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1. Women's Security After War: Protection and Punishment in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Lindsey, Summer Elyse
2019
Theses
Political scienceInternational relationsPeaceWomen--Violence againstWar and societyGender studiesWomen and war

2. Window for Peace: Determinants of Third-Party Guarantees in Intrastate Conflict Resolution

Dwyer, Stefanie
2017
Theses
Political scienceInternational relationsConflict managementHistory

3. Why Ratification? Questioning the Unexamined Constitution-making Procedure

Lenowitz, Jeffrey
2013
Theses
Political scienceConstitutionsConstitutional lawDemocracy

4. Whither the Quid Pro Quo: Essays On Party Voter Linkages and Distributive Politics in India

Schneider, Mark Allan
2015
Theses
Secret ballotLocal electionsPublic administrationPatron and clientPolitical science

5. Where Subjects were Citizens: The Emergence of a Republican Language and Polity in Colonial American Law Court Culture, 1750-1776

Savage, Robert Mark
2011
Theses
HistoryLawPolitical science

6. When Theft Becomes Grievance: Dispossessions as a Cause of Redistributive Land Claims in 20th Century Latin America

Saffon Sanin, Maria Paula
2015
Theses
Political scienceHistory

7. When Do Party Leaders Democratize? Analyzing Three Reforms of Voter Registration and Candidate Selection

Shoji, Kaori
2013
Theses
Political candidatesPrimariesPolitical participationPolitical partiesVoter registration--U.S. statesPolitical scienceMinshutō (1998- )

8. When Do Agencies Have Agency? Bureaucratic Noncompliance and Dynamic Lawmaking in United States Statutory Law, 1973-2010

Yaver, Miranda Elyse
2015
Theses
Political scienceLaw

9. “We’re Out Here Talking About Life and Death”: Reparations for Human Rights Violations in Vieques, Puerto Rico

Morgan, Ryan
2016
Theses
Reparations for historical injusticesLiability for human rights violationsHuman rightsPolitical scienceArmed ForcesLawUnited States. Navy

10. Watching the Watchers: Non-State Actor Monitoring of State Compliance with International Humanitarian Law

Greene, Brooke
2015
Theses
Arab-Israeli conflictHumanitarian lawPolitical scienceInternational relationsInternational lawInternational Committee of the Red Cross

11. Wars Within Wars: Understanding Inter-rebel Fighting

Pischedda, Costantino
2015
Theses
Political scienceInternational relations

12. Voting Against Everyone’s Interests: Interrogating the Politicization of Rural Whites as a Latent Expression of Historical White Supremacy

Kraus, Molly
2022
Theses
White nationalismWhite peopleRural populationRural population--Public opinionElectionsPolitical science

13. Voice and Belonging: How Open vs. Restricted Models of National Incorporation Shape Immigrant-Minority Identification and Participation

Bech, Emily Cochran
2014
Theses
Political scienceCitizenship--Social aspectsEmigration and immigrationPolitical participation

14. Violent or Nonviolent Means to Political Ends: What Accounts for Variation in Tactics Among Dissident Organizations Targeting Domestic Governments?

Lins de Albuquerque, Adriana
2014
Theses
Political science

15. Violence and Intervention

Gordon, Grant Michael
2016
Theses
GenocidePeacekeeping forcesWarPolitical science

16. Value Pluralism and Liberal Democracy

Lin, Yao
2016
Theses
Liberalism--PhilosophyFreedom of expressionDemocracyDemocracy--PhilosophyPluralismPolitical sciencePhilosophy

17. U.S. Federal States in Transatlantic Trade and Investment Policy Making: Actors, Access, Aspirations

Jaursch, Julian
2018
Theses
Political scienceInternational tradeInvestments, Foreign--Government policyEconomic developmentTransatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

18. Upward Mobility and Authoritarian Stability: Merit-Based Elite Recruitment in China

Liu, Hanzhang
2019
Theses
Political scienceAuthoritarianismCivil service--RecruitingSocial mobilityOccupational mobilityCivil service reform

19. Uphill All the Way: The Fortunes of Progressivism, 1919-1929

Murphy, Kevin
2013
Theses
Nineteen twentiesProgressivism (United States politics)HistoryPolitical science

20. Updating in Parallel under Threat: Cues, Emotions, Frames, and Memories

Georgarakis, George Nicholas
2021
Theses
Political scienceAmericans--AttitudesThreatsTerrorism--Political aspectsEpidemics--Political aspectsClimatic changes--Political aspectsNatural disasters--Political aspects

