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  • Factors Influencing Support for Salmon Recovery Policies in Oregon

    Creator:
    Reeves, Zachary
    Abstract:
    This study uses multiple regression analysis of a survey of Oregon residents to determine what factors influence an individual’s support for salmon recovery policies in Oregon. Salmon today face a variety of threats, most notably from the ‘four H’s’ (habitat degradation, hydroelectric dams, harvest practices, and hatcheries). Using the social...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    William Lunch, representing Political Science _____________________________________________ Roger

  • Values Matter: A Study of Individual Valuation of Democratic Governance in the Public and Private Sectors

    Creator:
    Crowley-Hall, Corey
    Abstract:
    In recent years there has been a growing debate in the field of public administration over whether public employees are essentially self interested. Public choice theory contends that all people are self-interested utility maximizers, and as a result that public employees would seek to use their position for personal gain....
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    Capstone Project
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    concept of budget maximization, which is been most forcefully articulated by William Niskanen. Niskanen

  • An Exploratory Analysis of Influences of Forestland Characteristics and Urban Infrastructure on Forestland Management Treatments

    Creator:
    Hamilton, Margaret
    Abstract:
    Timber supply from Washington State may be reduced by non-industrial private forest owners' diverse purposes for holding timberland, which is a concern since they control 38% of Washington forestland. This study is an exploratory analysis of the effect of land and human infrastructural characteristics on landowners’ likelihood to harvest, precommercially...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project

  • The Politics of Health Reform and Coverage Expansion in Oregon: A Comparison with Other States

    Creator:
    Collins, Brian D.
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    Several states, including Oregon, Massachusetts and California, have been the focus of major health reform efforts in recent years. Oregon utilized a citizen-led commission to generate policy recommendations that led to the enactment of health reform legislation in 2009. This commission helped to create momentum and provide political cover for...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    Political Science Stephanie Bernell, representing Public Health William Lunch

  • Technocracy, Democracy and the Role of Scientists in Natural Resource Policy

    Creator:
    Clark, Will
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    The complexity of modern environmental problems has increased appeals for including scientific research and findings in natural resource policy decision making. Though scientists, resource managers, interest groups, and the general public support more science-based environmental policy, these preferences have been accompanied by growing calls for decentralization and democratization of policy...
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    Capstone Project
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    ___________________________________________________________________ William Lunch, representing Political Science

  • Linking Population Growth Reduction to Climate Change

    Creator:
    Jacobs, Derric
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    By 2050 the world population is expected to reach 9 billion. Fears of the impact of such a large population on earth’s environmental systems and finite resources have lead efforts by governmental and non-governmental agencies to assist developing nations in reducing fertility rates to slow population growth by direct medical...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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  • Keeping state policy public : meeting accountability in commission governance

    Creator:
    Stauffer, Scott
    Abstract:
    Despite their widespread use and presence at all levels of government, public commissions and boards are rarely given much attention, by the general public, academia, or surprisingly by public policy and agency experts. As a state infrastructure governing entity transportation commissions often deal with controversy, but do we really understand...
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    Capstone Project
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  • Oregon State University Student Electoral Participation, 2006-2010

    Creator:
    Bene, Heather T.
    Abstract:
    This study examines student voting at Oregon State University (OSU) – Oregon’s public, land-grant university – in state elections from 2006-2010. The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA), Oregon Senate Bill 951 (2007), and Oregon House Bill 2880 (2011) seek to increase university student voting. In particular, SB 951...
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    Capstone Project

  • Origins of the old-growth forest conflict (1971-1989) : a new model for resource allocation

    Creator:
    Wilson, Mark Shelton
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    The old-growth forest conflict is part of the evolving debate over how to use the federal public lands. This study documents the origins and development of the old-growth issue through 1989. The controversy began in the early 1970s when scientists initiated studies of old-growth forests and northern spotted owls, and...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation

  • Gender and Race Stereotypes in Advertisements in Science, 2004-2006

    Creator:
    Atwood-Wheeler, Kathryn
    Abstract:
    This study documents the occurrence of stereotypical representations of gender, race, and other characteristics in individuals that appear in advertisements in the prestigious academic journal Science. It repeats and expands upon a study conducted by Mary Barbercheck (2001) that analyzed advertisements in Science between 1995 and 1997. In this study,...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    professors Dr. Janet Lee, Dr. Ronald Doel, Dr. Lori Cramer, Dr. Susan Shaw and Dr. William Lunch. Thank