Ambition, Electoral Competition, And Legislative Representation In Mexico, 1997-2009,
2013
University of New Mexico
Ambition, Electoral Competition, And Legislative Representation In Mexico, 1997-2009, Yann P. Kerevel
Political Science ETDs
Explaining legislative behavior in the Mexico represents a puzzle given the state of existing theory. Despite a ban on consecutive reelection, Mexican legislators engage in many behaviors thought to be the result of seeking reelection. Furthermore, existing theories of progressive ambition also cannot explain the tendency of many Mexican legislators to seek less prestigious offices after serving for a single term. This dissertation develops a novel theory of political ambition that accounts for the movement up and down the career ladder by Mexican federal legislators, and highlights several behavioral implications of the pursuit of political careers in a context where …
Teori Kekuasaan Michel Foucault: Tantangan Bagi Sosiologi Politik,
2013
Universitas Negeri Jakarta
Teori Kekuasaan Michel Foucault: Tantangan Bagi Sosiologi Politik, Abdil Mughis Mudhoffir
Masyarakat: Jurnal Sosiologi
Power is often discussed in political discourse or in political sociology. In this context, power is understood as the attribution, capacity, or capital to achieve certain goals of the owners. Foucault does not reject this argument, but this perspective would not be able to expose the invisible subjugation. The more critical view of power appears in cultural studies. Gramsci’s concept of hegemony is often used to dismantle the cultural establishment in the process of domination that was veiled. The more sophisticated findings, power has surpassed even the hegemonic ways, which is factually or coined by Foucault as governmentality. This paper …
After Tiller,
2013
Truman State University
After Tiller, Dereck Daschke
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of After Tiller (2013) directed by Martha Shane and Lana Wilson.
Blandford, Donald J., B. 1938 (Sc 877),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Blandford, Donald J., B. 1938 (Sc 877), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 877. Letters written by Donald J. Blandford, Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives, to Representative Richard A. Sanders, Jr., Smiths Grove, Kentucky, during the federal investigation (known as Operation Boptrot) of Kentucky House members and staff.
Stone, Amy Michelle (Hodgkins), B. 1972 (Sc 836),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Stone, Amy Michelle (Hodgkins), B. 1972 (Sc 836), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 836. Research paper written by Amy M. Hodgkins Stone entitled “The Assassination of President Kennedy As Witnessed by Dr. Francis Thompson” written for U.S. History class, 27 November 1990.
Stability And Instability In Third World Security Complexes: The Role Of Arms Transfers,
2013
Portland State University
Stability And Instability In Third World Security Complexes: The Role Of Arms Transfers, David Todd Kinsella
Political Science Faculty Publications and Presentations
Controversy surrounds the alleged effects of foreign arms transfers on belligerency: do they precipitate international conflict, as some critics suggest, or do they promote stability by reinforcing deterrence, as others maintain? This paper examines the connection between arms transfers to the Third World and the occurrence of interstate conflict, including militarized disputes, from the end of World War II until the early 1990s. My analysis indicates that, in the aggregate, arms transfers almost uniformly contributed to subsequent instability within security complexes located in various regions of the Third World, but that the effects of American versus Russian arms supplies often …
Gooch, Thomas Claiborne, 1830-1889 (Sc 810),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Gooch, Thomas Claiborne, 1830-1889 (Sc 810), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 810. Letter, 1864, written by Thomas Claiborne Gooch, Louisville, Kentucky, to his brother William, Logan County, Kentucky. Includes comments about the gold standard, Major General Stephen Gano Burbridge, George B. McClellan’s chances of winning the 1864 presidential election, and Robert E. Lee’s international influence.
Mccreery, Thomas Clay, 1816-1890 (Sc 568),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Mccreery, Thomas Clay, 1816-1890 (Sc 568), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 568. Two 1868 letters from Thomas Clay McCreery, Washington, D.C. to unknwon recipients, which give the addresses of two former U.S. senators from Kentucky. McCreery was serving as U.S. senator from Kentucky at the time.
Sand Hill Democratic Club - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 809),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Sand Hill Democratic Club - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 809), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 809. Notice of meeting called for 14 September 1888 to organize a Democratic club at Sand Hill, Warren County, Kentucky.
