Global & International Studies Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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The balance of power between the Global North and Global South: A case study of grant funding to Sub-Saharan Africa by a U.S.-based non-profit
(University of Kansas, 2015-12-31)The global nonprofit sector is vast and growing. Worldwide, nonprofit or nongovernmental organizations exist to address a multitude of needs or provide a multitude of services. Their existence is necessitated by unfortunate ... -
European Union Democratic and Institutional Deficits
(University of Kansas, 2015-12-31)Abstract: Electoral campaigns in Europe exist on two distinct levels, the traditional national level and the newer supranational European level. Do voters view these two distinct levels as independent actors or do their ... -
No Room for Democracy in the Arms Bazaar: U.S. Arms Transfers in the Middle East and North Africa
(University of Kansas, 2015-08-31)Over 27% of arms transfers between 2000 and 2013 from the United States to other nations were to the Middle East North Africa region. The region contains few democracies, is largely composed of nations that are considered ... -
Cases of Forced Labor and Policy Responses Regarding Human Trafficking Legislation at Mega Sporting Events
(University of Kansas, 2015-08-31)International mega sporting events require large construction and infrastructure projects to be completed in short amounts of time. Unfortunately, labor trafficking has become a means to complete these projects for the ... -
ELECTION VIOLENCE IN KENYA
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)This study focuses on the role of ethnic violence in Kenya’s electoral process from 1992-2013 with a specific reference to factors that shape and influence the election outcome. These include ethnic divisions, institutions, ... -
Dangerous Grounds: Territorial Disputes in the Asia Pacific
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)This study examines five countries with overlapping claims to territories in the Asia Pacific. Domestic, Regional, and National Security are based in a country’s ability to effectively occupy these territories. The occupation ... -
Russian Arms Sales to China and Disruption of Military Power in East and Southeast Asia, 2000-2013
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)Abstract Russian arms sales to China have brought about security concerns from China’s neighbours. From 2000 to 2013, Russia sold more arms to India than to China. However, China’s neighbours and policymakers assert that ... -
Terror Attacks and the Duration of Civil War
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)Several factors that scholars have thought relate to the duration of civil war including: low per capita income, ethnic divisions, resources/contraband, and terrain were found to have no correlation to the duration of civil ... -
Ancien Régime: Legacies of Previous Authoritarian Regimes and the Struggle for Democratization in the Arab World
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)Arab Spring, or the series of uprisings that swept the Middle East and North Africa in early 2011, has raised hopes that the region is finally catching up with democracy. The fall of four long-established authoritarian ... -
Factors that Most Influence Success or Failure in Illicit Crop Reduction and Drug Supply Control
(University of Kansas, 2014-12-31)Several interrelated drivers of illicit crop cultivation appear remarkably consistent across virtually all illegal crop producing regions: insurgency or armed conflict, insufficient state authority and weak territorial ... -
GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO SELF-DETERMINATION MOVEMENTS: A CASE STUDY COMPARISON IN INDIA
(University of Kansas, 2014-12-31)The Indian government's response to multiple separatist and self-determination movements the nation has encountered in its sixty-six year history has ranged from violent repression to complete or partial accommodation of ... -
ARGENTINA AGRICULTURE: THE DEVELOPING CRISIS
(University of Kansas, 2014-12-31)The government of Argentina has put in place extractive political and institutional processes that have been ripe for rent seeking activity and that have supported the interests of urban elites, voters, and populist ... -
Chinese International Student Campus Involvement and Friendship Network Patterns in the United States
(University of Kansas, 2014-08-31)In 2013, Chinese students are the largest group of international students in the United States, with over 230,000 Chinese students comprising more than 28% of America's international student population. One common assumption ... -
Charitable Practices of Muslim Americans in the Greater Kansas City Area
(University of Kansas, 2014-05-31)The purpose of this research is to explore the state of post-9/11 Muslim American philanthropy within The Greater Kansas City Area. Since 2001, the U.S. government has expanded its counterterrorism policies to target sources ... -
Does Transferring Water Present an Efficient Way of Solving Water Scarcity in China's Northeast?
(University of Kansas, 2014-05-31)Faced by a severe water scarcity, in 2002 the Chinese government initiated the large- scale South-North Water Diversion Project (SNWDP), which was estimated at 62 billion U.S. dollars in cost and which presumably would ... -
Religiosity, Freedom of Expression and Lebanon and Morocco
(University of Kansas, 2014-05-31)Abstract: This study addresses the relationship between religiosity and freedom of speech. While a growing body of research advances the now established notion that Islam as a religion in practice at the individual level ... -
India and China: A Comparative Analysis of Mobile Phones in Agriculture
(University of Kansas, 2014-05-31)In 2010, China and India were named the first and second largest mobile phone markets in the world based on their number of subscribers. India and China have focused on extending their telecommunication services into rural ... -
Open Defecation and the Human Waste Crisis in India
(University of Kansas, 2014-05-31)This thesis analyzes the human waste crisis in India. The lack of sanitation facilities as well as open defecation seriously impacts India's ability to achieve its sanitation goals by 2015. More importantly, if the World ... -
Stability and Nukes: China's Domestic Concerns over North Korea's Nuclear Program
(University of Kansas, 2014-05-31)While the bilateral friendship between China and North Korea was solidified and endured during the Korean war, Beijing's ties to Pyongyang have weakened considerably during the nuclear crisis on the Korean Peninsula, which ... -
Opportunities for Global-Competence Education in Secondary Extracurricular Programs
(University of Kansas, 2014-05-31)Globalization has formed a complex world of challenge and promise for countries, communities, and individuals. Global-competence education seeks to train students in the skills and understandings they will need to relate ...