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Does Poverty Rate Increase Terrorism In A Country?: An Analysis From 1970-2019 ★, Sarah E. Distefano, Matthew Placek
Does Poverty Rate Increase Terrorism In A Country?: An Analysis From 1970-2019 ★, Sarah E. Distefano, Matthew Placek
University of South Carolina Upstate Student Research Journal
While terrorism has been a constant product of society, its determinants have been sporadic at best and inconclusive at worst. With the scientific community failing to arrive at a common consensus in reference to poverty as defined by GDP per capita, I hope to find a concrete conclusion by taking a different approach and examining the relationship between poverty rate and terrorism. In order to define the impact of poverty rate on terrorism, I utilized the Quality of Government Index Standard Time Series Dataset and the Global Terrorism Database. Further analysis was conducted by performing an OLS regression on the …
Nothing Is The Matter With Kansas: White Southern Exceptionalism In American Politics, Paul White Jr.
Nothing Is The Matter With Kansas: White Southern Exceptionalism In American Politics, Paul White Jr.
Theses and Dissertations
There are two research questions at the heart of this dissertation: Does the American South have a distinct political environment in comparison to other regions? If so, how does this distinction influence American politics? I argue that the American South has long been politically distinct from other regions in the United States. This southern ethos, this southern way of agrarian politics, is predicated on three factors- State Centered Federalism, Racial Conservatism, and Religious Conservatism. I consider these factors in a model I call “The Determinants of Southern Exceptionalism” or the D.S.E. Model. It views the American South as remaining distinctive …
Political Science Spring 2014, Susan Miller
Political Science Spring 2014, Susan Miller
Political Science Newsletter Spring 2014
No abstract provided.
Political Science Spring 2013, Dan Sabia
Political Science Spring 2013, Dan Sabia
Political Science Newsletter Spring 2013
No abstract provided.
Political Science Fall 2011, Dan Sabia
Political Science Fall 2011, Dan Sabia
Political Science Newsletter Fall 2011
No abstract provided.
Political Science Spring 2011, Dan Sabia
Political Science Spring 2011, Dan Sabia
Political Science Newsletter Spring 2011
No abstract provided.
Change Comes With Time: Substantive Interpretation Of Non-Proportional Hazards In Event History Analysis, Amanda A. Licht
Change Comes With Time: Substantive Interpretation Of Non-Proportional Hazards In Event History Analysis, Amanda A. Licht
Faculty Publications
While methodologists have provided us ample notice of both the problem of non-proportional hazards and the means of correcting them, less attention has been paid to the post-estimation interpretation. The suggested inclusion of time interactions in our models is more than a statistical fix: these corrections alter the substantive meaning and interpretation of results. Framing the issue as a specific case of multiplicative-interaction modeling, I provide detailed discussion of the problem of non-proportional hazards and present several appropriate means of interpreting both the substantive impact and the significance of variables whose effects may change over time.
Political Science Fall 2010, Dan Sabia
Political Science Fall 2010, Dan Sabia
Political Science Newsletter Fall 2010
No abstract provided.
Political Science Spring 2010, Dan Sabia
Political Science Spring 2010, Dan Sabia
Political Science Newsletter Spring 2010
No abstract provided.
Coming Into Money: The Impact Of Foreign Aid On Leader Survival, Amanda A. Licht
Coming Into Money: The Impact Of Foreign Aid On Leader Survival, Amanda A. Licht
Faculty Publications
Donors are more likely to send aid to leaders facing elevated risks of losing power, but targets' ability to benefit from this assistance is conditioned by regime type and political processes. The institutionalization of winning coalitions' loyalty across regime type follows opposite patterns, supporting opposite temporal dynamics across regime types. Democratic leaders' coalitions are firmest immediately after taking office, and aid is of most assistance to them then. As competition and dissatisfaction grows, aid becomes a political liability. In small winning coalition systems, however, coalitions become more solid over time, facilitating increasing benefits from aid. Without a firm coalition, however, …
Political Science Fall 2009, Dan Sabia
Political Science Fall 2009, Dan Sabia
Political Science Newsletter Fall 2009
No abstract provided.
