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Theses/dissertations from 2023 2023.
A Comparative Measure Of Judicial Legitimacy , Rahul Hemrajani
Where the Constitution Is Silent: Indigenous Rights Jurisprudence in the United States , Anthony Wayne Hobert Jr.
Prosecutorial Discretion: District Attorneys, Public Opinion,and the Localized Rule of Law , Yu-Hsien Sung
Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021
Changing Environment. Changing Attitudes? , Lindsey Brooke Hendren
Interstate Rivalry, Domestic Politics, and Economic Coercion , Shaoshuang Wen
Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020
International Conflict, Political Leaders, and Accountability , William Thomas Christiansen
Liberalization First, Democratization Later: The Linkage Between Income Inequality, Economic Development, and Democratization , Yi-Tzu Lin
Social Trust and Soft Power: The Role of Social Trust in Democratic Countries’ Soft Power Use , Judit Trunkos
Economic Interdependence, Power, and Peace: A Rationalist Study of Commercial Liberalism , Yuleng Zeng
Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019
Essays on the Political Economy of International Trade and Coups , William Akoto
Judicial Legitimacy and the Dearth of State Supreme Court Knowledge , TJ Kimel
Women in the Governor's Mansion: Breaking the Barrier to Competition , Helen Adair King
Causes and Consequences of Police Militarization , Edward Eugene Lawson, Jr.
Dynamic Environments and Judicial Power , Monica Lineberger
The Dynamics of Vote Buying in Developing Democracies: Party Attachment and Party Competition in Southeast Asia , Matthew Louis Wagner
Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018
Deepening Democracy: Inclusion, Deliberation, And Voice In The Grassroots South , Annie L. Boiter-Jolley
Evangelicals, Perceived Marginalization and Expressive Mobilization , Christin E. McMasters
Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017
The Economic Foundations of Authoritarian Rule , Clay Robert Fuller
Partisan Polarization, Social Identity, and Deliberative Democracy in the United States , Ryan Strickler
Theses/Dissertations from 2016 2016
Being Strategic: Black Legislative Representation In The Republican-Controlled South Carolina House of Representatives , Willie James Black
Leaders in Search of the Bomb: Institutional Incentives for Nuclear Decisions , Paige Price Cone
The Three Dimensionality Model Of State Security And Armed Conflict: Internal And External Dimensions And Lessons From The Middle East , Juri Kim
The Impact of Supreme Court Precedent in a Judicial Hierarchy , Ali Masood
How The European Union’s Criteria For Membership Move Public Opinion , Douglas Page
Information Heterogeneity and Economic Voting: A Cross-National Analysis , Chia-yin Wei
Nothing is the Matter with Kansas: White Southern Exceptionalism in American Politics , Paul White Jr.
Theses/Dissertations from 2015 2015
The Turkish Foreign Policy Under The Justice And Development Party (AKP): A Paradigm Shift? , Ali Demirdas
The Liberal Commercial Peace, Regional Considerations: International Relations of Southeast Asia, Latin America, and the European Union Countries , Chienwu Hsueh
The Political Economy of Property Rights In China: Local Officials, Incentive Structure, And Private Enterprises , Ingrid Yingxia Li
The Domestic Adoption of International Human Rights Law: the Roles of Regional and National High Courts in Latin America , Rebecca Ann Reid
Theses/Dissertations from 2014 2014
TOWARDS COMMON EUROPEAN ENERGY POLICY , Mariam Dekanozishvili
Essays on Battle Clusters in Internal Armed Conflicts and Insurgencies: Concept, Causes and Consequences , Chifeng Liu
The Effects of Political Control and Institutional Structure on State Ethics Commissions , William Jonathan Rauh
Do Americans’ Perceptions of the Prevalence of Prejudice Impact Their Racial Policy Preferences? Investigating Meta-Stereotypes as a Potential Causal Mechanism , Alexandra Reckendorf
How Much Do Groups Still Matter to Politics? An Examination of Group Influences on Public Opinion , Lauren E. Smith
Microfinance and Poverty Reduction: How Risks Associated With Government Policies Affect Whether Microfinance Alleviates Poverty in Latin-America , Brian Warby
Taking Interests and International Conflict More Seriously , Chong-Han Wu
Theses/Dissertations from 2013 2013
Protracted Social Conflict: A Reconceptualization and Case Analysis , Melissa M. C. Beaudoin
Race, Class, Gender, and Linked Fate: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of African American Political Partisanship, 1996 and 2004 , Sherral Yolanda Brown-Guinyard
Holding International Public-Private Partnership Accountable: An Analysis of Sensitivity and Vulnerability Dynamics In Ghana'S Water Sector Reform and Its Impact On the Target Population , Xi Chen
The Impact of Ideology and Attorneys On Precedent Usage: An Analysis of State High Courts , Benjamin Kassow
Environmental Footprints of Violent Conflict , Swapna Pathak
Economic Agreements and Interstate Conflict: A Policy Substitution Model of Coercion , Matthew Daniel-Marion Shaffer
Theses/Dissertations from 2012 2012
Religion, Electoral Rules and Women's Representation: A Cross National Examination , Wafaa Adnan Alaradi
Postcolonial and Constructivist Theoretical Explanations of Women'S Traditional Agency In Sociopolitical Participation and Reproductive Rights In Present Day Mali and the Pilipinas , Jennifer Almeda
South Africa In Southern Africa: A Comparative Analysis of Economic Integration In the Southern African Development Community Using Hegemonic Stability Theory , William Andrew Jennings
The Relationship Between State Dissatisfaction and the Level of Conflict In State Dyads: the Revised Power Transition Theory , Hsiao-chuan Liao
Fighting In Space: Understanding the Opportunity and Willingness to Pursue Space Weapons , Michael James Martindale
Capital offenses, Non-Capital offenses, and Party Capability: Habeas Corpus Litigation in U.S. District Courts , Nicholas A. Mostardo
