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Full-Text Articles in Political Science
The Absent God: Do Implicit Biases Influence Current Prayer Research?, Chase O'Gwin, Dr. Brent Slife
The Absent God: Do Implicit Biases Influence Current Prayer Research?, Chase O'Gwin, Dr. Brent Slife
Journal of Undergraduate Research
In a recent article Dr. Slife and Reber (2009) make an argument that there is a pervasive bias against theism in psychological research. They state that in the effort to remain neutral towards religious thinking, including Christian theism, the science of psychology has become implicitly biased. This bias is masked by an attempt at neutrality; psychologists assume that God is not required in science, but if a theist wishes to insert a God, nothing is changed. The implicit bias against theism is made manifest because for the theist God is required in all things, and when science informs the theist …
Investigating Where Japanese Political Loyalties Lay Through The Candidate Selection Processes, Yoshiki Matsunaga, Dr. Jessica Preece
Investigating Where Japanese Political Loyalties Lay Through The Candidate Selection Processes, Yoshiki Matsunaga, Dr. Jessica Preece
Journal of Undergraduate Research
The goal is to find out the candidate selection/nomination process for Japanese political parties, and then we will test whether differences in these processes impact Japanese Legislators’ voting behavior.
Leveraging Technology And The Wisdom Of Crowds, Robert Morello, Dr. Daniel Nielson
Leveraging Technology And The Wisdom Of Crowds, Robert Morello, Dr. Daniel Nielson
Journal of Undergraduate Research
A structural problem plagues the delivery of foreign aid: the beneficiaries have little ability or means to inform the donors of the projects’ initial needs, progress, or effects. As development projects are typically executed, donors carry out assessments that often involve surveys or other before-and-after appraisals. But the approach is nearly always observational, and thus the results are likely biased toward positive findings. Thus, the feedback mechanisms that could regulate public spending in domestic contexts are broken or missing when it comes to foreign aid. Some scholars have identified the absence of feedback as the key reason why aid sometimes …
Tea Party Endorsements: An Analysis Of The 2010 Congressional Elections, John Holbein, Dr. Jeremy Pope
Tea Party Endorsements: An Analysis Of The 2010 Congressional Elections, John Holbein, Dr. Jeremy Pope
Journal of Undergraduate Research
My ORCA project focused on the strategies and impacts of the Tea Party Movement in the 2010 Congressional Elections. Using data gathered from an analysis of 55 national and local newspapers, this project examined endorsements made by the Tea Party Movement in House of Representatives races during the 2010 election cycle. I performed the data collection, analysis, and write up for this project. I also compiled a research poster that I presented at the prestigious Midwest Political Science Association in Chicago, Illinois. My research was also featured at the Mary Lou Fulton Conference for Undergraduate Research at Brigham Young University.
Do Donor States Care About Ngo Quality?, Nicholas Jones, Dr. Darren Hawkins
Do Donor States Care About Ngo Quality?, Nicholas Jones, Dr. Darren Hawkins
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Our research examines whether donor countries care about the quality of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) when giving foreign aid to poor countries. When donor states give foreign aid to recipient states, such the US giving foreign aid to Uganda, the donor states must choose what is called a channel of delivery. This is the channel through which the donor’s aid will reach the intended beneficiaries. Donors can opt to channel their aid directly through the recipient government, or they can sidestep the recipient government, and instead utilize a non-state channel such as an NGO or multilateral organization. Presumably, donors will normally …
Beyond Populism: An Empirical Categorization Of Elite Political Discourse, Stephen Cranney, Dr. Kirk Hawkins
Beyond Populism: An Empirical Categorization Of Elite Political Discourse, Stephen Cranney, Dr. Kirk Hawkins
Journal of Undergraduate Research
