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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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Human Rights Regime in West Africa: The Case of ECOWAS and the Journey to Nigeria's Fourth Republic , Fatima Mercy Aigbomian

The Impacts of Local Property Taxes on Nebraska's State Legislator Elections and State Legislator Voting , Taylor Gold

The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Improving Human Rights in Iraq , Naser A. Yahya

Private Interests in the Public Sphere: The Evolution of Private Interest Before and During the American Revolution , Jensen Alexander Humphrey

Navigating Non-Physical Borders: An Examination of the Boundaries of Exclusion and Ideas About Inclusion of Immigrants in American Communities , Alison O'Toole

Alliance Cohesion: Connecting the Disconnect in Alliance Reliability , Noelle Troutman

Cruising Into Conflict: A Mixed Methods Examination of Cruise Missile Possession and the Initiation of Military Force , Dennis Crawford

Inconsistent Interventions? : The Effect of Operational Feasibility on U.S. Presidential Military Intervention Decisions , Matthew D. Eberhart

Financial Socialization and Its Effects on Food Insecurity Among College Students , Jamie Morrissey

Rebel Group Compliance with International Humanitarian Law and Foreign State Sponsorship , Hannah Read

The Prosecution Paradox: How the International Criminal Court Affects Civil War Peace Negotiations , Julia Reilly

THOUSANDS OF SMALL BATTLES: A CASE STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF POLITICAL DISCUSSION NETWORKS ON VOTE CHOICE IN CAUCUSES , Jonathan Jackson

Shield or Glue? Key Policy Issues Constraining or Enhancing Multinational Collective Ballistic Missile Defense , Marxen Kyriss

Preferential Politics , Cary Wolbers

An Examination of Political Attitudes and Behavior Using Regulatory Focus Theory , Kristen D. Deppe

Congruence and Participation - Does the Discrepancy between the Elite's and the Public's Ideology Come at the Cost of Reduced Participation? , Balazs Feher-Gavra

Thinking about Race: How Group Biases Interact with Ideological Principles to Yield Attitudes toward Government Assistance , Frank John Gonzalez

The Seeds of Change: Attitudinal Stability and the Direction of Attitudinal Change across the Lifespan , Johnathan C. Peterson

Active Shooter Security at the University of Nebraska: The Case for Training and Door Locks , Randall Bowdish

Can International Criminal Law Deter Rebel Groups?: The Case of Uganda, the Lord's Resistance Army, and the International Criminal Court , Julia Reilly

Place Matters? Place and Legislative Behavior in Nebraska , Melissa Lee Trueblood

Truth and Justice? Towards Comprehensive Transitional Justice in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo , Alicia Weaver

Competing for Attention: A Comparative Study of Social Movements and News Media in Abortion Debates , Katherine Eugene LeBreton Hunt

Influences on Student Attitudes About U.S. Involvement in Nation-Building , Tobin C. Beck

Creatures of Incoherence: Dissecting the Drivers, History, and Cognition of Attitudinal Incongruence in the American Body Politic , Timothy Collins

Changing Times: Population Movements and Education Quality , Nicholas J. Cordonier

Coercive Airpower in the Precision Age: The Effects of Precision Guided Munitions on Air Campaign Duration , Brett A. King

Disproportional Representation: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Educational Attainment Representation in State Government , Jayme l. Neiman

Military Strategy: Theory and Concepts , Randall G. Bowdish

The American Ideal of Representative Democracy: The Roles of National Identity and Perceived Consensus and Homogeneity Among the American People , Frank John Gonzalez

Emotion and Public Attention to Political Issues , Michael W. Gruszczynski

Defining Scavenger-Actors: Understanding a Global Menace , James Harrold

Private Soldiers in Africa: A Look at the Effects of Private Military Contractors and Mercenaries on the Duration of Civil Wars in Africa from 1960 to 2003. , Seth H. Loven

SUICIDE ATTACKS IN AFGHANISTAN: WHY NOW? , Ghulam Farooq Mujaddidi

Political Hate Machines: Outside Groups and the 2012 Presidential Campaign Advertising Market , Martin Nader

DETERRING THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA: THE ROLE OF JAPAN’S BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE , Jonathan Trexel

Regional Regimes for the Defense of Democracy and Coups d'Etat , Jacob P. Wobig

Examining the Covariance of Political and Religious Beliefs Within Individuals and Across Generations , Amanda Balzer

Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy in the Multilateral Development Banks , Daniel Braaten

Reluctance or Power Hunger: Whom do Voters Prefer? A Test of the Wary Cooperator Theory and Evolutionary Political Behavior , Timothy Collins

Neural basis of egalitarian behavior , Christopher T. Dawes, Peter John Loewen, Darren Schreiber, Alan N. Simmons, Taru Flagan, Richard McElreath, Scott E. Bokemper, James H. Fowler, and Martin P. Paulus

Processing Facial Emotions: An EEG Study of the Differences between Conservatives and Liberals and Across Political Participation , Karl Evan Giuseffi

A Sanctuary for Discussion: Liberal Religion and Foreign Policy Attitudes , Madeline M. Hoffer

Understanding Africa’s China Policy: A Test of Dependency Theory and a Study of African Motivations in Increasing Engagement with China , Nkemjika E. Kalu

Patronage Politics and Public Goods Provision in Africa , Alex M. Kroeger

From Boon To Bust: State Lottery Policy & How Stakeholder-Created Beneficiary Fund Structure Determines Vulnerability To Future Legislative Grabs , Lisa Mathews

Terrorism Warnings as Strategic Appeals: An Analysis of Press Reporting and Public Reactions , Eric Whitaker

Populism and Human Rights in Theory and Practice: Chavez's Venezuela and Fujimori's Peru , Joseph P. Braun

Returning Attention to Policy Content in Diffusion Study , John M. Fulwider

Hellfire and Grey Drones: An Empirical Examination of the Effectiveness of Targeted Killings , Matthew A. Morehouse

Framing Traits: The Role of Personality in Framing Effects , Kristen D. Anderson

And Justice for All: Developing Rule of Law in the Balkans , Ryan M. Lowry

Fairness, Justice and an Individual Basis for Public Policy , Douglas R. Oxley

EUROPEAN INTEGRATION, IDENTITY, AND NATIONAL SELF INTEREST: THE ENDURING NATURE OF NATIONAL IDENTITY , Tyler R. White

An Empirical Study of What Governmental Processes Ordinary People Really Want in South Korea , Gang-hoon Kim

Ganging Up Against the Courts: Congressional Curtailment of Judicial Review, 1988-2004 , Benjamin J. Keele

Corruption and Democratic Performance , Levente Littvay

THE ADAPTIVENESS OF PUNISHING BEHAVIOR: A BASELINE STUDY , Levente Littvay

The Use of the Congressional Resolution as an Instrument of Influence over Foreign Policy: 1925–1950 , Robert Lee Munkres

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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

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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See also MA theses submitted to the department and on the website of the Doctoral School of Political Science, Public Policy and International Relations

Reflexivity in European Higher Education Governance: Studies on Practice

By Adrienn Nyircsák

Defense Committee:  TBD

Date of the Defense:  TBD

Between Ideal Theory and Practice: Justice as Fairness, Productive Ownership Rights and Wider Economic Liberties

By Emil Vargović

Defense Committee:  

Andres Moles (chair, Central European University)

Transnational Civil Disobedience: Understanding Illegal Political Dissent Beyond Borders

By  Elettra Repetto

Zoltan Miklosi (supervisor, Central European University) Andres Moles (Central European University) Kimberley Brownlee (external member, University of British Columbia) Anca Gheaus (chair, Central European University)

Date of the Defense:  May 25, 2022

Vicissitudes of Islamic Humanitarianism: Compassion, Care, and Immobilization

By   Eda Sevinin

Prem Kumar Rajaram (supervisor, Central European University) Viola Zentai (Central European University) Deniz Sert (external member, Ozyegin University, Istanbul) Andrea Krizsan (chair, Central European University)

Date of the Defense:  May 27, 2022

Priority of Individual Sovereignty: A Libertarian Approach

By  Kin-wai Leung

Constraining the Executive in Petrostates

By  Antonio Henrique Smith Bravo

Michael Dorsch (supervisor, Central European University)  Cristina Corduneanu-Huci (Central European University)  Leiv Marsteintredet (external member, University of Bergen)  Andrew Xiang Li (chair, Central European University) 

Date of the Defense:  April 29, 2022

Fortressing on Markets: Financial Supervision in the Capital Markets Union

By  Dominik Brenner

László Csaba (supervisor, Central European University) László Bruszt (Central European University) Rachel Epstein (external member, University of Denver) Michael Merlingen (chair, Central European University) 