How Rivalries End: Understanding Dynamics of the Rivalry Termination Process , Soonkun Oh
State Implementation of the Children's Health Insurance Program: Analyses of Variation In Policy Adoption , Rebecca Layne Russ-Sellers
Female Legislators and the Power of the Purse: Does Gender Affect Government Spending? A Cross-National Analysis , Jennifer Suzanne Tison
Theses/Dissertations from 2011 2011
Judging the Bureaucrats: Understanding the Dynamics of Court-Agency Interaction , Michael P. Fix
La Ruta Maya: The Effects of tourism and the State On the Political Behavior Choices of the Maya , Heather Lea Hawn
Presidents and Terminal Logic Behavior: Term Limits and Executive Action In the United States, Brazil, and Argentina , Genevieve M. Kehoe
The Questions of Compliance With the NPT Regime and Complex Multilateral Nuclear Negotiations: A Comparative Analysis of North Korea and Iran As Defector States , Jihyun Kim
The Rule of Law In Times of War: A Comparative Analysis of the Effect of War On High Court Decision-Making , Susanne Schorpp
Between and Beyond Borders: Conflict, International Response, and Forced Migration , Young Hoon Song
Theses/Dissertations from 2010 2010
The War On Terrorism In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. An Academic Analysis of the Growing Phenomenon of Political Violence In the Kingdom. , Faisal M. Al-Madhi
Re-Defining Public Service In An Era of Networked Governance: An Examination of the Influence of Public Service Motivation On Contractors In Homeland Security , Alexa Haddock Bigwarfe
The Power and Authority of the Committee On the Rights of the Child , Aleksandra Chauhan
Does Foreign Direct Investment (Fdi) Affect Conflict? theIntertwined Relationship Between Multinational Corporations (Mncs) and Nation-States , Yi-Hung Chiou
Counterinsurgency Colonels: The Role of the Practitioner In the Evolution of Modern Counterinsurgency , Garrett Scott DeWitt
The Geometry of Racial Politics: The Role of Policy Entrepreneurs In Fostering Triangulation Among U.S. Racial and Ethnic Groups, 1800-1964 , Athena M. King
Passionate Political Talk: Social Networks and the Emotional Impact of Political Discussion , Bryan Michael Parsons
Judges and Their Loyalties: A Comparative Study Focused On the Venezuelan Supreme Court , Raul A. Sanchez Urribarri
International Law In the Supreme Court of the United States: An Empirical Analysis , Alan Michael Tauber
Theses/Dissertations from 2009 2009
Wolves In Chic Clothing: Gender, Media and the Securitization of Female Suicide Bombers , Mekell Mikell
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Theses/dissertations from 2024 2024.
Corporatizing Violence: Targeted Repression of Indigenous Dissent in Democratic States , Laikaika Layne Rivera
The Arab Spring Uprisings in Geopolitical Context , Jake Alan Rutledge
Theses/Dissertations from 2023 2023
The New Profits of Pleasure: Reality Television and Affective Exploitation in Post-Pandemic Neoliberalism , Sophia Aepfelbacher
Committees in the Oregon State Legislature: Partisan, Distributive, or Informational , Woodrow C. Moore
Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022
Gender Equity and State-Mosque Relations in Middle East North Africa: A Case Study of Tunisia , Joy Amarachi Agbugba
Comparative Foreign Aid Analysis: Replacing the Competition Between Donors with Complementary Aid Policies , Emily Melinda Baker
Legislative Procedures and Perceptions of Legitimacy , Megan Elizabeth Cox
The Meaning and Measure of Deliberative Systems , Darren Michael McCormick
Same Game, Different Rules: Pointillist Imperialism and the New Cartography of Great Power Competition , Andrew Jesse Shaughnessy
Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021
Trump's Legacy in the Middle East: Strategic Shift and the Geopolitics of American Foreign Policy in the Region , Bilel Kriaa
Freedom vs. Security: Analyzing the Connection between States' Prioritization of Security over Civil Liberties and Citizen Support for Democratic Norms , Carlyn Trumbull Madden
Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020
Follow the (Electronic) Money: How Bitcoin and Blockchain Technology Are "Shaking the System" , Jim Robert Mignano
The Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) Debate: Do Savings Provisions Influence Arbitration Outcomes? , Ryan Manning Moore
Understanding Evangelical Support for, and Opposition to Donald Trump in the 2016 Presidential Election , Joseph Thomas Zichterman
Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019
How Does Wasta Bolster Regimes? The Case of Tunisia , Issrar Chamekh
Indigenous Party Formation and Success: the Strategic Roles of Reserved Seats, Parties, and Horizontal Accountability , Michael FitzGerald
Arctic Security: the Race for the Arctic through the Prism of International Relations Theory , Michael Gregory Morgan Trujillo
Grappling with the African E-Waste Pandemic: Contributing Factors and Future Deterrence , Brittany Nicole Wideman
Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018
Using the Syrian Civil War to Measure Hierarchy: Regional Power Transition in the Middle East , Eric Michael Clary
Understanding ASEAN : An Alternative Approach to International Relations Theory in Asia , Ryan Grimstad Driver
Evaluating the Impact of Oregon's Citizen Initiative Review (CIR) on Voter Decisions , Ari Joaquin Wubbold
Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017
The 2016 Presidential Election: Demographic Transformation and Racial Backlash , Skyler Lillian Brocker-Knapp
Theses/Dissertations from 2016 2016
Manufacturing Consent in the Maghreb: How Mohammed VI of Morocco Survived the Arab Spring , David Michael Duke II
Substantive Representation by the Unelected: The Role of Staff Gender on Mayoral Priorities in U.S. Cities , Sara M. Hottman
BEE CAUSE: Is Legislative Action Protecting Bees from Neonicotinoids Justified? , Ursula A. Squire
