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Police And Community Relations Survey, Brianne Gilbert

StudyLA Reports

In the wake of nationwide demonstrations for racial justice prompted by the murders of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, and countless other Black individuals, Los Angeles has become a focal point for critical discussions around police and community relations.

StudyLA's Police and Community Relations Survey is a multi-year study that captures public opinion on issues of policing in the city of Los Angeles. Respondents are asked several questions that touch on the mission of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD): safeguard the lives and property of the people the LAPD serves; reduce the incidence and fear of crime; and …

From Authoritarian To Democratic: A Look Into South Korea's Political Evolution Through Sports And Culture, Alexandra Laguna

Honors Undergraduate Theses

Relationships between nation-states are interconnected through a delicate state of balance maintained by direct or indirect behaviors. Balance is instituted by great international powers who hold military, economic, and social dominance over others. Having greater authority over other nation-states facilitates a self-beneficial system of equilibrium – one in which great powers typically hold an increased benefit. The concept of power can be separated between direct (hard) and indirect (soft). Despite the use of direct power throughout history, indirect power can also become a compelling instrument towards developing social dominance in the international domain. The rise and dependance on technology to …

Terror Management Theory And Legislation: An Analysis Of How Patterns Evolve And Change, Elizabeth Roth

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

Recent legislation passed in states including Georgia, Florida, and Kentucky have included clauses that govern “divisive” material and the manner in which this material is discussed, particularly in schools. The term “divisive” is never truly defined beyond content that is “patently offensive to prevailing standards.” The emphasis has been placed on the fact that students should not be biased by the information that they are taught or allowed to access, but definitions are lax as to what constitutes inappropriate information. The loose criteria as to what counts as “unsuitable” opens up divisive material to easy censorship based on partisan and …

Northeast Delhi Riots Of 2020: Contesting And (Re)Claiming The Western Media Narrative, Sumanth Inukonda

Publications and Research

The New Delhi Riots of 2020 dominated the news cycle for days, even as U.S. President Trump visited India. This article is based on news coverage of these riots during and immediately following their occurrence between February 23 and March 10, 2020. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, this article investigates the discourse on India and its minorities that frames the understanding of these riots to argue that Western media coverage betrays biases and contradictions. This article analyzes the varied alternative narratives of these riots in the Indian media, including secular and Hindu nationalist media, to critique the Western media narrative. This …

Deadly Disease And The Collective Adoption Of International Environmental Agreements, Vivian Ike

International Relations - All Scholarship

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Examining The Effects Of 9/11: How Did This Event Define How We Described And Treated Terrorism?, Kristeana Nevaeh Banks

Senior Honors Theses and Projects

This paper seeks to examine how the American public defined terrorism after the September 11th Attacks. At this time there is much discourse on the response to the September 11th Attacks with the war on terror, and the war’s effect on both American society and the global community Because of that, this paper takes a step back from simply examining policy to see how the definition formed of terrorism influence the American political view of terrorism, and how it compares to the view of terrorism after the Oklahoma City Bombing.

Through the use of qualitative and quantitative data from Congressional …

The Limits Of Presence: Constraints On Women’S Political Representation In Serbia And Montenegro, Anja Vojvodić

Publications and Research

Women’s political representation has increased globally over the past few decades. Women are entering the political world in more significant numbers. This increase is visible among the countries of the former Yugoslavia. Within the last three decades, women have become present in greater numbers across the parliaments of the former Yugoslavia, primarily due to the adoption of gender quotas due to women’s movement activism. But is the presence of elected women enough to empower them politically and create “space” for activism, advocacy, and subsequently higher levels of substantive representation? In this work, I pose this main research question and focus …

¿El Papel Lo Aguanta Todo? Linguistic Nationalism In Hispanic Constitutions, Mihir Kale

Gaines Fellow Senior Theses

Linguistic nationalism is among the most well-documented sections of nationalist study, as it is one of the predominant mechanisms in which nationalist sentiments are codified or enforced within a state. Cultural or ethnic nationalist preferences are typically expressed through the imposition and preference of a certain nation’s language to demonstrate power, and examples of linguistic nationalism have been recorded across all continents and societies throughout history.

The Impact Of Supreme Court Make Up On Rulings Towards Administrative Agencies, Hannah N. Cothern

Honors Undergraduate Theses

This study investigated whether or not the membership of the United States Supreme Court affects the way the institution rules in cases regarding federal administrative agencies by collecting and comparing votes from 2018-2019 and 2020-2022. It found in the first section that justices showed an anti-deferential attitude towards agencies and in the second section a deferential attitude towards agencies, despite the conservative majority being larger in the second section. The result is likely due to the types of agencies and content of cases involved.

