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Elite Aspects In Selected Thinkers Of Russian Communist Thought, Julianne E. Smith

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The Military In The Politics Of South Korea, 1961-1966: The Role Of Political Institution-Building, Soo Young Auh

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Existentialism And The Freedom Theme, Kalmain D. Smith

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A Study Of The Attitudes Of Michigan Civil Servants Toward Regulations On Their Political Activity, Lauri E. Kallio

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A Test Of The Affects Of Selected Variables On Student Attitudes Toward Political Participation, Donald R. Clark

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Future Social Science Teachers: An Exploratory Study Of Political Attitudes And Orientations, Laird Douglas Murray

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Authority Characteristics And Municipal Outputs: An Analysis, Harold E. Old

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Environmental Stimulants Upon The Activity Potential Of Political Party Committees: A Case Study Of Michigan Congressional District Committees, 1969, Shirley M. Mcfee

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The United Arab Republic's Relation With The U.S.S.R Between The Suez, 1956, And The June, 1967, Wars, Helwan Mohamed Habter

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The Electoral College: Retention, Reform, Or Abolition?, Gary E. Brown

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Several Presidential elections during our history have shown that the electoral college machine is a crude invention that has never been "well-oiled" and two elections within the last decade are vivid proof of this problem.

A Study Of The 1968 Emergency Legislation Of The Federal Republic Of Germany, Donald J. Van Doeselaar

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The Yugoslav Communist Party: Decentralization And Reorganization, Barbara P. Mccrea

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Value Orientation And Game Theory, David Lloyd Andrews

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The Developing Image Of The Soviet Union: A Case Study Of Soviet Participation In Unesco, 1946 To 1967, Jerry J. Morris

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Constant Elements Of Soviet Inspection Proposals For Disarmament, Philip Clifton Lewis

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Voting Patterns In Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Donald R. Holt

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Ideological Orientations Of The New Left, John Henry Dinse

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A Content Analysis Of Philippine School Textbooks: A Study Of Political Socialization And Development, Larry Lee Grosser

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Yugoslav Ideology And Its Importance To The Soviet Bloc: An Analysis, Christine Deichsel

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The Alliance For Progress: Policy Continuation Or Actual Reform?, Mario Mion

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The Alliance for Progress appears to falter within its own objectives. As such this is not unique to this aid program; other programs have encountered difficulties in their operation. However, the extent of the Alliance's failure to meet its stated goals raises the question of the efficacy of the program itself and, what is more significant, of the intent of the Alliance as a program of aid and as a tool for reform. In fact, the operational or mechanical difficulties per se are not surprising considering the obstacles Involved. Traditionally divergent economic and political patterns and social attitudes, here in …

The Evolution Of Patterns Of Seasonal Migration From San Juan Ostuncalco, William Parsons

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Game Theory And Power Politics, Michael Decker

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Preface

The contemporary argument over method reaches into all the traditional diversions of social science, of which political science is no exception. Such names as structure-functionalism, decision theory, systems analysis, behavioralism, and game theory have become commonplace identifications of political methodologies in the twentieth century. And if one consideration has generated this plethora of seemingly novel approaches to the study of politics, it is an epistemological one. Indeed, the argument seems to center around determining that kind of intellectual behavior which will best enable the student to understand political events.

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It is proposed in what follows that, in the …

The Politics Of Urban Renewal In Outstate Michigan, Lewis E. Soli

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The Challenge of the 60's

The city of the 1960's us awakening to its present condition and is attempting to take positive steps towards the alleviation or the solution of a multitude of problems. Typical of the problems is the erosion of the local tax base, a loss of population, an increase in crime and delinquency, and persistent demands by fringe area residents for extensions of municipal services. A problem that affects cities of all sizes is that of blight, deterioration, and decay. One method of dealing with this problem is through local participation in the Federally-sponsored urban renewal program. …

Order And Organization As Problems Of Developing Political Systems: Ghana And Nigeria, Hugh Michael Stevenson

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Introduction

The study of political development has come to dominate that branch of the discipline of political science concerned with comparative politics. There is, however, a terminological and methodological confusion in the literature that is in need of clarification.

An Examination Of The Concepts And Critics Of The Theories Of Mass Society, Jeffrey Stephen Margolis

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Introduction

The quotations above are representative of the three prominent problems entertained by the theories of mass society; that is, freedom in the polity, freedom in the community, and inner directiveness, or freedom with one's own self. This series of problems involves the totality of existence.

Traditional philosophic speculation, the realm of the totality, demands an examination of man's concept of what he is, and what he is not, of what he sees, and that which he does not see. For the prescription "Know thyself" is not only a panegyric for introspective soul seeking; rather, it is an encomium on …

U.S. Foreign Aid Policy: Its Impact On Public Opinion, Jane L. Olson

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Introduction

An analysis of the relationships between public policy and public opinion is vital to gaining an understanding and appreciation of the political process in the United States. According to democratic theory, citizens are to be free to express their views on issues and policy decisions. In a representative democracy the elected officials are supposed to carry out the wishes of their constituents. This study is directed toward analyzing the relationships between foreign aid policy and public opinion toward ten selected policy changes which have taken place since World War II. It focuses on the formal foreign aid program; and, …

An Exploratory Investigation Of The Indifferent Pattern Of Accommodation To Work-Related Organizations, John E. Blissick

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Introduction

In recent years there has been growing interest in the nature of workers' attitudes, values, and behavior.¹ One area of special concern has been a particular behavior pattern frequently observed among blue collar workers called indifference, and it generally refers to a lack of identification with one's work and work organization. Indifference is a phenomenon which occurs among almost all major groups of workers to some degree, but it has been observed most often and in its most intense forms among blue collar workers. In various forms it has been called apathy, noninvolvement, and un-affectedness. It has been …

The Private Session In Michigan Council-Manager City Government, Dale H. Poel

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Introduction

Norton Long has stated that "...under the deceptive uniformity of an apparently similar legal structure, a wide range of actual variance appears in the 'constitutions' of our local government."¹ The concern of this study is one part of that wide range of variance: the private and/or informal sessions held by councils in Michigan council-manager cities. These sessions are part of that variance which, if not understood, must lead to tentativeness and uncertainty in generalizations on the local government process. They would include any meetings of the council and manager other than the formal public meeting. Instances in which …

Planning And Democracy In France, Larry G. Massanari

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In the beginning of 1962, France launched its Fourth Plan to cover the period 1962-1965, and entered its sixteenth year of economic planning, Parodoxically, France which has so frequently seemed determined to demonstrate to the world an absolute incapacity for self-government has at the same time carried out a complicated experiment in economic planning, the results of which have frequently been brilliant; this is not to suggest that through planning the French have found answers to all of the many difficulties which still face them. It was immediately after World War II that France embarked upon their experiment in planning. …

Kalamazoo, Michigan, And The Formation Of The Republican Party Of Michigan, James M. Rigterink

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Introduction

When Judge Levi Baxter rapped for order in the afternoon of July 6, 1854, at Jackson, Michigan, his gavel echoed the discontent gripping the Old Northwest. "Fellow citizens of Michigan...," he said, "let us bow our heads and pray for success in the great enterprise which has brought us here."¹ In the oak grove the heads of 4,000 people of conviction bowed in agreement.² By evening of that day the Republican party of Michigan was an accomplished fact.

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the background of the Jackson convention of July 6, 1854, with …