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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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Explaining Partisan Change Among Catholics In The American Electorate

Muro, Christopher Vincent, 01 January 2004 (has links)
This thesis examines data from the National Election Studies in order to assess the significant determinants of the political behavior of Catholics in the American electorate. A complex array of variables including religious commitment, generational differences, social status, and policy attitudes account for limited change in partisan alignment among American Catholics. The analyses expose the long-term, durable nature of partisan attachment, as older generation Catholics who register as actively committed to their religion also remain committed Democrats. Therefore, older Catholics have not been part of the broader ideological realignment which has taken place among other religious adherents, namely evangelical and mainline Protestants. Younger Catholics are significantly more apt to become Republican in their partisan identification than were their parents.Comparing the effects of an array of policy attitudes and socio-demographic variables between Catholic and Protestants illuminates the differences and similarities among these religious groups. What emerges is a consistent pattern demonstrating an ideological realignment within the American electorate. This research adds to the ideological realignment thesis by showing how religious commitment is the driving force behind this realignment. In addition, this thesis presents evidence illustrating that younger Catholics and committed Catholics will continue to move toward Republican partisan identification and that the traditional allegiance of Catholic voters to the Democratic party will continue to decline.
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Style Over Substance? The Effect of Perceptions of the Economy and Affect Toward the President on Trust in Government

Holmes, Adam J. 31 October 2005 (has links)
This study examines persons' trust in the federal government using data from the National Election Study for the presidential election years 1980 through 2000. I hypothesize that person's perceptions of the national economy's health and their affect toward the incumbent president are both positively correlated with their trust in the federal government. I also hypothesize that a person's level of affect toward the president is a stronger predictor of their trust in the federal government than persons' perceptions of the national economy's health. All of these hypotheses are supported in my findings. I also present a serendipitous finding that relates to political party culture. This study finds significant differences between Democrats and Republicans in the trust they afford the government via affect toward the president, suggesting a difference in how self-identified Democrats and Republicans view the president's role in government. / Master of Science
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Mouvances des bases partisanes dans le système partisan québécois

Paris, Jonathan January 2016 (has links)
Le mode de scrutin au Québec favorise le bipartisme, laissant généralement peu de place aux tiers partis. Or, en ce début de 21e siècle, ces partis occupent une place de plus en plus importante dans l’arène politique. Même que l’Assemblée nationale, le symbole du pouvoir québécois, reconnait désormais officiellement un troisième groupe parlementaire, soit le deuxième groupe d’opposition. Ainsi, le système partisan québécois est en pleine mutation, du moins en apparence. Ce mémoire s’intéresse à cet accroissement de l’espace occupé par les tiers partis au Québec. Il a pour objectif d’établir s’il existe des mouvements dans le système partisan actuel qui entrainent une diminution de la loyauté envers les deux grands partis traditionnels, soit le PLQ et le PQ. Il s’attarde plus particulièrement au concept de volatilité électorale, qui consiste à la variation du choix individuel des électeurs vis-à-vis de l’offre en matière de partis politiques. L’approche proposée consiste en trois étapes distinctes. D’abord, une étude historique et comparative de la volatilité électorale collective depuis 1867. Ensuite, l’examen de la volatilité au niveau individuel. Et enfin, l’étude des trajectoires de vote dans sa dimension microsociologique. L’analyse historique atteste qu’il existe trois grands cycles, ou périodes, qui caractérisent le système partisan québécois depuis sa genèse. Les périodes de grande volatilité coïncident avec la fin et/ou le début d’un cycle. Ainsi, chaque cycle est ponctué d’une courte période de bouleversement, et il est soutenu que la volatilité électorale est plus prononcée depuis 1970. La prémisse de base est également confirmée : la part occupée par les tiers partis dans la sous-période 2007-2014 a quelque chose de particulier. Bien que la période actuelle soit marquée par une succession de scrutins où l’on observe une grande volatilité électorale, il n’en demeure pas moins que plus de deux électeurs sur trois sont encore fidèles à leur parti. Les tiers partis d’aujourd’hui, à l’opposé des deux grands partis, comptent sur une part minime d’électeurs indéfectibles. Ils pigent ainsi dans un bassin d’électeurs qui changent continuellement d’opinion. Enfin, de toutes les caractéristiques sociodémographiques, l’âge est actuellement celle qui définit le mieux le comportement des électeurs stables et mouvants.
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War, Race, and Gender in American Presidential Elections in 1964 and 1972