Date of the Defense:  March 15, 2022

In the Struggle for Radical Knowledge: Autoethnography and Collective Militant Research with the MTST – Homeless Workers' Movement

By  Alberto Fierro

Defense Committee: 

Michael Merlingen (supervisor, Central European University)  Viola Zentai (voting member, Central European University) Richa Nagar (external voting member, University of Minnesota Twin Cities)  Nadia Jones Gailani (chair, Central European University)

Date of the Defense:  March 3, 2022

Difference Worthy of Mediation? US-China Rapprochement Reappraised in a New Framework of Diplomatic Normalization

By  Tamás Ferenc Peragovics

Defense Committee:

Alex Astrov (supervisor, Central European University) Daniel Large  (voting member, Central European University) Corneliu Bjola (external voting member, Oxford University) Michael Merlingen (chair, Central European University)

Date of the Defense:  February 16, 2022

Civil Society Organizations in Demobilization and Reintegration: The Ties and Lives of Ex-combatants in Lebanon

By  Nassim AbiGhanem

Erin Jenne (supervisor, Central European University) Matthijs Bogaards (voting member, Central European University) Ashutosh Varshney (external voting member, Brown University) Julia Koltai (chair, Eötvös Loránd University)

Date of the Defense:  January 28, 2022

See also theses submitted to the department in 2021 ,  2020 ,  2019 , 2018 ,  2017,   2016 ,  2015 ,   2014 ,  2013 ,   2012 ,  2011 ,  2010 ,  2009 ,   2008 ,  2007 ,  2006 ,  2005 ,  2004 ,  2003 ,  2002 ,  2001

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Theses/Dissertations from 2011 2011

Assessing the Stability of Elite Political Culture: An Empirical Analysis of the Attitudes of Elected Officials in Canada , Lydia Summerlee

Theses/Dissertations from 2008 2008

Opportunity, Tools and Support: NGO Engagement in the Security and Disarmament Field , Sarah Estabrooks

Theses/Dissertations from 1999 1999

Autonomy and genetic predisposition: The relationship between original organizational configuration and the tendency for autonomy. An analysis of three drop-in centres servicing street youth , Heike Mertins

Theses/Dissertations from 1997 1997

Cognitive assimilation-contrast effects among partisan identifiers: An analysis of the 1993 Canadian national election , Jordan Colby

Gaining the competitive advantage: Ontario universities and the global economy , Jonathan Sidney Greene

Theses/Dissertations from 1996 1996

Selective incentives and the formation of interest groups: The case of the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) , Peter Dow Arthur

Theses/Dissertations from 1994 1994

Collective consciousness and self-societal definition: A theory and model for a direct democracy , John Blaikie Armstrong

A tripolar world? A framework for analysis , Heidi J. Bachert-Burke

Theses/Dissertations from 1993 1993

Government and interest group relations: An analysis of the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport , Susan Lesley Forbes

Theses/Dissertations from 1990 1990

Turkey's experience with corporatism , Nilgun Onder

Theses/Dissertations from 1989 1989

The impact of home entertainment technologies on government's ability to regulate sexually explicit materials , Mike Strathdee

Negativity in the evaluations of political leaders , Timothy John Stanford Utting

Theses/Dissertations from 1988 1988

Party images and party identification in Canada , Ian Cotter

Theses/Dissertations from 1987 1987

The impact of trait attributions on evaluations of political leaders , Cathy Widdis Barr

Theses/Dissertations from 1986 1986

Quebec-US Relations Under the Parti Quebecois , D. Keith Heintzman

Theses/Dissertations from 1984 1984

The effect of political partisanship on the allocation of funds for job creation in the province of Ontario , Darrell Jay Bricker

Nationalism and integration , Allan Harold Moore

Theses/Dissertations from 1983 1983

The technical, legal and political implications of remote sensing satellites , Matthew Mahoney

The effects of different competitive situations on the political content of daily newspapers , Deborah Joan Stalker

Theses/Dissertations from 1981 1981

Federal-Provincial Fiscal Stabilization Policy Response to Political and Economic Conditions in the Provinces: Canada, 1960–79 , Scott Alexander McAlpine

