University of North Carolina Scholar Dataverses
Studies: 28
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The project was launched in 1987 to investigate the human consequences of the Farm Crisis that began in the late 1970s and continued to affect rural America up to 1997, a decline more drastic than any ...

hdl:1902.1/10765
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Updated: Sep 22, 2009
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While intended as a nonviolent foreign policy alternative to military intervention, sanctions have often worsened humanitarian and human rights conditions in the target country. This article examines ...

hdl:1902.1/12135
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Updated: Apr 1, 2009
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The issue of devotional activity in the public schools has long been a staple of the U.S. Supreme Court's agenda, but knowledge of the local implementation of school prayer policy remains limited to ...

hdl:1902.1/12185
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Updated: Apr 1, 2009
hdl:1902.1/12261
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Updated: Apr 1, 2009
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The solicitor general is widely believed to occupy a special status among the parties appearing in the U.S. Supreme Court. A broad array of theoretical advantages are thought to contribute to the federal ...

hdl:1902.1/10303
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Updated: Apr 1, 2009
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The past several decades have witnessed tremendous growth in the number of professional representatives in the Washington community. Despite a wealth of research that testifies to the importance of these ...

hdl:1902.1/10307
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Updated: Apr 1, 2009
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The European Monetary Union (EMU) has generated a variety of changes, including the loss of national monetary policy autonomy and the creation of deeper integrated intra-European markets for goods, services, and ...

hdl:1902.1/10506
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Updated: Apr 1, 2009
Terman Life Cycle Study of Children with High Ability, 1922-1986 by Louis M. Terman; Robert R. Sears; Lee Cronbach; Pauline S. Sears; Albert Hastorf
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This study began by comparing a group of children with high intelligence quotients with groups of children typical of the general population, to discover similarities and differences. Research was continued ...

hdl:1902.1/00882
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Updated: Apr 1, 2009
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How important are lawyers in the decision making of the U.S. Supreme Court? Although legal expertise has long been assumed to benefit certain litigants, the frequency with which lawyers appear before ...

hdl:1902.1/10305
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Updated: Apr 1, 2009
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With competing assumptions and alternative empirical models, scholars have come to rather different conclusions about the impact of public preferences on the decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court. Some ...

hdl:1902.1/10301
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Updated: Apr 1, 2009