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The Role Of Social Class And Construal Level In Social Justice And Fairness Beliefs, Prerana Bharadwaj
The Role Of Social Class And Construal Level In Social Justice And Fairness Beliefs, Prerana Bharadwaj
Doctoral Dissertations
What predicts support for the redistribution of resources to improve socioeconomic inequality? Social class, or the subjective perception of one’s resources and position in relation to others in a larger society, was examined as one relevant characteristic. Across four experiments, social class as subjective social status was manipulated (two) and measured (all four), and found to have a significant negative effect on support for the moral values of group-based equality (social justice) but not on individual deservingness (fairness) separate from political identity and other demographic characteristics. This effect was seen on stated principles but particularly relevant in approval ratings of …
A Methodology For Determining The Local Impacts Of Defense Spending, Umass Amherst Center Economic Development
A Methodology For Determining The Local Impacts Of Defense Spending, Umass Amherst Center Economic Development
Center for Economic Development Technical Reports
This report was meant to determine what the economic impact of Department of Defense cutbacks would have been on local communities in Western Massachusetts. This project provided a methodology to determine what these local impacts were. The plan was to have policy makers use this data to create strategies which may ease the effects of defense spending cutbacks on their communities.
A Comparative Analysis Fire, Police, And Public Works Departments Pelham, Massachusetts, Center For Economic Development
A Comparative Analysis Fire, Police, And Public Works Departments Pelham, Massachusetts, Center For Economic Development
Center for Economic Development Technical Reports
In an ongoing effort to evaluate the effectiveness of its operations, the Town of Pelham engaged the services of the Center for Economic Development (CED) at the University of Massachusetts to examine the Highway (DPW), Police and Fire departments.
To that end, CED produced a detailed matrix comparing Pelham's three departments with those of three other communities; contacted professional and government organizations for potentially useful trends and researched additional information requested by the town. Herewith are the results of these efforts.
It was agreed that a comparative analysis of an extensive list of descriptive characteristics between Pelham's and three other …