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OPEC as a non-state actor : formation and dynamics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1982)
This dissertation analyzes the factors which have promoted the formation of OPEC and the dynamics of its confrontation with the multinational oil companies (MNOCs). It analyzes the rise of OPEC from the perspective of the ...
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 poverty of place : a comparative study of five rural counties in the Missouri Ozark
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1999)
. These characteristics of rural poverty are evidenced throughout the U.S.A. by the existence of clusters of persistent low income counties. Although the existence of regions of poor rural counties have been noted since 1974, little county-level research has been done...
Politics and ideology in the Kingdom of Callaway
(University of Missouri--Columbia., 1963)
, with particular attention being centered on political perspectives and values as they are expressed in the community of Fulton and the county of Callaway."--Introduction....
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 Missouri Department of Community Affairs : a politico-administrative analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia., 1968)
The State of Missouri established, in 1967, a high- level administrative department to deal with urban problems, one of only seven such agencies on the departmental level in state administrative structures in the United States. This study is focused...
The Office of Governor of the State of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1963)
the office. Professor Coleman B. Ransone, Jr., sees the modern American governor as being primarily concerned with three broad areas of operation—policy formation, public relatlons, and management. The governor, he says further, operates as a policy maker...
Changing perceptions of alliance relations by select Southeast Asian states, 1951 - 1972
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1978)
this by grouping major themes of like nature into "clusters," each of which is centered around one of the six major hypotheses designed to move the study from the general to the specific concerning perceptions the Southeast Asian countries have of their alliance...
The Bucareli Conference and United States-Mexican relations
(University of Missouri--Columbia., 1966)
of the United States and Mexico in the ensuing years until the land and oil problems were "solved." One of the major focal points in this study is the question of leadership exhibited by the American diplomats involved. It seemed evident that the character...
The foundations and normative parameters of a political philosophy of education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1973)
with the claims and aspirations of traditional educational philosophy. This dissertation develops a theory which shows normative reasoning to be a form of discourse which is completely public and objective and which is capable of reaching conclusions having...
Normative political community : the necessary condition for justice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1979)
of communities, each of which correspond to distinct values: hedonistic, aesthetic, and moral, to mention but a few. Third, because self-realization as the highest level of human achievement requires justice in order to be brought about, it requires a special...
Pursuit of national interests through neutralism : case of India
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1973)
"The study is made up of several chapters. In Chapter I an attempt has been made to discuss the concept of neutralism as regards what it is not and what it is. The most important point that has been made in this chapter ...