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The Effects Of Economic Crisis, Domestic Discord, And State Efficacy On The Decision To Initiate Interstate Conflict, Charles Boehmer Jan 2007

The Effects Of Economic Crisis, Domestic Discord, And State Efficacy On The Decision To Initiate Interstate Conflict, Charles Boehmer

Selected Works Temporary Series

Studies of diversionary conflict typically claim that lower rates of economic growth and domestic unrest increase the risk of militarized interstate conflict. However, extant research shows that these factors are also related to regime changes. Lower rates of economic growth and domestic conflict should increase the risk that governments are overthrown. This paper investigates the comparative risk of economic growth and domestic turmoil on militarized interstate conflict and regime changes on a sample of over a hundred countries from 1920-1992. I find that higher rates of economic growth are related to violent militarized interstate conflicts and reduce the risk of …


Boomerang Or Backfire? Have We Been Telling The Wrong Story About Lovelace V. Canada And The Effectiveness Of The Iccpr?, Andrew M. Robinson Jan 2007

Boomerang Or Backfire? Have We Been Telling The Wrong Story About Lovelace V. Canada And The Effectiveness Of The Iccpr?, Andrew M. Robinson

Contemporary Studies

No abstract provided.


Religious Pluralism In Mauritius And Turkey, Morgan J. O'Brien Iii Jan 2007

Religious Pluralism In Mauritius And Turkey, Morgan J. O'Brien Iii

Browse all Theses and Dissertations

This thesis examines the treatment and facilitation of religious pluralism in Mauritius and Turkey. The thesis utilizes a most-different comparative case study, and argues for the existence of a tipping point that ultimately compels the elected leadership to act. The two states were chosen as most different cases due to their marked difference in religious diversity within each state, as Turkey is almost universally Muslim and Mauritius is very diverse, with large percentages of Christian, Muslim and Buddhist followers on the island state.


Power, Liberalism, And Political Science: Some Christian Reflections, Daniel E. Young Jan 2007

Power, Liberalism, And Political Science: Some Christian Reflections, Daniel E. Young

Faculty Tenure Papers

No abstract provided.


Plus/Minus Grading Protest Broadside, Wku Student Government Association Jan 2007

Plus/Minus Grading Protest Broadside, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Broadside promoting plus/minus grading protest held in the Garrett Hall ballroom.


History : Sweden's Partnership With Nato, Ryan Hendrickson Jan 2007

History : Sweden's Partnership With Nato, Ryan Hendrickson

Faculty Research and Creative Activity

Ryan Hendrickson looks at how Sweden has managed to get the best from both neutrality and NATO.


Punishment And Political Order, Keally D. Mcbride Jan 2007

Punishment And Political Order, Keally D. Mcbride

2019 USF Faculty and Staff Books

Most of us think of punishment as an ugly display of power. But punishment also tells us something about the ideals and aspirations of a people and their government. How a state punishes reveals whether or not it is confident in its own legitimacy and sovereignty. Punishment and Political Order examines the questions raised by the state's exercise of punitive power--from what it is about human psychology that desires sanction and order to how the state can administer pain while calling for justice. Keally McBride's book demonstrates punishment's place at the core of political administration and the stated ideals of …


América Latina En Centros De Estudios Internacionales Españoles: Líneas De Investigación Y Publicaciones, Jesús Alonso-Regalado Jan 2007

América Latina En Centros De Estudios Internacionales Españoles: Líneas De Investigación Y Publicaciones, Jesús Alonso-Regalado

University Libraries Faculty Scholarship

Study of Spanish think tanks focused on Latin American issues.


Celebrate The U.S. Constitution Day, Shippensburg University Of Pennsylvania Jan 2007

Celebrate The U.S. Constitution Day, Shippensburg University Of Pennsylvania

Constitution

Photographs of a display of government documents from Shippensburg University, Pennsylvania.


Constitution Day, Albion College Jan 2007

Constitution Day, Albion College

Constitution

Photograph of a display of government documents from Albion College, Michigan.


Foreign Aid To Africa: A Hollow Hope, Kwame Akonor Jan 2007

Foreign Aid To Africa: A Hollow Hope, Kwame Akonor

Political Science Publications

No abstract provided.


Executive Branch, Lacrosse Public Library Jan 2007

Executive Branch, Lacrosse Public Library

Democracy/Government

Bibliography and photograph of a display of government documents from LaCrosse Public Library, Wisconsin.


Documents And Symbols Of Our Democracy, St. Mary's University, Texas Jan 2007

Documents And Symbols Of Our Democracy, St. Mary's University, Texas

Democracy/Government

Bibliography and photographs of a display of government documents from St. Mary's University, Texas.


