Political Science Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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Boley : a study of a Negro city
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Exposing the Clandestine: Silence and Voice in America’s Drone War
(University of Kansas, 2016-08-31)The increasing reliance of the American military on weaponized drones in counter terrorism efforts has produced a contentious debate regarding the use of drones. This debate is characterized by two competing social discourses. ... -
Religious Freedom and Domestic Terrorism in Asia and Africa, 2000-2009: An Epitaph for the Religious Freedom Peace Thesis?
(University of Kansas, 2016-08-31)The Religious Freedom Peace Thesis (RFPT) suggests that societies may reduce political violence by fully respecting individuals’ rights to live their faiths according to the dictates of their convictions, but little empirical ... -
The origin and development of the Kansas benefit district road law
(University of Kansas, 1928) -
FOREIGN AID AND TERRORISM: When is Aid Effective in Reducing Terror?
(University of Kansas, 2015-12-31)This research examines the effectiveness of foreign aid in reducing terrorism. To uncover the circumstances in which aid is more likely to decrease terrorism, I examine total and sector-specific aid along with twenty-seven ... -
Petroleum and its influence upon American diplomacy
(University of Kansas, 1928) -
An inquiry into the effect on legislation of the mathematical factor of over- and under-representation
(University of Kansas, 1926) -
Failure of a pan-Mayan Party? Explaining Mayan Political Participation in Guatemala
(University of Kansas, 2015-12-31)Over the past 20 years, indigenous groups across Latin America have gained significant ground in their respective countries’ national politics. Factors relating to institutional reforms and effective populist appeals have ... -
Terrorism is What We Make of It: Construction of Terrorism Designation
(University of Kansas, 2015-12-31)This thesis seeks to refine our understanding of the social construction of terrorism designation. I examine formal terrorism designations made by the United States (U.S.) Department of State. Conceptualizing terrorism as ... -
China and Japan : Political relations since 1914
(University of Kansas, 1926) -
The primary system in Kansas
(University of Kansas, 1923) -
Political concepts of Woodrow Wilson
(University of Kansas, 1925) -
Collectivism, a modern political theory and its manifestations
(University of Kansas, 1924) -
Toward a Political Ethics of Torture
(University of Kansas, 2015-08-31)The current torture ethics debate comprises a dispute about the moral status of torture and a parallel dispute about the right way to do ethics. The first dispute receives much attention, while the the second dispute is ... -
American Militarism in US Congress: Another Military Transformation from the 103rd to the 112th Congress
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)The armed forces are maintained in two ways –in both the military way and the militaristic way. In this sense, every nation which has its own military has specific features of militarism, regardless of how dominant these ... -
The 'Importance of Winning': Affect, Just War and the 'Familiarization' of Success
(University of Kansas, 2015-08-31)The primary aim of this dissertation is to engage critically a puzzling element of Just War Theory (JWT): that ethical criteria for justifying decisions to go to war have been augmented by an important prudential ... -
Issue Voting in a Polarized Era: Ideology, Constituencies and Policy-Making in Congress
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)Polarization in the modern Congress creates an atmosphere in which the liberal to conservative ideological structure dominates political conflict. Members of Congress (MCs) vote principally based on their own ideological ... -
Toward a Concept of the "Warrior Class": The Impact of Sub-Cultures in Civil-Military Relations
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)I posit that there is a distinct sub-culture in the U.S. military: the warrior class. Current civil-military relations research fails to account for this group while comparing attitudinal and behavioral cleavages between ... -
Public Safety Intervention: Analyzing the Effects of Altering Traffic Safety Policies in the States.
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)This research focuses on analyzing the effects of shifting traffic safety policies within the United States. These naturally occurring shifts are examined to determine the effectiveness of altering traffic safety policies. ... -
Perceptions of Immigration as a Threat to the Good Life in Rural America
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)Rural attitudes differ from those of the general public because much of rural America tends to be or recently was predominantly non-Hispanic white. Attitudes towards immigrants and immigration have changed in rural America ...