U.S. Party Platforms And Their Response To Racial Issues, Megan Moylan

Honors Undergraduate Theses

This thesis examines the handling of racial issues in United States political party platforms from 1964 to 2016. The primary objective of this study is to analyze how the two major political parties, the Democratic Party and the Republican Party, have approached issues of race in their platforms.

To accomplish this, a content analysis was conducted on the platforms of both parties during this time period. Each reference to race in the platforms was categorized as either "acclaim," "defend," or "attack." "Acclaim" refers to statements that praise racial progress or advocate for policies that benefit marginalized communities. "Defend" refers to …

Antiziganism And The Rise In Electoral Success Of Extreme Right-Wing Parties In Central And Eastern Europe, Mohamedameen I. Osman

Honors Undergraduate Theses

My thesis explores the association between Roma's perceptions of discrimination against them by native populations and electoral support of populist or extreme right-wing parties in Central and Eastern Europe. Roma communities have historically been discriminated and persecuted; however according to findings in the literature, during the Cold War there had been improvements in terms of protection of their rights and their economic advancement. Following the end of the Cold War, however, Roma lost these protections and their status worsened. This deterioration is partly attributed to the rise of far-right parties in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe; this connection, …

Propaganda, Criticism, And War: A Study Of Regime Criticism By Propagandists In War, Jack C. Seay

Honors Undergraduate Theses

This paper investigates when propagandists criticize their country's war effort, examining instances where propagandists openly criticize the regimes they are expected to support during an armed conflict. This is a unique and relatively unexplored angle on propaganda, differing from widespread research on the range of effects that propaganda has on a target population, the reasons behind using propaganda on a target population, and the methods propagandists use to raise support for a political authority. Understanding when propagandists criticize their country's war effort can mitigate their influence by helping audiences identify when and how propagandists use criticism to their advantage. The …

Partisan Selective Exposure On Social Media During The 2020 Presidential Election, Grayce Lemon

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

This study examines selective exposure and selective avoidance on social media during the 2020 presidential election. 147 voters participated in the survey conducted using Qualtrics. The purpose of this study was to understand whether selective exposure and avoidance behaviors differed based on voting outcome (Trump or Biden), and to test whether political ideological polarization was reflected in news consumption through social media. Taken together, the results indicate that although both voting bases engaged in selective exposure and avoidance, the propensity was the same between Trump and Biden voters. Additionally, results confirm existing hypotheses that the strength of political ideology positively …

Niccolò Machiavelli: How One Florentine Man Continues To Haunt Political Theorists Beyond The Grave, Victoria Jaqueline Amezcua

History - Master of Arts in Teaching

I. Synthesis Essay……………………………….3

II. Primary Documents and Headnotes………..25

III. Textbook Critique……………………………..39

IV. New Textbook Entry…………………………..45

V. Bibliography………………………………….....24

Voter Influencing In State Trial Court Judicial Elections In Los Angeles, San Francisco, And Houston, Myanna Dellinger

Dissertations and Theses

This dissertation examines select key factors that influence voter choices in state trial court judicial elections in three large, cosmopolitan counties in California and Texas. These include ballot designations (i.e., professional titles of candidates), “evaluations” of candidates by local bar associations, newspaper endorsements, political party affiliation, and gender. Focus here is on ballot designations and local bar association evaluations; the subjective opinions issued by local bar associations as official-sounding, objective and qualitative evaluations. In turn, local bar associations are private, voluntary associations consisting of fee-paying members and not overseeing state bar associations as many laypeople believe. Judicial elections remain low-information, …

Transnational Dominican Activism: Documenting Grassroots Social Movements Through Esendom, Nelson Santana, Amaury Rodriguez, Emmanuel Espinal

Publications and Research

Dominican-descended people are one of the most dynamic Caribbean and Latin American ethnic and cultural communities in the United States. Whether in the Dominican Republic or as members of a transnational community, the Dominican population has a long and rich history of challenging the powers that be, confronting unjust acts, and opposing oppressive laws within the communities they inhabit through their civic engagement. This paper addresses one question: As Dominican society and the world have evolved, what has been the role of U.S.-based online media in sustaining, disseminating, and rescuing the long tradition of civic involvement and struggle exemplified by …

