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Supportive Services for Homeless Veteran Women: Policy Implementation and Discretionary Practices of Those at the Front-Lines of Public Service

Description:: This study explores whether and how government services originally designed to meet the needs for homeless veteran men are being modified to address the unique needs and circumstances facing the current population of homeless veteran women. Over the last 12 years, studies have documented the...
Author:: Augeri, Justine
Keyword:: veteran, implementation, policy, women, female, and homelessness
GW Unit:: Public Policy & Administration
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Newcomer, Kathryn
Committee Member(s):: Harrison, Cynthia and Brainard, Lori
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Long-Term Effects of Care Management on Mortality, Hospitalizations, and Medicare Costs Among Chronically-Ill Medicare Beneficiaries

Description:: Care management interventions for chronically-ill Medicare beneficiaries are central to reforms in the Affordable Care Act aimed at improving health outcomes while reducing expenditures. This dissertation examines the long-term effects of 15 care management models tested in the Medicare...
Author:: Peterson, George Gregory
Keyword:: demonstration, clinical trial, chronic illness, care management, Medicare, and care coordination
GW Unit:: Public Policy & Administration
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Lantz, Paula and McCarthy, Melissa
Committee Member(s):: Newcomer, Kathryn, Infeld, Donna, Johnson, Jean, and Peikes, Deborah
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Space Property Rights

Description:: This dissertation proposes, analyzes, and evaluates different policy choices for the creation of a private property rights regime to regulate the use and exploitation of space resources. The timeliness and importance of this dissertation are demonstrated by the enactment of the U.S. Commercial...
Author:: Balta, Athina
Keyword:: Property Rights and Outer Space
GW Unit:: Public Policy & Administration
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Newcomer, Kathryn E.
Committee Member(s):: Pace, Scott, Kronmiller, Theodore G., Saltzburg, Stephen A., and Griffin, Michael D.
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Intellectual Property, Public Sector Research, and Genetically Engineered Corn: An Anti-commons Analysis

Description:: The U.S. has detailed legal guidance designed to govern the creation and use of intellectual property (IP), and proper implementation of these legal structures requires that all parties involved are knowledgeable about the existence and scope of those laws. However, for many public sector...
Author:: Williams, Jeffrey L.
Keyword:: maize, intellectual property, corn, and ag biotech
GW Unit:: Public Policy & Administration
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Brock, Gerald
Committee Member(s):: Merrill, Steven, Vonortas, Nicholas, Heisey, Paul, and Cordes, Joseph
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Policy Making and the U.S. Response to Global HIV/AIDS

Description:: Since it was first identified in the early 1980’s, HIV/AIDS has become one of the world’s most devastating epidemics, disproportionately affecting people in developing countries, particularly in Africa. A number of domestic and international efforts emerged to address the epidemic, including the...
Author:: Blumenfeld, Diana B.
Keyword:: agenda setting, PEPFAR, AIDS, punctuated equilibrium theory, policy making, and HIV
GW Unit:: Public Policy & Administration
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Balla, Steven J
Committee Member(s):: Deering, Christopher J, Stoker, Robert, Newcomer, Katherine, and Levi, Jeffrey
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Essays on Landlord-Tenant Laws and Mobility in the United States

Description:: This dissertation contains three essays that aim to provide insight into the way housing policies affect both interstate and intra-county mobility in the United States. In particular, it endeavors to provide policymakers with new information on how the rights granted by landlord-tenant laws...
Author:: Hatch, Megan Elizabeth
Keyword:: housing policy, landlord-tenant law, rental housing, public policy, and mobility
GW Unit:: Public Policy & Administration
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Conger, Dylan
Committee Member(s):: Perry, Vanessa G., Brooks, Leah, Carruthers, John, and Wolman, Harold
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Armed for Arms Control? Presidents, Bureaucrats and the Role of Government Structure in Policymaking

Description:: Armed for Arms Control?Presidents, Bureaucrats and the Role of Government Structure in PolicymakingReorganizations of government structure are a common political solution to organizational challenges. But do such major changes in structure yield optimized policy or improve decisionmaking? Are...
Author:: Dalton, Toby
Keyword:: Arms Control, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Government Politics, Decision making, United States Government, and National Security Policy
GW Unit:: Public Policy & Administration
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Balla, Steven J
Committee Member(s):: Carrigan, Christopher, Nolan, Janne E, Talmadge, Caitlin, and Goldgeier, James
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Racialized Issue Frames and Donald J. Trump: Examining the Discursive Framing of Immigration and Trade During the 2016 Presidential Campaign

Description:: The election of Donald J. Trump as the 45th President of the United States prompted many to question the role of race in driving support for his candidacy. For decades, scholars have shown the powerful influence of race in influencing voter choice and public opinion, whether through explicit or,...
Author:: Sola, Camille A.
Keyword:: Immigration, Trade, Racialized Framing, Racialization, Donald J. Trump, Race, and Racialized Issue Frames
GW Unit:: Public Policy & Administration
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Tuch, Steven A
Committee Member(s):: Squires, Gregory D and Gross, Kimberly
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Medicaid and HIV/AIDS in the United States: A State-Level Analysis of Beneficiaries and Spending

