SOC1 - University of Maiduguri
... fighting. Behavior thus includes seen and unseen, physical and non physical processes. Psychology is concerned with processes occurring within the individual as well as the connections between mind and body. It is also concerned with human and animal development. The subject includes many different ...
... fighting. Behavior thus includes seen and unseen, physical and non physical processes. Psychology is concerned with processes occurring within the individual as well as the connections between mind and body. It is also concerned with human and animal development. The subject includes many different ...
The Motives Underlying Stereotype-Based
... that threatened egotism mainly influences judgments of members of socially stigmatized groups, Fein and Spencer (1997) found that failing an intellectual test led to more negative judgments of a Jewish American but not an Italian American.1 ...
... that threatened egotism mainly influences judgments of members of socially stigmatized groups, Fein and Spencer (1997) found that failing an intellectual test led to more negative judgments of a Jewish American but not an Italian American.1 ...
Political Business Cycles 40 Years after Nordhaus
... business cycles” (PBCs). 3 Without going into a detailed presentation of the history of thought, it is interesting to see how this article emerged and in particular to examine both the forerunners in contributions and the context of the era. The first trace of PBCs can be found in Åkerman (1947), wh ...
... business cycles” (PBCs). 3 Without going into a detailed presentation of the history of thought, it is interesting to see how this article emerged and in particular to examine both the forerunners in contributions and the context of the era. The first trace of PBCs can be found in Åkerman (1947), wh ...
Environmental Protection and Free Trade: Direct and Indirect Competition for Political Influence by
... determination of government policies with opposing special interest groups is that these groups are modelled as engaging in some kind of direct competition for sharing social welfare and that opposing pressures offset each other. Under these theories the relative political strength of different grou ...
... determination of government policies with opposing special interest groups is that these groups are modelled as engaging in some kind of direct competition for sharing social welfare and that opposing pressures offset each other. Under these theories the relative political strength of different grou ...
The Limits of Design: Explaining Institutional Origins and Change
... are all dead; for politicians in democratic polities, electoral death can come much faster. Because the decisions of voters, which determine political success, are taken in the short run, elected officials may employ a high discount rate. They generally will pay attention to long-term consequences o ...
... are all dead; for politicians in democratic polities, electoral death can come much faster. Because the decisions of voters, which determine political success, are taken in the short run, elected officials may employ a high discount rate. They generally will pay attention to long-term consequences o ...
What is legitimacy and why does it matter for peace?
... help uncover “grounded legitimacy”, which is a sine qua non for the emergence of effective, capable and legitimate states in vulnerable environments. Legitimacy is grounded when the system of governance and authority flows from and is connected to local realities. A range of different forms or sourc ...
... help uncover “grounded legitimacy”, which is a sine qua non for the emergence of effective, capable and legitimate states in vulnerable environments. Legitimacy is grounded when the system of governance and authority flows from and is connected to local realities. A range of different forms or sourc ...
Perceiving Political Polarization in the United States: Party Identity
... An important component of political polarization in the United States is the degree to which ordinary people perceive political polarization. We used over 30 years of national survey data from the American National Election Study to examine how the public perceives political polarization between the ...
... An important component of political polarization in the United States is the degree to which ordinary people perceive political polarization. We used over 30 years of national survey data from the American National Election Study to examine how the public perceives political polarization between the ...
The American Ideal of Representative Democracy
... of consensus and homogeneity with attitudes toward democratic procedures is limited. Perceptions of consensus and homogeneity, which are largely a function of national identity, are only positively related to support for the decision-making power of the public insofar as that decision-making happens ...
... of consensus and homogeneity with attitudes toward democratic procedures is limited. Perceptions of consensus and homogeneity, which are largely a function of national identity, are only positively related to support for the decision-making power of the public insofar as that decision-making happens ...
Social Media Use, Opinion Leadership, and Political Persuasion
... politics and public affairs (p. 218). Though provocative, this perspective has received criticism, and empirical evidence challenges it. These technological changes in the media environment also create new and, perhaps, easier opportunities for people to attempt to persuade or influence others in th ...
... politics and public affairs (p. 218). Though provocative, this perspective has received criticism, and empirical evidence challenges it. These technological changes in the media environment also create new and, perhaps, easier opportunities for people to attempt to persuade or influence others in th ...
