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Corruption: Brazil's Everlasting Parasite, Patricia Vilhena
Corruption: Brazil's Everlasting Parasite, Patricia Vilhena
Honors Undergraduate Theses
The purpose of this thesis is to explore corruption in Brazil, how it has endured for so such a long period, and the effects it has in the country. Understanding the history of Brazil, how the government was established, and how the branches operate is crucial to comprehend the rooting causes of the Brazilian corruption. The focus is not just about what corruption is and the effects it has on education, economy, and infrastructure, but also on the factors that contributed to its expansion and the circumstances that allowed it to sustain until today. Brazil is a country known for …
Airpower As A Part Of American Foreign Policy: The Importance Of Military Strategy, Domenic J. Quade Mr.
Airpower As A Part Of American Foreign Policy: The Importance Of Military Strategy, Domenic J. Quade Mr.
Senior Theses and Projects
Airpower has a seductive nature to it. Technology promises to be able to destroy or seriously damage an enemy military’s capabilities without serious risk to American forces. Moreover, these knights of the sky have an aura of power with the ability to destroy important pieces of military equipment or infrastructure. Airpower may seem like a niche topic of international relations or American foreign policy, but it represents the opening move of war. Gaining air superiority is the first step in any American engagement as it allows the rest of American military might to be brought to bear. It is also …
Soft Power Played On The Hardwood: United States Diplomacy Through Basketball, Joseph Bertka Eyen
Soft Power Played On The Hardwood: United States Diplomacy Through Basketball, Joseph Bertka Eyen
Pitzer Senior Theses
This thesis demonstrates the importance of basketball as a form of soft power and a diplomatic asset to better achieve American foreign policy, which is defined and referred to as basketball diplomacy. Basketball diplomacy is also a lens to observe the evolution of American power from 1893 through present day. Basketball connects and permeates foreign cultures and effectively disseminates American influence unlike any other form of soft power, which is most powerfully illustrated by the United States’ basketball relationship with China. American basketball diplomacy will become stronger and connect with more countries with greater influence, and exist without relevant competition, …
Is Israel’S Operation Protective Edge Justified?, Raphael Cohen-Almagor
Is Israel’S Operation Protective Edge Justified?, Raphael Cohen-Almagor
raphael cohen-almagor
While I think it is too early to evaluate whether this round of hostilities is morally just in terms of jus in bello, the means employed in the conduct of war, I think Operation Protective Edge is justified in terms of jus ad bellum, i.e., the reasons that brought about this war. I presume a lot will be written about Israel’s conduct of war, enough to fill volumes. Here I clarify my position and its underlying principles.
Liberalism And Postliberalism In Bolivarian Venezuela, Tony Petros Spanakos
Liberalism And Postliberalism In Bolivarian Venezuela, Tony Petros Spanakos
Department of Political Science and Law Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
In the last half-decade, the “rise of the left” in Latin America has been studied extensively by many scholars. Whether framed as one, two, or many lefts, its various party leaders have been vocal in opposition to neoliberalism, although the orientation of their policies and governments toward neoliberalism has been mixed (Panizza 2009). The most influential and visible case of an anti-neoliberal government is that of Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez Frías.
The five books reviewed here, drawing on research on Venezuela, share a common scholarly interest in liberalism, pluralism, and account- ability, although some defend liberalism (Brewer-Carías, Corrales and Penfold), …
Psychologists Gone Wild: The Politics Of Scientific Psychology, Ibpp Editor
Psychologists Gone Wild: The Politics Of Scientific Psychology, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
With power on the line in science, one should expect controversy beyond the substantive. In scientific psychology—whether discovering human nature or discovering what can be said about it—the search for the what of human nature becomes a mask for human nature.
Trends. Why Iraq Is Winning, Ibpp Editor
Trends. Why Iraq Is Winning, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This Trends article discusses the contrast between military performance and war narrative in the context of the United States-led military intervention in Iraq in the era of Saddam Hussein.
Sexual Scandals And Subtexts: The Next Wave Is The Last Wave, Ibpp Editor
Sexual Scandals And Subtexts: The Next Wave Is The Last Wave, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article identifies some possible implications of two recent sex scandals with political and politico-military overtones.
Trends. Military Intervention Against Iraq: A Script Analysis Of The Opponents, Ibpp Editor
Trends. Military Intervention Against Iraq: A Script Analysis Of The Opponents, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
The author discusses the public proponents of military intervention against Iraq if diplomacy fails and the far larger number of opponents to military intervention.
Trends. Chairman Arafat And The United States (U.S.) Holocaust Museum: What Is Good, What Is Evil, What Is Human?, Ibpp Editor
Trends. Chairman Arafat And The United States (U.S.) Holocaust Museum: What Is Good, What Is Evil, What Is Human?, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
The author discusses the possible visit of Yasir Arafat to the US Holocaust Museum.