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Lessons From The Arab Spring: Pathways To Democracy After The Revolution In Tunisia, Egpypt And Libya, Manal Abd-El-Hafez Jan 2015

Lessons From The Arab Spring: Pathways To Democracy After The Revolution In Tunisia, Egpypt And Libya, Manal Abd-El-Hafez

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No abstract provided.


Consequence Management: Evaluating And Developing International Responses To Nuclear And Radiological Disasters, Timothy Taylor Jan 2015

Consequence Management: Evaluating And Developing International Responses To Nuclear And Radiological Disasters, Timothy Taylor

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No abstract provided.


The Importance Of Time During Peace Negotiations: The Case Of Bosnia And Herzegovina And The Dayton Peace Accords, Mirnes Osmanovic Jan 2015

The Importance Of Time During Peace Negotiations: The Case Of Bosnia And Herzegovina And The Dayton Peace Accords, Mirnes Osmanovic

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Time is a key component of the mediation process. The amount of time that goes into the process of peace negotiations is just as important as the agreement itself. A successful peace agreement can only be achieved when it is not being rushed. If the implementation of a peace agreement is being rushed by any party involved in the talks, it only increases the possibility that important aspects of the democratic state building process are going to be overlooked. When they are overlooked, the road back to a functioning democracy will be an exceptionally long one. The events that took …


International Branch Campuses, Ninive Gomez Jan 2015

International Branch Campuses, Ninive Gomez

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In this thesis, I studied the socio-economic, cultural, and political impact of International Branch Campuses in developing countries. I focused on the financial implications for the host country and examine whether international education providers are helping to enhance students’ core competency levels. I have investigated the advantages and disadvantages of international education providers in developing countries and what contribution they provide to the development of the host country’s economy. I conducted three case studies (Malaysia, United Arab Emirate and South Africa), which provided empirical understanding of all aspects of International Branch Campuses; including why and how host governments are financing/subsidizing …


The Hazardous Effects Of Ship Scrapping And Recycling On Workers' Rights And The Environment, Maytee Gomez Salgueiro Jan 2015

The Hazardous Effects Of Ship Scrapping And Recycling On Workers' Rights And The Environment, Maytee Gomez Salgueiro

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No abstract provided.


Outcomes Of The Convention On The Elimination Of All Forms Of Discrimination Against Women (Cedaw) In The Arab World, Rosann Mariappuram Jan 2015

Outcomes Of The Convention On The Elimination Of All Forms Of Discrimination Against Women (Cedaw) In The Arab World, Rosann Mariappuram

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The UN General Assembly adopted the Convention to End All Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in 1979 and it is currently the 2nd most ratified human rights convention after the Convention on the Rights of the Child. However critics argue that many of the states that ratified CEDAW continue to discriminate against women and girls. The region of the world where critics seem to focus much of their attention on is the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Islam and the implementation of sharia law are often cited as the sources of discrimination against Arab women. However is this a fair …


Creative Economy As A Path To Economic Development For Africa: Cases Of Nollywood In Nigeria And Women's Gold In Bukina Faso, Rebecca Moudio Jan 2015

Creative Economy As A Path To Economic Development For Africa: Cases Of Nollywood In Nigeria And Women's Gold In Bukina Faso, Rebecca Moudio

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No abstract provided.


The Responsibility To Protect And International Law: Moral, Legal And Practical Perspectives On Kosovo, Libya, And Syria, William R. Blackford Aug 2014

The Responsibility To Protect And International Law: Moral, Legal And Practical Perspectives On Kosovo, Libya, And Syria, William R. Blackford

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Humanitarian intervention has long been a secondary or tertiary concern in a security driven international system. Since NATO's intervention during the Kosovo crisis in 1999 there have been significant developments in both the language and form of humanitarian intervention as a matter of international law. The events in Kosovo sparked debate about how to handle humanitarian crisis in the future and thus humanitarian intervention evolved into a redefinition of sovereignty as responsibility and the Responsibility to Protect. The Responsibility to Protect has had a number of opportunities to continue to evolve and assert itself in an international legal context throughout …


