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Outside Spending In The 2014 Midterm Elections: The Lasting Effects Of Citizens United, Lucas Fortier
Outside Spending In The 2014 Midterm Elections: The Lasting Effects Of Citizens United, Lucas Fortier
CLAS: Colby Liberal Arts Symposium
The purpose of this study was to shed light on the controversial area of independent expenditures in the post-Citizens United world of campaign finance. The study focuses on three questions: who are the main players participating in this area of campaign finance, how are these outside groups being funded, and how do these groups spend their money to influence elections? Some findings of the study were that, while there was a large number of registered SuperPACs and political nonprofits in the 2014 midterm elections, only a relatively small group of 70 major organizations accounted for over 90 percent of total …
Land Reform And The Use Of Violence: Creating A Set Of Conditions Using The Case Of Zimbabwe, Dylan Ciccarelli
Land Reform And The Use Of Violence: Creating A Set Of Conditions Using The Case Of Zimbabwe, Dylan Ciccarelli
CLAS: Colby Liberal Arts Symposium
The purpose of this paper is to develop a set of conditions under which land reform becomes violent, looking specifically at the fast-track land reform policy implemented in Zimbabwe from 1998-2003. The roots and use of violence in the context of land reform is a topic that has not been widely researched in previous land reform literature, however it is important as the issue of land inequality has been, and is, an ongoing issue in many sub-Saharan African countries, including Zimbabwe. This paper will argue that land reform will become violent when certain economic, political, and social conditions are present. …
South African Survivor: The National Party’S Survival In The Context Of The Cold War, John Hartigan
South African Survivor: The National Party’S Survival In The Context Of The Cold War, John Hartigan
CLAS: Colby Liberal Arts Symposium
Apartheid continued in the Republic of South Africa until 1993, far longer than any other minority dominated government on the continent of Africa. In this paper, I analyze the reasons why Afrikaners were able to perpetuate their grip on political power far longer than any of their white colleagues around the continent. This paper is comparative; I place the South African experience in context with other minority ruled statesKenya and Mozambiquethat experienced the break down of minority rule far sooner than the South Africans. I argue that there are three main factors that ensured the that the National PartySouth Africas …
State-Building And Intrastate Conflict In Africa, Lillian Holland
State-Building And Intrastate Conflict In Africa, Lillian Holland
CLAS: Colby Liberal Arts Symposium
In my poster I will be examining under what conditions does state building measures turn into intrastate violence in Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, and Kenya.
The Causes Of The Civil Wars In Côte D'Ivoire, Matthew Ayers
The Causes Of The Civil Wars In Côte D'Ivoire, Matthew Ayers
CLAS: Colby Liberal Arts Symposium
No abstract provided.
Post-Conflict Child Soldier Networks In Africa, Andrew Currier
Post-Conflict Child Soldier Networks In Africa, Andrew Currier
CLAS: Colby Liberal Arts Symposium
No abstract provided.
Water Poverty In Disadvantaged Communities In California, Alyssa J. Galik
Water Poverty In Disadvantaged Communities In California, Alyssa J. Galik
Seaver College Research And Scholarly Achievement Symposium
California, the eighth largest economy in the world, has nearly one million residents that lack daily access to clean drinking water, yet it recently became the first state in the US to declare water a human right through the passage of 2013 Assembly Bill 685. The majority of water quality violations take place in the rural San Joaquin Valley in unincorporated, low-income communities, which have difficulties accessing clean, drinking water due to issues including quality, affordability, and physical availability. The role of community participation in improving water poverty has been studied extensively in developing countries but its impact is infrequently …
Measures Of Corruption, Riccardo Pelizzo
Measures Of Corruption, Riccardo Pelizzo
riccardo pelizzo
The presentation provides an overview of the measures of corruption that can be used to track corruption across countries and over time.
Place-Based Policy And Collaborative Urban Governance: A Discursive Localism Approach, Neil Bradford
Place-Based Policy And Collaborative Urban Governance: A Discursive Localism Approach, Neil Bradford
Neil Bradford
No abstract provided.