Rethinking Critical Mass In The Federal Appellate Courts.,
2013
University of Louisville
Rethinking Critical Mass In The Federal Appellate Courts., Laura Moyer
Faculty and Staff Scholarship
This article draws from critical mass studies of gender in other political institutions to inform an application to the US Courts of Appeals. The results demonstrate the utility of considering court-level aspects of diversity. As mixed-sex panels become more common within a circuit, both male and female judges increasingly support plaintiffs in civil rights claims, though the magnitude of the effect is larger for women. The presence of a female chief judge is also positively associated with pro-plaintiff decisions by men and women in sex discrimination cases.
The Will To Adapt: The Post 2008 Us Economic Crisis And Its Impact On Refugee Resettlement In The United States,
2013
Connecticut College
The Will To Adapt: The Post 2008 Us Economic Crisis And Its Impact On Refugee Resettlement In The United States, Meredith Byrne
Government and International Relations Honors Papers
No abstract provided.
North Dakota’S Oil Boom And Its Effect On North Dakota Politics,
2013
Bemidji State University
North Dakota’S Oil Boom And Its Effect On North Dakota Politics, Nick "Nick" Nelson
Political Science Theses and Capstones
North Dakota’s oil boom is causing some of its countries to experience significant population increases. I study the effect this is having on the politics of North Dakota. To assess the effect of increased oil production on the population of counties and its effect on the politics of those counties I gathered statistics at the county level in the areas of oil production, populations including total, black, Hispanic, white, and male populations, and voting behavior (Republican or Democrat) from the United State Census, the North Dakota Secretary of State, and the North Dakota Industrial Commission, Department of Natural Resources. My …
Latino Party Id: Inherited Or Learned?,
2013
Bemidji State University
Latino Party Id: Inherited Or Learned?, Dylan Davison
Political Science Theses and Capstones
The purpose of this research is to find out whether political party identification is learned or inherited in Latino voters in the United States. Latino voters are the largest growing minority group in the United States. Understanding this growing block of voters will yield dividends in elections to come. I utilized a 2008 dataset from a post‐election survey by Pew Research group on Latino voters. I hypothesize that recent immigrants learn their party identification while more established Latino voters are more likely to have inherited their political views. If Latino party identification is learned it is more likely that they …
Parties, Leaders, And The National Debt,
2013
University of Richmond
Parties, Leaders, And The National Debt, Daniel Palazzolo
Political Science Faculty Publications
There is widespread agreement that the United States is headed for a train wreck of massive proportions if its leaders do not address the problem of the national debt. However, the nation's leaders appear unable to agree to terms about a potential solution, a dynamic that poses fundamental concerns about the capacity of the constitutional system and ability of citizens to self-govern. The conventional wisdom holds that politicians are chiefly concerned about reelection, so they refuse to make tough choices that might offend constituencies and powerful interest groups. Of particular consequence is the growing polarization of the parties and inability …
The Filibuster And Reconciliation: The Future Of Majoritarian Lawmaking In The U.S. Senate,
2013
Emory University School of Law
The Filibuster And Reconciliation: The Future Of Majoritarian Lawmaking In The U.S. Senate, Tonja Jacobi, Jeff Vandam
Faculty Articles
Passing legislation in the United States Senate has become a de facto super-majoritarian undertaking, due to the gradual institutionalization of the filibuster — the practice of unending debate in the Senate. The filibuster is responsible for stymieing many legislative policies, and was the cause of decades of delay in the development of civil rights protection. Attempts at reforming the filibuster have only exacerbated the problem. However, reconciliation, a once obscure budgetary procedure, has created a mechanism of avoiding filibusters. Consequently, reconciliation is one of the primary means by which significant controversial legislation has been passed in recent years — including …
United States Export Policy Of Fighter Jets To East Asia,
2013
University of Central Florida
United States Export Policy Of Fighter Jets To East Asia, Andrew Derewiany
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