“The Rise Of American Democracy: Jefferson To Lincoln” By Sean Wilentz, Cedric De Leon Jan 2007

“The Rise Of American Democracy: Jefferson To Lincoln” By Sean Wilentz, Cedric De Leon

Sociology & Anthropology Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Between Intensive Care And The Crematorium: Using The Standard Of Review To Restore Balance To The Wto, Phoenix X.F. Cai Jan 2007

Between Intensive Care And The Crematorium: Using The Standard Of Review To Restore Balance To The Wto, Phoenix X.F. Cai

Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The Influence Of Gender And Facial Appearance On Voting Practices, Kelsey O'Brien, Amy Reynolds Jan 2007

The Influence Of Gender And Facial Appearance On Voting Practices, Kelsey O'Brien, Amy Reynolds

Undergraduate Research Symposium (UGRS)

Women’s faces tend to naturally retain more neonate features than men. These features, such as a greater eye height, a smaller nose area, and a wider smile, would cause women to have more immature faces than males. Interestingly, women who have these facial features are often perceived as more attractive than women with mature facial features. These findings imply that women would be judged less competent than men, and that immature-faced women would be perceived as less competent and more attractive than mature-faced females. Given the direction of political leadership in our country, this has interesting implications for females that …


"That Dog Don't Hunt": Persuasive Language And Imagery In An Nra Advertisement, James Whittle Jan 2007

"That Dog Don't Hunt": Persuasive Language And Imagery In An Nra Advertisement, James Whittle

Undergraduate Review

No abstract provided.


Making Connections Beyond The Choir, David Johns Jan 2007

Making Connections Beyond The Choir, David Johns

Political Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

Conservationists rely heavily on support from sectors of the population that want wildlife and wild places protected, but for whom it is not a priority. Support for conservation is widespread but not deep and seems to be weakening. This must be changed. Some of the obstacles are material—such as, fewer people have spent any part of their childhood immersed in nature. But many of the obstacles to deepening support among various constituencies rests with conservationists' prejudices: a belief that if people know the facts they will do the right thing; that truth by itself can overcome propaganda; that people are …


Dual Enrollment Between High Schools And A Metropolitan University, Steve Bullock, Gregory A. Petrow, Daniel Patrick O'Dell Jan 2007

Dual Enrollment Between High Schools And A Metropolitan University, Steve Bullock, Gregory A. Petrow, Daniel Patrick O'Dell

Political Science Faculty Publications

Concurrent/dual enrollment programs at postsecondary educational institutions have rapidly proliferated across the country during the last several years with wide variations in the structure and composition of such programs. Having recently completed a pilot phase of its first dual enrollment program, the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) has enjoyed great success due to a relatively unique partnership formed between the university and Omaha area school districts.


The Suits That Counted: The Judicialization Of Presidential Elections, Charles Anthony Smith, Christopher Shortell Jan 2007

The Suits That Counted: The Judicialization Of Presidential Elections, Charles Anthony Smith, Christopher Shortell

Political Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

The litigation resolving the 2000 election received extensive attention, but there was also an increase in pre-election litigation in 2000, suggesting an increased reliance on courts even prior to Bush v. Gore. Did this trend of judicialization of presidential elections in the United States accelerate in 2004? To answer this question, we collect data on pre-election litigation from 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004. Our findings show that the rate of prospective litigation increased dramatically in the 2004 election, even accounting for state and federal electoral reform from 2001-2004. Beyond the increase in raw numbers, we find that the litigation was …


James Kurth: Europe’S Identity Problem And The New Islamist War Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson Jan 2007

James Kurth: Europe’S Identity Problem And The New Islamist War Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson

Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.


Religion, Politics, And Sugar: The Mormon Church, The Federal Government, And The Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, 1907 To 1921, Matthew C. Godfrey Jan 2007

Religion, Politics, And Sugar: The Mormon Church, The Federal Government, And The Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, 1907 To 1921, Matthew C. Godfrey

All USU Press Publications

One famous target of Progressive Era attempts to rein in monopolistic big business was the eastern Sugar Trust. Less known is how federal regulators also tried to break monopoly control over beet sugar in the West by going after the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, a business supported and controlled by the Latter-day Saints church and run by Mormon authorities. As sugar beet agriculture boomed, the Mormon church's involvement led directly to monopolistic practices by Utah-Idaho Sugar and to federal investigations. Church leaders encouraged members, a majority population in much of the intermountain West, to patronize the company exclusively, as suppliers and …


