Browsing Electronic Theses and Dissertations by Department "Political Science"
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(2010-08-05)Department: Political ScienceThis research project aims to answer the question as to why some new democracies develop astronomically high levels of criminal violence, whereas in others, violence is far more limited. This inquiry is related to a more ...
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(2023-07-18)Department: Political ScienceIn this dissertation, I offer a more rigorous theoretical and practical understanding of the rights based approach (RBA) vis-à-vis other approaches to international development. I compare the RBA to three other development ...
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Disenfranchised Discontent: Exploring the Scope and Public Opinion of Criminal Voting Restrictions (2021-08-09)Department: Political ScienceThe core principles of democracy rest on the notion that the job of government is to represent the interests, and serve at the will of, its people. However, in practice most societies fall short of fulfilling this ideal, ...
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(2009-01-08)Department: Political ScienceAlthough it is well-established, at least since Aristotle, that high levels of economic inequality produce political instability, the underlying mechanism by which this link works has been largely underspecified. By placing ...
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Does a Loss or a Win Affect Who Tunes In? Political Advantage, Disadvantage, and Media Consumption (2017-06-28)Department: Political ScienceIn this dissertation, I argue that the political environment can meaningfully influence media demand. Studying the determinants of news consumption is critical because these processes affect the knowledge on which democratic ...
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(2017-08-04)Department: Political ScienceScholars argue that institutions in democracies constrain leaders and prevent violent conflict. However, many democracies specify rules of governance in times of emergency that divert substantial power to the head of state. ...
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(2021-11-19)Department: Political ScienceIn a time of increasingly fragile democracies and an increase in human mobility, the political attitudes and behaviors of migrants as citizens has become an important component to our understanding of emerging democracies, ...
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(2012-07-24)Department: Political ScienceJudicial power and executive power exist in an interdependent relationship. Courts can invalidate executive action. However, various executive actors are charged with implementing judicial decisions. Courts are placed in ...
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(2016-07-29)Department: Political ScienceThis dissertation is comprised of three essays on institutions, aid, and conflict. The first essay uses a formal model of revolution to argue that non-state aid can undermine the incentive of political opposition groups ...
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(2019-03-27)Department: Political ScienceThis dissertation is comprised of three essays on representation and accountability in Mexico. In the first essay, I argue that legislators’ responsiveness to their constituents is influenced by their career ambitions and ...
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(2023-11-17)Department: Political ScienceThis dissertation comprises three essays on the LGBTQ+ candidate entry process in Brazil. The first essay seeks to gauge how individuating information about a gay candidate may affect approval of gay people’s right to run. ...
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(2024-03-22)Department: Political ScienceThis dissertation consists of three papers related to the differences in power {power gap} and policy preferences {alignment gap} between states in the international system. The first paper considers the issue of moral ...
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(2024-03-22)Department: Political ScienceThis dissertation consists of three papers related to the differences in power {power gap} and policy preferences {alignment gap} between states in the international system. The first paper considers the issue of moral ...
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(2024-03-22)Department: Political ScienceThis dissertation consists of three papers related to the differences in power {power gap} and policy preferences {alignment gap} between states in the international system. The first paper considers the issue of moral ...
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(2008-04-21)Department: Political ScienceUsing the Latin American cases of Bolivia and Guatemala, this dissertation has produced findings in four different areas related to the relationship between ethnic identities and national politics: First, the definition ...
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(2004-04-07)Department: Political ScienceThis study examines the “traditional/modern” paradigm advocated by scholars in the study of the Presidency in American Politics. This distinction advises a separation of presidential history into two categories on the ...
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(2019-07-22)Department: Political ScienceA central tenet in the electoral systems subfield is that parties and their members pursue opportunities to advance partisan objectives via the strategic adoption of electoral rules. This scholarly consensus exists for ...
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(2014-04-16)Department: Political ScienceWithin liberal societies victims of gender-based violence have access to institutions of justice but these do not always guarantee them access to justice. There is a misfit between the assumptions of liberal institutions, ...
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(2014-04-09)Department: Political ScienceEmotions matter in public opinion and political decision-making. Existing literature examines how individuals experience emotions like anger, anxiety, fear, and disgust, and how these emotions shape a wide range of public ...
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(2014-07-16)Department: Political ScienceWhy is mass protest a normal, almost routine component of the participatory “repertoire” in certain democratic systems, but not others? I contend that this often-sharp variation is the result of differences in political ...