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Acculturation, Hispanic ethnicity, and trust : verifying and explaining racial/ethnic differences in trust in health providers in North Carolina Medicaid
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Author
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Smith, Galen H., Hampton, Cicily, Tripp, Hollie L., Brandon, William P.
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Date Created
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2023
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Subjects--Topical
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Medicaid, Cultural competence
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Description
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Three North Carolina Medicaid surveys conducted from 2000 to 2012 reported increasing numbers of Hispanic children enrolled in Medicaid and much lower trust in providers expressed by their adult caregiver respondents compared with responses for no...
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Charles Goodsell : a weaver of the tapestry of public administration
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Author
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Barth, Thomas J.
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Date Created
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2023
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Subjects--Topical
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Public administration, Biographies
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Description
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Our society has the habit of writing about exemplars after they are no longer with us; this is certainly important and beneficial but misses the opportunity to engage them in a personal reflection on their lives and the contributions/lessons they ...
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Comparing volunteer data before and after the COVID-19 pandemic
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Author
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Stevens, Lawrence, Piatak, Jaclyn
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Date Created
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2023
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Subjects--Topical
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COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-), Volunteers
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Description
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The COVID-19 pandemic affected volunteer management and nonprofit organizations nationwide. In this study, I will examine volunteering before and after the pandemic to offer several solutions to manage the growing need for volunteers better. This ...
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Creating the executive budget process : what was Congress thinking?
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Author
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Douglas, James W., Kravchuck, Robert S.
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Date Created
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2023
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Subjects--Topical
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United States. Congress, United States. Office of Management and Budget
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Description
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The recent centennial of the 1921 Budget and Accounting Act presents an opportunity to reconsider the importance of the federal executive budget to American political development. Of particular interest is the apparent shift in political authority...
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Drones and support for the use of force
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Author
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Walsh, James Igoe, Schulzke, Marcus
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Subjects--Topical
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Political science, International relations
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Description
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Combat drones are transforming attitudes about the use of military force. Military casualties and the costs of conflict sap public support for war and for political and military leaders. Combat drones offer an unprecedented ability to reduce these...
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The contextual characteristics of violent crime against Native American women
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Author
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Stanley, Michelle A.
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Date Created
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2021
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Subjects--Topical
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Indigenous peoples, Violent crimes
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Description
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National surveys, reports, and research articles have indicated that Native American women experience some of the highest rates of violence compared to women from other racial or ethnic groups in the United States. Despite these findings, there is...
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Using campaign communications to analyze civility in ranked choice voting elections
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Author
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Kropf, Martha
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Date Created
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2021
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Subjects--Topical
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Preferential ballot, Sentiment analysis
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Description
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Theory suggests that ranked choice voting (RCV) may create a more civil campaign environment. As voters must rank candidates, the candidates have an incentive to work with each other more collaboratively. This study uses text analysis software (LI...
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Which managerial reforms facilitate public sector innovation?
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Author
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Douglas, James W., Mohr, Zachary, Raudla, Ringa
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Date Created
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2023
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Subjects--Topical
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Public administration, European Economic Community countries
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Description
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A key question of public sector innovation (PSI) scholarship is: which factors influence innovation? This paper focuses on managerial practices as drivers of PSI and addresses two research questions. First, how have the main types of managerial re...
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Who shapes the law? Gender and racial bias in judicial citations
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Author
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Szmer, John, Moyer, Laura P., Haire, Susan B., Christensen, Robert K.
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Date Created
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2023
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Subjects--Topical
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Racism, Procedure (Law)
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Description
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In this letter, we assess whether the contributions of judges from underrepresented groups are undervalued or overlooked, thereby reducing these judges’ influence on legal policy. Drawing on an original dataset of discretionary citations to over 2...
