taxes …
Congress’S Goal Of The Protection Of Civil Rights Of Persons With Disabilities: Facing The Challenge Of A Narrowing Supreme Court, Amy M. (Amy Michelle) Kalman
Congress’S Goal Of The Protection Of Civil Rights Of Persons With Disabilities: Facing The Challenge Of A Narrowing Supreme Court, Amy M. (Amy Michelle) Kalman
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The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 was enacted with lofty goals. One of them was to call to the attention of the American people that "disability Is part of the human experience; all citizens have an Interest in ensuring that the values that form the basis for the ADA pervade our national life." More than ten years later, it cannot be correctly argued that complete equality of treatment and opportunity has been achieved for persons with disabilities through the ADA. When Congress created the act, as was seen in other federal civil rights legislation. It listed its prime mandate …
The Alternative Of Socially Responsible Investment, Stephanie Lynn Fox
The Alternative Of Socially Responsible Investment, Stephanie Lynn Fox
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Free market, capitalist ideology is increasingly becoming the basis of the world economy. Over the past century the economic system of capitalism has proven to be highly effective and profitable, creating wealth and increasing productivity levels. However, the capitalist imperative to maximize profits is often accomplished at the expense of countless social and environmental factors. The ruling forces of capitalism that drive industry to be more efficient, more profitable, and expand to new markets, have left environmental degradation, cyclical poverty and hunger, as well as social strife in the wake of productivity. The social needs of many employees, including decent …