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The Impact of American Politics on Perceptions of Women's Golfing Abilities

The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 2009
AbstractWe examine the relationship between political environments and perceptions of women's physical abilities. Using a sample of 496 golf courses located in the United States, we find a significant relationship between state political affiliations, ratings of senators and congressional representatives on a liberal to conservative continuum, and ...
Michelle M. Arthur, Harry J. Van Buren III, Robert G. Del Campo   +2 more
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Ability Matters: Testing the Differential Effects of Political News and Late-Night Political Comedy on Cognitive Responses and the Role of Ability in Micro-Level Opinion Formation

International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 2013
Entertainment-oriented media are a staple in today’s political media environment (Prior, 2007), ranging from fictional narratives (e.g., Iron Lady, Ides of March) to entertainment-infused news programming (e.g., Fox and Friends, Rock Center). Amidst the rapidly changing media environment, media producers are packaging political content in a variety of ...
H. L. LaMarre, W. Walther
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Detracking: The Social Construction of Ability, Cultural Politics, and Resistance to Reform

Teachers College Record: The Voice of Scholarship in Education, 1997
Structural changes necessary in detracking efforts challenge not only the technical dimensions of schooling, but also the normative and political dimensions. We argue that detracking reform confronts fundamental issues of power, control, and legitimacy that are played out in ideological struggles over the meaning of knowledge, intelligence, ability ...
Jeannie Oakes, Amy Stuart Wells, Makeba Jones, Amanda Datnow   +3 more
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Does political risk affect managerial ability?

Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change
Purpose This study aims to examine the relation between firm-level political risk and managerial ability. Design/methodology/approach This study uses regression analysis to explore firm-level political risk’s influence on managerial ...
Lori N.K. Leonard, Li Sun
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"LANGUAGE POLITICS AND SUSTAINABLE ABILITY OF KNOWLEDGE IN KARNATAKA"

2019
The present study investigates the origin and sustainability of Kannada language in Karnataka. Language is main brain process of all states because of the language is mode of communication. But in recent days youths are giving more important to use English rather than Kannada, which has cause to reduce their thinking capacity and analytical decision ...
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Study on Ideological and Political Learning and Employment Ability in Manufacturing Engineering

Applied Mechanics and Materials, 2014
In recent years, with China's rapid development of social economy, the society requires more and more on the quality of College students. College Students' employment competition is the essence of the competition ability of employment. This article through the analysis of the ideological and political education on College Students' employment ability ...
Jian Jun Xia, Fei Guo, Xue Jun Wang, Yan Fei An   +3 more
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Political Power and the Ability to Win Supreme Court Decisions

Social Forces, 1960
Litigants classified herein as possessing "superior" political power won almost twice as many opinions in the Supreme Court as litigants classified as possessing "inferior" political power. Their tendency to do so, however, declined since 1946. These findings and the factors possibly associated with them are explored in this article.
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Pleasantville Politics: Selecting Politicians According to Ability

2017
Assume a community that needs politicians. They might not be desperately needed, just: needed. Now consider the type of politicians. You may want to select the most empathic ones, the most committed, the most funny, the best-looking, or just the most able.
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Cognitive ability is a powerful predictor of political tolerance

Journal of Personality, 2022
Stig Hebbelstrup Rye Rasmussen, Steven G Ludeke   +1 more
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Washington: “… By Ability, Politeness, and Attention”

The Social Studies, 1997
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