This interdisciplinary dissertation examines the last century of U.S. housing policy, including the construction and outcomes, as a phenomenon in which a ubiquitous pro-homeownership stance taken by those in power in the U.S. takes shape and is maintained through official rhetor…
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Research focused on educational language policy (ELP) within the United States has explored orientations, ideologies and outcomes for English Learners (ELs) (Wiley, 2002; Skutnabb-Kangas, 2000; Hornberger, 2005). This study seeks to intersect these variables in order to investig…
Indigenous peoples in the United States are already disproportionately experiencing the impacts of climate change. Closely related to tribal efforts to manage climate effects are historical endeavors to assert indigenous sovereignty and govern tribal lands, but deficiencies in t…
What historical factors explain an American society that wants both SUVs and clean air, that seeks low fuel prices and high environmental quality? Answering this question means examining the national environmental politics of transportation that emerged and evolved in the United…
The problem addressed in this study was the perceived inequity, discrimination, and dysfunction of the geographic quota system and centralization of higher education in Nigeria. Little research has explored the student, faculty, and leadership perceptions of policy implementatio…
Many scholars have enthusiastically looked for ways to improve informal housing conditions in Cairo, Egypt. Some of them called for policy upgrading, architectural improvements, budget allocation, and sustainable development. By connecting different sectors together to serve the…
This dissertation examines the relationship between the use of student-centered instructional methods in teaching mathematics and science, and achievement of fourth graders in these subjects. The context for analyzing this relationship is the post-Soviet region, with Kazakhstan …
This dissertation examines food consumption patterns in the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS). The study provides detailed information on food demand parameters, which are critical to improving policymakers' ability to make sound food policy decisions. Chapter 2 …
This research examines the changes that took place in the field of Youth Engagement and Development (YED) in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) in the period between the years of 1987-2011. It explores how changes in the political opportunity structures over the period of …
Immigration in the United States is a salient issue, which over time affects economic, political, and cultural conditions. These effects are often accompanied by turbulent political debates in efforts to direct the policies meant to determine the frequency and composition of mig…
The purpose of this study was to explore human resource (HR) managers' perceptions of training practices (i.e., needs assessment, trainee preparation, training program review, accountability, management support, knowledge transfer, and performance improvement) in Saudi private s…
This study examines the social and cultural contexts, and factors of global and local sources, which influence teacher preparation and which may serve to impede or facilitate the training of public and private school English teachers at the “University of Banten,” in Serang, Ind…
In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) education is widely understood to play a key role in promoting gender equality and economic empowerment. In the MENA region generally, and Egypt in particular, "early-marriage" is implicated as one of the main barriers to educational ac…
This dissertation showed that a systemic approach to the study of the dual-use nuclear trade was appropriate and feasible. It contributes to the study of nuclear proliferation by revealing the structure of the system. The systemic approach differs from the traditional approach o…
The purpose of my dissertation is to evaluate the Exchange-rate-based stabilization policy in Lebanon and to explain the circumstances that lead to its success. The dissertation accounts for the main stylized facts associated with Exchange-rate-based stabilization programs, and …
The dissertation examines U.S. policy towards partition in the 1990s. Partition is defined as the division of a sovereign state into one or more sovereign states, representing the successful culmination of one or more secessionist or irredentist movements. The author utilizes th…
This field project promotes the viewpoint that opportunities created by globalization can be actualized when there are sound policies and institutions to promote technology adoption and nurture communities of knowledge. Pervasive use of technology will result in faster economic …
This study investigates the Indonesian experience in managing the privatization of State Controlled Enterprises (SCEs) during the period from 1983 to 1993. The main objective of this study is to assess and explore the following research question: Why has there been little owners…
During the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953–1961), development became an essential part of the strategic vision of containment in the Middle East. In 1953, Eisenhower attempted to use a plan created by the Tennessee Valley Authority and the United Nations c…