What explains fighter jet export policy to East Asia? The decision to export fighter jets from the United States (U.S.) to foreign countries is an important part of domestic and foreign policy. James Rosenau’s theory of linkage politics suggests that domestic and international variables may work together in complex ways to develop U.S. export policy of fighter jets. This thesis uses a comparative case study approach to examine the domestic and international factors that are influential in determining U.S. export policy of fighter jets to Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. The political actors involved in making U.S. fighter jet export …
Playing Politics With Rape: Republican Apologia In The 2012 Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization,
2013
Hollins University
Playing Politics With Rape: Republican Apologia In The 2012 Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization, Kelsey Deforest
Undergraduate Research Awards
"During the second half of 2012, heightened scrutiny was applied to Republican politicians’ discussion of sexual assault. This wave of interrogation, though, began too late to affect the debates over the 2012 Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization. This paper will problematize these debates by analyzing the rhetoric of self-defense used by Republican legislators in the House of Representatives to defend their VAWA Reauthorization bill. By applying a feminist critical discourse analysis to the final VAWA Reauthorization debate held on May 16, 2012, this paper shows that the actions of the Republican legislators are rooted in a desire to protect the …
Ethics In Public Management,
2013
University of Kansas Main Campus
Ethics In Public Management, H. George Frederickson, Richard K. Ghere
Political Science Faculty Publications
This volume follows two earlier projects undertaken by Frederickson (1993) and Frederickson and Ghere (2005) to present collections of theoretical essays and empirical analyses on administrative ethics. Three years before the publication of the first volume —Frederickson's Ethics and Public Administration — the National Commission on the Public Service released Leadership for America (also known as the Volcker Commission Report) that attested to "the quiet crisis" in government whereby "too many of the best of the nation's senior executives are ready to leave government, and not enough of its most talented young people are willing to join. This erosion in …
Ngo Leadership And Human Rights,
2013
University of Dayton
Ngo Leadership And Human Rights, Richard K. Ghere
Political Science Faculty Publications
This book provides preliminary understanding of what the term NGO means; explains how "human rights" affect NGO missions; and focuses on the meaning of "leadership" in NGOs in comparison to private sector and government agency leadership. It also encourages readers with vocational aspirations in human rights work to think strategically in preparing for their professional futures.
The Relationship Between Comprehensive Budgeting And Party Polarization In The U.S. Congress,
2013
Claremont McKenna College
The Relationship Between Comprehensive Budgeting And Party Polarization In The U.S. Congress, Anna Eames
CMC Senior Theses
The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 made the production of an annual comprehensive budgetary framework the central focus of the federal budget process. Before 1974, the budget process had allowed legislation from each of the revenue committees and each of the appropriations subcommittees to come to the floor separately. Congress judged the merits of individual programs without considering the overall budget. The 1974 budget act changed the organizational ethos of the budget process from incremental change to comprehensive review and from fragmented, ad hoc decision making to coordinated decision making. It helped sort members into ideologically homogenous …
Latinos And The California Gop: A Troubled Courtship,
2013
Claremont McKenna College
Latinos And The California Gop: A Troubled Courtship, Hannah Burak
CMC Senior Theses
The Republican Party of California faces a serious demographic challenge as a burgeoning Latino population threatens to turn this majority-minority state a darker shade of blue. The purpose of my research and of this thesis is to explore the relationship between Latino voters in California and the Republican Party and to draw conclusions about the most viable and proven means of attracting Latino votes to Republican candidates. The Latino vote is by no means a lost cause for Republicans. My research supports several claims, which are laid out here and discussed throughout the paper. The first is that the Republican …
Re-Evaluating The American Dream For Low-Wage Chinese Workers In Los Angeles,
2013
Claremont McKenna College