The project Dr. Hawkins, Mayavel Amado, and I completed with the assistance of the ORCA funds provided was an extension of a previous project that we presented at the American Political Science Association’s annual meeting in 2010. Specifically, that paper presented theoretical possibilities for expanding the study of rhetorical categorizations beyond populism—-the only field in which there had been previous research. Specifically, this project was an attempt to empirically verify what we argued in that paper. We used the same methodology he used earlier (Hawkins 2009) to classify and delineate populism as a political discourse and applied it to other …
Political Risk And The Currency Markets: A Look At How The Structure Of Government Impacts Exchange Rates In Emerging And Developing Economies, Aaron Gifford, Dr. Joel Selway
Political Risk And The Currency Markets: A Look At How The Structure Of Government Impacts Exchange Rates In Emerging And Developing Economies, Aaron Gifford, Dr. Joel Selway
Journal of Undergraduate Research
For the last three years, the world has seen dramatic changes in the global economy. What began as a local failure of a couple banks and the deterioration of innovative financial products in the U.S. soon spread to other nations around the world. While most countries have had to suffer these wide-spread effects, some have been able to adapt to economic problems more easily and quickly than others, successfully leading their country out of financial distress. The major contributors to this success have largely been government-related. Swift financial intervention and robust economic legislation have helped these nations recover faster than …
Representation In Utah’S Candidate Nomination System, Matthew Frei, Dr. J. Quin Monson
Representation In Utah’S Candidate Nomination System, Matthew Frei, Dr. J. Quin Monson
Journal of Undergraduate Research
When Senator Robert Bennett was defeated in the 2010 Republican state nominating convention, many political observers suggested that Utah’s nomination system gives too much power to convention delegates who nominate candidates who do not well represent most Utahns. My ORCA research addresses these concerns by accessing the representativeness of Utah’s candidate nomination system.
How Religious Practices Affect The Rise Of Populism In Latin America, Victoria Garcia, Dr. Kirk Hawkins
How Religious Practices Affect The Rise Of Populism In Latin America, Victoria Garcia, Dr. Kirk Hawkins
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Populism is “a Manichaean discourse that identifies Good with a unified will of the people and Evil with a conspiring elite” (Hawkins 2009). It is a movement that has been spreading in Latin America, in which a group of people consider themselves as the majority being oppressed by an Evil elite. The surge of charismatic leaders seeking to represent the will of the people characterizes this movement. An example of these types of leaders is Hugo Chavez in Venezuela, where he is supported by a populist majority.
Walking The Walk: Gender Issues And Ugandan Non-Governmental Organizations, Zachary Christensen, Dr. Michael Findley
Walking The Walk: Gender Issues And Ugandan Non-Governmental Organizations, Zachary Christensen, Dr. Michael Findley
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Ugandan non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have played a prominent role in the transmission gender equality norms in Ugandan. Uganda typically fares poorly in international measures of gender equality which in part seems to stem from the socially conservative political views of the country. Notwithstanding those views, Uganda has recently made significant progress towards implementing more progressive legislation regarding women. The Domestic Violence Act passed by the Parliament of Uganda with backing from the President was one piece of evidence of this shift, establishing firm punishment for domestic violence. The government has also taken increasingly aggressive measures to end female genital mutilation. …
The Gender Gap: Analyzing Utah’S Election Outcomes And Policy Preferences, Josephine Borich, Dr. Jeremy Pope
The Gender Gap: Analyzing Utah’S Election Outcomes And Policy Preferences, Josephine Borich, Dr. Jeremy Pope
Journal of Undergraduate Research
My project focused on finding policy differences between male and female candidates in Utah’s 2010 Republican Convention. I hypothesized that there would be policy differences between the genders and that these differences in opinion had the possibility to swing elections.
