Margo Alana Larson and Dr. Donna Lee Bowen, Political Science Western perception of Muslim women remains riddled with negative stigmas regarding women’s perceived lack of personal status rights. France as the center of all cultural advances was thought of as being advanced in the area of female status rights as well. As ideas moved from […]
Senegal and its Civil War in Casamance
Ryan Keller and Dr. Donna Lee Bowen, Political Science Civil and ethnic conflict has taken a particularly devastating toll on the peoples of Africa. Ruthless dictators, civil wars, and genocide have obliterated literally millions from Rwanda, to Uganda, to Angola. Unfortunately, Senegal has not been an exception. I had the opportunity this summer to research […]
Mobile Phones: Changing Moroccan Social Patterns
Alexia Green and Dr. Donna Lee Bowen, Political Science On the surface, Moroccan society appears fairly traditional. Women stay in the house. Men stay on the streets. However, traditional barriers are being circumvented by new technology; mobile phones allow men and women to have continual, unsupervised contact and thus interrupt social norms. Widespread mobile phone […]
The Spatial Distribution of Votes Garnered by LDP Candidates: An Exploratory Analysis Using Moran’s
Brian C. Dowdle and Dr. Ray Christensen, Political Science Electoral systems, which use multimember electoral districts and non-transferable votes, present unique strategic dilemmas for political parties. In order to gain a parliamentary majority, a party must run and win candidates equal to at least one-half of the available seats. Under such a system, therefore, it […]
Determinants of Religious Freedom
Daniel M. Butler and Dr. Danny Damron, Political Science Since the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration on human rights, there has been an incredible growth in the research done on human rights. The universal nature of these standards and rights has ensured that the study of human rights has been particularly fruitful for comparative […]
Democratization, Ethnicity, and War
Lindsay J. Baxter and Dr. Scott Cooper, Political Science US foreign policy often centers on the idea that spreading democracy is the key to ending violent interstate conflict. Proponents of the democratic peace theory endorse this policy perspective, asserting that the historical record demonstrates that war between democracies is rare if not nonexistent. However, scholars […]
The Human Rights Act: Incorporating International and Domestic Factors in British Law
Deborah Wells and Dr. Kendall Stiles, Political Science (Editor’s note: This report was written by Dr. Stiles on Deborah’s behalf because she was serving a mission at the time this report was due.) The project involved a study of British civil rights laws and practices in the context of European human rights law as embodied […]
Income and Capabilities: A Closer Look at Causation in International Development Models
Peter Sturgeon and Dr. Daniel Nielson, Political Science This project examines the relationship between increases in human capabilities and growth in GDP per capita. To do so, I utilize two-stage least squares regression analysis of cross-sectional data from over 140 countries. The results show that income and human capabilities have independent effects—with the effects of […]
Tax Reform in Russia: Success, Failure, and Implications
Camille Jackson and Dr. Wade Jacoby, Political Science The final days of 1991 brought unprecedented changes for Russia. The fall of Soviet rule and struggle toward Western democracy—or at least away from communism—has been a long, hard, and trying process for Russia and her citizens. This struggle stems from the difficult yet necessary restructuring process, […]
MICRO ENTERPRISE, DEVELOPMENT, AND THE FUTURE OF WOMEN IN LESSER-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES AND THE UNITED STATES
Anna Nibley and Dr. LaMond Tullis, Political Science Introduction: The problem of development and economic disparity does not reside solely in Lesser-developed Countries (LDCs). Micro-credit is at work in forty-three countries, including the United States (New York Times 1997, 8). In the United States, a majority of the country’s poor reside in slums and low-income […]
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