Democratization, Political Performance, and Income Distribution in Argentina and Brazil , Nicholas Paul Stowell
Theses/Dissertations from 2015 2015
The Europeanization of Political Parties: A Study of Political Parties in Poland 2009-2014 , Dennis Jan Blew
An Examination of Factors that Catalyze LGBTQ Movements in Middle Eastern and North African Authoritarian Regimes , Michael Anthony Figueredo
Liberalization, Contention, and Threat: Institutional Determinates of Societal Preferences and the Arab Spring in Tunisia and Morocco , Matthew Thomas Lacouture
Theses/Dissertations from 2014 2014
The Responsibility to Protect and International Law: Moral, Legal and Practical Perspectives on Kosovo, Libya, and Syria , William R. Blackford
Synthesizing the Vertical and the Horizontal: A World-Ecological Analysis of 'the Industrial Revolution', Part I , Christopher R. Cox
Exploring Connections Between Efforts to Restrict Same-Sex Marriage and Surging Public Opinion Support for Same-Sex Marriage Rights: Could Efforts to Restrict Gay Rights Help to Explain Increases in Public Opinion Support for Same-Sex Marriage? , Samuel Everett Christian Dunlop
Moving Beyond Regulatory Mechanisms: A Typology of Internet Control Regimes , Richard Reid Hunt
The Effect of Social Media on Public Awareness and Extra-Judicial Effects: The Gay Marriage Cases and Litigating for New Rights , Sarahfina Aubrey Peterson
Explaining Ballot Initiative Contest Outcomes in California, Oregon, and Washington , Hans Daniel Stroo
Theses/Dissertations from 2013 2013
Macroeconomic and Political Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in the Middle East , Robin Barnaby Calver
The Strategic Effects of Counterinsurgency Operations at Religious Sites: Lessons from India, Thailand, and Israel , Timothy L. Christopher
Fated to Pretend?: Culture Crisis and the Fate of the Individual , Rebecca Jade Ok
Economic Inequality's Correlation with Political Inequality and Inequality of Opportunity and the Implications for Social Justice Theory , Staci Leigh Schoff
A Dissatisfied Partner: A Conflict - Integration Analysis of Britain's Membership in the European Union , Osman Goktug Tanrikulu
Theses/Dissertations from 2012 2012
Supranationalism in the Fight Against Transnational Threats: A Comparative Study of ASEAN and EU Policy Responses to Human Trafficking , Nicholas M. Klynn
The Crisis of Cooperation: A Critical Analysis of Russian-Iranian Relations in the Post-Soviet Era , Eric D. Moore
Public Participation in Emergency Management , Jason Alexander Rood
A Strategic Model for INGO Accountability Systems , Sarah Elizabeth Wardwell
Theses/Dissertations from 2011 2011
The Fourth Amendment and Cyberspace: Conflict or Cohesion? , Federico Alberto Cantón
The Institutional Development of the American Vice Presidency , James Emory Hite
African Regime Types and International Humanitarian Non-Governmental Organizations: A Comparative Study of the Relationships of Friends and Enemies. , Krista Noel Lane
From Blooming Judicial Philosophies to Castrated Legislation: Sexuality, Desire, and Nominations to the Supreme Court of the United States , Adam Michael McMahon
The Expressive Goals of Bias Crime Legislation and the Media , Louis Panush
In or Out: Interpretation of European Union Membership Criteria and its Effect on the EU Accession Process for Candidate and Potential Member States of Southeastern Europe , Ashley Marie Rasmussen
Citizenship, Duty and Virtue: A Vision of Jefferson's America , Anthony Philip Stine
Diminished Democracy? Portland Radio News/Public Affairs After the Telecom Act of 1996 , Rebecca Webb
Theses/Dissertations from 2010 2010
Northeast Asia and the Avoidance of a Nuclear Arms Race , Samuel Fogleman
Regional Integration in East Asia , Amaleia E. Kolovos
Rashomon Comes to the Courtroom: the Adoption of the Lay Judge System in Japan, Its Impact on Jurisprudence, and the Implications for Civic Engagement , Bryan Matthew Thompson
Limitation Riders in the Postreform House: A Test of Procedural Cartel and Conditional Party Government Theories , Jessica Scott Tollestrup
Nihilism Unbound: Strauss, Nietzsche and Foucault as Nihilist Thinkers , Jeffrey Jacob Wade
Theses/Dissertations from 2007 2007
Radicalism in American Political Thought : Black Power, the Black Panthers, and the American Creed , Christopher Thomas Cooney
Theses/Dissertations from 2006 2006
Social Regulatory Policy : A Challenge to Federalism , Kimberly Janet Russell
Theses/Dissertations from 2004 2004
Prospect Theory and the Cyprus Conflict: Analyzing Decisionmaking in the Turkish Cypriot President , Tarah Marie Wheeler
Theses/Dissertations from 2002 2002
Presidential Domain: An Exploratory Study of Prospect Theory and US Climate Policy Since 1998 , Hal T. Nelson
Theses/Dissertations from 2000 2000
International Environmental Regimes and Latin America : The Role of Environmental Non-governmental Organizations , Jennifer T. Eller
Theses/Dissertations from 1998 1998
An Analysis of the Principal Arguments in Support of a Congressional Term Limit , Paul William Cadero-Smith
The Impact of Relative Gains on Interstate Cooperation in the Areas of Security and International Economy , Renato Corbetta
Free Trade, Regionalism, and the Democratic Peace Theory , Julia B. Johnson
Tocqueville’s Civic Republicanism : The Balance Between Equality and Liberty in American Democracy , Clifford Brantley Smith
Theses/Dissertations from 1997 1997
The Minimal Role of Legal Traditions at the International Court of Justice , Kalley Rae Aman
Virtue, Liberty, and the Good : A Critical Analysis of Civic Republicanism , Nathan Douglas Austin
Collective Intervention in Internal Conflicts : An Examination of Why States Participate , Andrew L. Blum
Public Interest Group Politics and American Political Culture , Patrick Henry Brennan
The Reemergence of Kantian Ethics: Have We Adequately Responded to Hegel's Objections? , Gwen C. Thompson
Theses/Dissertations from 1996 1996
Oregon's Carry Concealed Weapon Laws: A Historical Review of the Right to Personal Protection , Richard Meek Bash
