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Description:: Existing political science literature tells us that the common factors of political participation include factors such as civic skills, available free time, and income. However, few have expanded their studies to include to private politics, and to see what factors influence private political participation. Private political participation refers to “the...
Keyword:: Political Science
Subject:: Political Science
Creator:: Julia Valdes
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 11/01/2018
Date Modified:: 11/01/2018
Date Created:: 2017-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Description:: Though more serious during the economic reform than in Mao-era, corruption has not totally got out of hand of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It is not too rampant to control and its destructive effects appear to have been limited from impeding the economic growth. To study the "resilience" that...
Keyword:: Political Science
Subject:: Political Science
Creator:: Jiangnan Zhu
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 10/01/2018
Date Modified:: 10/01/2018
Date Created:: 2008-12-05
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Description:: This research investigates under what conditions political institutions may induce longer and more expensive financial crisis resolutions by assessing the impact of power distribution on government responses to crisis situations. A new model is elaborated in which power distribution plays a key role in the evolution of financial crises, from...
Keyword:: Political Science
Subject:: Political Science
Creator:: Gabriela Nava-Campos
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 09/11/2018
Date Modified:: 09/11/2018
Date Created:: 2008-05-09
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Description:: This is a detailed study of Congress's China policy, with a view toward building a theory of congressional policymaking. I argue that committees, bicameralism, and presidential veto have severely constrained Congress's ability to legislate on China policy. I analyze China bills introduced between 1973 and 2006. I report evidence that...
Keyword:: Political Science
Subject:: Political Science
Creator:: Tao Xie
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 07/30/2018
Date Modified:: 07/30/2018
Date Created:: 05-10-2007
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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