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The Rise And Fall Of Venezuela’S Pacted Democracy: A Story Of Coups, Oil Riches, And Political Pacts, Maria Salazar Hernandez
The Rise And Fall Of Venezuela’S Pacted Democracy: A Story Of Coups, Oil Riches, And Political Pacts, Maria Salazar Hernandez
Senior Projects Spring 2022
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.
An Implicit Hypothesis: Revisiting The American Tradition Of Covert Regime Change In The Context Of The Democratic Peace, Rex Edward Collins
An Implicit Hypothesis: Revisiting The American Tradition Of Covert Regime Change In The Context Of The Democratic Peace, Rex Edward Collins
Senior Projects Spring 2021
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.
Pleasure, Politics, And Patriarchy: Women’S Intimacy In An Authoritarian Egypt, Sadia A. Saba
Pleasure, Politics, And Patriarchy: Women’S Intimacy In An Authoritarian Egypt, Sadia A. Saba
Senior Projects Spring 2021
This research project explores the question: To what extent is Egypt’s patriarchal household structure, especially in regards to its treatment of female sexual autonomy, a pillar of authoritarianism and therefore an obstacle to democracy? This paper takes a deep look into the intimate sexual lives of Egyptians and explores its implications for regime type in the country. Widespread practices such as virginity testing, hymen reconstruction, female genital mutilation, etc. along with phenomena such as sexual dysfunctions, community morality policing and other normalized behaviors demonstrate the different ways in which women’s sexual autonomies are widely hindered. This is the result of …
The Modern Lawgiver And The Politics Of Refounding: What Political Refoundings Reveal About The Nature Of Democracy, Anastasia Elizabeth Teller
The Modern Lawgiver And The Politics Of Refounding: What Political Refoundings Reveal About The Nature Of Democracy, Anastasia Elizabeth Teller
Senior Projects Spring 2020
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.
Beyond Moral Condemnation: Confronting Ideological Populism In Democratic Politics, Maggie Holloway
Beyond Moral Condemnation: Confronting Ideological Populism In Democratic Politics, Maggie Holloway
Senior Projects Spring 2020
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.
Faulty Vision And Political Realism, Quinn F. Lewis
Faulty Vision And Political Realism, Quinn F. Lewis
Senior Projects Spring 2019
This project responds to and expands upon Sheldon Wolin’s magnum opus, “Politics and Vision.” It critiques Wolin’s unnecessarily fragile conception of democracy, as being by nature “ephemeral,” and thus fundamentally non-institutional, by comparing it with the more pragmatic, realist approaches of two historical organizers, Saul Alinsky and V.I. Lenin. The project uses Wolin’s insightful analysis of the state of American politics under late capitalism, to ask, “What is to be done?” exploring the possibilities of organizing and political realism for the Left in the current day.
U.S. Democracy Promotion In The Middle East: More And Less Than Meets The Eye, Julia Lang Gordon
U.S. Democracy Promotion In The Middle East: More And Less Than Meets The Eye, Julia Lang Gordon
Senior Projects Spring 2017
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.
Starting A War: Neoconservatism, Human Rights Rhetoric, And The Push To Democratize Iraq, Dylan Edward Long
Starting A War: Neoconservatism, Human Rights Rhetoric, And The Push To Democratize Iraq, Dylan Edward Long
Senior Projects Spring 2017
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.
Omnilegitimacy: From Representative Democracy Toward Emerging Alternatives, Hans Rosso Kern
Omnilegitimacy: From Representative Democracy Toward Emerging Alternatives, Hans Rosso Kern
Senior Projects Spring 2014
As citizenries around the world become increasingly dissatisfied with the traditionally accepted model of governance, the challenge is to look to forms that better meet a demand for rule by the people. Individuals have largely lost their ability to influence decision-makers within bureaucratic and administrative governments, whose interests are increasingly felt to be divergent from their own. Within "western democracies," it is held that power derives from the people, who appoint their leaders through the majoritarian approval of a voting constituency. Though an imperfect claim to the ideal of "government by the people," it is this system of representative democracy …
The Choice Of The People: Direct Legislation, Abortion Policy, And The American Democratic Ideal, Madelin Siedler
The Choice Of The People: Direct Legislation, Abortion Policy, And The American Democratic Ideal, Madelin Siedler
Senior Projects Spring 2012
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.