Changing Public Opinion On Socialism, Claudette A. Medina

Honors Undergraduate Theses

This introduction leads to the literature review, beginning with an explanation and description of socialism and political ideologies. I also touch upon historical events that shaped the perspectives of the respective generations, such as the Civil Rights movement and 9/11. After the literature review is a theory section emphasizing the life-cycle effect and period effects relevant to the research conducted later. Then comes the hypothesis and methodology section. My research hypothesis is that period effects will make Gen Z more receptive to Socialism than the Baby Boomer/Traditionalist Generation. This is soon proven correct with supporting data from opinion surveys about …

From Constructive Ambiguities To Structural Contradictions: The Twilight Of The Good Friday Agreement, Chris O'Ralaigh

Articles

The Good Friday Agreement contained a series of constructive ambiguities which were critical to ensuring that it received broad cross-political support. These ambiguities were reflective of the balance of political power of the time. Once institutionalized, they contained an immanent potential to morph in to structural contradictions as the re-balancing of demographic and political power in Ireland moved from latent to manifest status. As the Agreement reaches its 25th anniversary, three outstanding structural contradictions are manifesting, prompted by Brexit and the re-introduction of the ‘Irish question’ in to Irish-British relations. The constitutional status of the North of Ireland, the raison …

Indigenous Groups And Ethnic Minorities, Jacques Bertrand, Cheng Xu

Government: Faculty Books

Identity-based claim-making is prevalent across Southeast Asia but its character and mobilisation vary markedly. The multitudes of ethnic and indigenous groups in the region often form fractured civil societies that reduce possibilities for larger solidarity movements. Grassroots organisations formed along identity lines often have competing interests while states manipulate existing fault-lines to prevent the rise of a coherent civil society. However, in rare cases, alliances can form, where common agendas create opportunities for broad claims against the state. As such, both ethnic and indigenous minorities in Southeast Asia have explored a wide range of claim-making activities from protest to civil …

Distracted U.S. Foreign Policy Sector: The Effects Of Strategic Prioritization Towards A Rising Chinese State In East Asia, Liliana Ramos

Honors Undergraduate Theses

The question of the stability of American hegemony has consumed U.S. International Relations discourse since the Post-Cold War narrative. With the rapid changes in the international realm and the countless U.S. humanitarian and military operations around the globe, it is no surprise that many well-known researchers have taken the time to look at the impact of American hegemony under strict observation. However, more analysis must be made of these operations' strategic purpose and success. This thesis strives to fill this gap by conducting in-depth case studies on various U.S. military operations from the early 2000s to the present in the …

Leaving The European Union: When Euroscepticism Meets Internal Crisis Within Member States, Isabella M. Dimesa

Honors Undergraduate Theses

In the era of global stability, it is crucial to understand the nuances that maintain peace. Neoliberal institutionalism is the ideal that institutions bound together promote peace through sharing stakes and developing positive cost-benefit matrixes that ensure cooperation. The European Union (EU), a neoliberal institution, was developed to establish a peaceful, cooperative European system to further the European agenda and foster power through combined assets. The EU has manifested this success and prosperity—until one of its member states, the United Kingdom, defected from the institution, causing a shock to the EU system. Why would an institution yielding positive returns see …

Homelessness Testimonies And Sources, Tyler Mcalister

What is Homelessness?

Testimony to the City of Portland/General Public

Sexual Violence In Armed Conflict: How Levels Of Sexual Violence In Peacetime Affect Levels Of Sexual Violence In Conflict, Sydney Snowden

Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023

Why do some armed conflicts have higher levels of sexual violence than others? Some existing theoretical work has pointed toward the possibility that the presence of sexual violence before armed conflict occurs can impact the levels of sexual violence during armed conflict, however, little empirical work has examined these theories. This thesis uses new, unique data to address concerns about the validity of previous studies and to explore sexual violence over the boundaries of time, looking at pre-conflict levels of sexual violence in addition to levels of sexual violence during armed conflicts. Using a parallel mixed methods research design, this …

The Impact Of Education On Reducing Poverty In South Asia, Rooppreet Kaur Sohal-Bagri

CGU Theses & Dissertations

This dissertation examines the relationship between primary, secondary education attainment and poverty in South Asia. The countries of examination include India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Afghanistan, and Maldives. The primary function of this research is to determine if primary and secondary education attainment of peoples has an impact on being associated with reducing poverty. To accomplish and to test this goal, I have used fixed effects regression analysis to examine the following research questions: Does education expansion (primary, secondary) reduce poverty in South Asia? Does education expansion (primary, secondary) reduce poverty for women in South Asia? This first …

