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Authoritarian successor parties and political protest in Asia
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
How does an authoritarian successor party (ASP) interact with civil society in East and Southeast Asia? Does an ASP's control over the executive and legislature increase or decrease protest movements? Do ASPs effectively ...
Elite purges in dictatorships
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Elite Purges in Dictatorships examines the causes of elite purges under autocracy. An elite purge is when a dictator forcibly removes an official from their inner circle. I examine why some dictators purge elites and others ...
State actions and response following instances of politicide
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
The development of the international human-rights regime in the second half of the 20th century has led to an increased awareness and rhetorical/normative condemnation of outbreaks of ethnopolitica violence. While concerns ...
Comparing theories of the policy process and state tuition policy : critical theory, institutional rational choice, and advocacy coalitions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
This dissertation triangulates four theories of the policy process to explain state-level tuition policy change. Very little policy research examines theories of the policy process in concert. Moreover, the field of higher ...
The political foundations of welfare development : regime type, domestic pressures, and social spending in Latin America
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
There is an ongoing debate in the literature concerning the impact of democracy on welfare spending. In this study, I argue that the effect of democracy is conditional on the degree or extent of democracy and the existence ...
An empirical assessment of the political and gendered consequences of economic sanctions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This project investigates the unintended political and gender-specific effects of economic sanctions in target countries. Drawing insight from the ...
The political economy of property rights : institutions, interests, and economic prosperity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] An influential literature argues that strong property rights are at the core of modern economic prosperity. Theoretically, property rights reduce the ...
Channeling the waves : the use of radio narrowcasting on niche voting groups in the 2005 Virginia gubernatorial election
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Radio has long been used as a piece of a political candidate's media arsenal at every level of politics. However, our understanding of this widely ...
The National Endowment for Democracy: a quantitative analysis on the effectiveness of grants promoting democracy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This paper seeks to analyze how effective the National Endowment for Democracy's (NED) grants are at promoting democracy. The expressed purpose of the ...
Understanding citizen satisfaction with democracy in Central and Eastern Europe
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The collapse of communism throughout Central and Eastern Europe during the late twentieth century produced several new democracies, providing citizens ...
The dynamics of modern realignments : examining the role of campaign messages in the realignment process
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This dissertation studies the dynamics of partisan realignments by tracing the realignments of Evangelical and military officers. The first goal of ...
Deterring true believers : perffect [sic] deterrence theory, capability and the problem of Al Qaeda
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
During the Cold War, a large body of literature was compiled by scholars studying international conflict - that of deterrence. Since the attacks of 11 September 2001, however, a new body of literature has begun to grow - ...
The effect of civil society on governance and institutional performance in third- and fourth-Wave democracies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation project draws on extant civil society theories in explaining how strong and dense civil societies help enhance the sustainability of ...
Indigenous political representation in Bolivia
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
The 1990s witnessed the widespread formation of political parties organized around indigenous identity throughout the Latin American region. This project examines that phenomenon within the case of Bolivia. Bolivia was ...
Assessing the independence of state parties : issue ownership and morality politics in US state party platforms
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
This study uses party platforms to assess the degree of independence between state and national political parties in the United States in light of issue ownership theory and morality politics. Utilizing a coding scheme ...
The political economy of functional federalism : exploring the effect of federal welfare policy on state economic performance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] While many studies have focused on the ability of state governments on state economic performance, this study investigates how exogenous factor in ...
What determines vote share in city council elections?: the incumbent advantage and economic voting
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
While the literature about local elections has been increasing in recent years, it still is wanting for more research on what variables influence the election of local legislators. Though some have begun examining the ...
The view from the other side of the aisle : congressional party switchers and their environments
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
In recent years, numerous congressional scholars have found that political parties matter to members of Congress. Among the powers parties hold are the abilities to stop the passage of bills party leaders oppose, to reward ...
Systematic stages of group realignment case study : black group realignment, 1912-1964
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
The political representation cycle and citizen satisfaction with the Democratic process
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
This project investigates how citizens in advanced industrial democracies evaluate their democratic institutions. Previous literature has focused on the role of either individual characteristics - personal economic conditions, ...