21. Under the Radar: Essays on Lobbying, Representation, and Responsiveness in the U.S. Congress

Young, Carolina Ferrerosa
2018
Theses
Political sciencePressure groups--Political activityLobbyingPressure groups--InfluencePolarization (Social sciences)United States. Congress

22. Understanding the United Nations Security Council’s Decisions to Initiate Atrocities Investigations

Kaoutzanis, Christodoulos
2016
Theses
AtrocitiesPolitical atrocitiesInternational relationsInternational lawPolitical scienceUnited NationsUnited Nations. Security Council

23. Understanding Resistance to Foreign Occupation

Collard-Wexler, Simon
2013
Theses
International relationsPolitical science

24. Understanding Military Doctrinal Change During Peacetime

Gallo, Andrew A.
2018
Theses
International relationsPolitical scienceArmed ForcesMilitary doctrineUnited States. ArmyUnited States. Marine Corps

25. Understanding Intercultural Bilingual Education for Education Equity among Indigenous Students in Ecuador and Peru

Martel, Mirka
2019
Theses
EducationPolitical scienceEducational equalizationEducation, BilingualIndigenous children

26. Understanding Institutional Power Politics: Theory, Method and a case of U.S.-China Competition

Cho, Hyun Seung
2018
Theses
International relationsPolitical sciencePower (Philosophy)Competition, International

27. Understanding Cartel Violence in Mexico: Mapping the many Dimensions of Cartel Violence

Pargiter, Tamsin
2016
Theses
Drug trafficOrganized crime--Government policyViolencePolitical science

28. Uncontrolled Women: Coloniality, Human Rights And The Eradication Of Female Genital Mutilation In Kenya

Onsando, Aisha Kwamboka
2016
Theses
Female circumcisionCivilizationWomen's rightsHuman rightsPolitical scienceWomen's studies

29. Tweet it and Weep: Incivility in Congress Members’ Twitter Conversations

Michael, Shelly
2022
Theses
Communication in politicsSexism in political culturePolitical scienceUnited States. CongressTwitter (Firm)

30. Trading Favors: Local Politics and Development in Brazil

Cooperman, Alicia Dailey
2019
Theses
Political sciencePublic policy (Law)Latin AmericansEconomic development--Political aspectsNegotiationCommunity developmentWater resources development

31. Toward a European Bund. The Constitutionalism Deficit of Integration and How to Fix It

Domeyer, Axel
2012
Theses
Political scienceLaw

32. To Reforge the Nation: Emancipatory Politics and Antebellum Black Abolitionism

Yaure, Philip Christopher
2020
Theses
PhilosophyAfrican AmericansPolitical scienceSocial movementsSocial groups--Political aspectsSocial change--Political aspectsDouglass, Frederick, 1818-1895Delany, Martin Robison, 1812-1885

33. Tomorrow, the World: The Birth of U.S. Global Supremacy in World War II

Wertheim, Stephen
2015
Theses
HistoryInternational relationsWorld War (1939-1945)Political scienceArmed ForcesCold War (1945-1989)NazisRoosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

34. Three essays on the study of nationalization with automated content analysis

Sutherland, Joseph L.
2020
Theses
Political scienceSpeeches, addresses, etc., AmericanElectionsNationalism

35. Three Essays on the Political Economy of Corporate Bailouts

Smith, Michael
2014
Theses
Political scienceInternational relations

36. Three Essays on the Political Economy of Business Mobility: Electoral and Policy Implications of Business Location Decisions

Yang, Joonseok
2019
Theses
Political scienceEconomicsInternational relationsElectionsIndustrial policy

37. Three essays on political institutions and environmental governance

Dumas, Marion Marie
2016
Theses
Environmental lawEnvironmental policyPolitical scienceSustainability

38. The Wartime Origins of Postwar Democratization: Civil War, Rebel Governance, and Political Regimes

Huang, Reyko
2012
Theses
Independence and Civil War (Mozambique : 1975-1994)Civil War (Tajikistan : 1992-1994)Civil War (Nepal : 1996-2006)Political scienceInternational relations

39. The War on Drugs’ War on Women: Plan Colombia’s impact on the female carceral population of Colombia

Olson, Emily M.
2022
Theses
Women prisonersDrug controlDrug control--International cooperationPolitical science

40. The Unity of Political Principle

MacInnis, Luke
2014
Theses
Practical reasonConcordPrinciple (Philosophy)PhilosophyPolitical science