Cross-Cutting Concerns: The Varying Effects Of Partisan Cues In The Context Of Social Networks, Benjamin King Smith Aug 2014

Cross-Cutting Concerns: The Varying Effects Of Partisan Cues In The Context Of Social Networks, Benjamin King Smith

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The theory of motivated reasoning predicts that partisan cues in the media will affect political attitudes, by encouraging individuals to align their views with those of their party's elites. The effect has primarily been tested by looking at issues which have pre-established partisan positions (e.g. immigration reform, gay rights, etc.). This study looks at the effects of partisan cues in the media on attitudes toward a non-partisan issue, the NSA's collection of American's meta-data. Additionally, the study extends research on partisan cues by exploring the moderating role of an individual's political communication network and, specifically, exposure to cross-cutting political communication. …


The Impact Of Economic Integration Within The European Union As A Factor In Conflict Transformation And Peace-Building, John Umo Ette Jul 2014

The Impact Of Economic Integration Within The European Union As A Factor In Conflict Transformation And Peace-Building, John Umo Ette

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This study examines economic integration within the European Union (EU) as a factor in conflict transformation and peace-building. European responses to causes of frequent conflicts and wars after the end of WWII focused on the search for peace, economic cooperation and prosperity. This thesis will focus on three elements: economic interdependence, the expansion of the free market, and economic integration. In-depth examination of these factors reveals that economic interdependence or the exchange of goods and services across inter-state and international boundaries only, is not sufficient to bring peace among states. Economic inter-dependence may reduce the impact of war, but cannot …


Exploring Connections Between Efforts To Restrict Same-Sex Marriage And Surging Public Opinion Support For Same-Sex Marriage Rights: Could Efforts To Restrict Gay Rights Help To Explain Increases In Public Opinion Support For Same-Sex Marriage?, Samuel Everett Christian Dunlop May 2014

Exploring Connections Between Efforts To Restrict Same-Sex Marriage And Surging Public Opinion Support For Same-Sex Marriage Rights: Could Efforts To Restrict Gay Rights Help To Explain Increases In Public Opinion Support For Same-Sex Marriage?, Samuel Everett Christian Dunlop

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Scholarly research on the subject of the swift pace of change in support for same-sex marriage has evolved significantly over the last ten years. The shift has gone beyond the scholarship's initial description amongst demographic groups on how opinion has changed on gay rights issues, like same-sex marriage, to an examination of why the change has occurred. A great deal of the initial research on the topic seemed to focus on demographic traits that suggested a greater propensity toward support for same-sex marriage as time went on. Is the existent literature sufficient to explain why such a dramatic change in …


Explaining Ballot Initiative Contest Outcomes In California, Oregon, And Washington, Hans Daniel Stroo Mar 2014

Explaining Ballot Initiative Contest Outcomes In California, Oregon, And Washington, Hans Daniel Stroo

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What explains the outcomes of ballot initiative contests? What factors determine the passage or rejection of an initiative? This paper describes and evaluates three approaches to explaining ballot initiative contest outcomes. The first approach involves using the expenditures of Yes and No campaigns as the causal factor in explaining why passage or defeat is the respective outcome of a given contest. The second explanatory approach emphasizes the logic of collective action problems. The third approach incorporates the larger constellation of policymaking institutions in which each ballot initiative process exists. Specifically, in what ways is the process shaped by the larger …


Regional Integration And People-Centeredness; An Assessment Of The Mechanisms For Popular Involvement In The Decision-Making Of The East African Community, Louise M. Mdachi Jan 2014

Regional Integration And People-Centeredness; An Assessment Of The Mechanisms For Popular Involvement In The Decision-Making Of The East African Community, Louise M. Mdachi

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No abstract provided.


A Cultural And Macroeconomic Perspective On Mate Selection, Samantha Kanouse Bissell Jan 2014

A Cultural And Macroeconomic Perspective On Mate Selection, Samantha Kanouse Bissell

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No abstract provided.


Assessing The Impact Of International Human Rights Pressures: The Dominican Republic And China, Limer Batista Jan 2014

Assessing The Impact Of International Human Rights Pressures: The Dominican Republic And China, Limer Batista

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No abstract provided.


