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Direct linkPilate, Thresia E. – ProQuest LLC, 2020
This study applied quantitative research methods by employing a descriptive research design to collect data from Members of the House of the 111th Tennessee General Assembly regarding their use and perceived importance of information sources to detect the existence of potential controversy or areas of disagreement within the member's environment…
Descriptors: Legislators, Decision Making, School Choice, Information Sources
Peer reviewedTickamyer, Ann R. – Rural Sociology, 1983
Using North Carolina state legislators, investigates alternative explanations of sources of rural-urban differences in activities of political elites. Examines influence measures of legislative position, power, and decision-making. (AH)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Ethnic Distribution, Legislators, Political Issues
Mitchell, Douglas E. – 1978
In this paper, social science utilization is studied as an aspect of legislative decision making. The purposes of the paper are to provide a review of political science literature on state legislatures, offer a theoretical framework for interpreting utilization of social science research, apply the framework to interview data, and generate a…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Legislation, Legislation, Legislators
Download full textRosenthal, Alan; Fuhrman, Susan – 1981
This monograph and its companion volume, "Shaping Education Policy in the States," portray the contemporary role of state legislators and map the structure of educational leadership in terms of both the characteristics of influential legislators and staff and the nature of influence structures in state legislatures. An outgrowth of the "State…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Decision Making, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Fuhrman, Susan, Ed.; Rosenthal, Alan, Ed. – 1981
This monograph and its companion, "Legislative Education Leadership in the States," portray the contemporary role of state legislators and map the structure of education leadership in terms of both the characteristics of influential legislators and staff and the nature of influence structures in state legislatures. This volume reports…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Decision Making, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Palaich, Robert; And Others – 1983
An exploration of the decision-making processes of state legislators on public school finance issues focuses on major school finance changes that occurred in Michigan in 1973 and in Washington and Missouri in 1977. Roll call votes, primarily in the lower chambers of the state legislatures, on both selected amendments and the complete versions of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Decision Making, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation
Mezey, Susan Gluck – 1977
The research investigated the relationship of a person's sex to his or her public policy preferences, with particular regard to women's issues. Women's issues are reflected in public policy which directly affects women's lives. Examples are day care facilities, sex bias of educational materials, and abortion facilities. The study was conducted to…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation, Comparative Analysis