Credibility And Accountability: The Effect Of Publication On Ngo Willingness To Be Evaluated, Megan Spencer, Dr. Michael Findley
Credibility And Accountability: The Effect Of Publication On Ngo Willingness To Be Evaluated, Megan Spencer, Dr. Michael Findley
Journal of Undergraduate Research
In today’s NGO environment, evaluations are frequent, but NGOs rarely have outsider expectations on which to base their assessments. Thus, NGOs have strong incentives to make their evaluations strictly contextual. Consequently, NGO stakeholders—donors, beneficiaries, and local government officials—have little information as to the quality of a given organization (Barr et al 2004). This leads to a large spectrum of evaluation techniques and environments in which information asymmetries on both sides of the market are detrimental to NGO improvement (Edwards and Hulme 1998). We believe that a standardized evaluation mechanism for NGOs can help to alleviate some of these obstacles. However, …
Federalism Dataset, Nicole Taylor, Dr. Joel Selway
Federalism Dataset, Nicole Taylor, Dr. Joel Selway
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Comparative politics, the study of government structures around the world, is a relatively new field, and the study of federalism is even more recent. Studies are typically conducted by selecting two or three countries and comparing their government structures using qualitative measures or by studying a large sample using statistical analysis. Authors who study federalism have been limited to qualitative analysis by the lack of a dataset of federal systems.
Herbert Hoover And Belgian Relief, Albert Winkler
Herbert Hoover And Belgian Relief, Albert Winkler
Faculty Publications
Herbert Hoover was an orphan, who retained great empathy for the weak and hungry his entire life. Working without pay, he organized and administered Belgian Relief starting in 1914 to get food to ten million Belgians and Frenchmen behind German lines. His efforts doubtlessly saved hundreds of thousands from starvation. This was only the starting point in his career as the "Great Humanitarian." He got food to Germany at the end of both world wars, aided Russia in their great famine, and reportedly got food to hundreds of millions of people in his lengthy career. No one has ever done …
Rethinking Fdi: China’S Geopolitical Move Into Europe, John Harris, Dr. Wade Jacoby
Rethinking Fdi: China’S Geopolitical Move Into Europe, John Harris, Dr. Wade Jacoby
Journal of Undergraduate Research
The magnitude of Chinese outward foreign direct investment (FDI) flows has skyrocketed in the past decade. In the wake of the Chinese “Going Out” policy, many high profile Chinese firms are buying up companies in all regions of the world. It is curious that Chinese firms are poised to allocate large amounts of capital abroad so early on in their development. But what is more puzzling is the destination of outward FDI from China. Typically, a country’s FDI is determined by economic, cost-cutting motives. Chinese firms, however, tend to focus on areas that do not maximize their economic returns. This …
Mapping Civil Society: An Experiment In Ngo Coordination, Madeleine Gleave, Dr. Daniel Nielson
Mapping Civil Society: An Experiment In Ngo Coordination, Madeleine Gleave, Dr. Daniel Nielson
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Our research took us to the red dirt and bustling streets of Uganda. There we sought to understand how non-governmental organizations behave. We were interested in understanding the coordination behavior of NGOs in Uganda and India. With the on-site mentorship of Professor Daniel Nielson, we conducted a randomized controlled trial in the field that involved randomly assigning a subset of NGOs in our sample the ability to use an online NGO project mapping tool that we generated (to view, see: http://ngocoordinationug.tumblr.com/).
Buzzwords Without Borders: Three Field Experiments In Individual Donation Behavior, Scott Jackson, Dr. Joshua Gubler
Buzzwords Without Borders: Three Field Experiments In Individual Donation Behavior, Scott Jackson, Dr. Joshua Gubler
Journal of Undergraduate Research
In 2009, the Pew Internet & American Life Project reported that over the preceding twelve months, 67% of Americans “contributed to a charity or non-profit organization other than their place of worship” (Smith et al., 2009). The study also found that 11% of Internet users had gone online to donate money to a nonprofit or charitable organization in the preceding year. In 2002, the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University reported that the average amount donated by American donor households was $1,872 (Center, 2006). These studies show that modern nonprofits access a large market of potential donors and wealth when …
A Theory Of Motivated Recall: Determinants Of Recall Of Political Information, Robert Richards, Dr. Christopher Karpowitz
A Theory Of Motivated Recall: Determinants Of Recall Of Political Information, Robert Richards, Dr. Christopher Karpowitz
Journal of Undergraduate Research
A great deal of political research has analyzed how people form their opinions about candidates and issues. Two models, drawing heavily from cognitive psychology have emerged: the memory-based model (Zaller and Feldman 1992; Huckfeldt et al 1999) and the on-line model (Taber, Lodge, and Glathar 2001). Though the mechanics differ, both models assume a person recalls some sort of information when forming or reporting an opinion. Thus, political opinions depend largely on recall of political information.
