Cindy West and Dr. Jessica Preece, Department of Political Science Currently in the U.S., twenty women (20%) are members of the Senate and seventy-seven women (17.7%) are members of the House of Representatives,1 ranking the U.S. at 77th in the world for its percentage of women in the lower or single House.2 Despite being over […]
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Political Ambition: The Effect of Gender Quotas on Ugandan Women
Jessica Weinfurter and Dr. Jessica Preece, Political Science In an effort to promote female political participation in states with historically patriarchal political systems, many nations have implemented gender quotas. The belief behind this practice is that as female descriptive representation increases, women become inspired to increase their political activity, and society in general becomes more […]
Who Can We Trust? How Information Sources Affect Political Attitudes in Peru
Lucas Brook and Dr. Darren Hawkins, Political Science Department Peru has long been afflicted by corruption and political malpractice. As a result, Peruvian citizens have become disenchanted with their government. In recent years, the Peruvian government has employed internet transparency campaigns in an attempt to improve these sentiments. But what if Peruvians feel they cannot […]
Communitarian Religiosity and Political Behavior
Matthew Frei and Dr. J. Quin Monson, Political Science Some political science and sociology scholars distinguish between two dimensions of religiosity or religious commitment: individualism and communitarianism. The former means that individuals are motivated toward piety with an emphasis on an intrinsic or individual-level religious practice and belief (Allport and Ross 1967). The communitarian perspective, […]
Does Money Matter? A Case Study of the Effect of Economic Disparity on Support for Separatist Political Parties
Paul Russell and Dr Wade Jacoby, Political Science Overview I was awarded an ORCA grant to study the causes of support for separatist political parties in Belgium. In January of 2011, I had the opportunity to travel to Belgium as an intern for a political party at the European Parliament in Brussels. The grant that […]
British Sociopolitical Periodicals Digital Project
Annalaisa Plessinger and Dr. Maggie Kopp, University Libraries The L. Tom Perry Special Collections department of the library hosts many precious collections from rare books to periodicals that benefit the research and understanding of countless scholars. However, periodicals have not received the same attention as books; books are being uploaded onto the Internet Archive for […]
POLITICAL PARTICIPATION OF LATINOS IN UTAH
John D. Smart, Political Science My research project was to survey the political participation of Latinos in Utah. In order to conduct my research, I concentrated mainly on conducting surveys and interviews with Latino leaders and ordinary Latino citizens; I also did a great deal of library research. I participated in the Washington Seminar during […]
The Effects of Soviet and Post-Soviet Political Climates on the Transposition of A.S. Pushkin’s Belkin Stories from Literature to Film
Geoffrey Griffard and Dr. Raisa Solovyova, Germanic and Slavic Languages First of all, I must say that it was a great honor and privilege to receive the ORCA award and the opportunity to set off on my own academic journey. I was able to work with two of my greatest loves—film and Russia. In the […]
Psychological, political, and economic factors resulting in Romania’s tragic alliances during The Second World War
Matthew J Thorne and Dr. Valerie Hudson, Political Science If the purpose of science is to better understand our world, eliminate suffering, and generally make it a more inhabitable place, then lessons on how to avoid war, entangling alliances, and unwanted political ideologies may make Political Science the most important of all the sub sciences. […]
Rule of Law and Individualism in Plato’s Political Philosophy
Brett V. Benson and Dr. Noel B. Reynolds, Political Science There is a popular strain of Platonic scholarship that has accused Plato of being imprudently idealistic in his political philosophy. These scholars point to Plato’s Republic as evidence for their criticisms, claiming that in the Republic Plato advocates a social ideal in which the common […]
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