Instructor`s Manual, Chapter 6
... Major events also shape thinking about politics. Examples of these events are the Great Depression and 9/11. For example, after 9/11 more Americans were willing to give up some of their personal freedoms to combat terrorism. Self-Interest and Rationality Self-interest means having concern for one’s ...
... Major events also shape thinking about politics. Examples of these events are the Great Depression and 9/11. For example, after 9/11 more Americans were willing to give up some of their personal freedoms to combat terrorism. Self-Interest and Rationality Self-interest means having concern for one’s ...
Sovereign Ratings 2017: A Spotlight On Rising Political
... stakeholders by increasing current government spending, for example on subsidies, or civil servants, or by directing credit into favored sectors or regions. Anecdotally, in some countries, perceptions of corruption have been on the rise. The vulnerabilities that were thus created are now being felt ...
... stakeholders by increasing current government spending, for example on subsidies, or civil servants, or by directing credit into favored sectors or regions. Anecdotally, in some countries, perceptions of corruption have been on the rise. The vulnerabilities that were thus created are now being felt ...
Metaphors of Nature in Political Science Political Metaphor: A
... different, stand-in word than the one designated to be literal. Several questions appear instantaneously: What is literal and what is metaphorical? Is the distinction literalmetaphorical trans-cultural and trans-historical? Is literal supposed to have a privileged and direct access to the 'right' me ...
... different, stand-in word than the one designated to be literal. Several questions appear instantaneously: What is literal and what is metaphorical? Is the distinction literalmetaphorical trans-cultural and trans-historical? Is literal supposed to have a privileged and direct access to the 'right' me ...
Democratic Value Orientations and Political Culture in Georgia
... minorities, doing their best to advance an open and democratic society. However, the process of setting up democratic freedom is still in its beginning. The problem is not that the political parties or the political elite lack the will to establish a genuine democratic society. Rather, the necessary ...
... minorities, doing their best to advance an open and democratic society. However, the process of setting up democratic freedom is still in its beginning. The problem is not that the political parties or the political elite lack the will to establish a genuine democratic society. Rather, the necessary ...
Area Studies
... vastly improved by scholars who take context seriously -- often, because they work outside the advanced industrial capitalist societies, and have been forced (by their area studies colleagues) to address more directly the way different historical, political and economic contexts play out....Sociolog ...
... vastly improved by scholars who take context seriously -- often, because they work outside the advanced industrial capitalist societies, and have been forced (by their area studies colleagues) to address more directly the way different historical, political and economic contexts play out....Sociolog ...
Dynamics of Social Values: 1990–2012
... to societal organization, and we addressed it through the attitudes towards democracy, again a topic of interest for transition societies, but also one under attack in the Western World, considering the past 15 years of war-like attacks from non-democratic regimes that come together with a rise of e ...
... to societal organization, and we addressed it through the attitudes towards democracy, again a topic of interest for transition societies, but also one under attack in the Western World, considering the past 15 years of war-like attacks from non-democratic regimes that come together with a rise of e ...
capitalism, contextualisation and the political theory of possessive
... approach to historical contextualisation in the history of political thought and his conceptualisation of a seventeenth-century England as a ‘possessive market society’. While both aspects of Macpherson’s work suffer from some serious shortcomings, the subsequent abandonment of a social history of p ...
... approach to historical contextualisation in the history of political thought and his conceptualisation of a seventeenth-century England as a ‘possessive market society’. While both aspects of Macpherson’s work suffer from some serious shortcomings, the subsequent abandonment of a social history of p ...
Public Opinion - Loudoun County Public Schools
... U.S. is one of the world’s most diverse countries, this makes it especially complex. Public opinion often skewed to a particular point of view (most in U.S. favor a capitalist economic system) Other public opinion can be almost equally divided between two extreme positions, generally little middle g ...
... U.S. is one of the world’s most diverse countries, this makes it especially complex. Public opinion often skewed to a particular point of view (most in U.S. favor a capitalist economic system) Other public opinion can be almost equally divided between two extreme positions, generally little middle g ...