Political Science Spring 2009, Dan Sabia
Political Science Spring 2009, Dan Sabia
Political Science Newsletter Spring 2009
No abstract provided.
The Unanimous Decisions Of The Supreme Court Of Canada As A Test Of The Attitudinal Model, Donald R. Songer, Julia Siripurapu
The Unanimous Decisions Of The Supreme Court Of Canada As A Test Of The Attitudinal Model, Donald R. Songer, Julia Siripurapu
Faculty Publications
Most of the empirical work on the decision making of justices on the Supreme Court of Canada has taken as its exclusive focus the divided decisions of the Court. In contrast to this extensive body of research on divided decision, the much more limited knowledge of unanimous decisions is troubling because such decisions constitute nearly three-quarters of all of the formal decisions of the Court. The analysis reported below provides a first step towards understanding the neglected nature of unanimous decisions. This investigation of the nature and causes of unanimity in the Supreme Court of Canada explores two competing explanations: …
Perception And Reality In Congressional Earmarks, Michael H. Crespin, Charles J. Finocchiaro, Emily O. Wanless
Perception And Reality In Congressional Earmarks, Michael H. Crespin, Charles J. Finocchiaro, Emily O. Wanless
Faculty Publications
Earmarks added to appropriations bills have generated a considerable amount of attention from the media, politicians, and fiscal watchdog groups. Taken as a whole, three 'truths' about earmarks are frequently discussed: 1) earmarks are the reason for large budget deficits, 2) using omnibus legislation instead of regular order leads to more earmarks, and 3) 'airdropped' earmarks added at the conference stage compound the problem of pork. In this paper, we examine these 'truths' and find the conventional wisdom does not stand up to empirical tests. Finally, we show how Congress easily worked around new rules concerning the addition of earmarks …
Political Science Fall 2008, Dan Sabia
Political Science Fall 2008, Dan Sabia
Political Science Newsletter Fall 2008
No abstract provided.
Political Science Spring 2008, Steve Hays, Dan Sabia
Political Science Spring 2008, Steve Hays, Dan Sabia
Political Science Newsletter Spring 2008
No abstract provided.
Judicial Decision Making In The Supreme Court Of Canada: Updating The Personal Attribute Model, Donald R. Songer, Susan W. Johnson
Judicial Decision Making In The Supreme Court Of Canada: Updating The Personal Attribute Model, Donald R. Songer, Susan W. Johnson
Faculty Publications
This study seeks to add to the current understanding of the political nature of the Supreme Court of Canada. We analyze a data set consisting of all nonunanimous published Supreme Court decisions for the period 1949 to 2000. A prior study by Tate and Sittiwong (1989) suggested a model of judge attributes for the period 1949 to 1985. We build on that analysis by extending the time period to 2000, which allows the impact of gender also to be assessed. We find that since the Court gained substantial docket control, the types of cases the Court hears has changed from …
Elicited Priors For Bayesian Model Specifications In Political Science Research, Jeff Gill, Lee D. Walker
Elicited Priors For Bayesian Model Specifications In Political Science Research, Jeff Gill, Lee D. Walker
Faculty Publications
We explain how to use elicited priors in Bayesian political science research. These are a form of prior information produced by previous knowledge from structured interviews with subjective area experts who have little or no concern for the statistical aspects of the project. The purpose is to introduce qualitative and area-specific information into an empirical model in a systematic and organized manner in order to produce parsimonious yet realistic implications. Currently, there is no work in political science that articulates elicited priors in a Bayesian specification. We demonstrate the value of the approach by applying elicited priors to a problem …
Making Law In The United States Courts Of Appeals., Donald R. Songer
Making Law In The United States Courts Of Appeals., Donald R. Songer
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Teaching Green: Experimenting With Green Values In The Classroom, David Whiteman
Teaching Green: Experimenting With Green Values In The Classroom, David Whiteman