Description:: People with HIV/AIDS rely disproportionately on the public sector for their health care, particularly Medicaid, estimated to be their single largest source of coverage in the United States. Despite the importance of Medicaid for people with HIV disease, however, few analyses have assessed the...
Author:: Kates, Jennifer
Keyword:: HIV, AIDS, U.S. States, and Medicaid
GW Unit:: Public Policy & Administration
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Newcomer, Kathryn E
Committee Member(s):: Katz, Rebecca, Conger, Dylan, Holtgrave, David, and Levi, Jeff
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

The U.S. Army and Nation-Building: Explaining Divergence in Effective Military Innovation

Description:: Since the World War II era, the United States Army has been heavily involved in nation-building. Although these represent the majority of the missions that were executed in the last sixty years, the army still primarily focuses on planning, organizing and training to fight conventional high...
Author:: Patterson, Rebecca Damm
Keyword:: World War II, Nation-Building, Civil-Military Relations, Military Innovation, Military Effectiveness, and Iraq
GW Unit:: Public Policy & Administration
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Avant, Deborah D.
Committee Member(s):: Lebovic, James and Cushman, Charles
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Essays on Property Tax Assessment Administration

Description:: In the 1960s and 1970s a number of states implemented property tax assessment administration reforms catalyzed by the creation of computer-assisted mass appraisal systems. The consequences of these reforms were studied extensively during the 1980s, which provided an initial evaluation, but since...
Author:: Propheter, Geoffrey
Keyword:: assessment administration, property tax, and tax administration
GW Unit:: Public Policy & Administration
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Cordes, Joseph
Committee Member(s):: Brunori, David, Carrigan, Christopher, Wolman, Harold, and Collins, Catherine
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Multi-Year Projections and Fiscal Planning in Local Governments: Does It Work and What Affects Its Effectiveness?

Description:: Local governments in the United States have generally experienced fiscal distress in the past decade, due to the economic downturn, reduction in Federal and State aid, and rising costs for providing services partly due to pensions and healthcare. Many governments are worried about their long-term...
Author:: Sun, Hong Holly
Keyword:: fiscal planning, fiscal health, multi-year, projections, local governments, and budgeting
GW Unit:: Public Policy & Administration
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Cordes, Joseph
Committee Member(s):: Carlee, Ron, Augustine, Nancy, Joyce, Philip, and Collins, Catherine
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

A CONTEXTUAL-ORGANIZATIONAL COLLABORATION MODEL FOR GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION SHARING: CASE STUDIES FROM INDIANA, MONTANA, NEW YORK, AND NORTH CAROLINA

Description:: The goal of this dissertation was to determine whether or not specific strategies and tools could increase the inter-jurisdictional sharing of geospatial information in the American states and to develop a model that blended theory and practice. Governments at all levels increasingly rely on...
Author:: Murphy, Judith Ann
Keyword:: Collaboration, United States, Geospatial Information, and Information Sharing
GW Unit:: Public Policy & Administration
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Newcomer, Kathryn E.
Committee Member(s):: Cordes, Joseph J., Carlee, Ron, Norris, Robert C., and Rain, David R.
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Governing National Programs in a Federal System: Household Food Security and Food and Nutrition Service Programs

Description:: The governance of national programs in a federal system complicates the directing of program performance towards national goals. Even without a substantial degree of formal devolution, a federal system may generate sufficient variation in program features across states to affect access to program...
Author:: Hess, Douglas R.
Keyword:: food and nutrition service, social indicator, household food security, food stamp program, federalism, and performance indicator
GW Unit:: Public Policy & Administration
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Cordes, Joseph J. and Wiseman, Michael
Committee Member(s):: Nord, Mark, Conger, Dylan, Young, Garry, and Rigby, Elizabeth
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Shared Spaces or Separate Meanings? Mediated Communication as a Globalizing Force

Description:: Scholars of political communication have viewed globalization as a process fostered by changing media systems and communication technologies. They have held that the emerging media systems can promote a more de-territorialized and re-territorialized socio-economic and political space--a global...
Author:: Jones, Abigail Lynn
Keyword:: Media Framing, News Norms, Media Globalization, Globalization, and Climate Change
GW Unit:: Public Policy & Administration
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sterling, Christopher and Entman, Robert M.
Committee Member(s):: Waisbord, Silvio, Aday, Sean, Youmans, Will, and Brainard, Lori
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Influences on U.S. International Population and Reproductive Health Policy

Description:: The United States has been a global leader in the international population arena for nearly fifty years, but the domestic policy debate around international population and reproductive health issues has been increasingly characterized by politicization and partisanship. This study explores the...
Author:: Petroni, Suzanne
Keyword:: Reproductive health, Family planning, Interest groups, and Congressional voting
GW Unit:: Public Policy & Administration
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Balla, Steven J
Committee Member(s):: Crane, Barbara, Infeld, Donna, Deitch, Cynthia, and Wood, Susan
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Beyond Digital Convergence Service: Influential Factors on Diffusion of IPTV Services