Norcross, Baxter 01 January 2010 (has links)
This paper examines the partisan shift that took place in American Presidential elections during the Vietnam War. Specifically, I examine the landslide elections of 1964 and 1972 and how race, gender, and American casualties played a part in the shift.
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Deception Detection in Politics: Partisan Processing through the Lens of Truth-Default Theory

Clementson, David E. 30 August 2017 (has links)
No description available.
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Analyse des dépenses sociales des provinces canadiennes

Gosselin, Renaud January 2011 (has links)
Le présent mémoire porte sur deux problématiques distinctes qui s'inscrivent toutefois chacune dans le domaine de l'analyse des dépenses sociales des provinces canadiennes. La première, d'une approche essentiellement descriptive et comparée, cherche à vérifier si le Québec se distingue du rest of Canada (ROC) dans ses dépenses sociales pour la période allant de 1961 à 2008, alors que la seconde, de type plus explicatif, vise à évaluer l'influence de l'idéologie des partis politiques au pouvoir sur l'évolution des dépenses sociales provinciales pour la même période. Les résultats du chapitre consacré à la première problématique laissent tout d'abord croire que le Québec se démarque du ROC à partir du milieu des années 1970 jusqu'à la fin de la période observée par des dépenses en proportion de son PIB plus importantes dans la majorité des secteurs sociaux. Or, malgré cette claire distinction québécoise, la plupart des domaines de dépenses de la province francophone semblent tout de même suivre des tendances sensiblement similaires à celles du reste du Canada pour l'ensemble de la période, ce qui témoigne alors d'une appartenance du Québec à un certain pattern pancanadien d'évolution des dépenses sociales. Les résultats du chapitre portant sur la seconde problématique paraissent quant à eux confirmer l'existence d'un cycle partisan provincial global aux effets toutefois limités, l'alternance gauche/droite au pouvoir ayant vraisemblablement un impact modeste sur l'évolution des dépenses sociales provinciales en général. La modestie de ce cycle partisan"pancanadien" semble par ailleurs attribuable à l'existence de divergences majeures entre les provinces par rapport à ce cycle, le facteur idéologique ayant un effet considérable sur l'évolution des dépenses sociales de six d'entre elles mais étant pratiquement nul sur l'évolution des dépenses des quatre autres provinces.
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Guerre totale et concept de partisan pendant la guerre de 1870-1871 / Total war and concept of partisan during the Franco-Prussian war in 1870-1871

Dirou, Armel 12 April 2013 (has links)
Après la défaite française de Sedan le 2 septembre 1870 et la chute de l’Empire, la France s’engage dans la poursuite de la guerre contre son envahisseur. Ses armées défaites, le pays doit se réorganiser pour se reconstituer militairement. Aux côtés des armées régulières, Gambetta appelle de ses vœux l’armement du peuple au sein d’unités irrégulières et à la mobilisation de toutes les ressources du pays. Au-delà de l’aspect incantatoire de la levée en masse qu’il proclame, il renonce finalement à l’emploi de ces unités irrégulières. Il pense en effet que toute bascule révolutionnaire de certaines d’entre elles pourrait ternir l’image et menacer la restauration républicaine à laquelle il aspire. Ainsi, contrairement à ce qu’ont écrit Moltke ou Colmar von der Goltz, Gambetta savait ce qu’il pouvait militairement attendre de ces unités irrégulières ; il voulait la victoire de la France mais pas à tout prix. Il n’était pas prêt politiquement à prendre tous les risques. Face à l’insurrection qui se développe considérablement à partir du mois d’octobre 1870, les Prussiens et les Allemands consacrent 25% de leurs troupes à la sûreté de leurs arrières. Se fondant sur la loi du 4 juin 1851 sur l’état de siège, ils exercent une répression d’une implacable dureté. Les francs-tireurs ne sont pas un ennemi à respecter puisque ces combattants irréguliers n’ont aucune existence légale. Ils sont tel un parasite qu’il convient d’éradiquer. Cette guerre apparaît finalement comme l’aboutissement d’une réflexion prussienne sur la terreur qui s’est étoffée et a mûri tout au long du XIXe siècle. / After the French defeat at Sedan on 2nd September 1870 and the fall of the Empire, France continued to wage war on the invading armies. In order to recover its military capability after the defeat of its army, the country was obliged to undertake a radical reorganization of its armed forces.Alongside the use of regular armed forces, Gambetta advocated arming the population in units of irregulars and mobilizing all the country's resources. The magic spell of the mass uprising which he was proclaiming aside, he finally abandoned the use of irregular units as he believed that any revolutionary change of direction amongst any of them could tarnish their image and threaten the restoration of the Republic to which he aspired. Thus, contrary to what was suggested by Moltke or Colmar von der Goltz, Gambetta knew what he could expect from his irregular units in military terms; he sought a French victory but not at any price. He was not ready to take all the political risks involved.From October 1870 onwards, the insurgency gained considerable strength forcing the Prussians and Germany to deploy 25% of their troops to secure their rear areas. Using the 4th June 1851 Law on the state of siege, they undertook a brutal and relentless campaign of repression: the snipers were not an enemy worthy of respect since irregulars had no legal status. They were parasites which had to be eradicated. This war seems in fact to be the result of Prussian thinking on the use of terror which evolved and matured throughout the nineteenth century.
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A Blue-Green Divide? Elite and Mass Partisan Dynamics in Taiwan