Chapter 5: Public Opinion and Political Action
... (A) Voting places are selected randomly around the country. (B) Survey data shows that few voters have been actually influenced by exit-poll results. (C) Exit polls deserve most of the blame for the network’s 2000 presidential election night fiasco. (D) Networks in 1980, 1988 and 1996 used exit poll ...
... (A) Voting places are selected randomly around the country. (B) Survey data shows that few voters have been actually influenced by exit-poll results. (C) Exit polls deserve most of the blame for the network’s 2000 presidential election night fiasco. (D) Networks in 1980, 1988 and 1996 used exit poll ...
Globalization - University of San Diego
... nothing about who they are. They do know, however, that regardless of who they turn out to be, they will want social primary goods, including income, wealth, liberties, opportunities, and the social basis of self-respect. To determine these goods, we could track and compare: 1. Individual disposable ...
... nothing about who they are. They do know, however, that regardless of who they turn out to be, they will want social primary goods, including income, wealth, liberties, opportunities, and the social basis of self-respect. To determine these goods, we could track and compare: 1. Individual disposable ...
Midterm Study Guide POSC 146: Public Opinion Loren Collingwood
... What is pluralism and are pluralists more similar to Democratic Elitists or classical democratic theory? What is the role of interest groups in pluralism? Know examples of interest groups, such as the N ...
... What is pluralism and are pluralists more similar to Democratic Elitists or classical democratic theory? What is the role of interest groups in pluralism? Know examples of interest groups, such as the N ...
Social classes and values in Europe
... Sweden they registered figures that were very close to or above 30 per cent. In the particular case of Holland, they reached an exceptionally high figure of 38.3 per cent. On the other hand, there are marked contrasts in class composition in the EU area. In countries like Italy, Ireland, Portugal an ...
... Sweden they registered figures that were very close to or above 30 per cent. In the particular case of Holland, they reached an exceptionally high figure of 38.3 per cent. On the other hand, there are marked contrasts in class composition in the EU area. In countries like Italy, Ireland, Portugal an ...
Chance, Competence and the Limits of Democratic
... over which no single government detains any control. South American countries have also in common very low rates of domestic savings, which makes them extremely reliant on foreign capital. Research has shown that inflows of capital to the region are largely driven by fluctuations in international i ...
... over which no single government detains any control. South American countries have also in common very low rates of domestic savings, which makes them extremely reliant on foreign capital. Research has shown that inflows of capital to the region are largely driven by fluctuations in international i ...
docx - Department of Political Science | UMass Amherst
... Senior Project Research Advisor for the Gallup World Poll’s Three-Year Authoritarianism Index study of 160 countries. The Open Society Initiative for Europe. 2016 ($24,000). Pilot grant to lead comparative study of authoritarian’s effect on civil society in the United States and Europe. ...
... Senior Project Research Advisor for the Gallup World Poll’s Three-Year Authoritarianism Index study of 160 countries. The Open Society Initiative for Europe. 2016 ($24,000). Pilot grant to lead comparative study of authoritarian’s effect on civil society in the United States and Europe. ...
Usage Of Social Media For Political Communication
... 2012) while Twitter counts more than 500 million users in total (Forbes 2012). With this tremendous growth, these platforms allow both citizens and politicians to participate in political discussions or to share political content publicly. Furthermore, it is argued that from the perspective of polit ...
... 2012) while Twitter counts more than 500 million users in total (Forbes 2012). With this tremendous growth, these platforms allow both citizens and politicians to participate in political discussions or to share political content publicly. Furthermore, it is argued that from the perspective of polit ...
Symposium: The Kilburn Manifesto: after neoliberalism?
... means that there is a real question of specificity. The empirical analysis and political con clusions are likely to be different elsewhere. What’s more, the UK is also as a political arena quite small, with a Labour Party in endless but never quite terminal crisis, and the journal Soundings has a r ...