41. The Unipolar Era: Why American Power Persists and China's Rise Is Limited

Beckley, Michael Charles
2012
Theses
Political scienceUnipolarity (International relations)International relations

42. The Twenty-Sixth Amendment as a Teachable Moment: Young Adult Voter Turnout in U.S. Elections, 1972-2006

Wright, David Lee
2013
Theses
Civics--Study and teaching (Secondary)Voter registrationVoter turnoutCitizenship--Study and teaching (Secondary)Voting ageEducation and stateSchool management and organizationPolitical science

43. The Transcendence of Political Views Across National Borders: The Relationship Between Chinese Immigrants’ Attitudes Toward the CCP and their Western Partisan Preferences

Vaisse, Lorelei
2022
Theses
ImmigrantsPolitical participationPolitical scienceZhongguo gong chan dang

44. The "Social" in Social Science: The Implications of Social Networks Theory for Political Economy and Political Methodology

Sircar, Neelanjan
2014
Theses
Political scienceSociologyEconomics

45. The Second Amendment and the Constitutional Right to Self-Defense

Merkel, William George
2013
Theses
Political scienceFirearms--Law and legislationConstitutional lawHistoryLaw

46. The Role of Government in Supporting Technological Advance

Tucker, Christopher
1999
Theses
Industrial policyTechnological innovations--Government policyAutomobile industry and tradeAircraft industryElectric industriesPolitical science

47. The Right to No Longer be a Refugee: The Legal Empowerment of Syrian Refugees in Jordan

Mayer, Rachel
2016
Theses
Refugees--Legal status, laws, etc.Human rightsPolitical sciencePeace

48. The rights of people with intellectual disabilities in the post-conflict context: Constructing a framework for inclusion

Galbraith, Heather
2016
Theses
People with mental disabilities--Social conditionsTransitional justiceSocial integrationHuman rightsPolitical scienceSocial structure

49. The Responsibility to Protect Indigenous Peoples: A Study of R2P’s Potential Application in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh

Halliwell, Shayna
2016
Theses
Indigenous peoples--Crimes againstResponsibility to protect (International law)GenocideHuman rightsPolitical scienceEthnology

50. The Psychology of Repression and Dissent in Autocracy

Young, Lauren Elyssa
2016
Theses
Political persecutionPolitical psychologyPolitical violence--Psychological aspectsDespotismPolitical science

51. The Problem of Unfreedom

Hominh, Yarran Dylan Khang
2021
Theses
PhilosophyPolitical scienceFreedomFree will and determinismSocial conditionsDewey, John, 1859-1952Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963Ambedkar, B. R. (Bhimrao Ramji), 1891-1956

52. The Problem of Human Shields in War

de la Paz, Alexander
2020
Theses
Political scienceInternational relationsInternational lawHuman shieldWar--Moral and ethical aspects

53. The Politics of International Large-Scale Assessment: The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and American Education Discourse, 2000-2012

Green Saraisky, Nancy
2015
Theses
EducationPolitical scienceEducational tests and measurementsProgramme for International Student Assessment

54. The Politics of Employment Insecurity

Kim, Hyun Kyoung
2012
Theses
Political sciencePublic policy (Law)Industrial relations

55. The Politics of Emergencies: War, Security and the Boundaries of the Exception in Modern Emergency Powers

Zuckerman, Ian Roth
2012
Theses
Political science

56. The Politics of Classification in Global Development

Dolan, Lindsay R.
2018
Theses
Political scienceInternational relationsClassificationInvestments, ForeignInternational economic relations

57. The Politics of Booms and Busts: Fiscal Policy over the Business and Electoral Cycle in Developing Countries

Ardanaz, Martin
2012
Theses
Political science

58. The Politics of Anticolonial Resistance: Violence, Nonviolence, and the Erosion of Empire

McAlexander, Richard
2020
Theses
Political scienceAnti-imperialist movementsImperialism--British coloniesNonviolencePolitical violenceInternational relationsBritish coloniesCivil disobedienceGovernment, Resistance to

59. The political theory of the schoolmen and Grotius : parts I, II and III.

Littlejohn, J. Martin
1896
Theses
Political scienceScholasticismGrotius, Hugo, 1583-1645

60. The Political Economy of Heterogeneous Communities: Local Governance and Cooperation in the Congo and Sierra Leone

Van der Windt, Pieter Cornelis
2016
Theses
Discrimination--Social aspectsVillage communitiesLocal governmentNon-governmental organizations--Political activityPolitical scienceEconomics

