Psychological Science
... people believe in the power of the situation, they will find evidence that systemic pressures and luck determine outcomes. These conflicting values of liberals and conservatives may give rise to different prejudices. In general, people like individuals (and groups) who share their values and opinion ...
... people believe in the power of the situation, they will find evidence that systemic pressures and luck determine outcomes. These conflicting values of liberals and conservatives may give rise to different prejudices. In general, people like individuals (and groups) who share their values and opinion ...
WRTL and Randall: The Roberts Court and the Unsettling of
... In its first year under Chief Justice Roberts, the Supreme Court handed down two campaign finance decisions⎯one very brief, with a per curiam opinion for a unanimous Court, and the other relatively lengthy, consisting of six opinions from a fragmented Court. Neither case made a significant departure ...
... In its first year under Chief Justice Roberts, the Supreme Court handed down two campaign finance decisions⎯one very brief, with a per curiam opinion for a unanimous Court, and the other relatively lengthy, consisting of six opinions from a fragmented Court. Neither case made a significant departure ...
redistricting: who should draw the lines? the arizona independent
... violated under the Equal Protection Clause.34 However, there are several other issues and unanswered questions that arise from the redistricting process. One issue that has been adjudicated is whether courts have the authority to create a redistricting plan when either the legislature fails to do so ...
... violated under the Equal Protection Clause.34 However, there are several other issues and unanswered questions that arise from the redistricting process. One issue that has been adjudicated is whether courts have the authority to create a redistricting plan when either the legislature fails to do so ...
Of Crusades and Culture Wars
... among the clergy) of mainline Protestant churches (albeit in considerably smaller numbers), and in many Catholic parishes. As the 2004 American National Election Study attests, roughly 37% of the American public considers the Bible to be literally true—a number that actually underestimates tradition ...
... among the clergy) of mainline Protestant churches (albeit in considerably smaller numbers), and in many Catholic parishes. As the 2004 American National Election Study attests, roughly 37% of the American public considers the Bible to be literally true—a number that actually underestimates tradition ...
How Can Policy Theory Have an Impact on Policy Making?
... stages based policymaking models in policy training seminars and in government itself (for example, the Scottish Government’s 2009 Review of Policymaking identifies five UK Government models of policymaking, all based on the policy cycles theme). Further, the scholarly identification of messy policy ...
... stages based policymaking models in policy training seminars and in government itself (for example, the Scottish Government’s 2009 Review of Policymaking identifies five UK Government models of policymaking, all based on the policy cycles theme). Further, the scholarly identification of messy policy ...
Policy Diffusion in the International Political Economy
... if a certain proportion of others adopt. We may say that this certain proportion is an actor’s “critical mass point.” Assuming that the distribution of the various critical mass points is normal we can add them and produce the s-curve in figure 1 (assuming here that the mean critical mass point was ...
... if a certain proportion of others adopt. We may say that this certain proportion is an actor’s “critical mass point.” Assuming that the distribution of the various critical mass points is normal we can add them and produce the s-curve in figure 1 (assuming here that the mean critical mass point was ...
Prince - SFU.ca
... action; and frustrations in working horizontally on issues due to the existence of strong ‘departmental loyalties’ (Rasmussen 1996, 341 and 344). On this last issue, I noted years ago that some policy advisory groups in the federal bureaucracy arose not simply to rationalize the government’s policy ...
... action; and frustrations in working horizontally on issues due to the existence of strong ‘departmental loyalties’ (Rasmussen 1996, 341 and 344). On this last issue, I noted years ago that some policy advisory groups in the federal bureaucracy arose not simply to rationalize the government’s policy ...
Politico-Economic Equilibrium and Economic Growth.
... a direct eect on current behavior.3 For each given such law of motion a recursive competitive equilibrium can then be derived in the form of a law of motion of the state variables of the economy. This step is a standard xed-point problem: the behavior of the agents has to be consistent with the ag ...
... a direct eect on current behavior.3 For each given such law of motion a recursive competitive equilibrium can then be derived in the form of a law of motion of the state variables of the economy. This step is a standard xed-point problem: the behavior of the agents has to be consistent with the ag ...
The Relationship between Genes, Psychological Traits, and Political
... York, NY 10012 ([email protected]). David Cesarini is Assistant Professor of Economics at the Center for Experimental Social Science, New York University, and the Division of Social Science, New York University Abu Dhabi, 19 W. 4th Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10012 ([email protected]). James H ...
... York, NY 10012 ([email protected]). David Cesarini is Assistant Professor of Economics at the Center for Experimental Social Science, New York University, and the Division of Social Science, New York University Abu Dhabi, 19 W. 4th Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10012 ([email protected]). James H ...
