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Manual Transmission: The Do-It-Yourself Theory Of Occupy Wall Street And Spain’S 15m, Justin AK Helepololei 
University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Manual Transmission: The Do-It-Yourself Theory Of Occupy Wall Street And Spain’S 15m, Justin Ak Helepololei
Justin AK Helepololei
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Invisible Ink: Intersectionality And Political Inquiry, Dara Z. Strolovich 
Maurer School of Law: Indiana University
Invisible Ink: Intersectionality And Political Inquiry, Dara Z. Strolovich
Indiana Journal of Law and Social Equality
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Military Strategy: Theory And Concepts, Randall G. Bowdish 
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Military Strategy: Theory And Concepts, Randall G. Bowdish
Political Science Department -- Theses, Dissertations, and Student Scholarship
Military strategy was long described as atheoretical—an art that could only be fully comprehended by military genius. This contention is no longer held, as military staffs, comprised of experts and specialists, are able to formulate strategy aided by mini-theories of strategy and a process that takes advantage of collective wisdom rather than singular genius. But the mini-theories of strategy remain underdeveloped and an overarching theory of military strategy does not yet exist. In this dissertation I build a grand theory of military strategy, consisting of a simple two-pole, physical and psychologically oriented framework, mini-theories of military strategy, and additionally ...
Dissent, Diversity, And Democracy: Heather Gerken And The Contingent Imperative Of Minority Rule, Guy-Uriel Charles 
Duke Law
Dissent, Diversity, And Democracy: Heather Gerken And The Contingent Imperative Of Minority Rule, Guy-Uriel Charles
Faculty Scholarship
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Is The Daily Show Bad For Democracy? An Analysis Of Cynicism And Its Significance, Evan Bartlett 
Bryant University
Is The Daily Show Bad For Democracy? An Analysis Of Cynicism And Its Significance, Evan Bartlett
Honors Projects in History and Social Sciences
In recent years, satirical news programs like The Daily Show with Jon Stewart have emerged as an important development in contemporary American society, culture, and politics. Critics have argued that The Daily Show has a negative impact on the political attitudes of American citizens by making them cynical about government and the political process as a whole. As a result of these attitudes, they argue, citizens are less apt to participate in politics and, in turn, this behavior is detrimental to American democracy. The purpose of this research project is to explore the debate over whether or not The Daily ...
Immigration Reform: Understanding The Debate, Menalco Solis 
Southern Methodist University
Immigration Reform: Understanding The Debate, Menalco Solis
Engaged Learning Projects Journal
The focus of the study is to understand the point of view of undocumented college students in regards to immigration reform. The project begins with a comprehensive study of immigration reform and the development over time, and theory that has been put forth by immigration scholars. The interviews try to reveal the difficulties these students face in their attempts to acquire citizenship or change their status, as well as the barriers they encounter in pursuit of employment in the highly skilled labor market. Furthermore, the project required of the sample population that was interviewed to express how they perceive themselves ...
Undocumented Students: Understanding The Socio-Economic Struggles Encountered In The United States, Pascual Pellegrino Southern Methodist University
Undocumented Students: Understanding The Socio-Economic Struggles Encountered In The United States, Pascual Pellegrino
Engaged Learning Projects Journal
The goal of my project is to understand the social-economic struggles that undocumented families in the Dallas Metropolitan area encounter, which slow or prevent them from acquiring residential or naturalization status. Identifying these setbacks will identify the main causes of their long-term immigration hardships, thus underscoring the pros and cons of immigrating to the United States. Therefore, this research focuses on both the value of long years of immigration-related legal battles, and also examines what motivates immigrants to take the risk of living undocumented in the United States, even in the face of possible deportation.
