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Mass Incarceration and Voter Turnout Among African Americans in the United States (Is there a correlation between the two?)
(2019-09-03)In developing an understanding of political participation among historically underrepre-sented groups, a disproportionate number of African Americans receiving punishment (prison sentences) is an issue that warrants ... -
Meaning-Mating And Hyphenated Actualizing In Individual-Organization Units: Lived Experiences Of Organization Development Practitioners Learning And Carrying Out The Philosophy Of Organization Development
(2022-08-05)Individuals have been organizing for millennia. The purpose of this study was to investigate what it means for individuals and organizations to each experience how an exposure to the instrumentalized philosophies of one ... -
MICROPOLITAN VS METROPOLITAN: AN EXAMINATION OF CITY SIZE AND POLICE FUNDING IN TEXAS
(2021-08-10)The current investigation seeks to understand if similarities or differences in police funding exist between metropolitan and micropolitan cities in Texas. Little is known about the micropolitan cities and police funding ... -
Mitigating Climate Change At The Municipal Scale: American Urban Planning At A Crossroads
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2011-10-11)The failure of international negotiations toward a successor agreement to the Kyoto Protocol to limit global greenhouse gas emissions has highlighted not only the problematic associated with a global agreement on such a ... -
Monetary Policy In The Organization Of Eastern Caribbean States: How Important Is The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank In Crafting Policy
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2012-07-25)The research examines the effectiveness of monetary policy in improving standards of living at the local level in the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States. The study postulates that monetary policy should not be ... -
More Than Money: Higher Education Decisions Of Low-income And Minority Students
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2009-09-16)A gap persists in K-12 academic achievement, high school persistence, college attendance, and educational attainment by income level and race/ethnicity. Issues of race and ethnicity in education are often intertwined with ... -
The Multi-campus System's Role In Maintaining Institutional Diversity In Texas, Public Universities
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2013-03-20)Institutional diversity is a long-held value in U.S. higher education with origins dating back 300 years to pre-Revolutionary colonial colleges. Institutional diversity is still valued today, but Institutional theory ... -
MUNICIPAL GOLF FACILITIES AND THE DEMOCRATIZATION OF GOLF: DOES GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
(2016-12-20)The game of golf has a tumultuous history that includes long bouts with classism, racism and sexism. From its arrival to the United States more than 200 years ago, golf has found itself as a barometer for democracy. The ... -
NEW PUBLIC SERVICE: GRAY MATTERS IN THE DELIVERY OF PUBLIC ADDED VALUE THROUGH CREATIVE GOVERNANCE PRACTICES – A SILVER LINING TO MANAGING THE EFFECTS OF A CHANGING DEMOGRAPHIC
(2019-08-02)The baby boomer generation, those people born worldwide between 1946 and 1964 are now making their mass exodus from the workforce and are on the imminent road to retirement. Or maybe they are not. The road to retirement ... -
PAID FAMILY LEAVE & THE MEDIA: A NARRATIVE POLICY FRAMEWORK
(2020-12-09)This study seeks to understand how paid family leave laws influence traditional gender roles and stereotypes. The mother homemaker/father breadwinner narrative, a prominent concept within feminist circles, assumes particular ... -
PARENT INVOLVEMENT ACTIVITIES THAT LEAD TO INCREASED PARENT PARTICIPATION: A CASE STUDY
(2018-12-05)There is sufficient evidence to suggest that parent involvement increases student success. Connecting the home to the school can offer a bridge that will lead to academic success for students. Parent involvement can lead ... -
Perceptions Of Crime, Fear Of Crime, And Defensible Space In Fort Worth Neighborhoods
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2007-08-23)This research used descriptive, written scenarios to test the perceptions of crime, fear of crime, and defensible space of residents in three Fort Worth, Texas, neighborhood associations. The survey instrument included two ... -
Planning For Growth In Cities And Metropolitan Regions: An Empirical Study Of Impact Fees And Choice
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2008-04-22)This research examines what city factors relate to the likelihood of adopting impact fees by local governments within metropolitan regions using data from the U.S. Census Bureau. More and more cities are adopting different ... -
POLICY ENTREPRENEURS, NARRATIVES, AND POLICY CHANGE
(2017-08-21)The goal of this dissertation is to uncover how policy entrepreneurs use narratives to influence policy change. Prior studies have attributed scientific evidence to policy change and neglected narratives as an attributing ... -
Prison Prerelease Facilities In Texas: What Effect Do These Programs Have On Offender Success?
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2014-09-17)There is sufficient evidence to suggest that inmates who participate in prerelease programs are less likely to recidivate once released from prison than those who do not participate in these programs. Research shows that ... -
Property Tax Appraisal For Green Buildings: ENERGY STAR Certification In Texas
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2014-07-14)This study investigates whether tax appraised values of commercial office buildings in major Texas cities are influenced by ENERGY STAR (ES) rating. Per square foot (PSF) tax appraised value of property improvements and ... -
Public Budgeting With A Gender Lens: Fulton County, Georgia And San Francisco, California
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2013-07-22)Public budgeting with a gender lens, also known as gender budgeting [GB], evaluates policies for their effects on men and women to promote gender equity. This research assesses GB in Fulton County, Georgia and San Francisco, ... -
Public Management Reform In Developing Countries: An Empirical Investigation Of Operational And Financial Efficiency Of Private Versus Public Airports In Latin America And The Caribbean
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2008-09-17)Public enterprises in Latin American and Caribbean developing nations (LACDNs) are constantly struggling to make their public infrastructures in sectors such as banking, energy; telecommunications, trade, and aviation ... -
Publicly Supported Rental Housing and Affordability for Very Low-Income Suburbanites: A Study of Metropolitan America
(2020-09-08)This dissertation is about subsidized housing and its provision in the contemporary metropolis, with particular focus on suburbs. Subsidized housing has typically been conceived as fundamentally an urban issue given its ... -
The Relationship Between Management Diversity And Supplier Diversity Program Development: A Supplier Diversity Professional Perspective
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2009-09-16)Companies that supply the Federal government with goods and services are required by law to have a supplier diversity program/initiative. They are also required to appoint a supplier diversity professional to manage the ...