Madame Chair, Jean Miles Westwood Jan 2007

Madame Chair, Jean Miles Westwood

All USU Press Publications

The late Jean Westwood called herself an unintentional pioneer. She did not actively seek or expect to reach what was arguably the most powerful political position any American woman had ever held, chair of the Democratic National Committee. A Utah national committeewoman who time and again had demonstrated her ability to organize effectively and campaign hard, as well as her devotion to reform, Westwood answered George McGovern's call to lead his presidential campaign. In the dramatic year of 1972, she became the first woman to chair a national political party, McGovern lost in a landslide, Nixon was reelected, and a …


Placing Social Policy? Reflections On Canada’S New Deal For Cities And Communities, Neil Bradford Jan 2007

Placing Social Policy? Reflections On Canada’S New Deal For Cities And Communities, Neil Bradford

Data and Test Instruments

This article analyses the New Deal for Cities and Communities pursued by the federal Liberal government between 2004 and 2006. Situating the initiative in broader urban policy debates about the merits of place-based interventions in tackling problems of poverty and exclusion, it is argued that the New Deal represented a novel attempt at "interscalar policy coordination" within Canadian federalism. Three specific policy tools are identified as central to the New Deal framework-municipal revenue transfers; urban development agreements; and community action research. To understand the New Deal's impact, the implementation of these tools is explored in the context of the City …


Whither The Federal Urban Agenda? A New Deal In Transition, Neil Bradford Jan 2007

Whither The Federal Urban Agenda? A New Deal In Transition, Neil Bradford

Data and Test Instruments

No abstract provided.


Canadian Muslims: Political Discourses In Tension, Paul Nesbitt-Larking Jan 2007

Canadian Muslims: Political Discourses In Tension, Paul Nesbitt-Larking

Data and Test Instruments

This article reports on certain studies conducted as part of a broader exploration of Muslim diasporic experiences of political integration and citizenship in contemporary Canada. Both within the Muslim community and between that community and other Canadians, social relations and social representations have recently been undergoing profound reconfigurations, reflective of the ebbs and flows of global forces. Through in-depth interviewing of Canadian Muslims and a discourse analysis of the transcripts of parliamentary Hansard, this article explores the dialectics of two discourses in Canada: a dominant discourse of concern regarding anti-Muslim words and actions in Canada and beyond, and a secondary …


An Independent Special Panel Was Established By Prime Minister Harper On Friday To Review Canada’S Mission And Future In Afghanistan, Cris De Clercy, Erika Simpson Jan 2007

An Independent Special Panel Was Established By Prime Minister Harper On Friday To Review Canada’S Mission And Future In Afghanistan, Cris De Clercy, Erika Simpson

Political Science Publications

An edited version of this article was published as "Is Afghanistan panel just a crass bid to deflect critics?” in London Free Press on October 17, 2007. London Free Press : http://save6.sunmedia.ca/Save/classic/doc?docid=34038784&q=Is%20Afghanistan%20panel%20just%20a%20crass%20bid%20to%20deflect%20critics&stem=false&spaceop=AND&ttype=xsl&tval=headline_sun&pos=0&hn=1&pubAbbrev=sunmedia&dtokey=yvwzsa#anchor34038784


Constitution Day, University Of Cincinnati - Main Campus Jan 2007

Constitution Day, University Of Cincinnati - Main Campus

Constitution

Bibliography and photographs of a display of government documents from the University of Cincinnati, Ohio.


No. 2: The Prospects For Migration Data Harmonization In The Sadc, Vincent Williams, Tiffany Tsang Jan 2007

No. 2: The Prospects For Migration Data Harmonization In The Sadc, Vincent Williams, Tiffany Tsang

Southern African Migration Programme

No abstract provided.


Gender And Remittances: Creating Gender-Responsive Local Development: The Case Of Lesotho, Jonathan Crush, Belinda Dodson, John Gay, Clement Leduka Jan 2007

Gender And Remittances: Creating Gender-Responsive Local Development: The Case Of Lesotho, Jonathan Crush, Belinda Dodson, John Gay, Clement Leduka

Southern African Migration Programme

The number of international migrants passed 200 million in 2008, more than double the figure in 1965. As the number of migrants continues to grow, the character of international migration has been transformed. South-South migration, as it is now commonly referred to, is acquiring ever-greater significance in contemporary migration configurations. South-South movements of international migrants are highly gendered. In particular, the feminization of international migration has meant that the absolute numbers and proportion of women migrants is increasingly rapidly. More and more women are also migrating for work in other countries in their own right. The gender dynamics behind this …