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Description:: The U.S. population is rapidly changing with recent projections showing that soon whites will no longer be the majority. This information, when shown to white Americans, can generate a sense of threat. Across the three studies of this dissertation, I frame this group threat (i.e., a change in the demographic...
Keyword:: political psychology, political behavior, experimental methods, public opinion, public policy, and race
Subject:: Political science
Creator:: Thompson, Andrew Ifedapo
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 02/01/2021
Date Created:: 2020-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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Description:: This dissertation project is one of the first to explicitly study the theoretical and empirical relationship between public opinion and the policies of unelected administrative agencies in the United States. This research addresses two important questions: (1) given the absence of a direct electoral connection between bureaucrats and the public,...
Keyword:: regulation, bureaucracy, public opinion, and Congress
Subject:: Political Science
Creator:: Julia Rabinovich
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 10/01/2018
Date Modified:: 10/01/2018
Date Created:: 2008-12-03
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Description:: In this dissertation I examine the impact of core values on foreign policy opinion, the dynamics of value change, and the differences between elites and the mass public in their values change. I find that two core values - humanitarianism and democracy - strongly affect citizens' support for various anti-terrorism...
Keyword:: humanitarianism, democracy promotion, values, foreign policy, public opinion, and elites
Subject:: Political Science
Creator:: Dukhong Kim
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 08/16/2018
Date Modified:: 08/16/2018
Date Created:: 2007-10-31
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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