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The Missouri Department of Community Affairs : a politico-administrative analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia., 1968)
and analysis, it is recognized that, for such studies to be more widely relevant, they should relate to broader questions of the political process. For this reason, the present study undertakes to (1) relate the Missouri experience to the larger process...
Normative political community : the necessary condition for justice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1979)
In this dissertation, I develop a theory of political community through an analysis of human needs for fellowship on the one hand, and a synthesis of numerous critiques of the liberal state on the other. My thesis is that justice, defined as a...
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 functions performed...
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 particular attention to land...
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)
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 ...
Institutional change in congress : the impact of elections
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1979)
the Congress following each of the twenty-three elections. The major hypotheses are tested through the analysis of this data. The relationship between membership change and procedural/rule change is found to be generally weak, but variable among membership...
Politics and ideology in the Kingdom of Callaway
(University of Missouri--Columbia., 1963)
and processes. Rather, the author has sought to analyze relevant sociological, psychological, and anthropological data from the standpoint of the political scientist. The broad purpose is to describe and to understand significant aspects of politics...
Changing perceptions of alliance relations by select Southeast Asian states, 1951 - 1972
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1978)
. To establish the degree of validity to be accorded the thesis and its subordinate premise, as well as the larger question, the technique of content analysis, and more specifically that of thematic analysis is employed. It is believed by the author that a major...
The foundations and normative parameters of a political philosophy of education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1973)
stated. Finally, an analysis is done of some of the more important concepts functioning in the field of educational thought and action. This analysis focuses on a special and centrally important use of "education" itself, and contrasts this use...
The Bucareli Conference and United States-Mexican relations
(University of Missouri--Columbia., 1966)
and control over the resources necessary to develop a new social organization. Attention therefore has been placed upon the genesis of the Bucareli Conference, an analysis of the negotiations of the conference, and the role of the conference in the relations...
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 ...
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 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...