Browsing by Thesis Department "Public affairs (MU)"
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Communicating reform: apologies and policy implementation for policing's history
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)Governments sometimes apologize for their mistakes but apologizing for mistakes does not always impart legitimacy on governments. Policing's history in the United States creates the context through which policing is ... -
Explaining variation in adoption and implementation of anti-corruption policies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)Since the negative effects of corruption on the quality of government are becoming more apparent, the anti-corruption industry is expanding. Yet while scholars have developed several anti-corruption policies, political ... -
The politics of CO2 emissions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)Climate change poses a severe threat to humanity for the last few decades. Various forms of natural disasters, extreme weather events, the outbreak of deadly diseases, life, and food insecurity are among common threats of ... -
Racial disparity in police killings : an analysis of 2014 United States lethal force data
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)The main purpose of this research is to create a reliable database concerning law enforcement use of lethal force and employ this database to evaluate whether evidence exists that the decision to use lethal force is impacted ... -
Role of agricultural cooperatives in poverty reduction in Nepal : an empirical analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Cooperatives refer to producer-owned and controlled organizations that improve farmers' livelihoods by correcting market failure. Policy makers consider cooperatives as an appropriate development approach for poverty ... -
Strategic human capital management and public sector performance : an investigation of federal agencies
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Three essays on assimilation and acculturation of international instructors at U.S. research universities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)This dissertation consists of three chapters that answer an overarching question: "How do foreign-born instructors assimilate and acculturate into U.S. academia as an immigrant-receiving environment?" Across the three ... -
Three essays on food insecurity, nutritional outcomes, and supplemental nutrition assistance program participation among seniors /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)As the senior population in the United States grows to be a more significant portion of the American populous, social scientists, public health advocates, policy makers, and health care professor must grapple with how to ... -
Three essays on labor economics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)This dissertation addresses labor market issues. The first two chapters deal with employment issues during the great recession using nationally representative data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation. The ... -
Three essays on rural-nonrural disparities in postsecondary access and success
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] While a college degree is increasingly a crucial pathway to achieve success in the U.S labor market, recent estimates indicate that 20% of rural young ... -
Three essays on the impact of public policies on the health and educational outcomes of young adults
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Young adulthood is a critical time in the life course when access to resources and opportunities help determine later in life outcomes. To contribute to the research on young adults, this dissertation uses restricted health ... -
Three studies on psychological distress, health-risk behaviors, and health care access among Chinese, Filipino, and Asian Indian American Subgroups
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)Asian Americans are the fastest-growing ethnic minority population in the United States. Among this group, Chinese-, Filipino-, and Asian Indian Americans are the most three largest Asian American subgroups. Yet, health-related ... -
Wealth and governance in unstable states : South Africa as a context for Mancur Olson's theory of collective action
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Mancur Olson's theory of collective action has primarily been construed and applied to developed countries with formal economies and (generally) ...