Political Science: Recent submissions
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‘Now More Than Ever, Survivors Need Us’: Essential labouring and increased precarity during COVID-19
(Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW), 2023-09-29)During the earliest waves of the COVID-19 pandemic, much media and public discourse focused on the effects of increasing precarity on already vulnerable populations. As in-person work added a layer of viral risk and ... -
Understanding Risk and Prevention in Midwestern Antitrafficking Efforts: Service Providers' Perspectives
(Reading Room, 2020-06-22)Since the 2000 passage of both the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) and the U.N.’s Palermo Protocols, human trafficking has gained a notable global presence as a human rights concern. Community organizations, ... -
A Prototype Comparison of Human Trafficking Warning Signs: U.S. Midwest Frontline Workers’ Perceptions
(Taylor & Francis, 2020-11-01)Guided by the cognitive prototype approach, this article examines the prototype structure of the frontline workers’ perceptions concerning warning sign indicators in human trafficking. Online survey responses across a range ... -
Frontline Workers’ Perceptions of Human Trafficking: Warning Signs and Risks in the Midwest
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2018-12-26)Research on human trafficking in the U.S. has centered overwhelmingly on coastal regions, border states, and urban hubs. In an attempt to understand perceptions of exploitation and human trafficking more broadly, this paper ... -
A Tale of Two Pandemics: Economic Inequality and Support for Containment Measures in Peru
(SAGE Publications, 2021-08-11)Research suggests that the coronavirus pandemic disproportionately affected poor communities. However, relatively little is known about how this differential impact affected support for, and compliance with, COVID-19 ... -
Antidiscrimination Interventions, Political Ads on Transgender Rights, and Public Opinion: Results From Two Survey Experiments on Adults in the United States
(Frontiers Media, 2021-08-19)Political advertisements can shift attitudes and behaviors to become more exclusionary toward social out-groups. However, people who engage in an antidiscrimination exercise in the context of an experiment may respond ... -
Morality Politics and New Research on Transgender Politics and Public Policy
(De Gruyter, 2019)Recent political debate over transgender military service and gendered bathroom use highlights a dramatic increase in salience over transgender issues in the US. In this essay, we examine a potential new front in the culture ... -
Islamic political thought : the case of Pakistan
(University of Kansas, 1963-08-31)The purpose of this study is to examine the major problems of Islamic Political philosophy as reflected in the development of Pakistan against the backdrop of the historic development of Islam. Since Pakistan fell partial ... -
The moral approach to politics: as expounded in Islamic doctrines with special reference to the idea of equality
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A study of the philosophy of international law as seen in works of Latin American writers
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Collusion or Representation?: The Cartel Party Theory Reexamined
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)Political discontent appears to be growing across the aging democratic world, with an increase in popular support in many nations for niche or populist parties. Although often connected to this declining support for ... -
Female Firepower: Exploring the Politics of Gun Ownership and Gender
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)Pro-gun organizations have made great strides in mobilizing women and have been successful in inculcating women into gun culture. This raises questions about the intersection of gun ownership, an emerging political identity, ... -
Transgender prejudice reduction and opinions on transgender rights: Results from a mediation analysis on experimental data
(SAGE Publications, 2018-03-19)Fears, phobias, and dislikes about minorities should be strong determinants of whether Americans support policies protecting such minorities. Studies suggest that discussions and information about transgender people can ... -
Public Attitudes on Transgender Military Service: The Role of Gender
(SAGE Publications, 2019-07-11)Policy regarding the inclusion of transgender soldiers in the U.S. military has shifted back and forth in recent years, with public opinion likely a significant factor shaping the eventual policy outcome. As such, this ... -
Demobilization in Morocco: The Case of The February 20 Movement
(University of Kansas, 2018-08-31)This dissertation aims to understand why protests lessen when they do by investigating how and why social movements demobilize. I do this by questioning the causal link between consistent state polices (concessions or ... -
Political Participation and Political Violence in Advanced Democracies
(University of Kansas, 2018-12-31)I take a cross-national analysis of advanced democracies to examine the cause of political violence in advance democracies in order to understand representation. I mainly look at the effect of political participation on ... -
Prejudice and Pistols: Gun Owner Identity, Racial Resentment and Subsequent Attitudes toward Guns
(University of Kansas, 2018-12-31)The national debate surrounding gun ownership and racial attitudes has only intensified over the last several years. Using social identity theory and racial resentment theory, I argue a distinct, gun owner identity exists ... -
Women Who Only Serve Chai: Gender Reservations and Autonomy in India
(University of Kansas, 2018-08-31)This dissertation investigates the experiences of women city councilors in Jaipur, in the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan. These women, brought into office through a gender quota instituted over two decades ago, ... -
Public Opinion, Policy, and Evangelicals: How Religion Continues to Impact Life in America
(University of Kansas, 2018-08-31)Abstract: Understanding the determinants that shape public opinion and policy preference requires a thoughtful examination of social identity. In the United States, religion has not only been a power force for group ... -
Starving the Beast: the Effects of China and the United Nations’ Sanctions on North Korean Rason City’s Rice Prices.
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)Do economic sanctions targeting authoritarian regimes have effects on non-sanctioned goods, especially food commodities? Although there is a large and increasing amount of literature written on the effects of economic ...