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The poverty of place : a comparative study of five rural counties in the Missouri Ozark
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1999)
Research on nonmetro poverty indicates that it tends to be both geographically discrete and persistent over time. Low income counties have been shown to have a negative effect on the income of bordering counties, increasing ...
Politics and ideology in the Kingdom of Callaway
(University of Missouri--Columbia., 1963)
"This is a study of politics in the town of Fulton, the county of Callaway, in the state of Missouri. It is a study which, from one standpoint, is limited in its scope and focus. No attempt is made to describe and to ...
OPEC as a non-state actor : formation and dynamics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1982)
that the politics of oil in the 1960s can best be understood as the clash of two non-state actors — OPEC and MNOCs, both involved in changing relationships with their home governments. OPEC's creation was a direct response to the unequal relationship between...
The Democratic Party Midterm Conference, 1974 : an assessment of utility and impact
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1976)
""Of all the major in stitutions of American society, the parties seem to be the most resistant to reform and modernization. ...Perhaps all this is true because nobody has much cared about what happened to the parties." ...
The Office of Governor of the State of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1963)
"The purpose of this study is to examine the Office of Governor in Missouri as it exists and functions at the present time, although attention will be given to its historical development. Emphasis will be placed on the ...
The railroad and warehouse commission of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)
In this age of corporate business activity, a study of the legal and social relations which this form of business enterprise has borne to this State becomes of immediate interest. Such a study is of concern because the problem is in the process...
Institutional change in congress : the impact of elections
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1979)
This dissertation examines the nature of institutional change in Congress from 1930 to 1976. Specifically, the relationship between two distinct aspects of institutional change — membership composition and procedures and ...
The Missouri Department of Community Affairs : a politico-administrative analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia., 1968)
and is intensified by administrative action designed to build organizational bases of support. A few words about the methodology of this study would seem to be in order. An eclectic approach, employing both conventional modes of administrative analysis as well...
Normative political community : the necessary condition for justice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1979)
social condition which promotes self-realization and fair, impartial treatment, is only possible in a society committed to a special sense of community based upon human needs for status, security, and the sharing of moral and intellectual commitments...
The politics of special road districts abolishment in Missouri, 1970-1975
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1975)
This study seeks to describe and explain the politics of dissolution of special road districts in Missouri from 1970 through 1974. It focuses on successful road district dissolutions in twenty Missouri counties during the ...
The politics of land reform in South Korea
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1973)
Land reform in the developing countries has been of particular concern to social scientists as well as politicians and revolutionaries because of the preponderant role of agriculture in the area. Economists have paid ...
Changing perceptions of alliance relations by select Southeast Asian states, 1951 - 1972
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1978)
The purpose of this study is to examine the thesis that in the period from 1951 through 1972, the receptivity of select Southeast Asian states towards alliance relations with the United States underwent a change because ...
The Bucareli Conference and United States-Mexican relations
(University of Missouri--Columbia., 1966)
This dissertation attempts to explain the role of the Bucareli Conference in the contest between the United States and Mexico from 1914 to approximately 1930. It arose from an interest in the land and oil questions and ...
Pursuit of national interests through neutralism : case of India
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1973)
national interests, and that it is not primarily a goal of foreign policy and is not to be confused as a goal of foreign policy. There is a discussion of the philosophic bases of neutralism to emphasize that there is nothing casual about it. Yet...
The foundations and normative parameters of a political philosophy of education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1973)
This dissertation establishes the foundations for a fully developed political philosophy of education, as that enterprise has been traditionally conceived and as it has been exemplified in the "great works" which demarcate ...