Theses/Dissertations from 1980 1980

The Appropriateness of the Concept of the Individual , Frank Clancy

Maintenance of an Empire: Soviet Foreign Behaviour in the ’80s , Pierre Eugene LaCompte

Theses/Dissertations from 1979 1979

A Critique and Analysis of the Decline-of-Ideology Thesis , George Nikolakakos

Civil Rights and the Anglo-Jewish Press in Canada: 1930-1970 , Irwin Pollock

Theses/Dissertations from 1978 1978

A Thematic Analysis of National Science Policy in Canada, 1963–1977 , Donald James Naulls

The Origin of Ideology: Marx’s Method of Human Liberation and Husserl’s Investigation of Judgments , Bryce Weber

Theses/Dissertations from 1977 1977

A Theoretical Inquiry into the Problematic Nature of Canadian Defence Policy , Dennis William Barber

The Influence of Political Leaders on the Provincial Performance of the Liberal Party in British Columbia , Henrik J. von Winthus

Theses/Dissertations from 1975 1975

Defence Policy and the Unification of the Canadian Armed Forces: An Analysis , John C. Hood

Schlagende Verbindungen: Modern Communitarians? , R.G.S. Weber

Theses/Dissertations from 1974 1974

African Political Instability: Theoretical Implications , Jo Ann Mourides

The Structure of Party Solidarity in the Ontario Legislative Assembly , James Edward Twiss

Theses/Dissertations from 1973 1973

The Political Implications of the Canada-United States Automobile Agreement , William G. Park

Theses/Dissertations from 1971 1971

Contemporary Student Radicals and Their Belief Systems , Lloyd M. Tataryn

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• 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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The Kenneth F. Janda Prize for Distinguished Honors Thesis in Political Science  is awarded annually for the best undergraduate Honors thesis of the year.

