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Menaster, Kimberly (Kimberly Ann),
The racial status quo in the American South persisted through an unspoken detente between the federal government and the Southern state governments during the second half of the 19 th century. The pol...
complete descriptionhttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/54604
Piombo, Jessica R., 1973-,
This study explains the construction and maintenance of a one-party dominant democratic political system in South Africa between 1994 and 1999. Against conventional explanations that rely on historica...
complete descriptionhttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/8029
Manikkalingam, Ramanujam,
This dissertation develops a political liberal approach to multiculturalism as an alternative to its dismissal by some egalitarian liberals and its celebration by some multicultural liberals. Some ega...
complete descriptionhttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/8239
Kubicek, Brett V. (Brett Vincent), 1972-,
This thesis is about political change and the possibilities for politically creative individuals to achieve desired change. To identify such possibilities, I argue that we should employ a catalog of a...
complete descriptionhttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/28499
Hardy, Erin Flaherty,
This thesis examines the nature of political representation of the American poor from both a theoretical and an empirical perspective. A normative framework, based on the major theories of representat...
complete descriptionhttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/43191
Burbach, David T,
This dissertation assesses U.S. presidents' incentives for diversionary war. The political benefits of the use of force were measured and compared to the benefits of other dramatic foreign policy acti...
complete descriptionhttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/7970
Ziegfeld, Adam W. (Adam Weston),
Where do party systems come from? The first part of this dissertation argues that party system formation depends on the rule of law, which is defined as the extent to which the state uniformly impleme...
complete descriptionhttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/54606
Ueda, Michiko,
The central goal of this dissertation is to contribute to our understanding of the link between political representation and policy outcomes. In particular, this collection of essays examines how the ...
complete descriptionhttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/35543
Taylor, Mark Zachary,
Why are some countries more technologically innovative than others? The dominant explanation amongst political-economists is that domestic institutions determine national innovation rates. However, af...
complete descriptionhttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/35289
Kannengaard, Josef Sandoval,
Spanish-language news in the United States has grown over the last 20 years into a significant economic and social force. This growth has heightened concerns about the integration of Spanish-speaking ...
complete descriptionhttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/53255