61. The Political Consequences of Long-Term Violence in Mexico

Pocasangre Meneses, Oscar Mauricio
2022
Theses
Political scienceCrimeViolencePolitics and governmentPolitical campaigns

62. The Political Behavior of the Underrepresented

Rubio, Julia Maria
2022
Theses
Political scienceMinorities--Political activityWomen--Political activityBlack people--Political activity

63. The Philosophical and Theological Foundations of Francois Fenelon's Political Theory: Love, Free Will,and Disinterested Virtue

Falgoust Mennite, Barbara Ray
2015
Theses
Political scienceMetaphysicsSpirituality

64. The Partisan's Violence, Law and Apartheid: The Assassination of Matthew Goniwe and the Cradock Four

Pillay, Suren
2011
Theses
EthnologySouth AfricansPolitical scienceAssassinationApartheidAnti-apartheid activistsPolitical violenceImperialismGoniwe, Matthew, 1946-1985South Africa. Truth and Reconciliation Commission

65. The Paradox of Antimilitarism: Civil-Military Relations in Post World War II Japan

Hikotani, Takako
2014
Theses
National securityCivil-military relationsMilitary policyMilitarismPolitical scienceInternational relationsArmed Forces

66. The Opaque Champions: A Relational Anatomy of China's Large State-Owned Enterprises

Lin, Li-Wen
2014
Theses
Corporate governanceGovernment business enterprisesSociologyPolitical science

67. The observance of international law in the China-Japan war

Tai, En Sai
1915
Theses
DiplomacyPolitical scienceInternational lawSino-Japanese War (1894-1895)Nineteenth century

68. The National Security State That Wasn’t: Liberals, Conservatives, and the Fight to Define the Government’s Responsibilities in the 1930s and 1940s

Roady, Peter
2021
Theses
HistoryPolitical scienceNational securityWelfare stateNineteen thirtiesNineteen fortiesRoosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

69. The Mythic King: Raja Krishnacandra and Early Modern Bengal

Bordeaux, Joel
2015
Theses
Hindu mythology--InfluenceNationalismPolitical scienceDevotional literature, SanskritReligionSouth AsiansAsians

70. The Merits of Money and "Muscle": Essays on Criminality, Elections and Democracy in India

Vaishnav, Milan
2012
Theses
Criminal behaviorVotingElectionsPolitical candidatesPolitical scienceSouth Asians

71. The Media under Autocracy: Essays on Domestic Politics and Government Support in Russia

Syunyaev, Georgiy
2022
Theses
Political scienceFreedom of the pressDictatorshipMass media--ObjectivityMass media policyPropaganda, Russian

72. The Material Politics of Revolution and Counter-Revolution: Labor Organization, Autonomy and Democratization in Egypt (2011-2016)

Hefny, Mostafa
2018
Theses
Political scienceDemocratizationLabor unionsRevolutions

73. The Making of the Padanian Nation: Corruption, Hegemony, Globalization and Legitimacy

Celiksu, Sinan
2014
Theses
Italians--Politics and governmentPolitical scienceEthnologyEducational anthropologyLega nordLega per l'indipendenza della Padania

74. The Making of Liberal Mythology: David Hume, Epicureanism, and the New Political Science

Zubia, Aaron Alexander
2019
Theses
Political sciencePhilosophyEpicureans (Greek philosophy)LiberalismCivil societyHume, David, 1711-1776

75. The Logic of the Thai Higher Education Sector on Quality Assessment Policy

Sae-Lao, Rattana
2013
Theses
Education and stateSchool management and organizationEducation, HigherPolitical science

76. The Judicial Politics of Enmity: A Case Study of the Constitutional Court of Korea's Jurisprudence Since 1988

Guichard, Justine
2014
Theses
Political scienceAsians

77. The international relations of the Republic of China subsequent to the revolution of 1911

Kang, Shi-Min
1919
Theses
International relationsPolitical scienceRevolution (China : 1911-1912)

78. The Impacts of Anti-Asian Discrimination on Recent Asian American Voting Behavior: Do Anti-Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander violence and personal experiences of discrimination motivate Asian American turnout in federal general elections between 2000 and 2020?

