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Conflict And Balance Among Asean Countries: Geopolitics And Security Issues, Akihito Yonekura
Conflict And Balance Among Asean Countries: Geopolitics And Security Issues, Akihito Yonekura
Masters Theses
This paper examines the changing geopolitical scene in Southeast Asia and regional security issues managed by the states belonging to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). A crucial research question is "How has the end of the Cold War influenced the security perspectives of these nations?"
Historical research of the political cultures and complex ethnicities of the ASEAN countries shows causes of awkward relationships (originating in the colonial era) between them. For managing regional security issues, these countries have established several regional organizations, although most of them have failed. The withdrawal of the British and U.S. forces from Malaysia, …
Japan's Oda (Official Development Assistance): Foreign Aid Policy And Practice In Asian Countries, Akiko Nakaya
Japan's Oda (Official Development Assistance): Foreign Aid Policy And Practice In Asian Countries, Akiko Nakaya
Masters Theses
Two objectives of this study are (1) to examine the relationship between the Japanese people's perspectives and government policies toward Japan's foreign aid, and (2) to examine Japan's aid administration in Asia. Two significant aid philosophies of Japan are humanitarianism and interdependence among nations. A questionnaire survey was conducted in Japan to examine public attitudes toward Japan's foreign aid. The Japanese people support Japan's ODA. They recognize their duty to the world through its foreign aid. Both the public and the government put a high priority on humanitarianism; however, not many Japanese are aware of the interdependence factor.
Japanese aid …
Germany's Foreign Policy In The Arab World, Dalia Abu Samra
Germany's Foreign Policy In The Arab World, Dalia Abu Samra
Archived Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Nuclear Pariahs And Regimes In The New World Disorder, Wayne F. Lesperance Jr.
Nuclear Pariahs And Regimes In The New World Disorder, Wayne F. Lesperance Jr.
Graduate Program in International Studies Theses & Dissertations
This thesis discusses the role of pariah states vis-a-vis the nonproliferation regime. Specifically, the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) is analyzed to determine, first, whether Iran is a pariah, second, the potential threat the IRI poses to the Persian Gulf region and third, the possible international responses that may be undertaken to address Iranian pariahtude in the nuclear field. Through the course of this thesis regimes are defined as a set of implicit and explicit rules, principles, norms, and decision-making procedures around which actor's expectations converge and which govern relations among states. Pariahs are defined as …
Gender Consciousness, Patriarchy And The Indian Women’S Movement, Aparna Thomas
Gender Consciousness, Patriarchy And The Indian Women’S Movement, Aparna Thomas
Masters Theses
The women's movement has a long history in India. There exists an active women's movement in India today. Furthermore, there also exists a strong legal environment to protect women's rights. However, the social status of the majority of Indian women remains unchanged. In other words, the women's movement has failed to change the social status of Indian women.
This thesis examines the Indian women's movement historically from the nineteenth century to the present to explain why it has not had a greater impact on changing the social status of Indian women.
I argue that the lack of change in the …
Game Theory And The Application To Mainland China-Taiwan Relations From 1949-1995, Po-Tung Chang
Game Theory And The Application To Mainland China-Taiwan Relations From 1949-1995, Po-Tung Chang
Masters Theses
This study is dedicated to evaluating the capacity of game-theoretical models in analyzing and explaining international crises like mainland China-Taiwan relations. To highlight and reflect the nature of these complicated long-run relations, the author formulates a dynamic game model based on the combination of three well-known models, Deadlock, Prisoner's Dilemma, and Chicken instead of occupying one dominant model.
The mainland China-Taiwan relations (1949-1995) are divided into three individual phases in accordance with the configuration of game models: (1) the military confrontation phase (1949-78); (2) the peaceful competition phase (1978-86); and (3) the premature cooperation phase (1987-95). By generating and suggesting …
An Analysis Of Democratic Consolidation In South Korea, Sangmook Lee
An Analysis Of Democratic Consolidation In South Korea, Sangmook Lee
Masters Theses
This thesis focuses on the process of democratic consolidation in South Korea. Under the assumption that South Korea's democratic consolidation phase has not been completed, the thesis examines the problems and prospects of South Korean democratic consolidation in terms of its political, economic, and social aspects. In particular, from a comparative perspective on the Third Wave of democratization, the thesis deals with the changes, dynamics, and characteristics of South Korean democratization. Using a maximalist conception of democratic consolidation, the thesis analyzes how South Korean democracy is becoming consolidated in the political and socioeconomic spheres.
South Korea is undergoing a democratic …
Solitas: An Evaluation Of A Non-Government Organization's Approach To Gender Needs In Latin America, Tara J. Vette
Solitas: An Evaluation Of A Non-Government Organization's Approach To Gender Needs In Latin America, Tara J. Vette
Masters Theses
This study is an evaluation of a project conducted by a non-government organization working with single women in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The focus of the evaluation was how Solitas, a non-government organization project approached gender-specific needs of the women. More specifically this study will ascertain if the skills learned by the women were sustainable, the amount of participation in decision making for the project and if the skills taught by the organization led to the participants organizing independently.