Responsibility To Protect: The Use And The Abuse, Marwan Hameed Jan 2014

Responsibility To Protect: The Use And The Abuse, Marwan Hameed

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This paper is an attempt to shed the light on the new emerging norm of the Responsibility to Protect, famously known as (R2P) and its use and abuse within international relations landscape. The norm meant to replace the widely argued and challenged principle of humanitarian intervention, and to put an end, once and for all, to the atrocities committed by sovereign states against their own people, providing protection to those civilians who get caught in armed conflicts, and held those responsible for such crimes accountable for it regardless of any impunity they might have. Despite it’s new emerging the norm …


Responsibility To Protect; A Questionable Norm, Albana Hykaj Jan 2014

Responsibility To Protect; A Questionable Norm, Albana Hykaj

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No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Global Product Tradetrade On Transparency, Henry Jarrett Pezzo Jan 2014

The Effects Of Global Product Tradetrade On Transparency, Henry Jarrett Pezzo

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No abstract provided.


The Influence Of The European Union Membership Requirements On The Development Of Two Western Balkan Countries, Albania And Macedonia, Bedrie Matoshi Jan 2014

The Influence Of The European Union Membership Requirements On The Development Of Two Western Balkan Countries, Albania And Macedonia, Bedrie Matoshi

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No abstract provided.


The Effectiveness Of The International Criminal Court And The Impact Of The Initiating Entities, Magret Chingono Jan 2014

The Effectiveness Of The International Criminal Court And The Impact Of The Initiating Entities, Magret Chingono

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No abstract provided.


Racial Gap In Income, Wealth And Asset Allocation Between Ethnic Groups In America, Herby Brutus Jan 2014

Racial Gap In Income, Wealth And Asset Allocation Between Ethnic Groups In America, Herby Brutus

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No abstract provided.


Compliance With International Law On Idps, Refugee And Stateless Persons; A Case Study Of Burmese Refugees In Thailand, Johanna E. Urena Jan 2014

Compliance With International Law On Idps, Refugee And Stateless Persons; A Case Study Of Burmese Refugees In Thailand, Johanna E. Urena

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No abstract provided.


Effect Of Institutional Design Features On The Security In International River Basins, Jennifer Moore Jan 2014

Effect Of Institutional Design Features On The Security In International River Basins, Jennifer Moore

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No abstract provided.


Democratization; Does It Lead To Better Relations With The U.S.?, Brian Sterr Jan 2014

Democratization; Does It Lead To Better Relations With The U.S.?, Brian Sterr

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No abstract provided.


Confronting Transnational Threats; Strong State Strategies Of Cooperation With Weak States And Effectiveness, Christopher Hammond Jan 2014

Confronting Transnational Threats; Strong State Strategies Of Cooperation With Weak States And Effectiveness, Christopher Hammond

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No abstract provided.


Predicting North Korean Reform; Changing The North With A New Strategy, Won Ju Kim Jan 2014

Predicting North Korean Reform; Changing The North With A New Strategy, Won Ju Kim

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No abstract provided.


Does Warlord Prosection/Arrest Help Deter Child Soldiering?, Olga Lyukina Jan 2014

Does Warlord Prosection/Arrest Help Deter Child Soldiering?, Olga Lyukina

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No abstract provided.


The Pursuit Of Nuclear Weapons In The Middle East; Obstacles To A Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zone, Michael Chance Jan 2014

The Pursuit Of Nuclear Weapons In The Middle East; Obstacles To A Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zone, Michael Chance

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No abstract provided.


The Status Of Women Under Neoliberal Reform; A Test Of Two Theories, Donnett Lee Jan 2014

The Status Of Women Under Neoliberal Reform; A Test Of Two Theories, Donnett Lee

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No abstract provided.


A Practical Alternative; Swiss And American Republicanism In The 'Age Of Revolution' And Beyond, Alexander Gambaccini Jan 2014

A Practical Alternative; Swiss And American Republicanism In The 'Age Of Revolution' And Beyond, Alexander Gambaccini

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No abstract provided.