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Full-Text Articles in Political Science
Using Documents: A Figurational Approach, Paddy Dolan
Using Documents: A Figurational Approach, Paddy Dolan
Books/Book chapters
Notwithstanding significant changes in the research cultures of many social science disciplines, there remains a certain orthodoxy in the selection of qualitative methods for consumer research in particular. In this field, focus groups and depth (or qualitative) interviews reign supreme, while the use of documentary evidence is sparse. The obvious exception is the growing number of studies written by historians of consumer culture (see for example, Cohen, 2003; De Grazia, 2005; Donohue, 2006). Historians have traditionally used documents as evidence of particular events, values, ideas and practices at specific times and places. These events can then be organised into a …
Long Live Democracy: The Determinants Of Political Instability In Latin America, Luisa Blanco, Robin Grier
Long Live Democracy: The Determinants Of Political Instability In Latin America, Luisa Blanco, Robin Grier
School of Public Policy Working Papers
In this paper, we investigate the determinants of political instability in Latin America. In a panel of 18 Latin American countries from 1971 to 2000, we find that democratic countries experience less average instability in the region, indicating that the move to increased democracy in the last couple decades may alleviate the persistent problem of instability in the area. We also find that income inequality and ethnic fractionalization are important determinants of instability. Countries with low levels of inequality also suffer less instability on average, while ethnic diversity has a non-linear effect on instability. Many macroeconomic variables commonly thought to …
Chinese Eyes On The Prize: Strategic Partnerships And Changing Priorities, Elizabeth O'Grady
Chinese Eyes On The Prize: Strategic Partnerships And Changing Priorities, Elizabeth O'Grady
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The overall theme of this paper is increasing knowledge of the evolution of Chinese priorities and strategy since the Korean War, and how the evolution of China's relationships reveals changes in priorities. Why were these partnerships entered into on the part of China? What was China's strategic thinking? How do strengths and weaknesses in these partnerships reflect China's changing priorities? To attempt to answer these questions, three case studies are used to reveal and analyze changes: Sino- North Korean relations since the Korean War, Sino-Russian relations after the end of the Cold War, and Chinese participation (relations with member states) …
200911 Obiter Dicta: Christmas 2009, Steven Samson
200911 Obiter Dicta: Christmas 2009, Steven Samson
Faculty Publications and Presentations
No abstract provided.
Statement On Nato’S Nuclear Weapons Policies, Erika Simpson
Statement On Nato’S Nuclear Weapons Policies, Erika Simpson
Political Science Publications
No abstract provided.
The New U.S. Doctrine Of Preemptive Warfare And Its Implications For Nuclear Deterrence And Disarmament, Erika Simpson
The New U.S. Doctrine Of Preemptive Warfare And Its Implications For Nuclear Deterrence And Disarmament, Erika Simpson
Political Science Publications
No abstract provided.
Learning Through Evaluation? Reflections On Two Federal Community-Building Initiatives, Neil Bradford, Jill Chouinard
Learning Through Evaluation? Reflections On Two Federal Community-Building Initiatives, Neil Bradford, Jill Chouinard
Data and Test Instruments
In recent years, the federal government has launched numerous pilot projects to tackle complex, localized policy problems through new modes of governance involving vertical engagement with community-based organizations and horizontal collaboration across departments. A key purpose of these time-limited projects is policy learning, with an emphasis on action research and stakeholder dialogue to inform future innovation. However, realizing the possibilities for learning through pilot projects requires evaluation frameworks sensitive to the particular challenges of collaborative and community-based policy making. Through comparative case study analysis of two recent federal pilot projects, we highlight tensions in prevailing approaches and explore strategies for …
Terrible Beauty: Globalization, Consciousness, And Ethics, Paul Nesbitt-Larking
Terrible Beauty: Globalization, Consciousness, And Ethics, Paul Nesbitt-Larking
Data and Test Instruments
No abstract provided.
Introduction To The Special Issue On Communications, The Media And Policy In Canada, Paul Nesbitt-Larking, Michael Howlett
Introduction To The Special Issue On Communications, The Media And Policy In Canada, Paul Nesbitt-Larking, Michael Howlett
Data and Test Instruments
No abstract provided.
