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The Chinese Scramble In East Africa: The Growing Interest Of China In Uganda, Kenya, And Tanzania, Ara Jannie Jo
The Chinese Scramble In East Africa: The Growing Interest Of China In Uganda, Kenya, And Tanzania, Ara Jannie Jo
Honors Theses
No abstract provided.
Rocking The Vote: An Analysis Of What Makes The Millennial Generation Vote And The Correlation Of Civic Engagement To Empathy, Gabrielle Michelle Martinez
Rocking The Vote: An Analysis Of What Makes The Millennial Generation Vote And The Correlation Of Civic Engagement To Empathy, Gabrielle Michelle Martinez
Honors Theses
No abstract provided.
The Power Of Language: In Politics, Genocide, And Politicide, Heather Rademacher
The Power Of Language: In Politics, Genocide, And Politicide, Heather Rademacher
Honors Theses
No abstract provided.
China’S Evolving Preoccupation With Stability And Its Role As The Primary Catalyst Of The Post-Mao Legal Reforms, Reid Tepfer
China’S Evolving Preoccupation With Stability And Its Role As The Primary Catalyst Of The Post-Mao Legal Reforms, Reid Tepfer
Honors Theses
No abstract provided.
“Solidarity And Solidarność: A Search For The Person In Community”, Elizabeth Mary Johnson
“Solidarity And Solidarność: A Search For The Person In Community”, Elizabeth Mary Johnson
Honors Theses
No abstract provided.
Roe V. Wade And Its Progency: The Impact Of State Legislative And Judicial Actions On Abortion Rates In Five States, Maria Klimash
Roe V. Wade And Its Progency: The Impact Of State Legislative And Judicial Actions On Abortion Rates In Five States, Maria Klimash
LSU Master's Theses
By looking at the courts and legislatures as agents of social change, this study seeks to assess the impact of judicial decisions in a particularly contentious area, the right to bodily privacy. Specifically, I seek to understand the competing effects of state supreme court decisions and state statutes on the consumers of their public policy choices. Past studies have found conflicting results concerning the impact of court decisions. Literature assessing the effect of legislation finds that statutes, which are specific in nature, engender significant effects. For this study I focus specifically on court decisions and legislation that are concerned with …
Legislative Participation In The American States: Determinants And Consequences, Mileah Kay Kromer
Legislative Participation In The American States: Determinants And Consequences, Mileah Kay Kromer
LSU Doctoral Dissertations
This research seeks to analyze the variability in participation across legislators at the state level and to consider the potential consequences of participatory behavior. In this dissertation, I draw on theories of political participation, legislative goals, and state political institutions to explain participation in state legislative activities. To begin with, I examine legislative participation across the legislative process, considering the determinants of sponsorship and roll-call participation. Next, I examine the consequences that participation has for legislators focusing on challenger emergence in the general election. My research demonstrates that legislative participation varies systematically across individual, institutional, and state level variables. However, …
Richard Rorty's Map Of Political Misreading, Shaun Kenan King
Richard Rorty's Map Of Political Misreading, Shaun Kenan King
LSU Master's Theses
For more than a quarter century, Richard Rorty was one of the most controversial writers. Critics of Rorty have often clustered their remarks around distinct themes within Rorty’s body of literature. Is Rorty’s criticism of the correspondence theory of truth valid and what standard of validity could confirm that? Does Rorty’s treatment of pragmatists such as William James and John Dewey accurately reflect their writings? Is Rorty’s brand of liberalism defensible when it assumes no non-circular form of justification can be proffered? These are the questions most often addressed by Rorty’s critics. He responded to their objections for two decades. …
Latino Representation In U.S. Legislatures: Interests, Behavior, And Influence, Stella M. Rouse
Latino Representation In U.S. Legislatures: Interests, Behavior, And Influence, Stella M. Rouse
LSU Doctoral Dissertations
Despite the growth of Latinos in the general population and in legislatures, their impact on the political process has received little scholarly attention. In this project, I present a theoretical framework of Latino legislative behavior that draws upon two important concepts of representation- descriptive and substantive- to better understand how ethnicity influences legislative activity and whether it is dependent on such factors as institutional context, legislative composition, and constituency characteristics. The project is unique in its comprehensive analysis of the legislative process and in its mixed methodological approach which includes both quantitative and qualitative elements. The analysis involves five parts: …
Factors Driving Turkish Foreign Policy, Betul Dicle
Factors Driving Turkish Foreign Policy, Betul Dicle
LSU Master's Theses
Evaluation of Turkish foreign policy events suggests that both external and domestic factors have affected its determination. While a consistent pattern in foreign policy has been observed since Ottoman times, the 20th century has led to substantial challenges. Long-established Turkish foreign policy, based exclusively on external factors, was reshaped to include domestic factors as well. With the new Republic in 1923, the process of reshaping foreign policy, based on Western values, has started. The end of the Cold War started a new era in which domestic factors gained predominance. The aim of this study is to evaluate the factors that …
Institutional Influences Of State Legislators' Voting Behavior, Jessica Jordan Self
Institutional Influences Of State Legislators' Voting Behavior, Jessica Jordan Self
LSU Master's Theses
Representation of citizens by elected officials is a core principle of American democracy (Eulau et al. 1959; Key 1961). Assuming the delegate approach to representation (Pitkin 1967), state legislative districts give voters the opportunity to elect representatives that will act in accordance with their wishes in the state policy arena. The extent to which a legislator’s policy votes reflect his constituents’ preferences is often referred to as “policy responsiveness” (Eulau and Karps 1977). While the make-up of the constituency shapes legislators’ positions in policy areas, legislative voting behavior also is indirectly influenced by personal and institutional factors. Previous research has …