Neorealism and Environmental Cooperation: Towards a Structural Explanation of International Environmental Matters , Anthony David Lott
The Dangers of Nuclear Proliferation: Five Reasons More May Not Be Better , Matthew MacArthur
Theses/Dissertations from 1995 1995
Gaining State Response on Global Environmental Problem-Solving: Developing A State-centric Approach , Heather MacGregor Bothwell
Liberalism, Community, and the Context of Choice , Marta R. Colburn
Sustainable Development in the Third World: A New Paradigm? , Terry A. Gentry
Communicative Action as Feminist Epistemology , Todd Nathaniel Gilman
John Rawls, Feminism, and the Gendered Self , Lori Kinder MacArthur
Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Strategies for Self-help in Food Production, Case Study of Kenya , Dieudonne Mayi
State Cooperation on Regulatory Policies for Transboundary Environmental Issues , Jennifer Lyn Pennell
North vs. South: Sovereign Equality and the Environment in the Twentieth Century , Thomas Schlesinger
Theses/Dissertations from 1994 1994
A Study of Japan's Foreign Policy Behavior: The Discrepancy between Japan's Foreign Policy and Its Voting Behavior in the United Nations General Assembly , Atsuko Sato
Theses/Dissertations from 1993 1993
The Liberal-Communitarian Debate and the Development of a Political Conception of the Person , Kenneth Howard Biggs
Common Security: a Conceptual Blueprint for an Israeli-Palestinian Political Settlement , Robert Arthur Horenstein
The United States-Japan Security Treaty of 1951: An Essay on the Origins of Postwar Japanese-American Relation , Christopher S. Johnson
Theses/Dissertations from 1991 1991
A Comparative Analysis of U.S. Foreign Policy in Iran and the Philippines , Christina M. Blumel
Chinese Intellectual Dissidents , Meiru Liu
Theses/Dissertations from 1990 1990
John Rawls, the conception of a liberal self, and the communitarian critique , Johnathan Edward Mansfield
Politics and Education: The Nicaraguan Literacy Crusade , Teresa Squires Osborne
Theses/Dissertations from 1989 1989
An Analysis of US/Soviet Arms Control: Adding a Subsystem Perspective , Peter Millard Olson
Theses/Dissertations from 1987 1987
Hugo Grotius and the liberal tradition , Karen Diane Csajko
American Foreign Policy: The Utility of Force as an Influence, Bargaining, or Coercive Force in the Caribbean Basin , Susan M. Marandas
Theses/Dissertations from 1986 1986
Manipulation or education? : symbolic language, belief system and the Truman Doctrine , John Gunn Tilson
Theses/Dissertations from 1985 1985
Formulation of the Comprehensive employment and training act of 1973 , Gary G. Skalangya
Theses/Dissertations from 1984 1984
Integration in West Africa : an empirical examination of ECOWAS , Stephen C. Adkisson
Theses/Dissertations from 1983 1983
Polish foreign policy and the development of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe , Keijiro Yasui
Theses/Dissertations from 1982 1982
Congressional Power and Presidential Prerogative: The War Powers Question , Gerald Michael Worley
Theses/Dissertations from 1979 1979
The political integration of the Kurds in Turkey , Kathleen Palmer Ertur
Impact of the Older Americans act of 1965 upon the elderly in Portland-Multnomah County, Oregon, from 1965 to 1977 , Joil A. Southwell
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Theses/dissertations from 2024 2024.
Ruling in the Shadows: Analysis of the Supreme Court’s Use of the ‘Shadow Docket’ and its Effects , EmiLee Smart
Public Justice: Analyzing the Interactions of Supreme Court Justices with the American Public , Abbie Wood
Theses/Dissertations from 2023 2023
Welcome Visitor or Nosy Neighbor: Executive Branch Presence in Federal and State Judicial Affairs , Audrey Baricovich
The Spread of Nuclear Technology: The Difficulty of Arms Control and the Consequences of Nuclear Proliferation , Bryce Allen Beschorner
Home Is Where the Heart Is: Rural Residents, Deprivation, and the Impact of PRD on Governmental Representation , Mary Rachael Blandau
Citizen Demand for Cultural Censorship: A Mixed Methods Study , Kelly Grenier
Damsels in Defense: Exploring the Relationship Between Women and Violence Against Civilians During Armed Conflict , Baylee Harrell
Circumvention Theory: Rethinking Gray Zones, Understanding Bounded Competition, and Examining State Response to Unipolar Structure in the Twenty-First Century. , Damian M. Jones
COALITION OF THE ENDING: WHY STATES WITHDRAW FROM INTERNATIONAL MILITARY COALITIONS , Weiss Mehrabi
The UN-Intended Effects of Risky Mandates , Robert Wood
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Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022
NEWS TREATMENT OF THE SUPREME COURT: LANGUAGE SELECTION, IDEOLOGICAL DIRECTIONS, AND PUBLIC SUPPORT , Alexander Denison
STAYING COMPLIANT OR STAYING IN OFFICE? INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, POST-COUP SIGNALS, AND COUP-BORN REGIMES , Jennifer Flinchum
THE INFLUENCE OF THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY ON JUDICAL POLITICS AND LAW IN THE UNITED STATES , Peter S. K. Lynch
Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021
The Transnational Diffusion of Human Trafficking Policy , Glenn M. Harden
THE POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF STATE ACTION ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: HOW VICTIMS AND NON-VICTIMS FORM OPINIONS ABOUT GOVERNMENT , Helen Rabello Kras
International Cooperation Networks and Economic Sanction Effectiveness , Gargi Vyas
Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020
Piecing Together Coalition War: Threat, Politics, and Coalition Structure , Stephen Joiner
BETTER DEVILS OF OUR NATURE: THE ROLE OF VIOLENCE-JUSTIFYING IDEOLOGIES IN OPINION FORMATION , Steven Kaiser
FROM HOBBES TO HABERMAS: THE ANTI-CULTURAL TURN IN WESTERN POLITICAL THOUGHT , Ralph Gert Schoellhammer
Predicting Positive Attitudes toward Immigrants with Altruism , Kati Elizabeth Stafford