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• Political leadership as a quality: a critical study of John Garang in promoting peace and reconciliation in South Sudan  Modise, Sydney Shuping ( 2022-01 ) The purpose of this research is to look into John Garang's political leadership qualities and his role in promoting peace and reconciliation in South Sudan. The research argues that he used his vision and inspiration to ...
• Thabo Mbeki and Black public intellectuals: the politics of tolerance and criticism in post-1994 South Africa  Seemela, Ontlotile ( 2021-06 ) This study’s primary aim is to examine how black public intellectuals engaged with Thabo Mbeki publicly, in post-1994 public discourse. The concept of black public intellectuals used here relates to the capacity of critics ...
• Frantz Fanon’s conception of decolonization : violence, tabula rasa, and new humanism  Ndayisenga, Zenon ( 2021-09 ) his study uses Africana existential phenomenology as the theoretical foundation to comprehend Frantz Fanon’s conception of decolonisation. His conception of decolonisation is respectively and tri-dimensionally based on the ...
• An assessment of the level of independence of electoral management bodies and their effects on democratisation in africa: the case of Ghana and the Democratic Republic of Congo  Gabie, Carmel Tshamalamala ( 2019-09 ) The basic problem in this study is to determine whether the electoral management body (EMB) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is sufficiently independent and whether it complies with most of the criteria of an ideal ...
• The paradox of political legitimacy?: Zimbabwe’s global political agreement of 15 September 2008 and the subsequent government of national unity  Matemba, Doreen ( 2017-07 ) It is increasingly becoming apparent that elections, as component parts of democratic processes, do not always guarantee a smooth transfer of power and stable democratic cultures in many contemporary polities. Whenever ...
• Political unification before economic integration : a critical analysis of Kwame Nkrumah's arguments on the United States of Africa  Gudeta, Selamawit Tadesse ( 2018-01 ) Kwame Nkrumah was the first African leader to pursue the idea of Africa’s continent-wide unity with fervour. Many thought that African unity will only be the pooling of poverty and that Nkrumah’s dream was impossible. ...
• Analysis of the role of traditional leadership in partnership policing  Mabunda, Dumisani Quiet ( 2017-09 ) The main objective of this research is to analyse the role that traditional leadership plays in partnership policing in Limpopo, particularly in the Giyani and Malamulele areas, South Africa. Given the challenges associated ...
• The effectiveness of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission in the contect of the five pillars of transitional justice  Motlhoki, Stephina Modiegi ( 2017-09 ) This study evaluated the effectiveness of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (SATRC), using the theoretical and conceptual framework of the five pillars of transitional justice. Chitsike (2012) identified ...
• A critical analysis of President Thabo Mbeki's approach to resolving the 2008 disputed election results in Zimbabwe  Tapfuma, Maria ( 2016-10 ) Evaluating the effectiveness of Thabo Mbeki’s political mediation in the Zimbabwean conflict of 2008, following a disputed election outcome, is the principal objective of this study. The Ripeness Theory of mediation and ...
• Political socialisation and its implications within a rural setting in South Africa : a case study of Calais Village in Limpopo province  Mbabvu, Desmond ( 2017-02 ) The central issue in this study is political socialisation and its implications within a rural setting in South Africa with a particular focus on Calais village in Limpopo Province. The aim of the study is to determine how ...
• The impact of wikileaks on the state and its sovereignty  Sterley, Murray ( 2016-05 ) WikiLeaks emerged due to the belief that states (often democratic) were not as transparent as they claimed to be. Prior to WikiLeaks, transparency was largely done through state mechanisms and information ...
• Steve Biko’s Africana existential phenomenology : on blackness, black solidarity, and liberation  Mpungose, Cyprian Lucky ( 2016-07 ) This study focuses on Steve Biko’s Africana existential phenomenology, with particular emphasis on the themes of blackness, black solidarity and liberation. The theoretical foundation of this thesis is Africana existential ...
• Secessionism versus territorial unity : centre-periphery relations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (1960-2006)  N'Kiamvu, John Rene Kamba ( 2016-02 ) The focus in this dissertation is on the rise of secessionism and its curtailment in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Theories pertaining to centre-periphery relations, as well as right-sizing the state, are used ...
• Stakeholders' perceptions on the management of the 2011 electoral processes in the Democratic Republic of Congo  Tumba Tuseku Dieudonne ( 2014-11 ) This study investigated the perceptions of election stakeholders with regard to the management of the 2011 electoral processes in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The involvement of civil society organizations, ...
• A political analysis of MONUC's involvement in the peace and security problematique of the Democratic Republic of Congo  Kabongo Kidiawenda Doudou ( 2015-07-03 ) Armed conflict and violence against civilians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has persisted for years starting in the 1990s. The Eastern, Western and North-Eastern parts of the country have seen the presence of a ...
• Analise van die politieke, ekonomiese en militêre verhouding tussen die Republiek van Suid-Afrika en die Volksrepubliek van Sjina, 1998-2012  Bezuidenhout, Marius ( 2015-05 ) Suid-Afrika het sy diplomatieke bande met Taiwan verbreek en hegte diplomatieke bande met Sjina in 1998 aangeknoop. Hierdie hegte verhouding wat tussen Suid-Afrika en Sjina ontwikkel het, word dikwels deur politici, die ...
• Theories and practice of “soft power” : their relevance for China (as a rising power) in its relationship with African states  Paruk, Farhana ( 2014-11 ) This study emphasizes the role of soft power in China’s relations with Africa. It attempts to explore and interpret China’s role in Africa from Joseph Nye’s perspective of soft power and Realism in general. China’s foreign ...
• The economic diplomacy of a small state : the case of Namibia  Mushelenga, Peya ( 2015-03 ) This study is about the economic diplomacy of Namibia, as a small state, for the period 1990 – 2015. Liberalism, as a theory of International Relations (IR) studies, is the adopted analytical framework. Namibia’s economic ...
• The role of Southern African Development Community (SADC) in conflict resolution in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) 1998-2003 : 'an appraisal'  Kapinga, Ntumba ( 2015-02 ) Situated at the heart of Africa, the DRC has been transformed into a battlefield where several African states and national armed movements are simultaneously fighting various wars. In order to achieve peace, security, and ...
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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 both the growth of Harvard as a major research institution as well as the development of numerous academic fields. They are also an important source of biographical information, offering insight into the academic careers of the authors.

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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• The collection of Mathematical theses, 1782-1839
• The 1895 Ph.D. dissertation of W.E.B. Du Bois, The suppression of the African slave trade in the United States, 1638-1871
• Ph.D. dissertations of astronomer Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (Ph.D. 1925) and physicist John Hasbrouck Van Vleck (Ph.D. 1922)
• 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)
• Undergraduate honors theses of U.S. President John F. Kennedy (A.B. 1940) and Chief Justice John Roberts (A.B. 1976)

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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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