Arielle Badger, Clifford Newman and Dr. Michael Findley, Family, Home, and Social Sciences The Easter Rising of 1916 began the end of British rule in Ireland. While the Republic of Ireland gained full independence in 1922, Northern Ireland remained under British control. Many Irish nationalists continued to fight for a fully united, independent Ireland. Small-scale […]
Evaluating the Relationship between Middle Eastern Governments and Political Opposition Groups
Estee Ward and Dr. Donna Lee Bowen, Middle East Studies Main Text There is a growing consensus among scholars that “social science research on the Middle East has, as of yet, scarcely dealt with political opposition as an independent subject of analysis.” Most scholars consider the role of opposition as one way to facilitate the […]
Economy, Democracy and its Reflection on Presidential Rhetoric
Damian Rosas and Dr. Darren Hawkins, Political Science Department Main Text Political rhetoric in Latin America has reflected the trends that different countries in the region have experienced during their democratic history. There are several factors that may influence the contents and attitudes towards democracy of presidential speeches. The most influential factor is likely to […]
Security in South Africa: The Perceptions of Women
B. Macrae McDermott and Dr. Valerie Hudson, Political Science I recently completed the data collection portion of the research project entitled “Security in South Africa: The Perceptions of Women.” With the aid of my faculty mentor, I developed a mixed method, ethnographic field study in order to gain a greater understanding of women’s perceptions of […]
Decision-Making Process of Elected Officials
Bradley Masters Main Text John Kingdon, in his famous book, Congressman’s Voting Decisions, said, “Because congressmen rely most heavily on colleagues within the house and on constituents for guidance as they vote, other actors in the system such as lobbyists and administration policy makers tend to work through these two gatekeeper sources” (Kingdon 1989, My […]
Everybody’s Talkin’ at Me: Analyzing the Effect of Multi-Source Television News Content on Civic Learning
David Lassen and Dr. Christopher Karpowitz, Political Science Main Text Consumers of media during the past ten years have seen a dramatic shift in the way information is presented to the American public. With technical innovations associated with the Internet and the cultural adaptations that have accompanied them, modern American media has become increasingly interactive. […]
“We Don’t Need No Education” Aid: The Effects of Education-Specific Foreign Aid on School Enrollment in Low-Income Countries
Dustin Homer and Dr. Daniel Nielson, Political Science Abstract We use AidData to assess the effectiveness of education aid. Focusing on the subset of the world’s poorest nations, we empirically evaluate the effects of educational foreign aid on primary school enrollment rates over the period 1975-2005. While past literature suggests that aid has had positive […]
The Security of Women’s Property Rights: A Cross-national Survey
Aimee Farnsworth and Dr. Valerie Hudson, Political Science Main Text The main goal of this research was to complete a cross-national survey of women’s property rights in law and in practice. Surprisingly, such a global survey has never before been undertaken. This is a large gap in the existing knowledge base. My goal in this […]
Ethnicity and Public Goods Provision in an Indian City
Michael Davidson and Dr. Joel Selway, Political Science The provision of public goods is, on average, significantly poorer in ethnically-diverse communities (Banerjee et al. 2005). Three potential mechanisms have been put forward to explain this phenomenon: preferences, technology and strategy selection (Habyarimana et al. 2007). While the landmark experiment on this topic concluded that strategy […]
Does Donor Transparency Matter in Foreign Aid?
Zachary Christensen and Dr. Daniel Nielson, Political Science Development scholars are currently debating whether or not the trillions of dollars given as foreign aid to developing countries have done any good. Some donors have heeded the contested advice from some scholars to reduce the amounts of aid they give to poorly governed countries. Now, many […]
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