Liu, Joyce Z.
2022
Theses
Asian AmericansAsian Americans--Politics and governmentHawaiiansHawaiians--Politics and governmentPacific Islander AmericansPacific Islander Americans--Politics and governmentVictims of hate crimesRace discriminationVotingPolitical science

79. The impact of transparency on legislative behavior. Taking position avoidance into account: The case of Chile

Le Foulon, Carmen Magdalena
2014
Theses
LegislatorsTransparency in governmentPolitical science

80. The Impact of National Crises on American Exceptionalism

Todd, William
2022
Theses
Political scienceExceptionalismCrises--Political aspects

81. The Fights of the Forsaken Kings: Caste Conglomeration, Heroism, and Sovereignty in Contemporary South India

Gross, Victoria Gabrielle
2017
Theses
EthnologyIdentity politicsDalits--Political activityPolitical scienceCaste--Political aspects

82. The Fight for a Right out of Sight: The Under-Prioritization of Attacks on Schools and the Lack of Accountability under the Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism...

Shevell, Meaghan
2016
Theses
Children--Crimes againstWar (International law)SchoolsHuman rightsPolitical sciencePeaceInternational relationsUnited Nations

83. The Effects of Voter Registration and Declining Political Party Competition on Turnout in the United States of America, 1880-1916

Perez, Vanessa
2014
Theses
ElectionsVoting researchElections--Public opinionVoter turnoutPolitical scienceHistory

84. The Effects of Political Attack Rhetoric on Public Trust in Scientists

Sayegh, Helen
2021
Theses
Communication in public healthScientists--Public opinionPoliticians--Public opinionReliabilityPolitical science

85. The Desire and Struggle for Recognition

Gomes, Bjorn Wee
2017
Theses
Political psychologyPolitical sciencePolitical science--PhilosophyRecognition (Psychology)Philosophy

86. The Cultural Contradictions of Cryptography

Berret, Charles
2019
Theses
Mass mediaPolitical scienceCryptographyHistory

87. The Contours of White Identity in the United States

McCarthy, Bryn A.
2022
Theses
Political scienceSocial psychologyWhites--Race identity

88. The Consumer Dictator: Theories and Representations of Agency in Neoliberal Argentina, 2001-2010

Dzaman, Jessica Cullen
2015
Theses
Political scienceNeoliberalismLatin American literatureLatin Americans

89. The conduct of parliamentary elections in England

Luo, Longji, 1896-1965
1928
Theses
Political scienceElectionsElection lawGreat Britain. Parliament

90. The Common Good: Property and State-Making in Late Imperial China

Luo, Weiwei
2019
Theses
HistoryEconomic historyPolitical scienceProperty

91. The Coalition of Immokalee Workers: a cooperative framework in Florida’s tomato fields

Lasio, Georgia Rae
2016
Theses
Labor laws and legislationSocial responsibility of businessHuman rightsPolitical scienceIndustrial relationsCoalition of Immokalee Workers

92. The Cities on the Hill: Urban Politics in National Institutions

Ogorzalek, Thomas
2013
Theses
Political science

93. The Bureaucratic Mentality in Democratic Theory and Contemporary Democracy

Hudson, Jennifer M.
2016
Theses
DemocracyBureaucracyDecision makingPolitical science--Decision makingDecision making--Political aspectsPolitical sciencePhilosophyHistory

94. The Bomber Who Calls Ahead: Terrorism, Insurgency, and the Politics of Pre-Attack Warnings

Brown, Joseph Matthew
2015
Theses
Political scienceInternational relationsPeace

95. The Battle before the War: War In Europe and the 1940 U.S. Senate Elections

Andrews, Peter F.
2014
Theses
HistoryPolitical science

96. Terrorism, Islamophobia, and Radicalization

Mitts, Tamar
2017
Theses
Political scienceInternational relationsRadicalism--Psychological aspectsIslamophobiaTerrorismIS (Organization)

97. Teaching after a violent past: the secondary school history curriculum and a child’s right to education in present day Rwanda

Henry, Marina
2016
Theses
History--Study and teaching (Secondary)--CurriculaRight to educationHuman rightsPolitical scienceEducation, SecondaryRwandan Civil War (Rwanda : 1994)

98. Teacher Voice

Gyurko, Jonathan Sullivan
2012
Theses
EducationPolitical sciencePublic policy (Law)Teachers

99. Taxation and State Building Under Diversity

Magiya, Yusuf
2022
Theses
Political scienceMulticulturalismTaxationPower (Social sciences)Minorities--Political aspects

100. Target Practice: On the Intersection of Race, Class, Gender, Public Housing, and “The War On Drugs”

Carpenter, III, George Edward
2016
Theses
Drug controlPublic housing--Government policyRace discriminationHuman rightsPolitical scienceSocial structure