What is Propaganda
... atrocities, some real, others exaggerated or fabricated, which aimed to convince their populations of the righteousness of their cause and the need to continue the war until the enemy was defeated. After World War I, propaganda became a subject of considerable debate and study throughout the western ...
... atrocities, some real, others exaggerated or fabricated, which aimed to convince their populations of the righteousness of their cause and the need to continue the war until the enemy was defeated. After World War I, propaganda became a subject of considerable debate and study throughout the western ...
The Impact of Political Parties, Interest Groups
... resources available to them, and so on. Thus, they need pay little attention to routine communications, very often just enough to see whether the environment is changing in any potentially significant way. What it takes to influence them is dramatic, attention-getting changes in the political enviro ...
... resources available to them, and so on. Thus, they need pay little attention to routine communications, very often just enough to see whether the environment is changing in any potentially significant way. What it takes to influence them is dramatic, attention-getting changes in the political enviro ...
Why Conservatives and Progressives Think Differently: Insights from
... Paper for the 27 Conference of the Samuel Griffiths Society 29th August 2015, Canberra NOTE: The proceedings from this Conference have not yet been published. These are the presenters notes. If politics is the art of compromise, or as Bismark wrote, “the art of the possible”, then how should we rate ...
... Paper for the 27 Conference of the Samuel Griffiths Society 29th August 2015, Canberra NOTE: The proceedings from this Conference have not yet been published. These are the presenters notes. If politics is the art of compromise, or as Bismark wrote, “the art of the possible”, then how should we rate ...
Americans Roundly Reject Tailored Political Advertising
... though this has not been tested. Though their work is largely hidden from public view, it has grown in detail and texture even over the last four election cycles. In addition to selecting people by demographic and psychographic characteristics, political campaigns increasingly rely on behavioral tar ...
... though this has not been tested. Though their work is largely hidden from public view, it has grown in detail and texture even over the last four election cycles. In addition to selecting people by demographic and psychographic characteristics, political campaigns increasingly rely on behavioral tar ...
Paper presented at the ESA 8th Conference,
... With the outline of these four theoretical problems, the main structure of Pakulski and Waters’ empirical argument is also presented. Thus, in the remaining parts of the book, different kinds of empirical evidence are put forward, showing how class analysis is not only theoretically problematic but ...
... With the outline of these four theoretical problems, the main structure of Pakulski and Waters’ empirical argument is also presented. Thus, in the remaining parts of the book, different kinds of empirical evidence are put forward, showing how class analysis is not only theoretically problematic but ...
Local Institutions and the Politics of Urban Growth
... scarcity and the overconsumption of common-pool resources (Alchian and Demsetz 1973; Libecap 1989). This perspective is linked to Tiebout (1956) models, which often argue local communities have an optimum size for delivery of local public goods. In general, the property rights model predicts land-us ...
... scarcity and the overconsumption of common-pool resources (Alchian and Demsetz 1973; Libecap 1989). This perspective is linked to Tiebout (1956) models, which often argue local communities have an optimum size for delivery of local public goods. In general, the property rights model predicts land-us ...
Difference without Domination Danielle Allen 9.1.16 1. Introduction
... participating in a democracy, can human beings secure the elements of justice. The value of democracy may, in other words, be either intrinsic, deriving from what it itself is, or instrumental, deriving from the outcomes that it secures. For the last two centuries, political philosophers in the West ...
... participating in a democracy, can human beings secure the elements of justice. The value of democracy may, in other words, be either intrinsic, deriving from what it itself is, or instrumental, deriving from the outcomes that it secures. For the last two centuries, political philosophers in the West ...
the role of public choice considerations in normative public
... by Oliver Williamson. This might be contrasted with the case of political markets, where much less consensus exists with respect to their functioning. This may simply reflect the earlier stage of development of their study. The second ingredient used in normative analysis is the set of constraints f ...
... by Oliver Williamson. This might be contrasted with the case of political markets, where much less consensus exists with respect to their functioning. This may simply reflect the earlier stage of development of their study. The second ingredient used in normative analysis is the set of constraints f ...