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Judicial Review In State Supreme Courts: A Comparative Study By Laura Langer, Donald R. Songer
Judicial Review In State Supreme Courts: A Comparative Study By Laura Langer, Donald R. Songer
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Islamic Political Culture, Democracy, And Human Rights, By Daniel E. Price, Shahrough Akhavi
Islamic Political Culture, Democracy, And Human Rights, By Daniel E. Price, Shahrough Akhavi
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Ethics For Adversaries: The Morality Of Roles In Public And Professional Life By Arthur Isak Applbaum, Daniel R. Sabia
Ethics For Adversaries: The Morality Of Roles In Public And Professional Life By Arthur Isak Applbaum, Daniel R. Sabia
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Strategic Auditing In A Political Hierarchy: An Informational Model Of The Supreme Court's Certiorari Decisions, Charles M. Cameron, Jeffrey A. Segal, Donald Songer
Strategic Auditing In A Political Hierarchy: An Informational Model Of The Supreme Court's Certiorari Decisions, Charles M. Cameron, Jeffrey A. Segal, Donald Songer
Faculty Publications
We examine how the Supreme Court uses signals and indices from lower courts to determine which cases to review. In our game theoretic model, a higher court cues from publicly observable case facts, the known preferences of a lower court and its derision. The lower court attempts to enforce its own preferences, exploiting ambiguity in cases' fact patterns. In equilibrium, a conservative higher court declines to review conservative decisions from lower courts regardless of the facts of die case or the relative ideology of the judges. But a conservative higher court probabilistically reviews liberal decisions, with the "audit rate" tied …
Majority Rule Or Minority Will: Adherence To Precedent On The Us Supreme Court By Harold J. Spaeth And Jeffrey A. Segal, Donald R. Songer
Majority Rule Or Minority Will: Adherence To Precedent On The Us Supreme Court By Harold J. Spaeth And Jeffrey A. Segal, Donald R. Songer
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Call Screening - Is It Really A Problem For Survey Research?, Michael W. Link, Robert W. Oldendick
Call Screening - Is It Really A Problem For Survey Research?, Michael W. Link, Robert W. Oldendick
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
The Japanese Civil Service And Economic Development: Catalysts Of Change Eds. Hyung-Ki Kim, Michio Muramatsu, And T. J. Pempel, Robert C. Angel
The Japanese Civil Service And Economic Development: Catalysts Of Change Eds. Hyung-Ki Kim, Michio Muramatsu, And T. J. Pempel, Robert C. Angel
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Social Construction And White Attitudes Toward Equal Opportunity And Multiculturalism, Michael W. Link, Robert W. Oldendick
Social Construction And White Attitudes Toward Equal Opportunity And Multiculturalism, Michael W. Link, Robert W. Oldendick
Faculty Publications
As the United States moves from being a predominantly biracial to a multiracial society, racial attitudes continue to become more diverse and more complex. Scholars need to address these changes not only in terms of black and white Americans, but also how these changes involve and affect other racial groups, particularly Asian and Hispanic Americans. This inquiry looks at some of these complexities by examining how social construction differentials in the minds of white Americans affect their attitudes toward the issues of equal opportunity and multiculturalism. The analysis shows that differences in the cognitive images whites hold of minority groups …
Attention To Candidates And Issues In Newspaper Coverage Of 1992 Presidential Campaign, Gordon Mantler, David Whiteman
Attention To Candidates And Issues In Newspaper Coverage Of 1992 Presidential Campaign, Gordon Mantler, David Whiteman
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Morality And American Foreign Policy By Robert W. Mcelroy Traditions And Values In Politics And Diplomacy By Kenneth W. Thompson, William P. Kreml
Morality And American Foreign Policy By Robert W. Mcelroy Traditions And Values In Politics And Diplomacy By Kenneth W. Thompson, William P. Kreml
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.