State-Level Government: An Evaluation Of Maine's Conflict Of Interest Laws And Amendments To Improve Transparency Through Financial Disclosure,
2013
University of Maine - Main
State-Level Government: An Evaluation Of Maine's Conflict Of Interest Laws And Amendments To Improve Transparency Through Financial Disclosure, Shelbe K. Lane
Honors College
In March of 2012, the State Integrity Investigation published a Corruption Risk Report Card for each state, giving them a grade on 14 different areas relating to government transparency. Based on those grades, the states were then ranked 1-50, with 50 being the worst in government transparency; Maine ranked 46th. This report card prompted my thesis which evaluated government transparency at the state level, with a particular focus on Maine. Based on my research I attempted to answer the following questions: What are the current statutes/regulations regarding conflict of interest for legislative and executive branch officials in Maine? What potential …
Political Performance, Leadership, And Regional Integration In Europe: An Examination Of The French And German Roles,
2013
University of Texas at El Paso
Political Performance, Leadership, And Regional Integration In Europe: An Examination Of The French And German Roles, Gaspare M. Genna, Birol Yesilada, Peter Andrew Noordijk
Political Science Faculty Publications and Presentations
Prior research on a regional leader’s role in the deepening of regional integration assumes that economic power translates directly into political capabilities. Relative political capacity among states is central to the creation and deepening of regional integration since it is this capacity that smoothes out the transition from a closed to an open economy. Should a state have low levels of this capacity but desire openness, it will partner with regional leaders given the leaders’ higher relative political capacity. However, the leaders’ subsidy of a partner’s capacity comes at a price. The leaders would trade political capacity for forming a …
Who Will Tell The Story? Terrorism's Relationship With The International News Media,
2013
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Who Will Tell The Story? Terrorism's Relationship With The International News Media, Katherine Eugenis
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
Terrorism feeds on an atmosphere of fear and uncertainty. In order for a terrorist group to achieve its purpose, its activities must be known to a mass audience. Due to the often isolated nature of the conflicts in which they are involved, terrorists groups must attract and maintain the attention of the mass media, through which they access a broader audience and gain salience. This relationship begs the question: will less media attention lead to less terrorism as groups lose their audience and are forced to use legitimate means of enacting change? This thesis analyzes the pattern of media trends …
Conservatism,
2013
Purdue University
Conservatism, Bert Chapman
Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research
Provides an overview of late 20th and early 21st century conservatism and its impact on western U.S. politics and national politics. Stresses the roles played by individuals such as Barry Goldwater, Ronald Reagan,and George W. Bush and their influence on western conservatism. Analyzes how conservatism has been influenced by policy research institutions and advocacy groups such as the Claremont Institute and Focus on the Family. Reviews areas of collaboration and contention in western conservatism between economic, national security, and social conservatives and more libertarian elements. Examines the rise of the Tea Party movement in response to Obama Administration policies and …
Defense, U.S. Department Of,
2013
Purdue University
Defense, U.S. Department Of, Bert Chapman
Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research
Provides an overview of U.S. Department of Defense activities in the western U.S. including the military's increasing emphasis on Asia-Pacific strategic trends and developments.
Congressional Preferences And The Advancement Of American Nuclear Waste Policy,
2013
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Congressional Preferences And The Advancement Of American Nuclear Waste Policy, Rhoel Gonzales Ternate
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
The problem of nuclear waste disposal has existed since the time of the Manhattan Project in World War II. Although there exist a number of technological hurdles, the main cause that has consistently plagued a solution to nuclear waste has been the politics behind it. This thesis attempts to add to the political literature behind nuclear waste disposal by examining the nuclear waste disposal preferences of members of the United States House and Senate. It then compares and contrasts those preferences with a report by President Obama's Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future. The hope was to determine if …
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, U.S.,
2013
Purdue University
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, U.S., Bert Chapman
Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research
Provides a historical overview and contemporary analysis of the energy policymaking role played by the Energy Department's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). FERC responsibilities include regulating the prices and interstate transmission of electricity, natural gas, and oil. Its responsibilities also include reviewing proposals to build and locate natural gas terminals, interstate natural gas pipelines, licensing hydropower projects, and regulating relevant mergers and securities acquisitions in these areas.
Hydroelectric Power,
2013
Purdue University
Hydroelectric Power, Bert Chapman
Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research
Provides a historical overview and contemporary analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of federal government support for hydroelectric power in the American West.
Land Management, U.S. Bureau Of,
2013
Purdue University
Land Management, U.S. Bureau Of, Bert Chapman
Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research
Provides a historical overview and current assessment of the role played by the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management in its ownership of federal lands in western states and its efforts to balance economic development of natural resources and conservation of these resources on these lands.
Subsidies, Agricultural,
2013
Purdue University
Subsidies, Agricultural, Bert Chapman
Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research
Provides historical and contemporary information on U.S. Government agricultural subsidies and how they affect agricultural policy in the Western U.S.