Course Descriptions – Psychology General PSY 1000 General
... The psychological processes that make possible the creation of and response to the arts are explored by examining the psychology of the participants in the artistic process—the artist, the performer, the audience, and the critic. Prerequisites: Six hours of psychology. PSY 4310 History and Systems o ...
... The psychological processes that make possible the creation of and response to the arts are explored by examining the psychology of the participants in the artistic process—the artist, the performer, the audience, and the critic. Prerequisites: Six hours of psychology. PSY 4310 History and Systems o ...
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... confidence in and willingness to act upon their attitudes; (b) achieved a temporally stable and accessible evaluation of the object, making it more likely that the measured attitude will be accessible at the point of behavior; and (c) considered appropriate actions regarding the attitude object acro ...
... confidence in and willingness to act upon their attitudes; (b) achieved a temporally stable and accessible evaluation of the object, making it more likely that the measured attitude will be accessible at the point of behavior; and (c) considered appropriate actions regarding the attitude object acro ...
- Moody College of Communication
... the most likely to selectively attend to information (e.g., Graber, 1984; Stroud, 2008). Mutz (2006), for example, found a curvilinear relationship between partisanship and exposure to disagreement such that those identifying themselves as ‘‘strong Democrats’’ or ‘‘strong Republicans’’ are less like ...
... the most likely to selectively attend to information (e.g., Graber, 1984; Stroud, 2008). Mutz (2006), for example, found a curvilinear relationship between partisanship and exposure to disagreement such that those identifying themselves as ‘‘strong Democrats’’ or ‘‘strong Republicans’’ are less like ...
Copyright © 2001. All Rights Reserved.
... confidence in and willingness to act upon their attitudes; (b) achieved a temporally stable and accessible evaluation of the object, making it more likely that the measured attitude will be accessible at the point of behavior; and (c) considered appropriate actions regarding the attitude object acro ...
... confidence in and willingness to act upon their attitudes; (b) achieved a temporally stable and accessible evaluation of the object, making it more likely that the measured attitude will be accessible at the point of behavior; and (c) considered appropriate actions regarding the attitude object acro ...
to view Glenda Sluga`s full paper
... woman at the time, Germaine de Staël, is not remembered by international historians as relevant to the story of the Congress, despite the fact she was a published intellectual and salonnière with extraordinary political, and cultural capacities and influence. (Technically an ambassadrice by marriage ...
... woman at the time, Germaine de Staël, is not remembered by international historians as relevant to the story of the Congress, despite the fact she was a published intellectual and salonnière with extraordinary political, and cultural capacities and influence. (Technically an ambassadrice by marriage ...
Kenneth Minogue: Politics - Digital Commons @ Liberty University
... writes the script? In other words: “Who’s in charge here?” Politics gives a voice to all individuals, groups, and interests within a civil society. But a civil society is a rare achievement. More prevalent in history has been despotism, which vests that authority in the hands of a single master, who ...
... writes the script? In other words: “Who’s in charge here?” Politics gives a voice to all individuals, groups, and interests within a civil society. But a civil society is a rare achievement. More prevalent in history has been despotism, which vests that authority in the hands of a single master, who ...
Voice of the Diaspora: An Analysis of Migrant Voting Behavior Orla Doyle
... attitudes? The political socialization literature disagrees as to whether one’s political preferences are largely determined in young age by family environment and upbringing, or whether they are continuously shaped and updated by changes in one’s socioeconomic characteristics and/or the social, po ...
... attitudes? The political socialization literature disagrees as to whether one’s political preferences are largely determined in young age by family environment and upbringing, or whether they are continuously shaped and updated by changes in one’s socioeconomic characteristics and/or the social, po ...
Democratic Value Orientations and Political Culture in Georgia
... and appeal to indigenous ethnic and confessional loyalties, interpreting democracy in the most anachronistic way as the tyranny of the majority. Democratic elections may under certain conditions give power to a political force apparently committed to an essentially anti-democratic ideology. Only a ...
... and appeal to indigenous ethnic and confessional loyalties, interpreting democracy in the most anachronistic way as the tyranny of the majority. Democratic elections may under certain conditions give power to a political force apparently committed to an essentially anti-democratic ideology. Only a ...