This evaluation was conducted by examining the organization's own reports concerning the progress of the project and the organization's gender policy. In …
Influence Of Social Context On Evaluation Of Municipal Service Delivery, Anahid Petrosian
Influence Of Social Context On Evaluation Of Municipal Service Delivery, Anahid Petrosian
Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
This study examines the influence of social context on the evaluation of municipal service delivery. It hypothesizes that those individuals who are more satisfied with their immediate surroundings also are more satisfied with the municipal services they receive. A stratified sample of 1.027 household telephone numbers in McAllen, Texas, was selected for this study. The telephone survey resulted in 542 successful interviews, representing a 52.4% response rate. The study's conclusions suggest that first, satisfaction with the neighborhood appears to affect the general level of satisfaction with public services. Second, there was no significant difference in services satisfaction level based on …
The Silver Bullet Hypothesis : Case Studies Of Post-Webster Virginia Gubernatorial Elections, Anne M. Morgan
The Silver Bullet Hypothesis : Case Studies Of Post-Webster Virginia Gubernatorial Elections, Anne M. Morgan
Master's Theses
The 1989 Webster vs. Reproductive Health Services U.S. Supreme Court decision triggered a "new politics of abortion," marked by a shift in venue of the abortion political debate to the states and by invigorated mobilization of pro-choice activists alarmed about a potential erosion of abortion rights in state laws. Surfacing in the wake of the decision was a "silver bullet" theory of abortion: that unrestricted support for legal abortion guarantees a candidate's electoral victory. Case studies of two post-Webster gubernatorial elections in Virginia fail to confirm the validity of the silver bullet theory. Public opinion findings reveal that the electorate …
A Political Economy Of Meaning In Gaza, Chris Parker
A Political Economy Of Meaning In Gaza, Chris Parker
Archived Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
A Case Study The Effects Of A Powerful Committee Chair On The Passage Of The Wilderness Bill, Kenneth S. Livingston
A Case Study The Effects Of A Powerful Committee Chair On The Passage Of The Wilderness Bill, Kenneth S. Livingston
Master's Theses
The case of the Wilderness Bill reveals several important insights into the process, policy and politics of wilderness legislation in the late 1950s and early 1960's. The process generally conformed well with the expectations of a strong committee chair model that characterized Congress during the late 1950s and early 1960s. To be sure, the politics involved accommodation of competing interests and was facilitated by a president eager to pass a pro-wilderness bill. Above all, the compromise which ultimately led to the passage of the Wilderness Bill was influenced by the powerful committee chairman of the Interior and Insular Affairs Committee …
Lyndon Johnson, Civil Rights, And Party Realignment In The South, Adam L. Warber
Lyndon Johnson, Civil Rights, And Party Realignment In The South, Adam L. Warber
Masters Theses
Lyndon Johnson's decision to place the power of the presidency behind a drive for civil rights of African Americans initiated momentum which by 1994 resulted in a substantial party realignment in the South. First, history; Johnson's personal experience as a Southerner; his knowledge of the political system; his political power, and his political judgement were important elements in making this decision. Secondly, Johnson's considerations in striving for civil rights legislation included: (a) consideration of political difficulties and strategies in framing and in passage of the legislation, (b) his break with Southern Democratic colleagues on civil rights, (c) the pressures which …
How The Opposition Evolved: A Case Study Of Taiwan's Democratization, Wing-Chung Pan
How The Opposition Evolved: A Case Study Of Taiwan's Democratization, Wing-Chung Pan
Masters Theses
In recent years, Taiwan's political development has attracted the attention of western political scientists interested in democratic transitions in authoritarian states. Many theories have been suggested to explain Taiwan's rapidly political progress. But, these theories, which have mainly focused on socio-economic and cultural factors, are insufficient, and provide only a partial explanation for Taiwan's democratization. This thesis argues that we must also probe the developmental history of Taiwan's opposition and its strategies in its struggles with the ruling party -- Kuomintang (KMT.)
Since Taiwan's mam opposition party, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), presents as an indigenous party, it will be …
Political Stability And The Division Of Czechoslovakia, Timothy M. Kuehnlein
Political Stability And The Division Of Czechoslovakia, Timothy M. Kuehnlein
Masters Theses
Utilizing the historical development of relations between Czechs and Slovaks for a century and more, the following thesis contends that Czechoslovakia has exhibited a propensity for dissolution and the lack of a sound basis for stable order.
Socio-political, economic and ethno-cultural variables have traditionally characterized Czechoslovak society as highly bifurcated, and with negative implications for a stable political union, especially within the post-revolutionary period.