... means that there is a real question of specificity. The empirical analysis and political con clusions are likely to be different elsewhere. What’s more, the UK is also as a political arena quite small, with a Labour Party in endless but never quite terminal crisis, and the journal Soundings has a r ...
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... Why is it then that significant underinvestment in public goods still prevails in both industrial and developing countries? The effects of allocative policies on income distribution is critical. Developing countries have elastic demand and inelastic supply in agriculture while industrial countries h ...
... Why is it then that significant underinvestment in public goods still prevails in both industrial and developing countries? The effects of allocative policies on income distribution is critical. Developing countries have elastic demand and inelastic supply in agriculture while industrial countries h ...
Sears, David O., C. Van Laar, M. Carillo, and R. Kosterman. 1997.
... Students will be introduced to the major questions that have occupied scholars in the field through weekly readings that will mix classic writings with cutting edge research. It is impossible to cover every topic that falls under the umbrella of “political behavior,” but we will touch on as many res ...
... Students will be introduced to the major questions that have occupied scholars in the field through weekly readings that will mix classic writings with cutting edge research. It is impossible to cover every topic that falls under the umbrella of “political behavior,” but we will touch on as many res ...
Political Economy of Communication: A Critique
... therefore plays a central role in what people do because it is through communication that symbols gain significance within a culture. Similarly, communication is the means by which significant symbols are attributed with positive and negative attributes, thus altering patterns of evaluation towards ...
... therefore plays a central role in what people do because it is through communication that symbols gain significance within a culture. Similarly, communication is the means by which significant symbols are attributed with positive and negative attributes, thus altering patterns of evaluation towards ...
July 1988 - Deep Blue - University of Michigan
... sociologists and political scientists have begun to work with historical data, they have not, on the whole, been especially concerned either with the histories of their own disciplines or the historiography of the secondary historical sources on which they base their accounts. In fact, historical so ...
... sociologists and political scientists have begun to work with historical data, they have not, on the whole, been especially concerned either with the histories of their own disciplines or the historiography of the secondary historical sources on which they base their accounts. In fact, historical so ...
Pidop presentation (name
... • Macro variables capturing the broader socio-political context introduced to explain these variations • Macro context linked back to individual differences ...
... • Macro variables capturing the broader socio-political context introduced to explain these variations • Macro context linked back to individual differences ...
Ch 5 Notes
... the affluent, and older citizens – The collective opinion of the public may still be interpreted as stable and meaningful ...
... the affluent, and older citizens – The collective opinion of the public may still be interpreted as stable and meaningful ...
political advertising - Advertising Educational Foundation
... Consciousness, both individual and social, has become a political issue only from the moment when the conviction arose in people’s minds that everyone should have a say in his own destiny as well as in that of society at large. From the same moment any authority had to justify itself in the eyes of ...
... Consciousness, both individual and social, has become a political issue only from the moment when the conviction arose in people’s minds that everyone should have a say in his own destiny as well as in that of society at large. From the same moment any authority had to justify itself in the eyes of ...
Do bedroom eyes wear political glasses?
... Abstract Most social science research portrays attitudes and behaviors as a product of one's environment or social upbringing. Recently, however, scholars have begun to expand upon this paradigm by showing that biological factors such as genes, which are passed from parents to offspring, can also he ...
... Abstract Most social science research portrays attitudes and behaviors as a product of one's environment or social upbringing. Recently, however, scholars have begun to expand upon this paradigm by showing that biological factors such as genes, which are passed from parents to offspring, can also he ...
Political life is often treated as a world ethically
... first identified and discerned as beginning in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, represents, according to Vatter, a “shift from politics to police . . . marked by the invention of an entirely new set of ‘political sciences,’ which today form the core of our social sciences” (p. 2). In biopoliti ...
... first identified and discerned as beginning in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, represents, according to Vatter, a “shift from politics to police . . . marked by the invention of an entirely new set of ‘political sciences,’ which today form the core of our social sciences” (p. 2). In biopoliti ...