Judicial Elections, Public Opinion, and their Impact on State Criminal Justice Policy , Travis N. Taylor
Why Weak States Balance: National Mobilization and the Security Strategies of Post-Soviet States , Eteri Tsintsadze-Maass
Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019
SEEDS OF SUSPICION: THE PERPETUAL CYCLE OF ANTI-MUSLIM STEREOTYPES, MIDDLE EAST INTERVENTION, AND TERRORISM , Christopher Ledford
PERCEPTIONS OF FAIRNESS AND POLITICAL SUPPORT IN THE FACE OF ECONOMIC INEQUALITY , Gregory W. Saxton
THE EFFECT OF STATES OF EMERGENCY ON GUBERNATORIAL APPROVAL RATINGS , Meghan Steinbeiss
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Dissertations from 2023 2023
Alternative Power: The Politics of Denmark's Renewable Energy Transition , Robert Darrow, Political Science
Politics is Conspiracy: Everyday Political Conversations in Afghanistan , Mohsen Jalali, Political Science
The Violence of Nostalgia: Conspiracy Theorism, White Nationalism, and Restoring American Exceptionalism , Candice K. Travis, Political Science
"The Land that Feminism Forgot": Birthzillas, Madwives, and the Politics of Chilbirth , Amber Vayo, Political Science
Dissertations from 2022 2022
Theorizing Black Statecraft , Samantha Davis, Political Science
Another Postcolonialism: Innovating Sovereignty from Below Through the Responsibility to Protect , Gabriel P. Mares, Political Science
THE POLITICIZATION OF THE DEAD AND INVISIBILE VIOLENCE: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TURKEY AND MEXICO , Bilgesu Sumer, Political Science
Debris of Progress: A Political Ethnography of Critical Infrastructure , Ethan Tupelo, Political Science
Dissertations from 2021 2021
Why do Policy Frames Change? Rhetorical Construction and Contestation of Gay Rights in a Contested Regime , Shih-chan Dai, Political Science
Thinking with Black Lives Matter: Towards a Critical Theory of Racial Capitalism , Siddhant Issar, Political Science
Latino Race Cards: Negative Racial Appeals in Contemporary Campaigns and the Bounds of Racial Priming Theory , Rebecca Lisi, Political Science
Targeting Drones: Framing, Vetting, and Power in Transnational Advocacy Issue Networks , Alexandria J. Nylen, Political Science
GRAMMARS OF IDENTITY: POLITICAL LANGUAGES OF ACTIVISM IN ARGENTINA AND THE UNITED STATES , Ana M. Ospina Pedraza, Political Science
Cyclones, Spectacles, and Citizenship: The Politicization of Natural Disasters in the US and Oman , Tyler Schuenemann, Political Science
Platforms and Power: Transnational Guatemala , Eric Sippert, Political Science
Roadblocks to Access: Perceptions of Law and Socioeconomic Problems in South Africa , Kira Tait, Political Science
UPRISING AND DISPLACEMENT: ETHNOGRAPHIES OF VIOLENCE AND IDENTITY-(RE)FORMATION AMONG SYRIANS , Basileus Zeno, Political Science
Dissertations from 2020 2020
PRECARIOUS PIPES: GOVERNANCE, INFORMALITY, AND THE POLITICS OF ACCESS IN KARACHI , Usmaan M. Farooqui, Political Science
Dissertations from 2019 2019
Partisan Policymaking: Research and Advocacy in an Era of Polarization , Zachary Albert, Political Science
Citizenship in transit: perils and promises of crossing Mexico , Martha Balaguera Cuervo, Political Science
WHITEWASHED: THE RACIALIZATION OF AMERICA’S MIDDLE CLASS IDENTITY , Kaylee Theresa Johnson, Political Science
The Solution is the Problem: An Immanent Critique of Capitalism's Crisis, 2008-2018 , Michael Stein, Political Science
Embodied, Rationed, Precarious: Conceptualizations of Sovereignty in Urban Food Regimes , Candan Turkkan, Political Science
Dissertations from 2018 2018
Communication is a Two Way Street: Race, Gender, and Elite Responsiveness in U.S. Politics , Mia Costa, Political Science
The Promise(s) of Resilience: Governance and Resistance In Complex Times , alix olson, Political Science
Why Education Matters: Political Participation and Interpretive Experiences at High School , Samuel V. Stoddard, Political Science
FREE MARKET AUTHORITARIANISM AND THE ELECTION OF DONALD TRUMP , Sarah Tanzi, Political Science
The Paradox of a Town Meeting: The Influence of Forms of Local Government on Citizen Representation , Wouter Marc van Erve, Political Science
Dissertations from 2017 2017
Voter Turnout Overreports: Measurement, Modeling and Deception , Ivelisse Cuevas-Molina, Political Science
“MY EYES ARE OPEN BUT MY LIPS ARE WHISPERING”: LINGUISTIC AND SYMBOLIC FORMS OF RESISTANCE IN THAILAND DURING 2006-2016 , Khorapin Phuaphansawat, Political Science
LOOKING BEYOND THE RUBBLE TOWARD LOUVERTUREAN STATECRAFT: THE POST-OCCUPATION STATE AND THE HISTORICAL FAULT LINE OF RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT IN HAITI (1791-2016) , Moise St Louis, Political Science
Dissertations from 2016 2016
Citation Networks, Linguistics-Based Cues, and Logic-Based Approaches to Understanding What Persuades a Judge to Forsake Bias , James ben-Aaron, Political Science
The Social Corporation: Firms, Networks, and Politics , Michael Kowal, Political Science
Examining the Civil-Military Divide Through New (Institutional) Lenses: The Influence of the Supreme Court , Allen Linken, Political Science
American Authoritarianism in Black and White , Matthew C. MacWilliams, Political Science
Managing the Agricultural Biotechnology Revolution: Responses to Transgenic Seeds in Developing Countries , Alper Yagci, Political Science
Dissertations from 2015 2015
Time to Leave Uchronia: Queer Eco-Temporalities for a Livable World , Claire S. Brault, Political Science
The Effects of Using Security Frames on Global Agenda Setting and Policy Making , Sirin Duygulu Elcim, Political Science
The Promise of Mourning , Samantha Rose Hill, Political Science
Tacit Web: Entrepreneurial Discovery, Institutional Complexity and Internet Diffusion , Meelis Kitsing, Political Science
Place, Nature, and Political Economy: The Submerged Politics of Alternative Agri-Food Movements , Matthew Aaron Lepori, Political Science