Elections Politics In The Usa And India, Aiswarya Kolisetty 
Olin College of Engineering
Elections Politics In The Usa And India, Aiswarya Kolisetty
2013 AHS Capstone Projects
This project is an exploration of elections, voting, and politics as viewed by Indian and American youth. Interviews were conducted with youth from both countries and synthesized into a paper. To continue these conversations post project, a prototype iPhone app was built as the vehicle. This app enables a user to share their opinion and learn how youth from other parts of the world feel about the same issues. The goal is to provide a holistic sharing and learning experience for youth worldwide.
Us/Mexico Labor Migration And The Agricultural Industry, Allen Koh, Nathaniel Ting Olin College of Engineering
Us/Mexico Labor Migration And The Agricultural Industry, Allen Koh, Nathaniel Ting
2013 AHS Capstone Projects
For our AHS Capstone Project, we wrote two debates to highlight the different perspectives on the US/Mexico immigration issue and its impact on the agricultural industry. We also created a digital story which introduces the topic. These both draw on economics and human rights perspectives.
Virtual Pakistan 2013: An Agent-Based Modeling Analysis, Quratul-Ann Malik 
University of Pennsylvania
Virtual Pakistan 2013: An Agent-Based Modeling Analysis, Quratul-Ann Malik
CUREJ - College Undergraduate Research Electronic Journal
This thesis suggests that agent-based modeling provides an effective way to understand and analyze the internal political dynamics of Pakistan. The first section describes Pakistan’s current situation and introduces a study published by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) outlining five possible futures the nation could experience. After stating the five futures, I hypothesize that agent-based modeling could enhance this study and provide arguments that social scientists use to justify this quantitative approach. The next portion of the thesis intricately describes all aspects of the model-building process. The experimentation process and metrics are then discussed and finally, the experiment ...
Why Words Matter: Framing Immigration In America, Kayla Harvey 
Bridgewater State University
Why Words Matter: Framing Immigration In America, Kayla Harvey
Honors Program Theses and Projects
No abstract provided.
Revolutions In Military Affairs: A Theory On First-Mover Advantage, Andrew Bernard Silverstein University of Pennsylvania
Revolutions In Military Affairs: A Theory On First-Mover Advantage, Andrew Bernard Silverstein
CUREJ - College Undergraduate Research Electronic Journal
What determines the length of first-mover advantage in military innovation? In adopting revolutions in military affairs, some first movers benefit from a lengthy advantage while others suffer from a brief advantage. In this paper, I argue that that two factors, leadership and doctrinal congruence, relate to the two relevant actors, a first mover and a secondary actor, to explain the length of a first mover’s strategic edge. The theory is tested on the aircraft carrier, submarine, and intercontinental ballistic missile revolutions.
Corruption Temptation, Guy-Uriel Charles Duke Law
Corruption Temptation, Guy-Uriel Charles
Faculty Scholarship
This Commentary, forthcoming in the California Law Review, is a response to Larry Lessig's Jorde Lecture, forthcoming in the same journal. I suggest that corruption is not the proper conceptual vehicle for thinking about the problems that Lessig wants us to think about. I argue that Lessig’s real concern is that, for the vast majority of citizens, wealth presents a significant barrier to political participation in the funding of campaigns. Lessig ought to discuss the wealth problem directly. I conclude with three reasons why the corruption temptation ought to be resisted.
Mapping A Post-Shelby County Contingency Strategy, Guy-Uriel Charles, Luis Fuentes-Rohwer Duke Law
Mapping A Post-Shelby County Contingency Strategy, Guy-Uriel Charles, Luis Fuentes-Rohwer
Faculty Scholarship
This Essay was written for the Yale Law Journal Online Symposium on the future of section 5 of the VRA after Shelby County v. Holder. We argue that voting rights activists ought to be prepared — because of developments in constitutional law, or politics, or political practice — for a future in which section 5 is not part of the voting rights landscape. If the Court strikes down section 5, an emerging and fragile ecosystem of private entities, non-judicial institutions, and organized interest groups of various stripes, may be willing and able to mimic the elements that made section 5 an effective ...
