Sentences with phrase «how policy preferences»

Even the best - sourced experts can't discern how policy preferences and objectives shape political coalitions or élite Party divisions, and we lack critical diagnostic information that would be necessary to confirm or refute competing hypotheses about major political questions.

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I have some On The Square thoughts about how some kinds of respect for Obama's words and the concerns of some Obama supporters could be used to defeat Obama's policy preferences.

He's still pretty conservative and in a recent analysis, I've applied the model from The Constrained Court to estimate the policy preferences of justices and how they would map onto the vote on the health care legislation (it's all based on a statistical model that links the Court and Congress via positions members of one institution take on votes in the other).

On - topic question topics included the amount of HPD funding in this specific project, possible changes in City Planning Commission rules on building height, how many of the 20,000 units reported by the Mayor were new construction and how many were preservation work, how people can seek to live in the units being constructed at this specific project and a lawsuit challenging the City's community preference policy.

The senior MP, who will be in charge of Labour's policy on Brexit, said her preference would be for Britain to remain in the single market, which is likely to mean accepting unfettered free movement, but she added: «I have been talking to people about how one could control immigration across the UK.

«This study provides a new framework for understanding the diversity of American views and relationships with the natural world, and how those views affect environmental behavior, lifestyles, and policy preferences,» said Anthony Leiserowitz, a faculty member of The Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.

This lack of basic knowledge and confidence means that people are uncertain of the facts and the issues at stake, so that how the subject is framed makes an enormous difference in shaping judgments about policy preferences.

A 2008 survey by Harvard University's Program on Education Policy and Governance found that voters greatly underestimate how much public schools cost and that their funding preferences vary depending on whether they are accurately informed or not:

Her research addresses teacher policy, looking specifically at how teachers» preferences affect the distribution of teaching quality across schools, how pre-service coursework requirements affect the quality of teacher candidates, and how reforms affect teachers» career decisions.

How Teachers» Preferences for Proximity Disadvantage Urban Schools,» Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 24, no

Over a two - year period, the Initiative will expand its research to better understand the role of education in shaping the city's demographics, and vice versa, and how transportation and housing policies impact schooling preferences, school locations, and the education landscape.

In Klein's book The Shock Doctrine, she explains how immediately after Hurricane Katrina, Friedman used the decimation of New Orleans» infrastructure to push for charter schools, a market - based policy preference of Friedman acolytes.

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The book's final chapter describes how citizens, scientists, and adults use the law — in this case the Endangered Species Act — to make change for the better part of policy as well as personal preference.

In summary, we are interested in how framing and persuasive normative messages influence Australians GHG emission policy preferences.

Participants were subsequently asked to indicate their policy preferences regarding how Australia should manage its CO2 emissions using a graphical interface.

More specifically, by knowing how much you are likely to pay given your preference and condition, you may then proceed to rearranging your financial capabilities or decide to delay buying a policy altogether.

The policy type that is right for you depends on how much you are willing to spend on your premiums, your main reasons for purchasing a policy and your personal preferences.

This report presents findings on the development of policies and curricula, including the actors involved and challenges faced; how sexuality education is taught in classrooms; students» experiences and preferences; support for implementation, including teacher training and school environment factors; sources of SRH information outside of the classroom; and general opinions about such education among key stakeholders.

This report presents findings on the development of policies and curricula, including the actors involved and challenges faced; how sexuality education is taught in classrooms; students» experiences and preferences; support for implementation, including teacher training and school environment factors; sexuality education outside of the classroom; and general opinions about sexuality education among key stakeholders.

This multi-year, multi-discipline study is exploring how communications about early childhood development (ECD) influences public attitudes and policy preferences.

«A large part of our work is around building awareness [among] individuals and policy makers around how communities are structured and how that can impact the preferences of the people that are there now and will be there in the future.»