Brian Hagins, Political Science Utilizing the newly released CIA documents at the National Archives in D.C., this research project explores the ins and outs of the government’s investigations into their use of nuclear power in war. Specifically of interest are the analyses that were produced by the government regarding the probable success of using nuclear […]
The Reception of Western Legal Reform in Bulgaria A Qualitative Study
Paul Edwards and Dr. Vanya Illieva Kalaidjieva, Political Science The research I did ultimately seeks to answer the question whether the door to the West is open for Bulgaria. Bulgaria is not a Western country, even though it is in Europe. In fact it has never been a Western country. During its fifteen centuries of […]
Internal Security, External Solutions: Reevaluating the Formation of the Gulf Cooperation Council
Brock Evans Taylor and Dr. Donna Lee Bowen, Political Science The formal organization of the Gulf Cooperation Council began on February 4, 1981. After a ceremonial reading of a Qu’ranic Surah the heads of state of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, and Oman agreed in principle to facilitate cooperation between their […]
Applying Ecological Inference to the 2000 Mexican Elections
Matthew M. Singer and Dr. Jay Goodliffe, Political Science In the 2000 Mexican Election, the PRI party lost a presidential election for the first time in Mexico’s history to Vincente Fox of the PAN party. There has been a great deal of recent scholarship examining voting behavior in Mexico. Most of it has focused on […]
Electoral Rules and the Democratic Party of Japan
Benjamin D. Seal and Dr. Ray Christensen, Political Science Political scientists continue to debate the effect of electoral rules on electoral outcomes. One area of intense study is proportional representation versus single-member districts, and single member districts versus multi-member districts. This research tests the effects of electoral rules on election results for the Democratic Party […]
Women Representatives in the Japanese Parliament: Bumps and Scrapes along the Road to Equality
J. Paul Mitchell and Dr. Ray Christensen, Political Science Women account for an alarmingly low proportion of political representatives in Japan. Japan tends to elect fewer women to political office than nearly all other industrialized democracies.1 Despite popular support for a more balanced parliament, women accounted for only 15% of the winners in the recent […]
International Justice: The Origin of International Criminal Courts
Rachael Deceuster and Dr. Darren Hawkins, Political Science The purpose of my research was to discover the origins of the recent international criminal tribunals in Yugoslavia and Rwanda to prosecute persons accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity. I focused on the Yugoslav tribunal because it was the first since the Nuremburg and Tokyo […]
Urban-Rural Interaction in the Utah State Senate
Lael Cox and Dr. Jay Goodliffe, Political Science Within a broader question of minority representation in democratic systems, this study shows how the maturity of legislators allows rural interests to be satisfied so as to avoid serious factional contention in the Utah State Senate. Within Utah, the urban population seems fairly segregated from the rural […]
Iranian NGOs, the State and Democratization
Shima Baradaran and Dr. John Griffin, Political Science To understand modern politics, it is vital to study democracy. During the 1990’s, the number of people living in democracy doubled from one-third of the world’s population to two-thirds. Some countries overthrew authoritarian governments to achieve democracy (1). Often Non- Governmental Organizations, non- profit organizations working toward […]
Fa’asamoa And Western Institutions: a Comparative Study Between American Samoa And (Western) Samoa
Henrietta P. Emerson and Dr. Ray C. Christensen, Political Science In most literature on the political systems of American Samoa and (Western) Samoa, the two countries are rarely grouped in the same study despite their shared cultural identity. An unincorporated territory of the United States, American Samoa tends to be classified with other U.S. territories […]
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