This thesis argues that the division of Czechoslovakia need not be lamented. Rather, division may be viewed less negatively than other examples of modern state devolution in post-revolutionary Europe. Indeed, the division of Czechoslovakia has positive …
The Supreme Court, Judicial Review, And American Democracy, Gary C. Roberts
The Supreme Court, Judicial Review, And American Democracy, Gary C. Roberts
Masters Theses
The purpose of this thesis is to find some rational justification for the existence of the Supreme Court and its power of judicial review within a democratic framework of government. The avenue I take to complete this task involves two aspects: (1) questioning the validity of American democracy, and (2) examining the effectiveness of various influences or restraints on the power of the Court.
My conclusions are somewhat mixed. First of all, I feel it more accurate to refer to American government not as a democracy but as a constitutional democracy. In that respect, we are a government with limited …
Neorealism And Environmental Cooperation: Towards A Structural Explanation Of International Environmental Matters, Anthony David Lott
Neorealism And Environmental Cooperation: Towards A Structural Explanation Of International Environmental Matters, Anthony David Lott
Dissertations and Theses
The realist tradition in world politics has long been heralded by statesmen and scholars alike as offering an authentic account of the relations between states. Realists consider self-interest, anarchy, and power politics to guide the behavior of states in the international system. The perception that cooperation and amity are now the norm in the international system has raised the possibility of a theoretical shift of focus in the study of international politics. At present, scholars within the discipline of international politics are debating the relevance of realist thought. In particular, neorealism, or the structural variation of traditional realism, is under …
The Dangers Of Nuclear Proliferation: Five Reasons More May Not Be Better, Matthew Macarthur
The Dangers Of Nuclear Proliferation: Five Reasons More May Not Be Better, Matthew Macarthur
Dissertations and Theses
Though many international relations theorists have speculated that the spread of nuclear weapons may diminish the frequency -- if not the severity -- of military conflict among states, there are five reasons to expect that increased proliferation will increase the likelihood that nuclear weapons will be employed for coercive or destructive purposes. These dangers are independent of one another; that is, they are not interconnected as causes and effects. First, as nuclear weapons spread, the notion that these weapons are useful for purposes other than deterrence will spread concomitantly. Those who argue that the spread of nuclear weapons will diminish …
Information Warfare: Technology And The Information Advantage, Daniel Matthew Parker
Information Warfare: Technology And The Information Advantage, Daniel Matthew Parker
Graduate Program in International Studies Theses & Dissertations
This thesis analyzes information warfare--that emerging form of warfare that attempts to destroy, degrade and exploit the information systems of another, while protecting one's own--in the context of the technology of warfare. Just as one might peel an onion, the analysis proceeds from a general analysis of technology in warfare to the more specific analysis of information warfare as it is currently defined. Information technology is an enabling factor in the emergence of information warfare as a new warfare area. Although it is revolutionizing the way warfare is conducted, the elements of information warfare have been practiced for thousands of …
International War Crimes Tribunals, Nora Awad El Gabbani
International War Crimes Tribunals, Nora Awad El Gabbani
Archived Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Transition And Crisis In The Balkans, Jeanne-ThéRèSe Avierino
Transition And Crisis In The Balkans, Jeanne-ThéRèSe Avierino
Archived Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Project Seminar, Eman Abdel Rahim Omran
Project Seminar, Eman Abdel Rahim Omran
Archived Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
The Egyptian Social Fund For Development, Mona Lisa DüRr
The Egyptian Social Fund For Development, Mona Lisa DüRr
Archived Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Business Interest Groups In Egypt, Salma Mostafa El Bakry
Business Interest Groups In Egypt, Salma Mostafa El Bakry
Archived Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Nilopolitics, Mohamed-Hatem H Atawy
Nilopolitics, Mohamed-Hatem H Atawy
Archived Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Proposal For A Family Planning Project In Dar El Salam District Of Sohag, Abdullah Mojaddedi
Proposal For A Family Planning Project In Dar El Salam District Of Sohag, Abdullah Mojaddedi
Archived Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Context And Legacy Of The 1992 Perot Presidential Campaign, John Daly
Context And Legacy Of The 1992 Perot Presidential Campaign, John Daly
Senior Scholar Papers
American politics has traditionally been dominated by major parties and their candidates. Third party and independent candidates have rarely played more than a peripheral role in elections, and when they have, it has only been a transient phenomenon. Ross Perot's independent candidacy in the 1992 election was different. Perot was a significant part of the 1992 election, he overcame a number of the traditional barriers facing nonrnajor party candidates, and he received the second highest percentage of the popular vote of any nonmajor party candidate this century. Perot's continued involvement in American politics following the election has made him unique …
The United States And Saudi Arabia, Clarissa Evans Lamont
The United States And Saudi Arabia, Clarissa Evans Lamont
Archived Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
The Population And Development Of Egypt, Kevin Elkins
The Population And Development Of Egypt, Kevin Elkins
Archived Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Strengthening Women's Educational Status In Relation To Population Issues In Dar Es Salam - Jebel Aulia, Sarah Cleto Rial
Strengthening Women's Educational Status In Relation To Population Issues In Dar Es Salam - Jebel Aulia, Sarah Cleto Rial
Archived Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.