Constitutional Transformation and the Growing Power of the
... People.42 Major constitutional change during periods of normal lawmaking by elected politicians, without the impetus of the populace, is therefore illegitimate.43 It is illegitimate not because it is unconstitutional but because the popular atmosphere surrounding the change does not support such a c ...
... People.42 Major constitutional change during periods of normal lawmaking by elected politicians, without the impetus of the populace, is therefore illegitimate.43 It is illegitimate not because it is unconstitutional but because the popular atmosphere surrounding the change does not support such a c ...
Working Paper Number 145 `Social Movements, Public Policy, and
... solutions, and c) the best one is chosen according to strictly economic and technical parameters (Chart 1). In contrast, a detailed analysis of the stories behind the project for a new airport in Mexico City, the ‘Water War’ in Cochabamba, Bolivia, or the ‘Gas War’ in this same country show that sud ...
... solutions, and c) the best one is chosen according to strictly economic and technical parameters (Chart 1). In contrast, a detailed analysis of the stories behind the project for a new airport in Mexico City, the ‘Water War’ in Cochabamba, Bolivia, or the ‘Gas War’ in this same country show that sud ...
A Switch in Time Saves Nine: Institutions, Strategic
... to Roosevelt both because he thought an amendment would take too long to pass and because he was not even confident that it would pass both chambers of Congress, let alone three-fourths of the state legislatures. In fact, Roosevelt had this to say in a letter to Felix Frankfurter on February 9, 1937 ...
... to Roosevelt both because he thought an amendment would take too long to pass and because he was not even confident that it would pass both chambers of Congress, let alone three-fourths of the state legislatures. In fact, Roosevelt had this to say in a letter to Felix Frankfurter on February 9, 1937 ...
A Better Affirmative Action
... But instead of urging adoption of a special program for blacks, as some civil rights leaders had done, King called for a color-blind Bill of Rights for the Disadvantaged: “While Negroes form the vast majority of America’s disadvantaged, there are millions of white poor who would also benefit from su ...
... But instead of urging adoption of a special program for blacks, as some civil rights leaders had done, King called for a color-blind Bill of Rights for the Disadvantaged: “While Negroes form the vast majority of America’s disadvantaged, there are millions of white poor who would also benefit from su ...
Systematic Reform of Public Schools as a Matter of Justice
... to make amends to the many students whom the state denied an education, but who likely would be unable to prevail in a traditional lawsuit some forty years later.Yet, the word "reparations" was not associated with the Brown Fund Act; at least not on the part of its sponsors, current or former govern ...
... to make amends to the many students whom the state denied an education, but who likely would be unable to prevail in a traditional lawsuit some forty years later.Yet, the word "reparations" was not associated with the Brown Fund Act; at least not on the part of its sponsors, current or former govern ...
Article - Yale CampusPress
... over another can determine whether or not a given individual can successfully invoke domestic rights provisions as a basis for seeking relief from a domestic court. At the macro level, emphasizing one approach can both signal and reinforce a particular conception of political ordering based on terri ...
... over another can determine whether or not a given individual can successfully invoke domestic rights provisions as a basis for seeking relief from a domestic court. At the macro level, emphasizing one approach can both signal and reinforce a particular conception of political ordering based on terri ...
Chapter 1, Before 1840
... 20. "The English founded colonies to escape oppression in England." Evaluate this statement 21. "The British colonies were so antagonistic to each other that they were unable to unite to face the attack of common enemies." Assess the validity of this statement. 22. "Before 1763 British mercantilist ...
... 20. "The English founded colonies to escape oppression in England." Evaluate this statement 21. "The British colonies were so antagonistic to each other that they were unable to unite to face the attack of common enemies." Assess the validity of this statement. 22. "Before 1763 British mercantilist ...
Takings 05 Kelo
... Ilya Somin, The Limits of Backlash: Assessing the Political Response to Kelo, 93 Minn. L. Rev. 2100, 2138 (2009). Many of the other laws, however, create or preserve exemptions for “blighted areas,” and they define blight so broadly that most buildings in low income areas would qualify for condemnat ...
... Ilya Somin, The Limits of Backlash: Assessing the Political Response to Kelo, 93 Minn. L. Rev. 2100, 2138 (2009). Many of the other laws, however, create or preserve exemptions for “blighted areas,” and they define blight so broadly that most buildings in low income areas would qualify for condemnat ...