Power Transition Theory And The Global Arms Trade: Exploring Constructs From Social Network Analysis,
2013
Portland State University
Power Transition Theory And The Global Arms Trade: Exploring Constructs From Social Network Analysis, David Todd Kinsella
Political Science Faculty Publications and Presentations
Structural dimensions of the international system are key elements in power transition theory. Most theoretical applications to date have examined the distribution of power, and fluctuations in that distribution, as a precursor to global and regional warfare. Somewhat less attention has been paid to the coalitional structure of the international system in applied research. In this paper I suggest that certain concepts from power transition theory, including those that rely on information about alliance membership, might also be operationalized by examining the global arms trade using tools developed for social network analysis (SNA). I focus in particular on the SNA …
Preemption, Prevention, And Jus Ad Bellum,
2013
Portland State University
Preemption, Prevention, And Jus Ad Bellum, Craig L. Carr, David Todd Kinsella
Political Science Faculty Publications and Presentations
In The National Security Strategy of the United States of America, released one year after the 9/11 attacks, the Bush administration asserted that “we must adapt the concept of imminent threat to the capabilities and objectives of today’s adversaries.” The administration’s reconceptualization has triggered an intense debate within academic and policymaking circles about the legal and ethical distinction (if any) between anticipatory and precautionary self-defense, and thus preemptive and preventive warfare. We begin by examining the present status on international law on the question of anticipatory self-defense. We then consider how the formative texts on international law—especially the writings of …
The Illicit Arms Trade In Asia: A Social Network Analysis,
2013
Portland State University
The Illicit Arms Trade In Asia: A Social Network Analysis, David Todd Kinsella
Political Science Faculty Publications and Presentations
In recent years, researchers have increasingly turned their attention to the proliferation of small arms and light weapons. Small arms are difficult to track and are not the stuff of military parades, but they are immensely destructive. In addition to what is already circulating, a substantial percentage of what is newly produced enters the black market and is destined for conflict zones across the globe. I argue that the illicit trade in small arms should be understood not as a market but as a network, one that shares some important properties with networked forms of organization studied by sociologists. I …
The Necessity Of Changing What Is Possible: Implementing Large-Scale Wildlands Protection,
2013
Portland State University
The Necessity Of Changing What Is Possible: Implementing Large-Scale Wildlands Protection, David Johns
Political Science Faculty Publications and Presentations
Presentation on the Wildlands Project approach to conservation
Reeves, A. C. (Sc 772),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Reeves, A. C. (Sc 772), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 772. Political letter regarding the possibility of A. C. Reeves running against an opponent named Hayley. The writer (signature missing) suggests a meeting with Henry C. Hines to see local supporters in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
If We Are A 'Civilized' Society, We Must Find A Way To Stop Violence,
2013
University of Central Florida
If We Are A 'Civilized' Society, We Must Find A Way To Stop Violence, David Houghton
UCF Forum
Other nations genuinely look to America as an example, a shining “city upon a hill,” as Massachusetts Bay colony’s first Gov. John Winthrop famously put it. But they cannot understand what they often call America’s “love affair” with guns.
Pathways To Civil War,
2013
Wayne State University
Pathways To Civil War, Susumu Suzuki
Wayne State University Dissertations
This dissertation is about conflict escalation to civil war, and examines why some political confrontations escalate and why principal conflict actors continue fighting rather than reaching a number of political arrangements at various points of the course of conflict. Unlike previous studies, this study treats the progression to civil war as one of complex alternate paths. In so doing, building on the perspective of asymmetric information (i.e. uncertainty) problems as a cause of war, this study claims that involving each conflict actor's cognitive variances about its opponent's willingness to resolve and military strength would bolster either side's costly military mobilization …
Reports From Presidential Commissions And Councils,
2013
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Reports From Presidential Commissions And Councils, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Democracy/Government
Bibliography and photographs of a display of government documents from Minnesota State University, Mankato.
The 57th Presidential Inauguration,
2013
Minnesota State University, Mankato
The 57th Presidential Inauguration, Arizona State University
Elections/Voting
Bibliography and photographs of a display of government documents from Arizona State University.
Documents Of Democracy,
2013
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Documents Of Democracy, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Democracy/Government
Bibliography and photograph of a display of government documents from Minnesota State University, Mankato.
Habermas, Same-Sex Marriage And The Problem Of Religion In Public Life,
2013
Grand Valley State University
Habermas, Same-Sex Marriage And The Problem Of Religion In Public Life, Darren R. Walhof
Peer Reviewed Articles
This article addresses the debate over religion in the public sphere by analysing the conception of ‘religion’ in the recent work of Habermas, who claims to mediate the divide between those who defend public appeals to religion without restriction and those who place limits on such appeals. I argue that Habermas’ translation requirement and his restriction on religious reasons in the institutional public sphere rest on a conception of religion as essentially apolitical in its origin. This conception, I argue, remains embedded in a standard secularization framework, despite Habermas’ claim to offer a new account of secularization. This approach betrays …