Undying Protests: On Collective Action and Practices of Resistance against Feminicide in Ciudad Juárez , Elva F. Orozco Mendoza, Political Science
The Economy Effect , Jeremy N. Wolf, Political Science
Dissertations from 2014 2014
ANTIGONE CLAIMED, "I AM A STRANGER": DEMOCRACY, MEMBERSHIP AND UNAUTHORIZED IMMIGRATION , ANDRES FABIAN HENAO CASTRO, Political Science
Still Dirty After All These Years: Political Leadership, Knowledge, and Socialization and Regional Environmental Cooperation in Northeast Asia , Inkyoung Kim, Political Science
Southie versus Roxbury: Crime, Welfare, and the Racialized Gubernatorial Politics of Massachusetts in the Post-Civil Rights Era , Daniel T. Kirsch, Political Science
Imperial Janus: Patterns of Governance in the Western Borderlands of the Tsarist Empire , Nicklaus Laverty, Political Science
A Veteran Welfare State: Veterans' Benefits, Coalition Politics, and Social Policy Change, 1943-1973 , Melinda R. Tarsi, Political Science
Dissertations from 2013 2013
Democratizing the Criminal: Jury Nullification as Exercise of Sovereign Discretion over the Friend-Enemy Distinction , Timothy A. Delaune, Political Science
In Transition: The Politics of Place-based, Prefigurative Social Movements , Emily Hardt, Political Science
Promising Prevention: Greening the Breast Cancer Movement in the United States , Kristen Abatsis McHenry, Political Science
Bringing the Ballot Box to the People: Election Administration and the Origins of Inclusive Voting Practices , Kevin Pallister, Political Science
Resilient Environmental Governance: Protecting Changing Ecosystems Through Multilevel Governance , Casey Stevens, Political Science
The Local Production Of Welfare Humanitarianism In Neoliberal Turkey , F. Gizem Zencirci, Political Science
Dissertations from 2012 2012
Journey From Islamism To Conservative Democracy: The Politics Of Religious Party Moderation In Turkey , Guliz Dinc Belcher, Political Science
Why Sacrifice Sovereignty? A Non-Instrumental Explanation of State Support for Supranational Cooperation in EU Common Foreign and Security Policy , Osman Sabri Kiratli, Political Science
Governing Piety: Islam, Empire and Moderation in Late Modernity , Dunya D Lepori, Political Science
Dissertations from 2011 2011
Beyond Promise: Politics, Institutions And Neoliberal Economic Reforms In Four African Countries , Yakubu M Azindow, Political Science
Transnational Networks and the Promotion of Conservationist Norms in Developing Countries , Kemi D. George, Political Science
Dissertations from 2010 2010
Ideological Endzones: NFL Films and The Countersubversive Tradition in American Politics , Nicholas R. Archer, Political Science
Constituting Representation: The Concept Of Representation In American Political Development , Patrick F Campbell, Political Science
After The Fog Of Reform: Democratic Consolidation In Mexico And Turkey , Evren Celik Wiltse, Political Science
The cross, the fall, and the resurrection: The Social Gospel and the democratic party , Christopher Lee Cronin
The Business Community and the Forging of Political Consensus Against the Clinton Healthcare Security Act of 1994 , Michael Lenz, Political Science
Elemental Challenges: Environmental Troubles beyond the Limits of Democracy , Brad Mapes-Martins, Political Science
The Exclusion of Non-Native Voters from a Final Plebiscite in Puerto Rico: Law and Policy , Ramon Antonio Rodriguez, Political Science
The World Is Plural: Democratic Contributions Of Hannah Arendt , Lena Kay Zuckerwise, Political Science
Dissertations from 2009 2009
The influence of American exceptionalist thought on the role of the United States in the contemporary "War on Terrorism". , Michael Dominic D'Amore, Political Science
Leviathan’S Rage: State Sovereignty And Crimes Against Humanity In The Late Twentieth Century , Cecil Bryant Lawson, Political Science
City Marketing and Gated Communities: A Case Study of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico , Carlos A. Suarez-Carrasquillo, Political Science
Dissertations from 2008 2008
The Europeanization of the social partnership : the future of neo-corporatism in Austria and Germany. , Paul S. Adams, Political Science
A tutelazo limpio : a story of the struggle for identity and rights in Colombia and the demobilizing effect of the law. , Farid Samir Benavides Vanegas, Political Science
Can the states increase religious freedom if they try? : judicial and legislative effects on religious actor success in the state courts. , David, Claborn, Political Science
Designing multilateral environmental agreements. , Christopher M. Marcoux, Political Science
Politics of the parking space: Rights, identity, and property , Sarah K Marusek
Cosmopolitanism and abjection in Montesquieu's Persian letters. , Veronica A. O'Connor, Political Science
Dissertations from 2007 2007
Rethinking theories of transitions in the former Soviet Union. , Luke, Perry, Political Science
The sticking point : human rights and civil-military relations in Latin America. , Rebecca K. Root, Political Science
Disengaging from territory : identity, the politics of contestation and domestic political structures: India & Britain (1929-1935), and Indonesia & East Timor (1975-1999). , Lena, Tan, Political Science
A critical assessment of international relations theories for managing transboundary water resources : the case of the Nile basin. , Yohannes, Woldemariam, Political Science
Dissertations from 2006 2006
Reading the Quaderni del carcere : the political project of Antonio Gramsci. , Manuel S. Almeida Rodriguez, Political Science
Living politics by awakening history : a critical approach to Walter Benjamin through Sigmund Freud. , Alex, Betancourt-Serrano, Political Science
The shield of Achilles and the war on terror : Ekphrasis as critique. , Christopher D. Erickson, Political Science
American pragmatism and democratic faith. , Robert J. Lacey, Political Science
Lyrics and the law : the constitution of law in music. , Aaron R. S., Lorenz, Political Science
