Browsing University of Missouri-Columbia by Thesis Advisor "Nicholson-Crotty, Sean"
Now showing items 1-6 of 6
-
Institutions and instability? : a neo-institutional analysis of state economic volatility
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)As the United States begins to emerge from the worst economic decline since the Great Depression, many questions are still left unanswered. One fact seems to allude most of the main stream discussion—the impact of this ... -
Managing in an era of accountability
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] In recent decades, governments have invested heavily in the development of performance management systems for all types of services as a means to improve ... -
The political economy of functional federalism : exploring the effect of federal welfare policy on state economic performance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] While many studies have focused on the ability of state governments on state economic performance, this study investigates how exogenous factor in ... -
Redundancy in a community corrections network : testing the role of service-provider redundancy in Missouri's community correction implementation network
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)Implementation networks are composed of policy service providers that are continually changing in the winds of differing implementation adjustments. Service provider redundancy has been observed by scholars as a possible ... -
The role and implications of citizen environmental boards in state-level policy-making :
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)Environmental regulation is widely considered among the most impactful regulatory fields, as it is both scientifically and technically complex and carries diverse and far-ranging implications for society. Because of this, ... -
Understanding federal preeminence in disaster management : a punctuated equilibrium approach
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)This project expands on the existing literature concerned with the centralization of America's natural disaster emergency relief and aid. Using Frank Baumgartner and Bryan Jones' punctuated equilibrium theory to guide the ...