Transforming The Farm Bill: The Local Food Movement And Political Change, Daneil Kenny, '13, James Simeone, Faculty Advisor 
Illinois Wesleyan University
Transforming The Farm Bill: The Local Food Movement And Political Change, Daneil Kenny, '13, James Simeone, Faculty Advisor
John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference
Given the fairly rapid rise to prominence of local food, it is important to measure its success as a social movement to assess the nature and extent of its transformative capacity in the political realm. Academics have already recognized local food utilizing New Social Movement (NSM) theory. However, this paper draws from Political Process theory to assess the impact of the local food movement on national food and farm policy, as measured by changes in the 2008 Farm Bill to the 2012 bills proposed by the House and Senate for a new Farm Bill. Support for conventional agriculture has traditionally ...
Peacekeeping And Peace Kept: Third Party Interventions And Recurrences Of Civil War, Barrett J. Osborn 
University of Kentucky
Peacekeeping And Peace Kept: Third Party Interventions And Recurrences Of Civil War, Barrett J. Osborn
Theses and Dissertations--Political Science
Civil wars have become more prevalent in modern times and present unique challenges to conflict resolution. Third parties often intervene in civil wars attempting to insure that peace is imposed and will persist. However, the impact of third parties on intrastate conflicts remains incomplete. The civil conflict literature does not sufficiently distinguish how third parties promote peaceful outcomes during a peacekeeping operation and why a state remains stable after the peacekeepers leave. By examining data on third party interventions from 1946-2006 and individually examining the case of Sierra Leone, this research concludes that peacekeeping missions promoting transparency, credible information sharing ...
The Development Of A New Paradigm Of Humanitarian Intervention: Assessing The Responsibility To Protect, Jayne Discenza 
Macalester College
The Development Of A New Paradigm Of Humanitarian Intervention: Assessing The Responsibility To Protect, Jayne Discenza
Honors Projects
The Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) concept aimed to clarify the relationship between state sovereignty and humanitarian intervention, and its invocation during the recent intervention in Libya provides an opportunity to assess its impact. This project compares the events of Libya with the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina of the early 1990s, examining the framing of these conflicts as well as the perceived role of other states, the engagement of international organizations with the concept, and the effect on operations during the humanitarian interventions themselves. Providing a historical comparison more accurately situates the contributions of RtoP in the re-prioritization of human rights over ...
Elección Individual, Jose Luis Sardon 
Latin American and Caribbean Law and Economics Association
Elección Individual, Jose Luis Sardon
Jose Luis Sardon
La gran transformación del Perú ocurrirá cuando la elección por lista sea sustituida por la elección individual de los congresistas.
Repair To The Lamps And Rake The Language, Daniel Malachuk 
Lewis and Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling
Repair To The Lamps And Rake The Language, Daniel Malachuk
Democracy and Education
Boatright and Faust rightly recommend Emerson’s active reading style, but they misrepresent him as pragmatist who believed readers to be “makers of meaning.” Emerson was a transcendentalist whose fundamental message was that moral “truth exists, though all men should deny it.” Especially in his antislavery writings, Emerson teaches two ways for readers to find (not make) these moral truths in the texts they read: by reading with their souls, or intuitively (“repairing to the lamps”), and by reading for the facts (“raking the language”) that will awaken moral sensibilities. Rather than continue to invent an Emerson who flatters our ...
The Soft Power Of Saudi Arabia, Giulio M. Gallarotti, Isam Yahia Al Filali 
Wesleyan University
The Soft Power Of Saudi Arabia, Giulio M. Gallarotti, Isam Yahia Al Filali
Division II Faculty Publications
When people are asked the question, What is the source of Saudi Arabia’s power? Who would cite factors other than oil? This equation of Saudi power exclusively with its oil wealth is mistaken. Historically, a principal and the most consistent source of Saudi power at the domestic, regional and global levels has not been revenues from oil, but the cultural power that inheres in a Kingdom that is both the capitol of the Muslim and Arab worlds. This soft power accounts for as much, if not more, of Saudi influence than even oil itself. To a large extent, this ...
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