Description:: This dissertation tried to explore which factors affect the diffusion of IPTV services, especially in OECD countries where IPTV services are being provided. In order to fulfill this objective, major characteristics of the convergence trend were explored in various perspectives and a theoretical...
Author:: Lee, Kijoo
Keyword:: Convergence between telecommunication and broadcasting, IPTV service in Korea, IPTV service, Digital Convergence, Cross-country comparative analysis, and Diffusion of IPTV service
GW Unit:: Public Policy & Administration
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Brock, Gerald
Committee Member(s):: Conger, Dylan, Hindman, Matthew, Sterling, Christopher H., and Cordes, Joseph
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

The Impact of Health Insurance Coverage on the Use of Preventive Health Services and Healthy Behaviors: Evidence from Mexico's Public Health Insurance Program Seguro Popular

Description:: By reducing the cost of care, health insurance positively affects the income of consumers but reduces the returns of investing in prevention that, in turn, affect the risk or severity of illness. This situation in which consumers alter their behavior when provided with health insurance coverage...
Author:: Torres Garcia, Ana Cristina
Keyword:: Moral Hazard, Preventive Care, Mexico, Seguro Popular, Health Insurance, and Healthy Behavior
GW Unit:: Public Policy & Administration
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Dor, Avi
Committee Member(s):: Carrillo, Paul E., Infeld, Donna L., Cordes, Joseph, and Aguilar Rivera, Ana Mylena
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Case Study of the Interagency Process for Making Presidential Policy Decisions on Dual-Use Space Technology: The Global Positioning System and Space Traffic Management

Description:: Understanding how, and why, governments choose a course of action on an issue is one of the enduring problems in public policy and public administration. Policy decisions on dual-use technology are particularly challenging, as they require balancing the national security risks (or advantages) a...
Author:: Weeden, Brian C
Keyword:: global positioning system, interagency process, presidential decision-making, space traffic management, space policy, and dual-use technology
GW Unit:: Public Policy & Administration
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Pace, Scott
Committee Member(s):: Newcomer, Kathryn and Logsdon, John
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Institutional Analysis of Municipal Water Reforms: Framework and Application to Jakarta, Indonesia

Description:: Institutional Analysis of Municipal Water Reforms: Framework and Application to Jakarta, IndonesiaThis dissertation presents a comprehensive framework to analyze municipal water supply reforms in developing countries by adapting the institutional analysis and development framework (IAD) to this...
Author:: Banerji, Bidisha
Keyword:: Jakarta, IAD, service delivery, water reforms, water utility, and institutions
GW Unit:: Public Policy & Administration
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Cordes, Joseph
Committee Member(s):: Augustine, Nancy, Lenton, Roberto, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth, and Young, Garry
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Supportive Services for Homeless Veteran Women: Policy Implementation and Discretionary Practices of Those at the Front-Lines of Public Service

Long-Term Effects of Care Management on Mortality, Hospitalizations, and Medicare Costs Among Chronically-Ill Medicare Beneficiaries

Space Property Rights

Intellectual Property, Public Sector Research, and Genetically Engineered Corn: An Anti-commons Analysis

Policy Making and the U.S. Response to Global HIV/AIDS

Essays on Landlord-Tenant Laws and Mobility in the United States

Armed for Arms Control? Presidents, Bureaucrats and the Role of Government Structure in Policymaking

Racialized Issue Frames and Donald J. Trump: Examining the Discursive Framing of Immigration and Trade During the 2016 Presidential Campaign

Medicaid and HIV/AIDS in the United States: A State-Level Analysis of Beneficiaries and Spending

The U.S. Army and Nation-Building: Explaining Divergence in Effective Military Innovation

Essays on Property Tax Assessment Administration

Multi-Year Projections and Fiscal Planning in Local Governments: Does It Work and What Affects Its Effectiveness?

A CONTEXTUAL-ORGANIZATIONAL COLLABORATION MODEL FOR GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION SHARING: CASE STUDIES FROM INDIANA, MONTANA, NEW YORK, AND NORTH CAROLINA

Governing National Programs in a Federal System: Household Food Security and Food and Nutrition Service Programs

Shared Spaces or Separate Meanings? Mediated Communication as a Globalizing Force

Influences on U.S. International Population and Reproductive Health Policy

Beyond Digital Convergence Service: Influential Factors on Diffusion of IPTV Services

The Impact of Health Insurance Coverage on the Use of Preventive Health Services and Healthy Behaviors: Evidence from Mexico's Public Health Insurance Program Seguro Popular

Case Study of the Interagency Process for Making Presidential Policy Decisions on Dual-Use Space Technology: The Global Positioning System and Space Traffic Management

Institutional Analysis of Municipal Water Reforms: Framework and Application to Jakarta, Indonesia

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