To Act And Not Be Acted Upon: A Look At State-Building In Bosnia, Kurt Hepler, Dr. Nicholas Wheeler
To Act And Not Be Acted Upon: A Look At State-Building In Bosnia, Kurt Hepler, Dr. Nicholas Wheeler
Journal of Undergraduate Research
In the wake of the brutal wars between Serbs, Croats, and Bosniaks following the breakup of former Yugoslavia, many international organizations (IOs) and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) poured into Bosnia and Herzegovina. These organizations were tasked with helping the country rebuild its badly damaged political, social, and economic infrastructure. But is there a point at which international organizations become too entrenched in the development of the country they are trying to help? My research project sought to answer this question through a comprehensive study of the impact that high levels of international involvement had on the development of state capacity in …
A Little Help For My Friends: Do Foreign Aid Donors Reject Ngos In Favor Of Their Blatantly Corrupt Allies?, Nicholas Jones, Dr. Darren Hawkins
A Little Help For My Friends: Do Foreign Aid Donors Reject Ngos In Favor Of Their Blatantly Corrupt Allies?, Nicholas Jones, Dr. Darren Hawkins
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Our research examines whether donor countries care about the quality of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) when giving foreign aid to poor countries. When donor states give foreign aid to recipient states, such the US giving foreign aid to Uganda, the donor states must choose what is called a channel of delivery. This is the channel through which the donor’s aid will reach the intended beneficiaries. Donors can opt to channel their aid directly through the recipient government, or they can bypass the recipient government and instead utilize a non-state channel, such as an NGO. In past times, many donors have chanelled …
Authoritarianism And Immigration Attitudes, Jessica Biggs, Dr. Christopher Karpowitz
Authoritarianism And Immigration Attitudes, Jessica Biggs, Dr. Christopher Karpowitz
Journal of Undergraduate Research
The purpose of this project was to study whether exposing survey participants to information about immigration change will affect participants with high levels of authoritarianism. This project focused on whether individuals with high levels of authoritarianism will have higher levels of cognitive dissonance when presented with information about change and increasing immigrant populations.
Welfare To Votes: Does Tanf Depress Political Participation?, Taylor Bambas Rosecrans, Dr. Christopher Karpowittz
Welfare To Votes: Does Tanf Depress Political Participation?, Taylor Bambas Rosecrans, Dr. Christopher Karpowittz
Journal of Undergraduate Research
The purpose of my study is to find a link between government welfare programs and the political participation of recipients. This kind of study is called a policy feedback analysis. It examines a public policy to see what effect it had on human behavior. There is basis for this sort of research in political science. One highly respected work that was one of the first policy feedback studies was Suzanne Mettler’s book “Soldiers to Citizens” (2005). Mettler found that after WWII, the G.I. bill helped former soldiers to feel like highly valued citizens, funding their education and inspiring them to …
All Donors Great And Small: Putting The 2008 Surge In Individual Political Contributions In Perspective, Dr. Jay Goodliffe
All Donors Great And Small: Putting The 2008 Surge In Individual Political Contributions In Perspective, Dr. Jay Goodliffe
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Using funding from the Mentoring Environment Grant, we produced a full book manuscript that is currently under review at different university presses (“Message, Messenger, and Medium: Understanding the 2008 Presidential Donor Surge”). The book consists of 10 chapters and is over 500 manuscript pages.
