Jeannine Plamondon and Dr. Danny Damron, Kennedy Center for International Studies The European Union (EU) was created to bring European countries together, but could it also have the effect of breaking countries apart? This was the question I chose to evaluate for my research. I worked as an intern with the Scottish National Party (SNP), […]
Prosecutor Discretion at the Special Court for Sierra Leone
Chad Losee and Dr. Darren Hawkins, Political Science Some have argued that, once established, international criminal tribunals, like the one established in Sierra Leone, are not responsive to external influence given their independence and insulation.1 I tested this hypothesis as the null by comparing the discretion granted international prosecutors by court creators with the latitude […]
A Brief Analysis of Chinese Foreign Aid
Steve Kapfer and Dr. Eric Hyer, Political Science As development continues to remain a stubborn, yet salient problem to address, an increasing number of researchers are trying to determine what factors affect development. One of the most popular means of promoting development is through official development aid (ODA) because it is thought to provide the […]
Waging the Moral Equivalent of War: The Political Conditions for Alternative Fuel Reform in the United States and Brazil
Logan Richards Clark and Dr. Kirk Hawkins, Political Science Department Energy often plays a central role in both domestic and international conflict. Many scholars, activists and policymakers agree that the environmental, economic, and political costs of the United States’ self-proclaimed “addiction” to oil for its use as transportation fuel, among other functions, are unsustainable, even […]
Saying One Thing, Doing Another: Is Discrepant Enforcement of Laws Protecting Women and Girls Related to Discrepant Enactment of International Law by Nation-State?
Carl Brinton and Dr. Valerie Hudson, Political Science In short, the project was a great success. The hypotheses tested all came out with greater statistical significance than we had even hoped for. The implications of our findings have a deep potential impact, and beyond merely presenting the findings at the annual meetings of the American […]
Using The Federalist to Better Understand the Constitution: Does Publius’s “Split Personality” Pose a Problem?
Chris Bates and Dr. Brent Gilchrist, Political Science Considered by many to be the seminal work in American political theory, The Federalist has long stood as one of the most important commentaries on the American Constitution and constitutional system. Despite the work’s near canonical status, however, a number of authors have questioned its value as […]
Republican Primary Donor Retention in the 2012 General Election Do Divisive Primaries Affect Campaign Donors?
Robert Richards and Dr. Jay Goodliffe, Political Science Department Introduction In recent presidential elections, we have seen many long, drawn out nomination battles in party primary elections. The divisive primary hypothesis states that divisive presidential primaries hurt the party’s performance in the general election (Kenney and Rice 1987). Research on this claim has generally focused […]
Does Prospect Theory Work in Politics?
Brian Reed and Dr. Dr. Jeremy Pope, Political Science Here I present the results of an experiment designed to address our limited but critical understanding of decision making when faced with uncertainty, and specifically how individuals make such decisions when part of a group (or government). The purpose of this research is to determine whether […]
Re-Ordering Ethnic Identity An Experiment on Ethnic Salience in Uganda
Liz McGuire and Dr. Daniel Nielson, Political Science Every person has some idea of who they are, but that idea is made up of several identities. A person can be a mother, a sister, an American, a Catholic, an Hispanic, and a friend all at the same time. How we order these identities in dominance […]
Social Norms and the Tragedy of the Commons: Evidence from Everyday Water Conservation
Ryan Hill and Dr. Josh Gubler, Political Science Department Introduction This experiment tested how social norms affect individual incentives to conserve common-pool resources. We have tested this question with a simple field experiment on BYU campus. We observed individuals using public water sources after being treated with different inducements to conserve water. We are interested […]
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