Complexities Of Community Consultation In Chile's Lithium Industry, Isabella R. Whelan

Honors Theses

Echoed by November’s COP27 in Egypt, the climate crisis has become an increasingly pressing and global issue, with the need to move away from fossil fuels more urgent than ever. In attempts to decarbonize the global economy, many countries and companies have turned to electrification –particularly within the transportation sector, one of today’s largest contributors of greenhouse gasses. A crucial component of energy storage and batteries is lithium, now considered a “critical mineral.” Demand for lithium has skyrocketed in recent years and is only expected to continue growing. More than fifty percent of the world’s lithium supply is found within …

เบื้องหลังการค้ามนุษย์เพื่อบังคับก่ออาชญากรรมหลอกลวงทางไซเบอร์และผลกระทบต่อความมั่นคงของมนุษย์, สุธิดา สังขพันธุ์

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

สารนิพนธ์ฉบับนี้ศึกษาถึงพลวัตที่ซับซ้อนของการค้ามนุษย์เพื่อบังคับก่ออาชญากรรมโดยองค์กรอาชญากรรมหลอกลวงทางไซเบอร์ข้ามชาติในบริบทที่เกิดขึ้นในพื้นที่ภูมิภาคเอเชียตะวันออกเฉียงใต้และผลกระทบที่มีต่อความมั่นคงของมนุษย์ในหลากหลายมิติ ในสถานการณ์ปัจจุบันที่การพัฒนาทางเทคโนโลยีมีความก้าวหน้าและแพลตฟอร์มดิจิทัลกลายเป็นเครื่องมือที่ถูกใช้ในการหลอกลวงทางออนไลน์ ยังคงขาดงานศึกษาในทางวิชาการที่เกี่ยวข้องกับการหลอกลวงคนเพื่อบังคับก่ออาชญากรรม โดยเฉพาะอย่างยิ่งในมุมมองที่มีผลกระทบต่อความมั่นคงของมนุษย์ สารนิพนธ์ฉบับนี้จึงนำเสนอให้เห็นถึงกลไลวิธีการหลอกลวงบุคคลให้เข้ามาเป็นผู้ก่ออาชญากรรมออนไลน์ โดยเผยให้เห็นด้านมืดของเทคโนโลยีที่มีผลต่อการแสวงหาผลประโยชน์ของมนุษย์และความเชื่อมโยงกับเครือข่ายองค์กรอาชญากรรมข้ามชาติ และประเมินถึงผลกระทบในหลายมิติของอาชญากรรมที่มีต่อความมั่นคงของมนุษย์ ทั้งความมั่นคงในระดับบุคคล ในด้านเศรษฐกิจและความปลอดภัยของชุมชน รายงานฉบับนี้จัดทำโดยการวิเคราะห์ข้อมูลทุติยภูมิ วิเคราะห์ถึงความสัมพันธ์กับการค้ามนุษย์ อุปสรรคต่อการปรามปรามอาชญากรรมรูปแบบใหม่นี้ที่เป็นผลจากความซับซ้อนทางเทคโนโลยี การไม่เปิดเผยตัวตนในโลกออนไลน์ กรอบกฎหมายที่ไม่พอเพียงต่อการแก้ปัญหา ความแตกต่างของเขตอำนาจศาล และอุปสรรคในการคัดแยกหรือช่วยเหลือคุ้มครองผู้เสียหาย นอกจากนี้ ชี้ให้เห็นถึงช่องว่างของความตระหนักรู้และทักษะความเข้าใจและใช้เทคโนโลยีดิจิทัลที่ทำให้เกิดความเปราะบางในสังคม เสนอแนะการแก้ไขปัญหาโดยการเพิ่มศักยภาพในการเก็บหลักฐานทางดิจิทัล เสริมสร้างการตระหนักรู้ของสังคม ทักษะความเข้าใจต่อเทคโนโลยี การปรับปรุงกรอบกฎหมายให้มีความสอดคล้องการสนับสนุนให้มีความร่วมมือระหว่างประเทศ และการสร้างกลไกช่วยเหลือคุ้มครองเหยื่อผู้เสียหายที่มีประสิทธิภาพ งานศึกษาฉบับนี้เป็นส่วนหนึ่งของการศึกษาประเด็นปัญหาของการค้ามนุษย์และอาชญากรรมไซเบอร์ในเชิงกว้างที่เน้นให้เห็นถึงความจำเป็นในการตอบสนองต่อปัญหาด้วยวิธีการบูรณาการ และยึดตัวบุคคลเป็นศูนย์กลางเพื่อปกป้องไว้ซึ่งความมั่นคงของมนุษย์ภายในโลกดิจิทัลปัจจุบัน

