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Do Community Driven Development (CDD) Programs Improve Social Relationships measured by Perceived Discrimination among Different Ethnicities in Nepal?

Creator:: Dhakal, Gunjan
Abstract:: Community driven development (CDD) is one of the recent approaches in the development arena that integrates people into mainstream development. Bringing people together into the development prospects through social capital is an important aspect of this approach that harnesses greater social inclusion and wider participation at the grass root level....
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Electrified: What Twitter Data Can Tell Us About Public Energy Discussions

Creator:: Osborne-Gowey, Jeremiah
Abstract:: Researchers and policy-makers interested in assessing public communication to better inform the decision-making process are increasingly utilizing data harvested from social media. Twitter is one of the largest online sources of near-instantaneous information about a myriad of topics socially relevant in the public sphere. Renewable energy (RE) is a socially...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

The Politics Expansion Makes: Analyzing the Political Returns and Policy Framing of the ACA's Medicaid Expansion in the States

Creator:: Bishop, Dustin
Abstract:: The 2010 U.S. health reforms expanded health insurance access to millions of Americans, mainly through an unprecedented expansion of Medicaid eligibility to those with low incomes. Not all states chose to expand their programs, resulting in disparate health-benefit access nationally. This study uses quantitative and qualitative analyses to explore the...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Soundscape Policy: Noise Pollution as an Issue in Oregon Municipalities

Creator:: Noone, Harry
Abstract:: Noise is an environmental issue uniquely harmful to public welfare but essential to a well-functioning modern economy. Given the prevalence of noise especially in urban soundscapes, noise pollution has been recognized as a negative externality and an environmental stressor and thus has become an issue in public policy. Yet, as...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Chasing Green: A Multiple Streams Analysis of Oregon’s Measure 91

Creator:: Levering, Matthew
Abstract:: Over the past three years recreational cannabis legalization has emerged as a major policy issue in the United States. The novelty of this movement has created a gap in the state of literature focusing on the examination of cannabis legalization policy processes. Using a two-pronged Multiple Streams approach, this study...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Greening a Red State: Understanding the Complexities of Environmental Policy in Florida

Creator:: Dearden, Grace
Abstract:: In some legislative bodies, the use of terms like climate change and global warming is frequently seen as taboo. In the United States, voters who identify as right-leaning have reported little concern about the environment or climate change. This lack of interest is mirrored by Republican legislators who often publicly...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Bullying Victimization and Substance Use among Adolescents: Using Strain Theory to Examine Patterns across Gender, Race, and Mental Health Status

Creator:: Beck, Kendra G.
Abstract:: A growing body of research has connected bullying victimization to a number of risk factors in adolescents, including substance use. The current study utilizes Agnew’s revised strain theory as a theoretical framework to examine this relationship, as well as patterns of substance use across gender, race, and mental health status....
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Relationship Between Education and Female Labor Force Participation in Pakistan

Creator:: Safdar, Sana
Abstract:: Various factors prevent women from entering the labor force, including but not limited to, years of education, fertility conditions, number of children, household work, socioeconomic background, cultural and religious believes. 49% of Pakistan’s population is female and only 20% of the total labor force comprises of women. For a developing...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Relationship Between Education and Female Labor Force Participation in Pakistan

Creator:: Safdar, Sana
Abstract:: Various factors prevent women from entering the labor force, including but not limited to, years of education, fertility conditions, number of children, household work, socioeconomic background, cultural and religious believes. 49% of Pakistan’s population is female and only 20% of the total labor force comprises of women. For a developing...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Family Planning Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa: Failure of Policy Transfer

Creator:: Daniel Andrianaivosoa, Landy Miary
Abstract:: After Colonization and since the beginning of the globalization era, governments in developing countries have been restricted in implementing certain policies and reforms, often being forced to accept or borrow policies from former colonizers or other developed countries and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Previous studies found that borrowing policy often leads...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Do Community Driven Development (CDD) Programs Improve Social Relationships measured by Perceived Discrimination among Different Ethnicities in Nepal?

Electrified: What Twitter Data Can Tell Us About Public Energy Discussions

The Politics Expansion Makes: Analyzing the Political Returns and Policy Framing of the ACA's Medicaid Expansion in the States

Soundscape Policy: Noise Pollution as an Issue in Oregon Municipalities

Chasing Green: A Multiple Streams Analysis of Oregon’s Measure 91

Greening a Red State: Understanding the Complexities of Environmental Policy in Florida

Bullying Victimization and Substance Use among Adolescents: Using Strain Theory to Examine Patterns across Gender, Race, and Mental Health Status

Relationship Between Education and Female Labor Force Participation in Pakistan

Relationship Between Education and Female Labor Force Participation in Pakistan

Family Planning Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa: Failure of Policy Transfer

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