Browsing by Author "Vedlitz, Arnold"
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Mumpower, Jeryl L.; Liu, Xinsheng; Vedlitz, Arnold (2015-02)In a 2013 U.S. national public opinion survey, data were collected from 1,321 adult respondents for five psychometric variables—Dread, Scientists’ Level of Understanding, Public’s Level of Understanding, Number Affected, ...
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Preferences, Knowledge, and Citizen Probability Assessments of the Terrorism Risk of Nuclear Power Li, Quan; Fuhrmann, Matthew; Early, Bryan R.; Vedlitz, Arnold (10/21/2011)How does the American public assess risk when it comes to national security issues? This paper addresses this question by analyzing variation in citizen probability assessments of the terrorism risk of nuclear power plants. ...
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Brown, Stephanie; Goldsmith, Carol; Halperin Lisa; Seavey, Ian; Winarski, Kimberly; Vedlitz, Arnold (2020-07-31)Severe storms such as Hurricane Harvey that battered the Texas Gulf Coast in August 2017 not only stretch resources related to short-term rescue, safety and health, but also generate extensive discussion and planning to ...
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Brule, David J (Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)This dissertation explores the role of public opinion in U.S. presidential decisions to employ various alternatives in response to an international crisis. Presidents may choose from a range of force alternatives, including ...
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Stoutenborough, James W.; Vedlitz, Arnold (Texas Water Resources Institute, 2013)Water management in Texas is increasingly salient as the population grows, water supplies continue to be taxed and the planet continues to warm, resulting in more severe, widespread, and frequent droughts in the state. ...
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Stoutenborough, James W.; Vedlitz, Arnold (2013-12-19)Water management is becoming increasingly salient as climate change continues to alter the environment, resulting in more severe and frequent droughts. To address water management issues, large-scale projects may be needed. ...
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Sirin Villalobos, Cigdem (2010-07-14)Scholars widely acknowledge that democratic political leaders seek public support for their policy endeavors, particularly when conducting costly policies as in the case of military interventions. A deeper understanding ...
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Myers, Christopher 1985- (2012-11-29)The international community faces a growing threat from nuclear terrorism. The complexity of the threats of nuclear terrorism, the variety of nuclear security measures that States can devote resources towards to address ...
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Matsubayashi, Tetsuya (2009-05-15)This research addresses the determinants of mass participation by developing a model of how the racial environment influences mass participation in the United States. Prior literature on this research question presents two ...
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Naufal, Georges Sami (2009-05-15)This dissertation examines the determinants, motivations and effects of remittances. In that last two decades remittances have gained interest due to their large size. For several developing countries remittances constitute ...
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Conway, Nicholas David (2016-12-07)I address an issue largely ignored by political science: the role of litigation procedure in influencing policy outcomes. The specific aim of my dissertation is to explain the phenomenon of diminishing civil trials and the ...
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Loutsenko, Alexander (2016-04-29)This thesis explores the effect that modern self-surveillance technologies have on subjectivity and the ways in which bodies are regulated by modern institutional power, while addressing several branches of existing ...
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Dvir, Rotem (2021-04-16)This project explores how time horizons influence decision-making in international conflict. Despite their prevalence as an explanation for conflict behavior, it is less clear how temporal orientations lead to selecting ...
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Ario, Shannon; Elliott, Elizabeth; Gray, Kevin; Hemmeline, Charles; Pomeroy, Dan; White, Andrew; Zurawski, Paul (2002)
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Owens, Christopher T. (2009-06-02)This dissertation investigates the important role attitudes play in determining the participation levels of a large number of Americans. Over the past 30 years the prominent theories in the political participation literature ...
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Coogan, Ryan Christopher (2019-01-14)Radiation Portal Monitors (RPM) are our primary border defense against nuclear smuggling, but are they still the best way to spend limited funds? The purpose of this research is to strategically compare RPM defense at the ...
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Ramirez, Mark Daniel (2011-02-22)Scholarship shows that the social construction of crime is responsible for the public’s demand for tougher criminal justice policies. Yet, there remains disagreement over several key issues regarding the relationship ...
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Kim, Dokoan (Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)This paper presents a theoretical analysis of the relative use of general state subsidies (tax finance) and tuition (user charge finance) in the state financing of higher education. State universities across U.S. states ...
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Dickens, Bryan D. (1991)This study explores the perceived decline in the quality of American public education during the 1970s and early 1980s. The reports that were issued in 1983 in response to this perception are discussed, with emphasis being ...
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Earhart, Amy; Ives, Maura; Burkart, Patrick; Ezell, Margaret; Harner, James; Ramasubramanian, Srividya; Vieira de Castro, Filipe; Morris, Jeff; Dox, Donnalee; Urbina, Eduardo; Burlbaw, Lynn M.; Carpenter, B. Stephen II; Davis, Trina J.; Yadav, Manjit; Herbert, Bruce; Akleman, Ergun; Furuta, Richard; Shipman, Frank; Vedlitz, Arnold (2009)We propose the creation of a Center for Digital Humanities, Media and Culture (formerly titled Texas Center for Digital Humanities and New Media). The Center will address two related grand challenges: the need to investigate ...