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Learn more about: Examining Women’s Representation in Tribal Governance: An Analysis of Executive and Legislative Roles

Political Science Now

Project Title:Examining Womens Representation in Tribal Governance: An Analysis of Executive and Legislative Roles Tessa Provins, University of Arizona Tessa Provins is an assistant professor in the School of Government and Public Policy at the University of Arizona. She received her M.A. in economics from Stanford University in 2013.

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Forget civics class: Students want to make a difference in real life

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Some school districts, local governments and nonprofit groups across the country have galvanized this youth activism by giving students opportunities to participate in leadership roles and democracy in ways that go beyond civics classes and student government. Things … the government does affect us, but we can’t vote,” she said.

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Three Political Science Professors Named 2024 Guggenheim Fellows of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Political Science Now

Each year, the Guggenheim Foundation awards approximately 175 fellowships to individuals making their mark in the social sciences, the natural sciences, the humanities, and the creative arts. He is also an affiliate of the Institute for Quantitative Social Science where his office is located.

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Short Course: Bayesian Reasoning for Qualitative Case Studies & Comparative Research (QMMR B)

Political Science Now

Instructor Bios : Andrew Bennett is Professor of Government at Georgetown University. He is the co-author, with Alexander George, of Case Studies and Theory Development in the Social Science (MIT Press, 2005), and co-author, with Jeffrey T. The only technical skills that will be assumed are basic arithmetic.

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Short Course: The Logic & Best Practices of Process Tracing (QMMR A)

Political Science Now

Instructor Bios: Andrew Bennett is Professor of Government at Georgetown University. He is the co-author, with Alexander George, of Case Studies and Theory Development in the Social Science (MIT Press, 2005), and co-author, with Jeffrey T. These three courses are complementary and can also be taken separately.

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Print References/Reading List/Bibliography in Your Syllabus (With Some Style) in R Markdown and {stevemisc}

Steven V. Miller

Social Science Quarterly* #> 93(5): 1202–17. #> The Importance of Correct Measurement.” “External Territorial Threats and Tolerance of Corruption: A #> Private/Government Distinction.” Peace Economics, Peace Science and #> Public Policy* 24(1). #> Social Science Quarterly* 100(1): #> 272–88. #>

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Make Simple Cross-Sectional Data with World Bank Data (from {WDI})

Steven V. Miller

0.662 NA #> 3 Afghanistan AF AFG 2016 97.7 6.48 #> 9 Albania AL ALB 2016 99.9 Convert a Panel to a Cross-Section (From “Easiest” to “Still Easy (but with Five More Lines of Code)”) The data created above and assigned to an object called rawData is what we’d call a “panel” in the social sciences. 0.662 NA 89.5

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