Browsing by Author "Cindy D. Kam"
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Shester, Katharine L. (2011-04-14)Department: EconomicsBetween 1933 and 1970, over 1 million units of public housing were built with federal funds and operated by local public housing agencies. New building was subsequently curtailed as many came to believe that public housing ...
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Does a Loss or a Win Affect Who Tunes In? Political Advantage, Disadvantage, and Media Consumption Archer, Allison Michelle N. (2017-06-28)Department: Political ScienceIn this dissertation, I argue that the political environment can meaningfully influence media demand. Studying the determinants of news consumption is critical because these processes affect the knowledge on which democratic ...
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Russo, Guilherme Azzi (2018-04-12)Department: Political ScienceDo higher or increasing levels in the number of electoral options instill a greater sense of efficacy among citizens? Scholars have argued that a larger number of parties competing in an election should promote higher ...
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Pereira, Frederico Batista (2016-07-19)Department: Political ScienceThis dissertation examines how stereotypes about men and women in politics affect political outcomes such as the composition of legislatures and citizens’ cognitive engagement in politics, across different contexts. The ...
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Anderson, Jennifer Ogg (2011-04-12)Department: Political ScienceThis project is concerned with how televised images of violence on the field of battle affect public support for war. News coverage is a powerful factor in influencing public opinion, but the majority of past empirical ...
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Husser, Jason Andrew (2012-08-10)Department: Political ScienceOne bedrock finding in the study of mass politics is that religious behavior affects political behavior. However, the successes of movements such as the Christian right have complicated matters. Using a variety of methods, ...
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The Impact of High Information Environments on Representation in the U.S. House of Representatives Trussler, Marc James (2019-08-16)Department: Political ScienceIn a series of three articles I demonstrate that a plausible explanation for political "nationalization" is an increasingly dense information environment. Nationalization occurs when all political decisions -- for both ...
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Maldonado, Arturo (2015-11-24)Department: Political ScienceThis dissertation engages in a comprehensive evaluation of compulsory voting in Latin America. In doing so, it first analyzes the origins of compulsory voting in Latin America and demonstrates that variations in the balance ...
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Byl, Jacob Peter (2015-04-08)Department: Law and EconomicsThe Endangered Species Act is a strong environmental law that gives federal agencies authority to conserve imperiled species by regulating private and public parties. In this dissertation, I use data on timber harvests ...