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Defeating Authoritarian State Structures In Semi-Democratic Countries: Lessons From Turkey's Justice And Development Party, Gulcan Saglam
Defeating Authoritarian State Structures In Semi-Democratic Countries: Lessons From Turkey's Justice And Development Party, Gulcan Saglam
Political Science Theses
Political success in semi-democratic countries has two aspects: shifting the balance of power in one’s favor and maintaining it. This thesis seeks to examine how the AKP has succeeded in shifting the balance of power in its favor while its predecessor the Welfare Party did not. Focusing on electoral success, existing research primarily lists center-periphery conflict, moderation, class struggle, party organization, and failures of others as the main determinants. Yet the significance of reining in the power of the Kemalist state structure has been mostly disregarded. Therefore, with a comparison of the AKP (2002-2007) and the Welfare Party (1996-1997) governments, …
Southern Lag Voting Trends In Florida U.S. Senate And Gubernatorial Elections, Marie Frederickson
Southern Lag Voting Trends In Florida U.S. Senate And Gubernatorial Elections, Marie Frederickson
Political Science Theses
For the past several decades the South has moved toward one-party Republican control, and yet the mega-southern state of Florida has not kept pace with the greater Southern Republican realignment for candidates running for statewide office. Instead, Florida has exhibited a Southern lag, where rural counties maintain higher Democratic registration than voting levels in supporting Democratic candidates for governor and U.S. Senate in the same general election year. There has been a gradual regional dealignment occurring in rural counties that are closer to the Deep Southern states of Alabama and Georgia. Using a range of aggregate Florida county election and …
The Politicization Of Climate Change, Devian K. Harris
The Politicization Of Climate Change, Devian K. Harris
Political Science Theses
For decades, rhetoric has been utilized by both politicians and those in the scientific community to convey either support for or denial of the existence of climate change. This study combined two forms of rhetoric in the forms of both framing and politicization to determine which form of rhetoric is most powerful in influencing a person’s attitudes and behavioral intentions. Pro climate change frames are expected to increase support for climate change action, while anti climate change politicization is expected to decrease support for climate change action. The results of this study show that select frames have the intended effect …
Beyond Libertarianism: Interpretations Of Mill's Harm Principle And The Economic Implications Therein, Matthew A. Towery
Beyond Libertarianism: Interpretations Of Mill's Harm Principle And The Economic Implications Therein, Matthew A. Towery
Political Science Theses
The thesis will examine the harm principle, as originally described by John Stuart Mill. In doing so, it will defend that, though unintended, the harm principle may justify several principles of distributive justice. To augment this analysis, the paper will examine several secondary authors’ interpretations of the harm principle, including potential critiques of the thesis itself.
Punitive Warfare: Measuring The Effects Of A Punitive Disposition On Public Support For War, Paul I. Thomas Mr.
Punitive Warfare: Measuring The Effects Of A Punitive Disposition On Public Support For War, Paul I. Thomas Mr.
Political Science Theses
Recent research has posited that retributiveness is an individual level disposition that can help us understand foreign policy preferences (e.g. Liberman 2006, Liberman 2007, Liberman in press, Stein n.d.). However, previous research is limited in two related respects. First, previous research relies on correlational data, blunting our ability to make clear causal inferences. Also, retributiveness is not made theoretically distinct from general hawkishness. In this paper, I present results from two experiments to refine our understanding of how retributiveness can affect support for use of the military. In the first experiment, I examine how retributiveness affects support for greater military …
Mobile Phones And Gender Inequality: Can We Hear Her Now?, Kari An Mackey
Mobile Phones And Gender Inequality: Can We Hear Her Now?, Kari An Mackey
Political Science Theses
Are mobile phones the best vehicle for reducing gender inequality in the developing world? ICT experts champion the use of mobile phones to improve women’s lives, and various stakeholders have invested millions of dollars to launch mobile phone programs for women. Yet, given high female illiteracy rates, patriarchal societies, and other structural and cultural barriers in developing countries, many scholars contend that limited access to ICTs can perpetuate gender inequality. Rooted in the theory that women’s empowerment and equality are inseparable and necessary components for the realization of sustainable economic and social development, this paper aims to determine if stakeholders …
Patterns Of Support Of Ethnic Violent Groups By Co-Ethnic Groups, Deniz Gumustekin
Patterns Of Support Of Ethnic Violent Groups By Co-Ethnic Groups, Deniz Gumustekin
Political Science Theses
Most studies examine how homeland policies influence the host state and what role the homeland plays for diaspora. In this paper, I will examine the reasons and conditions for why ethnic groups do or do not support violent ethnic groups. This study tests how external threats impact the level of support within the same ethnic groups. I will examine the causal relationship between external pressure and non-cooperation through a structured, comparative study of Kurdish ethnic groups.