Myths and realities of the role of officialdom in economic development in Ukraine : two case studies in small business creation, Kharkiv and Transcarpathia. , Robert J. O'Meara, Political Science
American ideal : Theodore Roosevelt and the redefinition of American individualism. , Paul M. Rego, Political Science
Ideological dissention in the progressive era : uncovering the challengers to direct democracy reforms. , Lonce H. Sandy-Bailey, Political Science
Creating a culture of political giving. , David L. Wiltse, Political Science
Dissertations from 2005 2005
The conservation of crop genetic diversity in Turkey : an analysis of the linkages between local, national and international levels. , Zuhre, Aksoy, Political Science
Cultivating participatory democracy at the grassroots: A case study in Middle Belt Nigeria , Laura Mullen Dobson
American voting : the local character of suffrage in the United States. , Alec C. Ewald, Political Science
Cultivating participatory democracy at the grassroots : a case study in middle belt Nigeria. , Laura, Mullen-Dobson, Political Science
The state, the noncitizen, and the challenge of bilateral legitimacy in the United States, Canada and Australia. , Alicia Marie Rampulla, Political Science
Dissertations from 2004 2004
Contesting constitutional meaning : the political Constitution and the myth of judicial supremacy. , George, Thomas, Political Science
Responsibility and critical theory : responding to suffering after Auschwitz. , Antonio Y. Vázquez Arroyo, Political Science
Violation and immunity: The languages of politics and health in prerevolutionary Massachusetts , Martha Yoder
Poll use and policy-making in the White House : 1993-2000. , Jeanne. Zaino, Political Science
Dissertations from 2003 2003
White noise : the political uses of internet technology by right-wing extremist groups. , Alison D. Dagnes, Political Science
Confronting our enlightenment apprehensions : morally informed action and our capacity for progress in America. , Stephen Terhune Smith, Political Science
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The Honors Program in Political Science challenges you to explore politics in three ways: first, by taking and excelling in coursework; second, by engaging in in-depth research in order to produce a thesis; and third, by experiencing the practical world of politics and government. It is the most stimulating intellectual enterprise in which an undergraduate can engage, demanding dedication and the ability to exercise independent judgment. The theses from the Program will be stored here at OpenBU. More information on the program is available at the BU Political Science website .
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The following theses are recent examples of outstanding work:.
- Avery Goods: "An Inconvenient Group: The Effect of Motivated Messages on Climate Change Attitudes and Behaviors of Skeptic Audiences" 2019 Janda Prize Winner for Best Honors Thesis
- Joshua Varcie: "The Artificial Incumbency Advantage: How Bipartisan Redistricting Schemes Protect Incumbents" 2019 Janda Prize Honorable Mention for Distinguished Honors Thesis
- Benjamin Alan Weinberg: " Ballot Challenge: Explaining Voting Rights Restrictions in 21st-Century America" 2018 Janda Prize Winner for Best Honors Thesis
- Logan Scott Peretz: "How Hillary May Have Lost the White House: The Electoral Effects of Presidential Campaign Visits in 2016" 2018 Janda Prize Honorable Mention for Distinguished Honors Thesis
- Aaron Gordon: "An Empirical Appraisal of the Liberty of Contract" 2017 Janda Prize Winner for Best Honors Thesis
- Hayley Hopkins: "Restrict the Vote: Disenfranchisement as a Political Strategy" 2017 Janda Prize Winner for Best Honors Thesis
- Matthew Gates: "Ideological Basis for the Gay Rights Movement" 2017 Janda Prize Honorable Mention for Distinguished Honors Thesis
- Elena Barham: "Passing the Buck: World Bank Anti-Corruption Reform and the Politics of Implementation" 2016 Janda Prize Winner for Best Honors Thesis
- Remy Smith: "Inherently Unequal: The Effects of Equal Representation on Senate Policy Outcomes" 2016 Janda Prize Honorable Mention for Distinguished Honors Thesis
- Laura Rozier: "The Media, the Innocent, and the Public: A Nuanced Look at Exonerations and Public Opinion of the Death Penalty" 2015 Janda Prize Winner for Best Honors Thesis
- Kaitlyn Chriswell: “Cross-cutting cleavages: Euskadi Ta Askatasuna, Terra Lliure, and the centrality of networks” , 2014 Janda Prize Winner for Best Honors Thesis
- Jordan Fein: "Searching for Health Care Reform: Studying Media Coverage and Framing Public Opinion of the 2009-2010 Health Care Debate" , 2011 Janda Prize Winner for Best Honors Thesis
- Dylan Lewis: “Unpaid Protectors: Volunteerism and the Diminishing Role of Federal Responsibility in the National Park Service” , 2011 Janda Prize Honorable Mention for Distinguished Honors Thesis
- Benjamin Zhu: “Resource Distribution in Post‐PRI Mexico: De‐Politicized or Re‐Politicized?” , 2011 Senior Marshall for Distinguished Honors Thesis
- Ben Armstrong: “Ne Touche Pas Ma Constitution: Pressures and Presidential Term Limits” , 2011 Barry Farrell Prize for Academic Achievement
- Jeffrey Paller: “Where are the people? The Relationship between Government and Civil Society in South Africa” , 2006 Janda Prize Co-Winner for Best Honors Thesis
- Samir Mayekar: “The Piquetero Effect: Examining the Argentine Government’s Response to the Piquetero Movement” , 2006 Janda Prize Co-Winner for Best Honors Thesis
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Harvard University Theses, Dissertations, and Prize Papers
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Spanning from the ‘theses and quaestiones’ of the 17th and 18th centuries to the current yearly output of student research, they include both the first Harvard Ph.D. dissertation (by William Byerly, Ph.D . 1873) and the dissertation of the first woman to earn a doctorate from Harvard ( Lorna Myrtle Hodgkinson , Ed.D. 1922).