Does Killing Drug Cartel Leaders Increase Violence In Mexico?, Alex Wilson, Jay Goodliffe
Does Killing Drug Cartel Leaders Increase Violence In Mexico?, Alex Wilson, Jay Goodliffe
FHSS Mentored Research Conference
Soon after Felipe Calderon became president of Mexico, he drastically changed the country's policy concerning drug cartels and drug trade. The policy moved from destroying production of drugs, such as burning poppy and marijuana fields, to an attack on the organization of the Drug Cartels. Opponents of this action, argue that the policy has been ineffective in reducing drug flow, but has only increased violence. One argument made for the increasing violence is that the killing of drug cartel leaders leads to fractionalization and competition within the cartel. This fractionalization then leads to violence as different members of the cartel …
Book Reviews, Laina Farhat-Holzman, Bertil Haggman, Pedro Geiger, Michael Andregg
Book Reviews, Laina Farhat-Holzman, Bertil Haggman, Pedro Geiger, Michael Andregg
Comparative Civilizations Review
No abstract provided.
The Best Way To Select State Court Judges, Curtis Thomas, Sven Wilson
The Best Way To Select State Court Judges, Curtis Thomas, Sven Wilson
FHSS Mentored Research Conference
Due to the spending increase in campaigns for state court judges and to the controversial positions taken by state court judges on high-profile issues, research has increased into the methods state use to select their judges. This poster highlights research into the best method for selecting state court judges. By comparing the different methods for selecting state court judges currently in use according to goals considered to be relevant to this issue, I conclude that the best method for selecting state court judges is a combination of appointment for a state's highest court judges and non-partisan elections for a state's …
Facing Reality: An Experimental Approach To Ethnic Identity, Dr. Michael Findley, Dr. Daniel Nielson
Facing Reality: An Experimental Approach To Ethnic Identity, Dr. Michael Findley, Dr. Daniel Nielson
Journal of Undergraduate Research
The research project has been successful, overall, and we are continuing to prepare research for publication. When we recruited students to assist us with the research, we asked them to develop their own research project that they could carry out in addition to ours. Prior to leaving to South Africa in June, we helped the students develop several additional smaller projects.
The Effects Of Development Aid On Public Health, Dr. Daniel Nielson
The Effects Of Development Aid On Public Health, Dr. Daniel Nielson
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Between 2007 and 2009 the students in my mentoring research program helped fill out the Project-Level Aid (PLAID) Database, now called AidData and located at aiddata.org, to such an extent that the academic fruits became both evident and prominent. With the help of the mentored students we were able to expand, improve, and finally release the database. It has become the most useful tool for pursuing research questions regarding foreign aid and development assistance. It has also become a frequented site of aid policymakers and practitioners. It is – by far – the most comprehensive database on development finance, with …
Unraveling The "Gypsy Question": The Tale Of The Romanian Roma And Solutions To Romani Integration, Thomas Biggs
Unraveling The "Gypsy Question": The Tale Of The Romanian Roma And Solutions To Romani Integration, Thomas Biggs
Library Research Grants
The Roma are a misunderstood and often controversial minority in Europe and across the globe, even their name is a source of dispute; e.g., “Roma” versus “Gypsy.” Although difficult, Romani integration into Romanian society is possible; however, this integration requires an informed approach in policy and public attitude. Often times, local governmental focus centers not on what can be done for the Roma, but what can be done about them. This approach lacks understanding, although its sentiment is the basis of the “Gypsy Question,” both in Romania and in Europe. Integration of the Roma, at its foundation, requires an understanding …
Features Of Greek Satyr Play As A Guide To Interpretation For Plato's "Republic", Noel B. Reynolds
Features Of Greek Satyr Play As A Guide To Interpretation For Plato's "Republic", Noel B. Reynolds
Faculty Publications
The paper borrows from recent work by classicists on satyr play and demonstrates significant parallels between Plato’s Republic and the structure, theme, and stereotypical contents that characterize this newly studied genre of ancient Greek drama. Like satyr play, the Republic includes repeated passages where metatheatricality can reverse the meaning. The frequent occurrence of all the stereotypical elements of satyr play in Plato’s Republic also suggests to readers that they should be responding to Socrates’s narration as they would to a satyr play, again reversing meaning by communicating a set of literary expectations to Plato’s readers over the heads of Socrates’s …