Browsing by Author "International Studies."
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Bureaucratic Authoritarian Regimes and Their Path to Democracy
Booth, CatherineDo bureaucratic authoritarian regimes democratize in a specific way and why does this matter? This thesis looks at bureaucratic authoritarian regimes and their characteristics as well as their pathway to democracy. ... -
Employee-Employer Relations in Japan: An Analysis of Honor-Shame and Authority-Power Relations within the Modern Japanese Workplace
Short, Cole (2013-12-13)An analysis of interpersonal (employee-employer) relations within the contemporary Japanese business world. With emphasis placed upon the cultural and ideological facets of workplace interactions, comparisons between ... -
An Evaluation of the Rise of Online Sexual Exploitation of Children and Technology: How the Past Three Decades Speak to Future
Newton, Anne Louise (2021-01-06)This thesis analyzes the impact of technological developments from 1987-early 2020 on the growth of online sexual exploitation of children (OSEC). Over the past several decades, the online sexual exploitation of children ... -
The Evolution of Russian Electoral Interference: 2016 and 2020 U.S. Presidential Elections
Kennedy, Gabrielle (2022-05-20)Electoral interference has been a card in major powers’ hands since before digital elections. Despite this, the 2016 U.S. presidential election brought this phenomenon to the fore of American minds. Russia’s electoral ... -
From Airwaves to Newsfeed: Populism and Emerging Media Technologies
Vincent, Andrew (2013-05-24)As can be seen in Argentina, Cuba, and Venezuela, populists are often effective in capturing the hearts of the people of the Americas. Such leaders have shaped the histories of these countries in dynamic ways, continually ... -
From Lady Liberty to Gold Mountain: An Examination of Chinese, Japanese and Italian Immigrants to the United States
Barnes, Lauren (2019-05-21)Beginning in 1850, America’s doors really opened to the rest of the world, and the United States became a popular destination for people seeking life-altering changes. These people met prejudice and pressures to assimilate, ... -
From the Personal to the Political: How the Perception of Women Affects Relations between the United States and Middle East
Shelton, Kelsey (2016-08-11)Conflict between the United States and the Middle East has been ongoing since the end of World War II. There are legitimate political grievances between the two regions, but a great deal of animosity can be attributed to ... -
An Ideological War on Terror: Deradicalization Programs and the Future of Counterterrorism
Everette, Meridyth (2018-05-21)The rise of radical Islamist extremism has plagued the international community throughout the 21st century. More than 32,000 people died as a direct results of terrorist activity in 2014 alone, and that year terrorism cost ... -
Immigration and the United Kingdom: An Analysis from the late 1800s to 2015 and Future Prediction
Gallardo, Virginia (2016-08-09)Immigration has been and still is a major policy issue in the United Kingdom. A prediction into how the United Kingdom will react to future waves of immigration requires a study into how the United Kingdom reacted to past ... -
The Implications of ICT in Surviving a Coup d’État for a Popular Regime
Cruz, Miguel Andrés (2019-05-22)An analysis of four cases has revealed that modern information and communication technology (ICT) provides an increasing advantage to popular regimes. The first two cases deal with coups that took place before modern ... -
The Internet as a Tool for Terrorism
Miller, ShawnThis paper analyzes the usage of the internet for terrorist campaigns. It begins with an analysis of the ways that terrorists are – and potentially could – use the internet such as cyber warfare, information warfare, and ... -
Out of Saffron Ashes: Revival of Hindutva in India
Mohapatra, Anuja (2016-08-10)In early 2014, citizens of the largest democratic nation on the planet turned up in record-breaking numbers to vote in India's sixteenth Lok Sabha elections. This election was particularly monumental for several reasons: ... -
The Political Weaponization of Immigration in the United States
Nevill, Claire (2022-05-20)In the past months and years, immigration has remained a “hot button” issue that Americans politicians are quick to criticize, but slow to reform. Republicans and Democrats have long supported comprehensive immigration ... -
Posh Pageantry or Mere Fairytale?: An Ethnographic Study of Pageantry in the Modern United States
Bergfield, Ashley (2014-04-28)Pageantry has been belittled as an “archaic” and “passé” amusement, yet over time society has remained charmed with its search for a modern-day Cinderella. Today, the industry has burgeoned into a multi-billion dollar ... -
Puerto Rico and the United States: how the political relationship led to a humanitarian crisis in the island
Méndez, Katie (2018-05-21)Former governor Alejandro García Padilla’s announcement that Puerto Rico could not pay its 72-billion-dollar debt prompted debates regarding the role the United States should play in Puerto Rico’s ability to restructure ... -
Refugee Education in America: Assessing the System, Identifying Issues, and Suggesting Solutions
Lanier, Sarah (2021-05-17)This thesis analyzes refugee education in the United States with a specific focus on K-12 education, identifying the largest barriers to education for refugees and suggesting solutions to best address these issues. By ... -
To Fear or not to Fear? An Offensive Structural Realist and Institutionalist Examination of Germany
Isaacson, John (2018-05-21)A powerful Germany, both militarily and economically, has not always boded well for the continent of Europe. As of today, Germany has the largest European economy in terms of GDP, it has the largest population, and it is ... -
Violence in Civil War: Understanding Insurgencies and Civilian Casualties
Adams, Jasmine (2018-05-21)Civilian deaths during times of war is usually seen as a horrific tragedy that armed forces should take care to avoid. Insurgent groups like ISIL have terrorized the local population with deadly attacks that often end in ... -
Weak Rule of Law as the Primary Cause of Lower-Quality Latin American Democracies
Bradley, Dacie A. (2020-09-02)Drawing on a deep tradition of rule of law literature, spanning from Aristotle to O’Donnell, this thesis argues that the main problem in modern Latin America is a weak rule of law evidenced by ineffective judicial systems ... -
What Fundamentalist Christian Universities Can Learn from Sex Workers About Consent Culture: A Cultural Study
Leonards, Tabitha (2020-05-22)At present, there remains an extensive gap in research regarding the connections between conservative Christian universities and campus rape culture. Through the lens of sex work, What Fundamentalist Christian Universities ...