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dc.contributor.authorLangenberg-Miller, Edwina C.
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-08T01:40:32Z
dc.date.available2018-06-08T01:40:32Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11122/8589
dc.descriptionThesis (M.A.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2010
dc.description.abstractThe combination of the election of Senator Mark Begich in 2008, an increased emphasis on transparency, and a growing movement away from congressionally-directed spending (earmarks) and toward competitively-awarded and formula-based funding has the potential to drastically reduce federal funding for rural development in Alaska. Alaska's basic needs for infrastructure remain equivalent to those of some of the least developed nations of the world. Rural development projects in Alaska, however, fight an uphill battle for federal funding because rural populations are low in numbers and remote, costs of rural development in Alaska far exceed similar projects in the "lower 48," and changes in the U.S. Congress have drastically reduced Alaskans' ability to circumvent formula-based and competitively-awarded funding avenues. This thesis is an analysis of recent changes that affect rural development funding in Alaska, and it hypothesizes how rural development funding for Alaska may continue to change.
dc.subjectPolitical science
dc.subjectNative American studies
dc.subjectSocial structure
dc.titleChanging Winds: National Politics And Its Role In Funding For Rural Development In Alaska
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.degreema
dc.identifier.departmentDepartment of Alaska Native Studies and Rural Development
dc.contributor.chairPullar, Gordon
dc.contributor.chairKnecht, Rick
refterms.dateFOA2020-03-05T16:03:04Z


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