Determinants of Citizen Well-Being in the U.S. States: Do Policy Liberalism and Political Culture Matter?
dc.contributor.author | Son, Jessica L. | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Tajalli, Hassan | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Yun, Hyun J. | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Doehrman, Tessa | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-12-15T20:12:12Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-02-24T10:15:29Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009-10 | |
dc.description | An Applied Research Project Submitted to the Department of Political Science, Texas State University-San Marcos, in Partial Fulfillment for the Requirements for the Degree of Masters of Public Administration, Fall 2009. | |
dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of policy liberalism and political culture on the well-being of citizens in U.S. states. Well-being is measured using states' performance on Miringoff and Opdycke's Index of Social Health, a collection of social indicators designed to gauge social health. To determine the impact of policy liberalism and political culture, a multiple regression analysis was conducted. After controlling for per capita income, results of the analysis show that political culture significantly affects citizen well-being. In states with political culture types that favor government intervention in community issues, well-being was greater. States' level of policy liberalism did not have a significant impact on the citizen well-being. | |
dc.description.department | Public Administration | |
dc.format | Text | |
dc.format.extent | 81 pages | |
dc.format.medium | 1 file (.pdf) | |
dc.identifier.citation | Son, J. L. (2009). Determinants of citizen well-being in the U.S. states: Do policy liberalism and political culture matter? Masters of Public Administration, Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, TX. | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10877/3629 | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.subject | citizen well-being | |
dc.subject | United States | |
dc.subject | states | |
dc.subject | liberalism | |
dc.subject | political culture | |
dc.subject | social health | |
dc.subject | conservatism | |
dc.subject | materialistic | |
dc.subject | traditionalistic | |
dc.subject | individualistic | |
dc.title | Determinants of Citizen Well-Being in the U.S. States: Do Policy Liberalism and Political Culture Matter? | |
dc.type | Applied Research Project |
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