Browsing Programs, Centers, and Institutes by Department "Political Science"
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(1996)This paper specifies a heuristic framework fashioned from the principles of the Second Law of Thermodynamics intended to extend and broaden our explanation of the structural dynamics of change and transformation within the ...
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Growing evidence has indicated that LGBTQ+ college students and autistic college students experience sexual health disparities (Buhi, Marhefka, & Hoban, 2010; Viswanath & Kreuter, 2007). However, one area that has not been ...
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(1981)The administrative hearings examiner is a quasi-judicial officer of an administrative agency whose adjudicative authority allows him significant policy input. Although administrative procedure is patterned after the more ...
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(1984)Until President Tito's death on 4 May 1980, his great prestige and powerful personality enabled Yugoslavs to gloss over difficult problems: divisive ethnic disputes, a collapsing economy, and, most importantly, the question ...
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The evidence of a rising antisemitic quandary in the European Union has grown to a pinnacle point too severe to disregard. In the wake of decreasing amounts of religiosity, antisemitic hate attacks are increasing. While ...
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(1986)The objective of this paper is to establish a concrete framework in which to evaluate the efficacy of contemporary American political speeches on the basis of their adherence to Aristotle’s Rhetoric so that political ...
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(1998)The following thesis is a politically and socially relevant product of the controversy surrounding the reauthorization of the Endangered Species Act and the highly debated role that regional, multi-species habitat conservation ...
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Governments that suffer low levels of citizen trust generally have worse policy outcomes and less citizen compliance, making it difficult to pursue other policy goals. However, scholarship on government trust in low trust ...
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My project is a 50-80 page fantasy novella, dealing in themes of courage, changing institutions, and interpersonal relationships. It is the story of Vas Pennery, a young farm boy whose quiet lifestyle is threatened when a ...
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(2021-05-07)Perspective-taking is when an individual takes the point of view of a different, marginalized, or negatively viewed group in order to facilitate an understanding towards their situation and improve the marginalized group’s ...
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This project addresses the impact of civil society on the quality of democracies in former Yugoslavian countries. Many of these new republics have witnessed some degree of democratic backsliding in the last twenty years. ...
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As a result of ideological opposition or the reduction of his writing to mere propaganda, the legacy of Thomas Paine within mainstream political theory has remained largely unexplored. Never a friend to the elite or powerful, ...
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This project intends to answer the question of how rising disaster losses correlate to essential climate change variables. Despite the substantial upward trend in economic losses from disaster, there is still debate over ...
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(2013-04-11)The Head Start Program aims to equip pre-school age children from low-income families with the social, academic and emotional development that is essential upon entry to Kindergarten. While much research and debate exists ...
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The 2012 attacks on the U.S. Mission in Benghazi, Libya, caused a lasting impact on U.S. politics continuing today. However, little research regarding how the attack came to create such an impact, has been conducted. By ...
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(1993)In 1988, the Institute for the Contemporary Gallery of Art used a $30,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to exhibit art works by the photographer, Robert Mapplethorpe. Unfortunately for the art world ...
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(2011-08-08)The question of the executive’s authority over foreign affairs has been debated constantly over the life of the Constitution. Rather than try to discern the answer to this question from only the well-known Framers, this ...
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(1986)Previous research on split-ticket voting has concentrated on the level or cause of split-ticket voting. There are many methodological problems with this approach. Thus, this paper studies the determinants of split results ...
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(1986)This project evaluates the impact of local MADD groups on the disposition of driving while intoxicated (DWI) cases in Texas courts. MADD groups are found in many counties in Texas, but there has been little evaluation of ...
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(1998)The Big Thicket National Preserve provides an excellent backdrop to test whether there is a correlation between economic impact and preservation. Conflicts over resources and land use blocked the preservation of the park ...