The Development Of A New Paradigm Of Humanitarian Intervention: Assessing The Responsibility To Protect,
2013
Macalester College
The Development Of A New Paradigm Of Humanitarian Intervention: Assessing The Responsibility To Protect, Jayne Discenza
Political Science 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 …
Making War And Securing Peace: The Viability Of Peace Enforcement As A Mechanism For Promoting And Securing Civil War Termination,
2013
Macalester College
Making War And Securing Peace: The Viability Of Peace Enforcement As A Mechanism For Promoting And Securing Civil War Termination, Shawn H. Greene
Political Science Honors Projects
Peace enforcement—the threat or use of military force to compel belligerent adherence to a civil war settlement—has become increasingly salient in the past decade. Using a hazards analysis of all civil wars and associated third party interventions between 1945 and 2013 in addition to three structured, focused case studies, I argue that peace enforcement operations that 1) utilize the appropriate typological spoiler management strategy and 2) maintain legitimacy and impartiality through close cooperation with UN peacekeepers, are the most successful at catalyzing civil war termination and securing durable peace. I also provide a theoretical framework through which to study peace …
“Normalizing” Japan?: Contestation, Identity Construction, And The Evolution Of Security Policy,
2013
Macalester College
“Normalizing” Japan?: Contestation, Identity Construction, And The Evolution Of Security Policy, Daisuke Minami
Political Science Honors Projects
In this thesis, I address two puzzles regarding Japan’s security policy: (1) its minimalist military posture despite its economic power during the Cold War and (2) the recent shift from this minimalist security policy to an assertive one marked by a strengthening of its international security role and military. I argue that although many IR scholars, mainly from the realist camp, claim that the formation of the original security policy (puzzle 1) and subsequent transformation (puzzle 2) is driven by the state’s rational response to external conditions in the international security environment, it can more adequately be explained by the …
Contemporary Perceptions Of The Solidarity Movement Held By Polish Nationals,
2013
East Tennessee State University
Contemporary Perceptions Of The Solidarity Movement Held By Polish Nationals, Nathan P. Buhr
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Widespread participation in the 1980s Solidarity movement by Polish nationals of both genders, varying ideologies, and differing political backgrounds has led to diverse views of the history and narrative of the movement that today is interpreted in differing ways by groups and individuals. To gain a better understanding of how Poles view this unique time period of their history a survey featuring 54 questions was dispatched to and completed by over 121 Polish nationals. All questions relate to the Solidarity movement in categories covering: Prominent People, Media, Economics, Religion, and Education and concluding with a free-write section for additional comments …
Female Political Leadership In The Southern Cone : Roles And Perceptions Of Women In Formal Politics.,
2013
University of Louisville
Female Political Leadership In The Southern Cone : Roles And Perceptions Of Women In Formal Politics., Rosslyn Elliott Steinmetz
College of Arts & Sciences Senior Honors Theses
No abstract provided.
From Colonialism To Neoliberalism : Modernity And The State Production Of A Bedouin-Transjordanian National Identity.,
2013
University of Louisville
From Colonialism To Neoliberalism : Modernity And The State Production Of A Bedouin-Transjordanian National Identity., Amanda M. Yee
College of Arts & Sciences Senior Honors Theses
No abstract provided.
Oil Industry,
2013
Purdue University
Oil Industry, Bert Chapman
Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research
Provides an overview of the historical and contemporary development of the American oil industry and how it has impacted U.S. natural resources policies in the American west.
Decentralization Is Dead, Long Live Decentralization! Capital City Reform And Political Rights In Kampala, Uganda,
2013
Ryerson University
Decentralization Is Dead, Long Live Decentralization! Capital City Reform And Political Rights In Kampala, Uganda, Christopher Gore
Christopher D Gore
African cities are currently experiencing some of the highest population growth rates in the world. Accompanying this growth is constant and continuing pressure on national and local governments to develop political and institutional structures that respond to the multiple demands this demographic change provokes in relation to service delivery, economic development and social wellbeing. In response to these challenges, national governments are reviewing the political and administrative structures of their capital cities, sometimes recentralizing authority. This article examines the reforms to Kampala, capital city of Uganda. The article explains how the national government gradually created the legal conditions necessary to …
Antigone Claimed: 'I Am A Stranger!' Political Theory And The Figure Of The Stranger,
2013
university of massachusetts, Amherst
Antigone Claimed: 'I Am A Stranger!' Political Theory And The Figure Of The Stranger, Andrés Henao-Castro
Andrés Fabián Henao-Castro
This paper seeks to destabilize the silent privilege given to the secured juridical-political position of the citizen as the stable site of enunciation of the problem/solution framework under which the stranger (foreigner, immigrant, refugee) is theoretically located. By means of textual, intertextual, and extratextual readings of Antigone , the paper argues that it is politically and literarily possible to (re)invent her for strangers in the twenty-first century, that is, for those symbolically produced as not-legally locatable and who resignify their ambivalent ontological status between life and death as an alternative sociopolitical location of speech and action in equality with 'others.'
Teacher Collective Bargaining: Assessing The Internal Validity Of Partial Independence Item Response Measures Of Contract Restrictiveness,
2013
Macalester College
Teacher Collective Bargaining: Assessing The Internal Validity Of Partial Independence Item Response Measures Of Contract Restrictiveness, Dan Goldhaber, Lesley Lavery, Roddy Theobald, Dylan D'Entremont, Yangru Fang
Lesley Lavery
No abstract provided.
