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  • Political Decision-Making behind the Oregon Health Plan: Making the Hard Choice

    Creator:
    Shaddy, Andrea
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    Oregon has been regarded nationally as an innovative healthcare policy state because of its creation of the Oregon Health Plan (OHP) conceived by State Senator and Governor John Kitzhaber. The OHP was designed and created to help curb soaring healthcare costs and broaden the eligibility of healthcare to the working...
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    Capstone Project

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

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    Crowley-Hall, Corey
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    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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    concept of budget maximization, which is been most forcefully articulated by William Niskanen. Niskanen

  • 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...
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    Political Science Stephanie Bernell, representing Public Health William Lunch

  • 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...
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    Capstone Project

  • Factors Influencing Support for Salmon Recovery Policies in Oregon

    Creator:
    Reeves, Zachary
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    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...
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    William Lunch, representing Political Science _____________________________________________ Roger

  • 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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    and the Role of Scientists in Natural Resource Policy by William K. Clark MPP

  • Keeping state policy public : meeting accountability in commission governance

    Creator:
    Stauffer, Scott
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    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

  • Sovereignty Under Arrest? Public Law 280 and its Discontents

    Creator:
    Cline, Sarah N.
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    Law enforcement in Indian Country has been characterized as a “maze of injustice”—one in which offenders too easily escape and victims are too easily lost (Amnesty International, 2007). Tribal, state, and federal governments have recently sought to amend this through the passage of the Tribal Law and Order Act (TLOA)...
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    ______________________________________________________________________ Dwaine E. Plaza, representing Sociology

  • Who pays for MPAs? An exploration of how narratives influence marine funding

    Creator:
    Laufer, Adrian E.
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    Marine programs, particularly those related to marine conservation, utilize a suite of tools to offset the negative consequences of human activities on marine environments. However, among others, limited funding can represent a challenge for these programs in terms of achieving their desired outcomes. Using systems and organizational theory, this study...
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    influence marine funding by Adrian E. Laufer MPP Essay Submitted to