Security, Subjectivity And Space In Postcolonial Europe: Muslims In The Diaspora, Catarina Kinnvall, Paul Nesbitt-Larking
Security, Subjectivity And Space In Postcolonial Europe: Muslims In The Diaspora, Catarina Kinnvall, Paul Nesbitt-Larking
Data and Test Instruments
In this article, we call into question the assumptions that undergird conceptions of boundary, territory, community and ethno-cultural belonging in the constitution of European security. Both the term ‘human security’ as defined by development and human rights scholars and ‘securitisation’ as conceptualised by critical security studies concern the socio-psychological aspects of security. Yet, few attempts have been made to seriously discuss the psychological effects of securitisation on subjectivity and space. There is, as we will argue, a tendency in much literature to use concepts of ‘existential security’, ‘fear’, ‘needs’ and the ‘politics of belonging’ – obviously connected to the human …
Reframing Campaigning: Communications, The Media And Elections In Canada, Paul Nesbitt-Larking
Reframing Campaigning: Communications, The Media And Elections In Canada, Paul Nesbitt-Larking
Data and Test Instruments
This article is a critical assessment of Canadian perspectives on the role of the media in electoral behaviour, notably on the roles media play in setting or responding to the agenda in the heat of election campaigns. Research into the role of the media in election campaigns has been conducted within the broadly behaviouralist tradition of political scientific research. The article begins with a brief contextualization of the behaviouralist research tradition in Canada. Within the specific context of Canadian history and its social structure, the introduction explains how the very questions that Canadians have posed regarding media/campaign interactions have been …
The Aesthetics Of Human Rights, Sharon Sliwinski
The Aesthetics Of Human Rights, Sharon Sliwinski
Data and Test Instruments
This essay situates the 1755 Lisbon earthquake as an alternate origin point for human rights discourse. As one of the most destructive earthquakes in recorded history, the event had a broad effect on both scientific and philosophical thought. The quake also represents one of the first modern mass media events in which subjects throughout Europe became spectators to a distant catastrophe. Both visual and verbal representations of the event circulated throughout Europe with incredible efficiency and helped inaugurate a secular notion of human suffering as well as thoughts about its prevention. The story of the quake shows that the notion …
Asst. Attorney Gen. Zachariah Montgomery: Political Poison In The Public Schools (1886) Reading And Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson
Asst. Attorney Gen. Zachariah Montgomery: Political Poison In The Public Schools (1886) Reading And Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson
Faculty Publications and Presentations
No abstract provided.
Politics Of Europe Resources, Steven Alan Samson
Politics Of Europe Resources, Steven Alan Samson
Faculty Publications and Presentations
No abstract provided.
Political Theory Websites And Bibliography, Steven Alan Samson
Political Theory Websites And Bibliography, Steven Alan Samson
Faculty Publications and Presentations
No abstract provided.
200908 Obiter Dicta: Thanksgiving 2009, Steven Samson
200908 Obiter Dicta: Thanksgiving 2009, Steven Samson
Faculty Publications and Presentations
No abstract provided.
Lawrence E. Harrison: The Central Liberal Truth Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson
Lawrence E. Harrison: The Central Liberal Truth Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson
Faculty Publications and Presentations
This book is one of several by several authors that grow out of the Culture Matters Research Project of the late 1990s. Mariano Grondona developed the grid of twenty-five elements of culture. A similar approach was developed by the anthropologist Edward T. Hall in his classic study, The Silent Language (1959). Ronald Inglehart has tested data from the World Values Survey and has found considerable correlation to support the Progress Typology about which he written.
Erik Von Kuehnelt-Leddihn: The Intelligent American’S Guide To Europe (1979) Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson
Erik Von Kuehnelt-Leddihn: The Intelligent American’S Guide To Europe (1979) Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson
Faculty Publications and Presentations
No abstract provided.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn: A World Split Apart Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson
Alexander Solzhenitsyn: A World Split Apart Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson
Faculty Publications and Presentations
No abstract provided.
200910 Obiter Dicta: Mid-Advent 2009, Steven Samson
200910 Obiter Dicta: Mid-Advent 2009, Steven Samson
Faculty Publications and Presentations
No abstract provided.
Joseph Nye, Jr.: Understanding International Conflicts Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson
Joseph Nye, Jr.: Understanding International Conflicts Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson
Faculty Publications and Presentations
No abstract provided.
Howard J. Wiarda: Political Development In Emerging Nations: Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson
Howard J. Wiarda: Political Development In Emerging Nations: Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson
Faculty Publications and Presentations
No abstract provided.