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- Undergraduate honors theses of novelist John Updike (A.B. 1954), filmmaker Terrence Malick (A.B. 1966), and U.S. poet laureate Tracy Smith (A.B. 1994)
- Undergraduate prize papers and dissertations of philosophers Ralph Waldo Emerson (A.B. 1821), George Santayana (Ph.D. 1889), and W.V. Quine (Ph.D. 1932)
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Furthermore, existing literature reveals that those exposed to political news are more prone to express their political opinions and will later be more politically involved. 7. Consequently, the internet and social networking sites' role in expanding or contributing to political involvement has been subject to numerous scholarly studies
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a partisan position on a matter of policy or politics or simply aggregate a host of sources (as you may have been asked to do for previous research papers). Potential thesis writers are often tempted to write a piece of direct political or policy advocacy. Try not to succumb to this temptation. In political science, we begin by seeking
In the Political Science and International Relations Department, you must write a Senior Thesis to receive departmental honors. The Senior Thesis is a process that begins in your junior year. In the spring semester of your junior year, you apply to write a thesis (see instructions below). If your proposal is approved, you register for POLS 350 ...
PDF. International Cooperation Networks and Economic Sanction Effectiveness, Gargi Vyas. Theses/Dissertations from 2020 PDF. Piecing Together Coalition War: Threat, Politics, and Coalition Structure, Stephen Joiner. PDF. BETTER DEVILS OF OUR NATURE: THE ROLE OF VIOLENCE-JUSTIFYING IDEOLOGIES IN OPINION FORMATION, Steven Kaiser. PDF
American pragmatism and democratic faith., Robert J. Lacey, Political Science. PDF. Lyrics and the law : the constitution of law in music., Aaron R. S., Lorenz, Political Science. PDF. Myths and realities of the role of officialdom in economic development in Ukraine : two case studies in small business creation, Kharkiv and Transcarpathia ...
Political Psychology, Political Science: Emma Rodman. 2020. "The Idea of Equality in America" Graduate, Dissertations: Political Economy: Amanda Merritt Fulmer. 2020. "Human Rights and International Law from the Ground Up: Mining, Indigenous Communities, and the Community Consultation Movement in Latin America" Graduate, Dissertations
Politics and International Relations Guide to Dissertations 2020-21 Choosing a dissertation, a topic and a supervisor Your decision to write a dissertation in Politics International Relations for Part and IIB may turn on what you have gained from writing a long essay for assessment for POL 5 if you took that paper.
understand it. This thesis will look into three alternative information streams and describe how they are affecting American politics. This thesis adds to existing research by expanding on current theories that emotions and entertainment affect political opinions by providing different types of entertainment and emotionally-based information ...
international politics (Lehmann, 2012). However, it must be noted that previous attempts to introduce complexity science to the analysis of global politics have seen only modest success. Several reasons account for the stall. First, while complexity has demonstrated descriptive value, there has been
One common school of thought asserts that messaging from the political "elites" has significant impact on how the general public perceives various issues, simply by virtue of coming from leadership.2 Donald Searing takes that argument a step further, asserting that political elites possess "political authority", a dynamic in which people
ELEMENTS OF A SUCCESSFUL POLITICAL THEORY PAPER. 1. ARCHITECTURE. A successful political theory paper in part depends to a huge extent on its architecture: the introduction (1.1), thesis statement (1.2), body (1.3) and conclusion (1.4). Understanding the role that each of these components are meant to play within the essay will hopefully aid ...
The Honors Program in Political Science challenges you to explore politics in three ways: first, by taking and excelling in coursework; second, by engaging in in-depth research in order to produce a thesis; and third, by experiencing the practical world of politics and government. It is the most stimulating intellectual enterprise in which an ...
Writing a Politics Dissertation A dissertation - whether a 14,000 word MA dissertation, or a 100,000 word Ph.D - is a limited piece of academic work. The two italicised words are important. Because the dissertation is limited in length, the scope of topic that a dissertation may cover is limited. Hence "The Debt Crisis" is
Patricia L. Dunmire*. Kent State University. Abstract. This essay overviews the body of research known as political discourse analysis (PDA). I begin by. situating this work within the linguistic ...
The Kenneth F. Janda Prize for Distinguished Honors Thesis in Political Science is awarded annually for the best undergraduate Honors thesis of the year. Student name. Year. Kelly Miller. 2022. Andrew Myers (Honorable Mention) 2022. Julian Freiberg. 2021.
The Harvard University Archives ' collection of theses, dissertations, and prize papers document the wide range of academic research undertaken by Harvard students over the course of the University's history. Beyond their value as pieces of original research, these collections document the history of American higher education, chronicling ...
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nance;Public policy. Definition. Public policy is a long-standing decision made by. governments or public authorities to address the. public concerns or initiate ideas or solutions to. public ...
A study of the linkages between popular music and politics in South Africa under Apartheid in the 1980s. Durbach, David Justin (2015-03) This dissertation seeks to explore how the exercise of political power and the music industry impacted each other in South Africa under apartheid during the 1980s.