Wang, Hung Chung 05 August 2010 (has links)
This dissertation aims to investigate the bases of partisan differentiation and degree of polarization since Taiwan's 2000 presidential election. By employing American concepts and theories of partisan polarization, I analyze Taiwan's party politics at both the elite and mass levels. At the elite level, I examine whether inter‐party antagonism has become more intense in Taiwan's legislature and what types of issues contribute most to party conflict since 2000. At the mass level, I examine public perceptions of the parties, analyze whether any political issues divide the Taiwanese public along partisan lines, and explore the social and demographic bases of partisan divisions. The findings suggest that political elites became polarized along partisan lines after 2000, as observed in roll‐call voting behavior in the Legislative Yuan. This resulted from the formation of a divided government and the confrontation of two party coalitions after the 2000 presidential election. Furthermore, this polarization is mainly due to the opposite positions of the two party coalitions on the issue of the relationship with China. The pan‐blue party coalition favors reunification and closer interaction with China, whereas its counterpart, the pan‐green party coalition, favors Taiwanese independence and limited interaction with China. The issues of social reform vs. stability, social welfare vs. lower taxes, and environmental protection vs. economic development are less polarizing and less consistently divisive than the issue of Taiwan's relations with China. Partisan polarization is less evident among ordinary citizens than among political elites. The only issue dividing Taiwanese significantly is the China relationship issue (independence or unification with China). In addition, demographic factors may lead to partisan division among citizens. Nevertheless, this polarization is more moderate than that of political elites because the number of partisan independents is high and has not decreased significantly. In short, partisan polarization in Taiwan is not as intense as some political scientists claim. Taiwan's partisan polarization at the mass level is closer to the concept of "sorting", referring to the process of people gradually affiliating with the party that best reflects their policy preferences, even if those preferences are more moderate than extreme.
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Seeing Red: Immigration and Asymmetrical Partisan Polarization in the United States

Worth, Robert M 20 December 2018 (has links)
Since the mid-1970s, partisan polarization has been increasing in Congress and the Presidency, and, although most voters lack a stable, consistent ideology, non-ideological forms of partisan polarization have emerged in the mass public in recent decades. Moreover, ideological polarization among elites is highly asymmetrical, with increased Republican conservatism accounting for most of the increased ideological distance between the parties. Here, I develop a racial-threat backlash theory and argue that increased rates of immigration are associated with increased asymmetrical ideological polarization among elites and in the mass public. Tests of this theory on voters, the mass public in the states, state legislators, and Senators provide support for my theory. In addition, when accounting for the effects of immigration, I do not find support for the alternative explanation that increased income inequality leads to increased asymmetrical partisan polarization.
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Incumbency, divided government, partisan politics and council size : Essays in local political economics

Freier, Ronny January 2011 (has links)
This thesis comprises four empirical papers, each devoted to a specific topic in local political economics. Paper one and two evaluate the importance of the mayor position to the future electoral success of the mayor’s party. In the first paper, the focus is on the party’s electoral outcome in subsequent mayoral elections, while the second paper is concerned with the interdependencies between the mayor’s office and elections on other levels of government. The third paper investigates the causal effect of individual parties on policy in the context of German town council politics. The objective is to measure the impact of political representation in a proportional election system on core fiscal decisions of the municipalities. The final paper studies the specific concerns when using population thresholds in regression discontinuity designs for causal inference (in the German case). The analysis reviews the German evidence on the link between the size of the legislation and government spending. / <p>Diss. Stockholm :  Stockholm School of Economics, 2011. Introduction together with 4 papers.</p>

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