Why Has The United States Never Ratified The Un Convention On The Elimination Of All Forms Of Discrimination Against Women?, Hannah Elizabeth Kington
Why Has The United States Never Ratified The Un Convention On The Elimination Of All Forms Of Discrimination Against Women?, Hannah Elizabeth Kington
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), adopted by the United Nations in 1979, has now been ratified by 185 countries, consisting of more than ninety percent of all UN members. The United States, however, has never ratified the Convention. The history of the Convention provides evidence of global support for women’s rights. While there are complex reasons behind the United States’ failure to ratify CEDAW, the United States’ commitment to unilateralism, an attitude of “American exceptionalism” and the long-term inequality and discrimination against women in the U.S. all contribute to the stifling of …
How An Ethnic Store Impacts A Community - The Case Of Kam Sen Foods In White Plains, Tiantian Tang
How An Ethnic Store Impacts A Community - The Case Of Kam Sen Foods In White Plains, Tiantian Tang
Master in Public Administration Theses
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Public Administration, Dyson College of ARts and Sciences, Pace Universtiy.
The Managing Of The Presidency: Applying Theory-Driven Empirical Models To The Study Of White House Bureaucratic Performance, Justin Vaughn, José Villalobos
The Managing Of The Presidency: Applying Theory-Driven Empirical Models To The Study Of White House Bureaucratic Performance, Justin Vaughn, José Villalobos
Departmental Papers (PS)
We argue that scholars of the presidency should begin to apply their rich descriptive understanding of White House organization and personnel to questions of causality. To help guide this effort, we offer a theory-driven empirical model that explains organizational performance. Importing theory from the public management literature, we show how scholars can use the Meier-O'Toole (MO) model to explain performance outcomes and dynamics for key political and policy functions within the institutional presidency. We introduce the MO model and discuss its potential impact on the field of presidency studies.
Obama’S Empty Cupboard: Contending With Administrative Vacancies And The Threat To Neutral Competence, Justin Vaughn, José Villalobos
Obama’S Empty Cupboard: Contending With Administrative Vacancies And The Threat To Neutral Competence, Justin Vaughn, José Villalobos
Departmental Papers (PS)
In this essay, we focus on the public administration challenge concerning the rising number of politically motivated administrative vacancies resulting from George W. Bush's tenure in office with which President Barack Obama must now contend. We argue that the hyper-politicization of personnel decision-making during the presidency of George W. Bush left many parts of the federal bureaucracy understaffed, yet more densely populated by staffers chosen more for ideological and political congruence than administrative competence. For President Obama to achieve key aspects of his policy agenda, he must first attend to fixing these staffing problems and then to reforming the personnel …
The Limits Of Self-Reliance: Emerson, Slavery, And Abolition, James Read
The Limits Of Self-Reliance: Emerson, Slavery, And Abolition, James Read
Political Science Faculty Publications
In the 1841 essay “Self-Reliance” Ralph Waldo Emerson presupposed a democratic society of free and equal individuals – an idealized America with a veil drawn over racial slavery. As his own commitment to the antislavery cause deepened over time Emerson sought to reconcile his ideal of self-reliance with organized political action necessary to fight slavery.
Recent scholarship has corrected the previously dominant image of Emerson as detached from politics and indifferent to abolitionism. But even as he participated in it, Emerson saw antislavery activism as a distraction from his own proper work of freeing “imprisoned spirits, imprisoned thoughts, far back …
Victim And Witness Intimidation, Elsa Y. Chen
Victim And Witness Intimidation, Elsa Y. Chen
Political Science
Victim or witness intimidation is the practice of threatening, harming, or otherwise instilling fear in a victim of, or witness to, a crime, in an effort to prevent him or her from reporting a crime or testifying in court. It may also be used to convince a victim or witness to recant testimony that has already been made. The intimidation may involve physical violence, explicit threats of physical violence, implicit threats, and/or property damage. Threats may be made by the defendant or by his or her friends, family, fellow gang members, or other associates. Most victim and witness intimidation takes …
Exploring The Nature Of Anti-Federalist Thought: Republicanism And Liberalism In The Political Thought Of Cato, Christopher Hallenbrook
Exploring The Nature Of Anti-Federalist Thought: Republicanism And Liberalism In The Political Thought Of Cato, Christopher Hallenbrook
Undergraduate Review
Scholarship of the American founding remains divided as to the nature of Anti-Federalist political philosophy. One school of thought contends that the Anti-Federalists were the heirs of the republican tradition, while the other maintains that the Anti-Federalists operated from a liberal worldview. Thus in what manner and to what extent Anti-Federalists draw upon the republican and/or liberal political traditions remains unclear. In answering this question I examine the writings of the Anti-Federalist Cato, analyzing what conceptualizations characterize Anti-Federalist thought and from what traditions of political philosophy these ideas arose. I also analyze texts of the major traditions that my have …
Interview And Interrogation: A Perspective And Update From The Usa, Randy Borum, Michael Gelles, Steven Kleinman
Interview And Interrogation: A Perspective And Update From The Usa, Randy Borum, Michael Gelles, Steven Kleinman
Mental Health Law & Policy Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.