Re-Evaluating The American Dream For Low-Wage Chinese Workers In Los Angeles, Priscilla Hsu
CMC Senior Theses
The research in this thesis will look at the lives of a very specific group of Chinese immigrant workers in the restaurant industry, particularly those in the metropolitan city of Los Angeles. While unskilled Chinese workers are popular in the Chinese restaurant business because of the lack of skills required, they are quite mobile between the manufacturing and construction sectors as well. Working conditions are less than ideal for these immigrants, who find that life in America may not be what they expected prior to arrival. Though there are many organizations that seek to improve the lives of immigrants already …
How Many Barack Obamas Does It Take: An Analysis Of The Effect Of Charter Schools On Real Estate And Crime,
2013
Claremont McKenna College
How Many Barack Obamas Does It Take: An Analysis Of The Effect Of Charter Schools On Real Estate And Crime, Aananditaa Kakkar
CMC Senior Theses
This study looks at the relationship between charter school presence and neighborhood quality in Los Angeles. Using data from the Los Angeles Department of Education, Zillow Real Estate, and the Los Angeles Sheriff, this paper attempts to find whether changes in charter presence influence the price of surrounding real estate or the occurrence of serious and petty crimes. The results find that charter schools tend to be associated with a decrease in home sale prices. The results on crime imply that crime increases upon the opening of charter schools, however they are statistically insignificant.
Presidential Politics: The Social Media Revolution,
2013
Claremont McKenna College
Presidential Politics: The Social Media Revolution, Alexandra P. Toohey
CMC Senior Theses
Throughout the course of history, presidential campaigning has evolved commensurate with the advancements in technology. FDR mastered the radio, JFK the television and President Barack Obama, the Internet. In both the 2008 and 2012 Presidential campaigns, President Barack Obama used social media via the Internet to understand the voter better than any candidate before his time. Through revolutionary data collection techniques, both offline and online, the Obama campaign obtained vital electorate information. This data was used by the campaign to: target online social media users who were most likely to become politically engaged; and attempt to influence their voting habits, …
More Than Just A Meal: The Economic Utility Of Social Capital In The Lives Of The Poor,
2013
The College of Wooster
More Than Just A Meal: The Economic Utility Of Social Capital In The Lives Of The Poor, Benjamin Higby Strange
Senior Independent Study Theses
No abstract provided.
Women's Gun Culture In America,
2013
University of Richmond
Women's Gun Culture In America, Laura Browder
English Faculty Publications
A recent article in the New York Times focused on the possible increase in female gun ownership in the United States. This “new” phenomenon of women and guns is of course far from new: as early as the 1870s, trapshooting for women was publicized by gun manufacturers as yet another feminine activity, not far removed from shopping or club work. The ultra-feminine Annie Oakley, who in the 1880s became an international star in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West, personally taught fifteen thousand women to shoot. By the turn of the twentieth century, gun manufacturers were promoting hunting as a healthful activity …
Punishment First: A Study Of Juvenile Pretrial Detention,
2013
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Punishment First: A Study Of Juvenile Pretrial Detention, Richard V. Foster, David Tanenhaus, Heather Lynn Lusty
McNair Poster Presentations
How society and the legal system should respond to youth crime is a volatile issue. Much research exists on this topic broadly. A largely overlooked subset exists regarding the rights of juveniles in the United States who face pretrial confinement, specifically how juveniles accused of delinquency are treated by the courts. Delinquency or a delinquent act, in the context of this study, is “an act that would be considered a crime if committed by an adult.”7. Adults and children are processed by the courts differently, each with their own rights and court mandated procedures to follow. This report analyzes …
Indiana,
2013
Purdue University
Indiana, Bert Chapman
Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research
Provides an overview of key Civil War developments in Indiana and how this conflict impacted Indiana.
Morton, Oliver Hazard Perry Throck,
2013
Purdue University
Morton, Oliver Hazard Perry Throck, Bert Chapman
Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research
Biographical portrait and analysis of Indiana Civil War Governor Oliver Morton.
