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  • Donating Democracy: Measuring the Effectiveness of Foreign Aid in Central Asia

    Creator:
    Michaels, Julia
    Abstract:
    The promotion of democracy abroad has become a critical national security objective for the United States. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, newly independent states have received millions in aid to facilitate their transition to democracy. A significant portion of this funding has been administered by the United States...
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    post-communist countries, with a special focus on the struggling region of Central Asia. The results

  • A Study on Policy Change of Locating Radioactive Waste Depository Facilities in South Korea Using a Multiple Streams Perspective

    Creator:
    Kwon, Taehyun
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    This essay provides a snapshot of major policy change in the siting of radioactive waste depository facilities in South Korea during 2005. After 20 years of failing to locate a radioactive waste depository facility, South Korea finally succeeded in locating a facility through a major policy change of delegating decision...
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    (Zahariadis, 2007). Indicators can be monitored either routinely or through special studies. The indictors

  • Wind Energy Siting in Harney and Crook Counties, Oregon

    Creator:
    Bhattarai, Mukesh
    Abstract:
    Concerns over climate change and energy security have spurred governments worldwide to encourage the development of renewable energy. Although public attitudes and macro-politics, in general, show moderate to strong support for renewables- in particular, wind power- largely because of the economic and environmental benefits associated with it. However, local politics...
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    . Finally, this research report provides analysis of interview transcripts, and concludes with some

  • Divergent Paths to Health: A Comparative Study of the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid Expansion in California and Non-Expansion in Texas Through the Lens of Policy Diffusion

    Creator:
    Aguigam, Lyric T.
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    The enactment of the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010 marked a critical moment in American healthcare history. The ACA introduced Medicaid expansion, a policy designed to extend healthcare coverage to a larger population of low-income Americans. This policy quickly became a topic of debate and led to...
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    special acknowledgment to my partner, Auston. Your love, encouragement, and support have been my

  • California Energy Policy and Perceptions in the 21st Century

    Creator:
    Lindsey, Keenan
    Abstract:
    Rarely does an industry touch each citizen’s everyday life while simultaneously garnering such little public attention as the energy industry does. From the fuel powering our vehicles to the energy flowing into our homes powering our laptops, TV’s and lights the energy industry enables our modern lifestyles, but this is...
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    and implementation of energy policies, then this leaves the door open for lobbyist and special

  • State Tax Credit Auctions

    Creator:
    Korejwa, Elise
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    Tax credit auctions are a new way to fund government programs, dating back to just 2011. In place of funding new programs with direct appropriations from the general fund, tax credit auctions are a means to fund programs by monetizing tax credits. We performed a case study of all of...
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    ,!or!just!$75,000!if!they!are!a!local!filmmaker,!and! submitting!a!detailed!report!of!Oregon!expenses

  • Wind Energy in Solano County

    Creator:
    Kelly, Anna C.
    Abstract:
    While the U.S. energy portfolio increasingly includes renewables, social acceptance of such technologies can pose an important challenge for developers. Using survey data from a random sample of nearby households (n=524), content analysis of coverage in local newspapers, and interviews with various stakeholders (n=14), I explore local social acceptance of...
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    ) focus on the emotional connection of a landscape and tie the loss of a special geographic location to

  • Opening a Developing Economy in the 21st Century: A Look at the Rural Salvadoran Perspective

    Creator:
    Juarez, Benjamin
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    In recent decades there has been a trend for countries to begin establishing bilateral trade relations with one another, namely, free trade agreements. The result has been open economies that are economically tied to one another. In El Salvador, two policies are highlighted that tie it strongly to the United...
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    local market, as importation has increased in Mexico. As per the SAPRIN report, land consolidation has

  • Community Driven Development (CDD) in Action: Three Case Studies of International Nongovernmental Development Organizations’ (INGOs’) CDD Practices

    Creator:
    Rhynard-Geil, Meghann
    Abstract:
    Since the 1980s, NGOs have created a necessary niche for themselves within developing nations addressing poverty “traps” such as: lack of infrastructure, corruption, environmental degradation, conflict, disease, educational paucity, and gender inequality. Due to increasing issues of dependency and failed development projects resulting from a top-down, organizational structure, international nongovernmental...
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     projects.  In  a  World   Bank  report  on  the  sustainability  of  CDD,  it  was

  • Lake County Renewable Energy Transition: An Assessment from the Energy Justice Framework

    Creator:
    Ojeda León, Natalia
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    The energy transition in Oregon poses challenges and offers opportunities to rural areas that tend to be targeted for large-scale renewable energy development. The present case study analyzes how the energy transition has taken place in rural Lake County, to answer the question: to what degree has the energy transition...
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    Racial Justice report, where terms like environmental racism and environmental justice first appeared