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Partisan use of house special rules in foreign and defense legislation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
At the heart of resurgent Congresses is resurgent partisanship in foreign policies. In order to confront this complex political context, the House majority leadership, both Democratic and Republican, has strategically ...
Nationalization and party system dynamics : how the nationalization of party support and party systems determines the number of parties
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] My dissertation focuses on explaining the number of parties competing in elections within a cross-national perspective. I argue that institutional ...
Causes of domestic terrorism: 1970-2010
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Contrary to conventional wisdom, the structural determinants of transnational and domestic terrorism are not necessarily synonymous. A domestic terrorism event population was derived by applying definitional criteria to ...
When welfare states retrench : the relationship between median voter prferences, government debt and welfare state outcomes in established democracies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Welfare state spending cuts constitute one of the most economically efficient ways to achieve fiscal consolidation, but some policymakers prefer other methods of fiscal consolidation when government debt levels are high. ...
The myth of monetary surrogacy : the geographical logic of campaign contributions in state legislative campaigns
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] In this thesis, I analyze the geographic origins of state legislative campaign contributions. Previous studies have addressed the origins of campaign ...
Elite defection and legitimacy in democratic revolutions : a comparative case study of Serbia, Ukraine, and Iran
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Recent scholarship on democratic revolutions has focused on revolutions occurring in post-communist countries and argued that defection among elites ...
Confucian values and economic performance: exploring their effects on citizens satisfaction with democracy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
The political climate in East Asia is of emerging importance in the world. Democracy in this region has had mixed levels of success in the past decades leading to a significant debate on how democracy and cultural values ...
From trade to international conflict : seeking empirical and theoretical convergence
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The relationship between trade and conflict has been an important topic for both academia and policy-makers. However, the literature has been characterized ...
Who drives defense policy : elites or public interest?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
With a massive budget deficit and an ever-increasing national debt, while Congress and the President almost shut down the federal government over funding for Planned Parenthood in 2011, defense spending seems to be nearly ...
Institutions and issues : explaining radical right party existence and support in Europe, 1980-2005
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This research aims to fill a major theoretical gap in the current radical right literature by examining on how institutions impact the existence of, ...
International trade : costs, coercion, and conflict
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
There is a large literature examining the relationship between trade and international politics. However, the majority of extant studies examine the extent of trade interaction, despite acknowledging the potential for ...
Party power in the U.S. house : discharge petitions, agenda control, and conditional party government
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
In the study of legislatures, the effect of parties on legislative organization and behavior is generally considered under the broad precepts of two party-based theories: conditional party government theory (CPG) and party ...