ความท้าทายในการทำงานร่วมกันระหว่างสำนักงานตำรวจแห่งชาติกับองค์การตำรวจสากลในการจัดส่งผู้ร้ายข้ามแดน, วริศรา สีน้ำเงิน

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การศึกษาเรื่อง “ความท้าทายในการทำงานร่วมกันระหว่างสำนักงานตำรวจแห่งชาติและองค์การตำรวจสากลในการจัดส่งผู้ร้ายข้ามแดน” มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อวิเคราะห์ความท้าทายและอุปสรรคในการประสานงานระหว่างสำนักงานตำรวจแห่งชาติของไทยและองค์การตำรวจสากล (INTERPOL) ในกระบวนการส่งผู้ร้ายข้ามแดน การวิจัยใช้ระเบียบวิธีวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพ โดยการสัมภาษณ์เชิงลึกกับเจ้าหน้าที่ตำรวจ กองการต่างประเทศ ฝ่ายตำรวจสากลและประสานงานภูมิภาค และการวิเคราะห์เอกสารที่เกี่ยวข้อง ผลการศึกษาพบว่าความท้าทายหลักในการทำงานร่วมกันระหว่างสององค์กรในการจัดส่งผู้ร้ายข้ามแดน คือการยึดถือหลักการไม่แทรกแซงกิจการภายในระหว่างรัฐ ซึ่งส่งผลให้เกิดความล่าช้าในการดำเนินการ อุปสรรคเกิดจากความแตกต่างของระบบกฎหมายและกระบวนการทางกฎหมายของแต่ละประเทศที่แตกต่างกันทำให้การประสานงานระหว่างประเทศต้องใช้เวลามาก และรัฐอื่นจะเข้าไปก้าวก่ายไม่ได้ นอกจากนี้ การพิจารณาด้านสิทธิมนุษยชนยังมีบทบาทสำคัญในการตัดสินใจส่งผู้ร้ายข้ามแดนอีกด้วย ข้อเสนอแนะที่สำคัญในการเพิ่มประสิทธิภาพการทำงานร่วมกัน ได้แก่ การสร้างความเข้าใจและความเชื่อมั่นระหว่างประเทศในการดำเนินงานทางกฎหมายและการคุ้มครองสิทธิมนุษยชน เพื่อให้การประสานงานระหว่างประเทศเป็นไปอย่างราบรื่นและมีประสิทธิภาพ

Why Are We Not Worth Saving? Latin American Immigrant Women's Experiences With Post-9/11 Crimmigration Policies And Asylum-Seeking In The United States, Kaye Romans

Undergraduate Honors Theses

This thesis discusses Crimmigration—the convergence of criminal policies and immigration law—in a post-9/11 world as it relates to Latin American Immigrant women seeking asylum in the United States. Utilizing case law, legislation, and legal scholarship, I situate these policies in the broader context of immigration law both nationally and internationally, focusing on key post-9/11 legislation and policies such as Operation Streamline, Operation Liberty Shield, and Title 42, as well as key post-9/11 case law dealing with Latin American women seeking asylum in the United States. With these foundational understandings, I provide possible solutions that would lessen the harms presented to …

Peaceful Protestors Or Criminals: The Relationship Between Government, Protests, And Social Movements In The United Kingdom, Madelyn Hindman

Faculty Curated Undergraduate Works

This paper seeks to understand the critical relationship between government officials, protestors, and social movements in the United Kingdom. A three-part case study will examine how the state of the government and legal regulations impact the implementation and outcome of protests or public demonstrations in major social movements. The government along with law enforcement plays a key role in the past, present, and future of how social movements utilize protests. Social movements and organizations must carefully consider the legal regulations surrounding public demonstrations as well as the legal consequences for infringing upon the legal regulations put into place. This study …

Wooing “Willing Dupes”: The Bush Administration’S Use Of Emotional Language In The Drive Toward War With Iraq, Michael F. Russo

Faculty Publications

The publicly available texts of the George W. Bush administration from September 11, 2001, to March 19, 2003, as presented in The Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, were analyzed for word frequency and the words themselves analyzed for emotional weight using the NRC Emotion Intensity Lexicon. Transcripts of six television news agencies (ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, FOX, and PBS) were also analyzed for word frequency to determine the extent to which these agencies may have repeated and consequently amplified the rhetoric of the administration. Public opinion polling for this same period was examined in an …