Paul Pierson - The New Politics of the Welfare State
... Class-based struggle over social provision occurs because social programs affect the bargaining position of workers and employers. Many social programs limit the economic vulnerability of wage earners and increase worker solidarity. According to power resource theorists, strong unions and left parti ...
... Class-based struggle over social provision occurs because social programs affect the bargaining position of workers and employers. Many social programs limit the economic vulnerability of wage earners and increase worker solidarity. According to power resource theorists, strong unions and left parti ...
The Impact of Reporter Gender on Print News Coverage of the 2008
... percent of what men earned, while in 2009 women earned approximately 80 percent of what men earned. Recent Labor Department reports support Falk’s argument that while women today have made significant strides at the workplace, women do not enter fields that traditionally lead to politics. A 2011 U.S ...
... percent of what men earned, while in 2009 women earned approximately 80 percent of what men earned. Recent Labor Department reports support Falk’s argument that while women today have made significant strides at the workplace, women do not enter fields that traditionally lead to politics. A 2011 U.S ...
Comparative Essays (2006
... Identify one natural resource on which Russia’s economy depends. Describe how the Russian government’s control over natural resources has changed since 2000. Describe one political consequence of the change in the Russian government’s control over natural resources since 2000. Chinese leaders today ...
... Identify one natural resource on which Russia’s economy depends. Describe how the Russian government’s control over natural resources has changed since 2000. Describe one political consequence of the change in the Russian government’s control over natural resources since 2000. Chinese leaders today ...
Syllabus and Scheme of Examination CHOICE BASED CREDIT
... and Concepts of Politics. New York: Manchester University Press, pp. 1-14. Glaser, D. (1995) ‘Normative Theory’, in Marsh, D. and Stoker, G. (eds.) Theory and Methods in Political Science. London: Macmillan, pp. 21-40. Sanders, D. (1995) ‘Behavioral Analysis’, in Marsh, D. and Stoker, G. (eds.) Theo ...
... and Concepts of Politics. New York: Manchester University Press, pp. 1-14. Glaser, D. (1995) ‘Normative Theory’, in Marsh, D. and Stoker, G. (eds.) Theory and Methods in Political Science. London: Macmillan, pp. 21-40. Sanders, D. (1995) ‘Behavioral Analysis’, in Marsh, D. and Stoker, G. (eds.) Theo ...
Political Efficacy, Voting Behavior and Partisanship among
... frequently in research, but they have not been as useful as more specific efficacy measures in predicting what people will do under more specific circumstances (Bandura, 1997; Maddux, 1995). In contrast to Skinner, Bandura (1) recognizes that chance encounters and fortuitous events often shape one's ...
... frequently in research, but they have not been as useful as more specific efficacy measures in predicting what people will do under more specific circumstances (Bandura, 1997; Maddux, 1995). In contrast to Skinner, Bandura (1) recognizes that chance encounters and fortuitous events often shape one's ...
Gallo WPSA The Republican Tragedy
... of modern western democracies is the principle of freedom, which is actually the best way to maintain the security and unity of the political community because people simply feel more secure when they have the freedom to control their own lives. The problem is freedom, since entails the ability to p ...
... of modern western democracies is the principle of freedom, which is actually the best way to maintain the security and unity of the political community because people simply feel more secure when they have the freedom to control their own lives. The problem is freedom, since entails the ability to p ...
Power Politics and Contentious Issues: Realism
... threat or use of military force; Vasquez (1998: 169) uses the literature on contentious issues to suggest that "power politics behavior is confined to territorial and military issues and does not reflect behavior in other issue areas (particularly economic questions, but also other transnational ar ...
... threat or use of military force; Vasquez (1998: 169) uses the literature on contentious issues to suggest that "power politics behavior is confined to territorial and military issues and does not reflect behavior in other issue areas (particularly economic questions, but also other transnational ar ...
V_Dem Methodology (31Mar2014) - V-Dem
... opportunities, and the data itself. In March, 2014, a beta version of the data for 68 countries will be available for exploration in online graphs and maps. At the end of 2015 we expect to rele ...
... opportunities, and the data itself. In March, 2014, a beta version of the data for 68 countries will be available for exploration in online graphs and maps. At the end of 2015 we expect to rele ...
