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Political Science Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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Educational Solutions for Financial Troubles: Policy Diffusion in Personal Finance Education Policy
(University of Kansas, 2013-05-31)Recently many states have begun to adopt policies that require public schools to provide personal finance education (PFE) in their curriculum. However, it's not clear whether states are responding to perceived problems ... -
The Role of Narrative in Constructing an Advocacy Coalition: The Case of Sao Paulo's Non-discrimination Policy
(University of Kansas, 2013-05-31)The Brazilian LGBT movement has transformed in role from a social movement fragmented by diverse interests to a policy actor with a clear agenda. To understand this transition, we study the case of non-discrimination policy ... -
Political Divorce of Peoples: A Search for a Right to Secession in International Law and Normative International Relations Theory
(University of Kansas, 2013-05-31)This thesis looks at the problem of secession in international relations. An opening section defines secession, exposes hypocrisy on this issue, and makes a case for the significance of the issue. Next, I turn to a search ... -
Dimensionality in Congressional Voting: The Role of Issues and Agendas
(University of Kansas, 2012-12-31)Congressional preferences are frequently categorized by a liberal to conservative dimension that splits the two-party system in the modern period. However, recent studies of voting in Congress have challenged that conception ... -
Continuity of Clan Politics: An Agent-Based Approach
(University of Kansas, 2012-08-31)Post-Soviet central Asian states initially diverged into a variety of different regimes. Kyrgyzstan experimented with democracy, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan established authoritarian regimes, while Tajikistan succumbed to ... -
Pathways to Parenthood: Regulating Assisted Reproductive Technologies in the United States
(University of Kansas, 2012-12-31)According to the Centers for Disease Control, approximately 10.8 percent of women and 7.5 percent of men in the United States have sought infertility treatment. With advances in medical technology, treatment options range ... -
Gendering Representation: Parties, Institutions, and the Under-Representation Of Women In Brazil's State Legislatures
(University of Kansas, 2012-12-31)This dissertation provides insights on what influences women's descriptive representation in state legislatures in Brazil. The study of female representation in Brazil provides for a good case study as the country uses a ... -
Democracy Without Informed Citizens: The Influence of Partisan Cues on Political Perceptions of Uninformed Kenyans
(University of Kansas, 2012-05-31)The democratic theory assigns citizens key decision-making roles which require good understanding of the political system and its policy-making dynamics. Yet, empirical evidence, derived largely from studies of advanced ... -
The Risks and Rewards of Selecting Vice Presidential Nominees
(University of Kansas, 2012-05-31)This research focuses on the effectiveness of employing political maneuvers meant to target a specific segment of the electorate in order to acquire their support. As political polarization increases in American politics, ... -
Political Leadership and Foreign Policy in Post-Cold War Israel and Turkey
(University of Kansas, 2011--5-31)Frequent references to "hawkish" and "dovish" leaders in Israel, or Turkey's "secular" and "Islamist" leaders, lack a systematic analysis of the personalities of political leadership in Israel and Turkey. Notwithstanding, ... -
Weighted Policymaking: Federal, State and Local Politics of Obesity
(University of Kansas, 2010-12-31)In less than one generation, more than two-thirds of American adults have become overweight or obese. The financial and societal costs of obesity shift this condition from a private to a public problem necessitating a ... -
State and Federal Renewable Energy Policy: Understanding Influences and Impacts
(University of Kansas, 2010-12-31)Renewable energy has become a multi-billion dollar industry in the United States with the assistance of billions of dollars in state and federal financial incentives. As renewable energy continues to be discussed as the ... -
Regulating School Reforms: An Analysis of the Impact of Religious Interests on State Education Policies
(University of Kansas, 2010-05-31)This project analyzes the role of religious populations on the restrictiveness of state education policies, and looks into the impact of evangelical Protestants, Catholics, and members of the Church of Jesus Christ of ... -
The Impact of Negative Political Advertisements: Perceptions and Realities
(University of Kansas, 2012-05-31)Past research on negative political advertisements has focused primarily on how these ads impact voter turnout, voter evaluations of candidates, and the democratic process as a whole. This research attempts to expand the ... -
ASYLUM SEEKERS AND THE STATE. WHOSE THREAT? WHOSE SECURITY?
(University of Kansas, 2011-12-31)This dissertation examines the disparity between how states define asylum seekers and who identifies him or herself to be an asylum seeker. Using interpretive methodologies I examine how states construct asylum seekers in ... -
Advocacy Coalitions in East European Sex Tourism: The Case of Latvia
(University of Kansas, 2011-12-31)The widening of the European Union and the emergence of budget airlines have brought with them a host of challenges to new member states like Latvia. A result of the economic polarization and its disproportionate effect ... -
Afghanistan and Iraq--$2 Trillion Dollar Graveyards of Armies
(University of Kansas, 2011-12-31)This thesis explores the projection of violent direct action in the case of Iraq and Afghanistan since 2007 through May 2011. Machine-coded events data from the free, publicly available, on-line Reuters archives was fitted ... -
Can You Spend Your Way to Victory? The Case of Statebuilding in Afghanistan
(University of Kansas, 2011-08-31)Do statebuilding activities decrease insurgency? Since 2006 General Petraeus's mantra has been that you cannot kill or capture your way out of a complex insurgency. Instead of bullets money spent on development projects, ... -
Elite Capture of the Local Party in Village Elections
(University of Kansas, 2011-08-31)The Elite Capture theory suggests that the village elites in China are tempted to capture the local institution and resources for their own benefits. This paper studies the villager leaders' information distortion (as one ... -
With Us or With the Terrorists
(University of Kansas, 2011-08-31)The purpose of this theisis is to merge research on the public opinion and foreign policy within political science with research from psychology on the impact of images on perceptions. The central question for this thesis ...