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American exceptionalism, missionary politics, and the religious impulse in contemporary foreign policy attitudes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This dissertation offers an examination of the effects of religion and its attendant moral politics on attitudes towards foreign policy issues. America's ...
Determinants of civil wars : a quantitative analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
In this dissertation, I investigate the conditions that facilitate the civil wars incidences and try to provide a deeper understanding of large scale domestic violence by formulating a new and more comprehensive model, ...
Personalist dictators and the choice of military intervention in civil conflicts
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Are all personalist dictators equally prone to intervene in civil conflicts? The current bulk of work on authoritarianism and international relations ...
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 culture wars & political polarization in perspective : why polarization and its perturbations are a persistant [i.e., persistent] puzzle in political science
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Political polarization in the American electorate has received a great deal of attention in recent years with most of the research focusing on social issues and their impact on electoral outcomes. However, scant attention ...
Crisis of democracy : protest and affective polarization
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
My dissertation, Crisis of Democracy: Protest and Affective Polarization, systematically examines the political and social consequences of protests in democratic societies, asking: in what conditions, protests negatively ...
Dynamics of democracy aid allocation : from democratic donors to authoritarian regimes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
institutions, practices, and norms in authoritarian regimes. I classify democracy aid into two types: regime-compatible democracy aid and regime-incompatible democracy aid based on authoritarian regimes' preference regarding democracy aid. Then, I discuss...
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 ...
Traditional institutions, authortarian [sic] legacies, and democratic support in southern Africa
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
This dissertation investigates citizens' support for democracy in southern Africa and the factors that explain variations in that support. Borrowing insights from the historical institutionalism literature, I argue that ...