Readings on Research Design (CT 3/4/00)
... Darrow, David (2001): “From Commune to Household: Statistics and the Social Construction of Chaianov’s Theory of Peasant Economy,” Comparative Studies in Society and History 43: 788-818. Dening, Greg (1992): Mr. Bligh’s Bad Language. Passion, Power and Theatre on the Bounty. Cambridge: Cambridge Uni ...
... Darrow, David (2001): “From Commune to Household: Statistics and the Social Construction of Chaianov’s Theory of Peasant Economy,” Comparative Studies in Society and History 43: 788-818. Dening, Greg (1992): Mr. Bligh’s Bad Language. Passion, Power and Theatre on the Bounty. Cambridge: Cambridge Uni ...
Frequency of Tweeting During Presidential Debates
... represents an important campaign communication activity for citizens in a healthy democracy. Thus, understanding activities that contribute to favorable attitudes about engaging the political process is potentially important. Previous research has found that tweeting a debate (compared to not tweeti ...
... represents an important campaign communication activity for citizens in a healthy democracy. Thus, understanding activities that contribute to favorable attitudes about engaging the political process is potentially important. Previous research has found that tweeting a debate (compared to not tweeti ...
Samuel P - El blog de Jesús Silva
... institutions and ideals usually remains latent in American politics. But at certain moments it can rise to the surface, challenging established institutions and existing practices, Huntington argues, as it did in the “Revolutionary era of the 1760s and 1770s, the Jacksonian age of the 1820s and 183 ...
... institutions and ideals usually remains latent in American politics. But at certain moments it can rise to the surface, challenging established institutions and existing practices, Huntington argues, as it did in the “Revolutionary era of the 1760s and 1770s, the Jacksonian age of the 1820s and 183 ...
The Very Modern Prince - Social Welfare Portal
... formative role of the state, the ‘trenches and fortifications’ of civil society, the crucial issue of the consent of the masses and the creation of a new type or level of civilisation, a new culture.9 He could thus be seen to be elaborating a Marxist theory of politics and ideology that helps us und ...
... formative role of the state, the ‘trenches and fortifications’ of civil society, the crucial issue of the consent of the masses and the creation of a new type or level of civilisation, a new culture.9 He could thus be seen to be elaborating a Marxist theory of politics and ideology that helps us und ...
Group Rhetoric and Public Opinion
... al. 1960; Converse 1964; Conover & Feldman 1984; Conover 1988). For example, Converse (1964) found that when Americans were asked to evaluate political parties and candidates, they typically named benefits and deprivations that parties had visited upon social groups. Likewise, more than a quarter of ...
... al. 1960; Converse 1964; Conover & Feldman 1984; Conover 1988). For example, Converse (1964) found that when Americans were asked to evaluate political parties and candidates, they typically named benefits and deprivations that parties had visited upon social groups. Likewise, more than a quarter of ...
Are we prisoners of our preconceptions?
... indefensible, in the real world. But, that said, the results reported here are not devoid of normative implications. They speak directly to how easy or difficult it is for experts to concede that they were wrong about either possible pasts or probable futures, about what might have been or what migh ...
... indefensible, in the real world. But, that said, the results reported here are not devoid of normative implications. They speak directly to how easy or difficult it is for experts to concede that they were wrong about either possible pasts or probable futures, about what might have been or what migh ...
- LSE Research Online
... neighbourhood organisations and the political will of local politicians, who strongly advocated a “radical democratic vision of popular control of city government” (2001: 65). By contrast, the CCs in Venezuela receive their funding directly from centralised state agencies, a decision taken after pr ...
... neighbourhood organisations and the political will of local politicians, who strongly advocated a “radical democratic vision of popular control of city government” (2001: 65). By contrast, the CCs in Venezuela receive their funding directly from centralised state agencies, a decision taken after pr ...
WAKAO-MASTERS-REPORT - The University of Texas at Austin
... of the public, how the media treat the national economy politically is also an important matter. Government agencies report periodic economic indicators, such as the unemployment rate, inflation rate, and GDP, which the public uses for political evaluations (e.g., Vavreck, 2009). Meanwhile, the med ...