Rejecting Equal Sovereignty and Restoring the Constitutional Right
... academics, lawyers, and an aroused people emerges to push Congress to recover the Fourteenth Amendment Privileges or Immunities Clause, that Clause—which holds the promise of a fundamental right to vote—shall remain virtually a dead letter in constitutional jurisprudence.20 This article proceeds as ...
... academics, lawyers, and an aroused people emerges to push Congress to recover the Fourteenth Amendment Privileges or Immunities Clause, that Clause—which holds the promise of a fundamental right to vote—shall remain virtually a dead letter in constitutional jurisprudence.20 This article proceeds as ...
You Haven`t Come a Long Way, Baby
... This Comment argues that the Equal Pay Act has not resulted in the change it meant to implement, and the continuing wage disparity between men and women proves this. Part II of this Comment summarizes the various approaches different circuits take to resolve Equal Pay Act claims, especially in relat ...
... This Comment argues that the Equal Pay Act has not resulted in the change it meant to implement, and the continuing wage disparity between men and women proves this. Part II of this Comment summarizes the various approaches different circuits take to resolve Equal Pay Act claims, especially in relat ...
Interest Groups and Political Attitudes
... transcend party boundaries (Grossmann and Dominguez 2009). Thus while much literature has discussed the prospect of group cues as heuristic decision-making rules (Popkin 1991; Kuklinski and Quirk 2001; Lau and Redlawsk 2001; Gilens and Murakawa 2002), this literature is underdeveloped with regard to ...
... transcend party boundaries (Grossmann and Dominguez 2009). Thus while much literature has discussed the prospect of group cues as heuristic decision-making rules (Popkin 1991; Kuklinski and Quirk 2001; Lau and Redlawsk 2001; Gilens and Murakawa 2002), this literature is underdeveloped with regard to ...
The Effects of Electoral Concerns on Presidential Foreign Policy
... marked a permanent change in his international dealings and brought about lasting consequences for U.S.-Soviet relations. Ronald Reagan’s policies demonstrate how government leaders modify their positions for political benefit in response to public opinion and attacks from political rivals. Public o ...
... marked a permanent change in his international dealings and brought about lasting consequences for U.S.-Soviet relations. Ronald Reagan’s policies demonstrate how government leaders modify their positions for political benefit in response to public opinion and attacks from political rivals. Public o ...
Framework 1NC (Fairness)
... (Patrick, Wake Forest, and Jim, Debate Coach – Clarion, “Traditional Policy Debate: Now More Than Ever”, Debaters Research Guide, http://groups.wfu.edu/debate/MiscSites/DRGArticles/SpeiceLyle2003htm.htm) While some criticize the cost-benefit analysis method of evaluating a debate as subjective (for ...
... (Patrick, Wake Forest, and Jim, Debate Coach – Clarion, “Traditional Policy Debate: Now More Than Ever”, Debaters Research Guide, http://groups.wfu.edu/debate/MiscSites/DRGArticles/SpeiceLyle2003htm.htm) While some criticize the cost-benefit analysis method of evaluating a debate as subjective (for ...
The Role of Interest Groups in the Confirmation of Judges
... In October 2011, Justices Scalia and Breyer appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee, at a hearing entitled “Considering the Role of Judges Under the Constitution of the United States.” 1 During the course of that hearing, Senator Lindsey Graham (RSC) bemoaned the fact that during his time in ...
... In October 2011, Justices Scalia and Breyer appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee, at a hearing entitled “Considering the Role of Judges Under the Constitution of the United States.” 1 During the course of that hearing, Senator Lindsey Graham (RSC) bemoaned the fact that during his time in ...
Political Federalism and Congressional Truth-Telling
... regulation of their own conduct by Congress has been left almost completely dependent upon congressional choice.9 Thus, the judiciary no longer claims any significant role in the protection of states from national authority. Federalism constraints no longer create certain spheres of activity within ...
... regulation of their own conduct by Congress has been left almost completely dependent upon congressional choice.9 Thus, the judiciary no longer claims any significant role in the protection of states from national authority. Federalism constraints no longer create certain spheres of activity within ...
Slide 1: Public Opinion: What do you think
... Men tend to prefer more defense, and women tend to favor social welfare programs. This is often referred to as the guns-and-butter argument. Slide 22: Another divide in public opinion is found in race and ethnicity, especially when it concerns affirmative action programs. Minority groups tend to fav ...
... Men tend to prefer more defense, and women tend to favor social welfare programs. This is often referred to as the guns-and-butter argument. Slide 22: Another divide in public opinion is found in race and ethnicity, especially when it concerns affirmative action programs. Minority groups tend to fav ...