The author's Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin, 1914. / Reprinted from Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly, v. 24, no. 1, Jan. 1915. Bibliography: p. 3-5.

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Thesis--Columbia University, 1919. / Vita. Published also as Studies in history, economics, and public law, ed. by the Faculty of Political Science of Columbia University, v. 89, no. 2; whole no. 203.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2007. / Title from title screen (site viewed June 17, 2008). PDF text: 319 p. ; 839 K. UMI publication number: AAT 3293922. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in microfilm and microfiche formats.

The decline in traditional methods of civic engagement is a cause for concern in many Western democracies. Similarly, studies of American party politics point to a transformation from locally-based volunteer organizations to national ones assisting candidate-centered, professionally-run campaigns, leaving little room for volunteer participants. This thesis analyses the recent resurgence of grassroots participation and organization in the United States. Using interpretive methods, I present a study of grassroots participants in Massachusetts Democratic Party primary campaigns in 2006. Primary documents, interviews with volunteers and paid members of field staff, and observations of canvassing work all detail the personal and organizational contexts of participation, illuminating the meanings individuals found in campaign work. Grassroots participation takes place in a loosely organized set of candidate-based campaigns, local party committees, and civic spheres. When participants first engage in this environment, they become socialized into a community with learned norms, practices, and ways of knowing. While those interviewed shared some of the motivations of party activists in previous studies, the motives and beliefs described by both professional organizers and volunteers were less policy focused than expected, and blurred the distinction between ideological and social categories. Indeed, while organizers and volunteers build distinct identities through their campaign participation, they share many more similarities than the literature on activism and professionalism in parties would suggest. Participants also serve a crucial role as translators between party elites and their fellow citizens, with important implications for linkage and the problem of decoupling. Rather than a return to traditional methods and structures of political engagement, the participants observed take part in and are building communities which have much in common with new forms of non-traditional participation. These findings contribute to the development of party organization theories and point towards the need for greater dialogue between scholars of party politics, organizational studies, and civic engagement.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Washington State University, May 2009. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on May 22, 2009). "Department of Sociology." Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-134).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin, 1965. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--Kutztown State College. / Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, page: 2913. Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 145-149).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 2006. / Advisor: Thomas M. Carsey, Florida State University, College of Social Sciences, Dept. of Political Science. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed June 14, 2006). Document formatted into pages; contains vi, 167 pages. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2008. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains v, 47 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 42-44).