How Campaign's Change Voters' Policy Positions: An Analysis Of Shifting Attitudes Towards The Redistribution Of Wealth, Junyan Zhu
Political Science Theses
During campaigns, voters often learn that their party's candidate advocates policy positions that conflict with their own attitudes. These cross-pressured voters can either adjust their policy positions to be consonant with their party's candidate or voting for others. I use monthly NES Panel Data from 2008-2009 to examine how voters' beliefs change about a specific policy: the redistribution of wealth through progressive taxation during a presidential campaign. I test this by creating a Random Effects Ordered Probit Panel regression model of ten monthly waves of survey data before the 2008 presidential election. The study shows that over the campaign, voters' …
State-Building, Systemic Shocks And Family Law In The Middle East And North Africa, Camille L. Wolpe
State-Building, Systemic Shocks And Family Law In The Middle East And North Africa, Camille L. Wolpe
Political Science Theses
Family law regulates the formation of marriage, divorce, marital property rights, child custody, inheritance, and spousal duties. This study aims to demonstrate how family law formation in the Middle East and North Africa reflects the struggle among social and political forces to capture the state and assert authority. The balance of power between competing social forces impacts both the timing (short-term versus long-term struggle) and type (progressive or regressive) of family law after independence. The ability of one of two competing forces, broadly categorized as traditionalist versus modernist, to capture the state is necessary for codification and is predictive of …
The Other Side Of The Coin: The Role Of Militia In Counterinsurgency, Andrew T. Nidiffer
The Other Side Of The Coin: The Role Of Militia In Counterinsurgency, Andrew T. Nidiffer
Political Science Theses
Can the success of the Sunni Awakening in Iraq be applied to other counter-insurgency conflicts, or is it an exemplary case? Using case studies including Iraq and Afghanistan, it will be examined whether or not militias can be can be used to fight counterinsurgency campaigns in Afghanistan and generally to other conflicts. It may not work in Afghanistan, and certainly presents a Catch-22 situation, but it may be applicable in certain situations in other conflicts under certain conditions.
Achieving Genuine Moments From Ordinary Origins: Sheldon Wolin, Hannah Arendt, And Jacques Rancišre On Democracy, Grant Yarbrough
Achieving Genuine Moments From Ordinary Origins: Sheldon Wolin, Hannah Arendt, And Jacques Rancišre On Democracy, Grant Yarbrough
Political Science Theses
This paper grapples with the differences between genuine and ordinary democracy within the political thought of Jacques Rancière, Sheldon Wolin, and Hannah Arendt. Each discusses the problems of ordinary democracy and offer solutions in terms of what I call genuine democracy. Ordinary democracy is the established norm of liberal democracy celebrated as the stable and a desired “end” of political action. It is what happens when politics as usual becomes the norm and shuts the people from the halls of power. Genuine politics exist within the structure ordinary democracy and seeks to achieve the continuous re-establishment of democratic processes while …
Sleeping With The Enemy, Or Putting The Enemy To Sleep? A Theory Of Insurgency-State Interaction, Andres Rangel
Sleeping With The Enemy, Or Putting The Enemy To Sleep? A Theory Of Insurgency-State Interaction, Andres Rangel
Political Science Theses
This paper presents a theory of insurgency-state strategic interaction based on the insurgency’s mode of survival. The theory postulates that, ceteris paribus, illegal resources discourage the insurgents from desiring to control the state and the state from regaining control of the insurgent territory, whereas legal lootable resources “force” the insurgency to embrace the suboptimal strategy of trying to topple the government, while causing the state to desire full control of the insurgent territory. Intensity, the number of combatant deaths over time, will be used to test the theory. Civil conflicts involving insurgencies that rely on illegal resources for most of …