... of the public, how the media treat the national economy politically is also an important matter. Government agencies report periodic economic indicators, such as the unemployment rate, inflation rate, and GDP, which the public uses for political evaluations (e.g., Vavreck, 2009). Meanwhile, the med ...
The Impact of Political Parties, Interest Groups
... expectations approach in economics, she contends that at any given time, politicians will have considered a great deal of information about their political environment, including the demands of interest groups and SMOs, the resources available to them, and so on. Thus, they need pay little attention ...
... expectations approach in economics, she contends that at any given time, politicians will have considered a great deal of information about their political environment, including the demands of interest groups and SMOs, the resources available to them, and so on. Thus, they need pay little attention ...
Assessing the Potential of ICTs for Participatory
... production and sharing of political knowledge. Mobile phone users are not constrained by physical location and become thus able to search for information about social and political issues wherever and whenever they wish to. They are also enabled to upload and share politically and societally relevan ...
... production and sharing of political knowledge. Mobile phone users are not constrained by physical location and become thus able to search for information about social and political issues wherever and whenever they wish to. They are also enabled to upload and share politically and societally relevan ...
Off the wall political discourse: Facebook use in the 2008 US
... Prior research has explicated the role of social networks in shaping and influencing political processes [2,15,19,21]. Early research on networked groups has characterized the similarities of computer networks to traditional social networks [37]. Implications for politics online have also been explo ...
... Prior research has explicated the role of social networks in shaping and influencing political processes [2,15,19,21]. Early research on networked groups has characterized the similarities of computer networks to traditional social networks [37]. Implications for politics online have also been explo ...
Populist Political Communication in Europe
... Jagers and Walgrave, “thin populism is a minimal precondition for thick populism. If the discourse does not refer to the population yet fiercely criticizes the establishment and at the same time stigmatizes popular categories, it cannot be considered as populism, since the required appeal to the peo ...
... Jagers and Walgrave, “thin populism is a minimal precondition for thick populism. If the discourse does not refer to the population yet fiercely criticizes the establishment and at the same time stigmatizes popular categories, it cannot be considered as populism, since the required appeal to the peo ...
The Limits of Design: Explaining Institutional Origins and Change
... long-term consequences: “The lasting effects of this institutional innovation could hardly have been anticipated, much less desired, by Clay. They were by-products (and proved to be the most enduring and important products) of self-interested leadership behavior” (Shepsle 1989, 141). In this case, t ...
... long-term consequences: “The lasting effects of this institutional innovation could hardly have been anticipated, much less desired, by Clay. They were by-products (and proved to be the most enduring and important products) of self-interested leadership behavior” (Shepsle 1989, 141). In this case, t ...
WORLD NEWS FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 22nd of 2006
... Pakistan's president today said a book deal prevented him from commenting on claims he made that the United States government threatened to bomb his country "back to the stone age" unless it joined the fight against Al-Qaida. ... US threat 'to bomb Pakistan' after 9/11 The Australian News Roundup Mo ...
... Pakistan's president today said a book deal prevented him from commenting on claims he made that the United States government threatened to bomb his country "back to the stone age" unless it joined the fight against Al-Qaida. ... US threat 'to bomb Pakistan' after 9/11 The Australian News Roundup Mo ...
Social Capital and Political Participation in Latin
... authoritarian rulers and dominant economic elites. They do not as successfully provide a sense of how widely effective such mobilizing efforts have been—how many Latin Americans are involved in community-based organizations, or how many are members of human rights groups or environmental organizatio ...
... authoritarian rulers and dominant economic elites. They do not as successfully provide a sense of how widely effective such mobilizing efforts have been—how many Latin Americans are involved in community-based organizations, or how many are members of human rights groups or environmental organizatio ...
Autocratic Propaganda in Africa and Asia
... roughly 40% does. Each passing second registers more than 50,000 Google searches and 2.5 million emails. The challenges posed by the Information Age to the world’s autocrats are compounded by Western donors, who pressure autocrats to permit independent media. As a result, citizens around the world a ...
... roughly 40% does. Each passing second registers more than 50,000 Google searches and 2.5 million emails. The challenges posed by the Information Age to the world’s autocrats are compounded by Western donors, who pressure autocrats to permit independent media. As a result, citizens around the world a ...