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The human rights trade: understanding the inclusion of human rights provisions in bilateral trade agreements
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] In recent decades, the scope of bilateral trade agreements has expanded greatly, and some nations have used these agreements to address human rights ...
Diversionary diplomacy: domestic political effects on US-directed foreign policy in Russia
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
This paper applies the concepts found within diversionary theory to a lower level of international conflict outside the United States. Specifically, it tests whether changes in Russian domestic political contention cause ...
Reanalyzing small-scale protests: is success more than just a numbers game?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
This paper seeks to redefine how researchers analyze small-scale protests. Because of their small size, these sorts of opposition efforts are often ignored. However, by looking the salience of the issue, rather than the ...
The dilemma of liberal democracies : an aggregate analysis of counterterrorist efforts
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
What compels states to cooperate in the face of a global terrorist threat? What are the consequences of state action? International terrorist attacks have risen sharply in the 21st century, and liberal democracies often ...
Taking grievance seriously : public goods provision and the incidence of civil violence
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Drawing on the literature on the incidence of civil conflict, I argue that the supply of political and socio-economic goods significantly determines ...
Institutions and instability? : a neo-institutional analysis of state economic volatility
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
As the United States begins to emerge from the worst economic decline since the Great Depression, many questions are still left unanswered. One fact seems to allude most of the main stream discussion—the impact of this ...
Selection before Election: The Direct Primary and Responsible Party Nomination
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
The environmental health paradox: how combining public health with environmental protection may tip the balance in favor of public health programming
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Each of the 50 states has at least one bureaucratic agency dedicated to environmental protection. However, some states have chosen a multi-function structure, in which they combine environmental protection with public ...
Decentralization in parliamentary systems : new perspectives on its causes and consequences
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation investigates one of the most conspicuous developments of recent decades in Western and Eastern European parliamentary systems: the ...
It's not easy being green: veto players, climate policy adoption, and outcomes in OECD states
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
How do political institutions shape the adoption of climate policy? Related to the policies themselves, does their cost structure and degree to which they depart from the status quo affect adoption? Finally, how effective ...
Determinants of international cooperation : reciprocity, opportunity, and cooperative norms
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation examines few of the determinants and effects of international cooperation. There are three broad themes that run throughout this ...
Origins and changes of East Asian party systems and voter alignments : social conditions, issue effects, and party coalitions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
My dissertation explains the formulation of party systems and voting behaviors in East Asia. The previous literature maintained that East Asian party politics was caused by the homogeneous culture and the philosophy. ...
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, ...
A new measure of economic voting : priority heuristic theory and combining sociotropic and egocentric evaluations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
It is well-known that a voter's retrospective economic evaluations influence vote choice. A classic debate within the literature on retrospective economic voting concerns whether voters are sociotropic or egocentric when ...
State ethics commissions : determinants and effects of commission adoption
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
Many state legislatures have adopted state ethics commissions over time. Beginning in the late 1960?s and early 1970?s, ethics laws, campaign finance reforms, and state ethics commissions diffused across states. With the ...
Corruption loves company : the interactive effect of corruption and resources on economic growth
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
The resource curse has become one of the more studied comparative political economic phenomena over the last twenty years. Here, the role of corruption as a conditioning effect on the resource curse is explored. I argue ...
Municipal organization in Missouri, an historical study of the legislation affecting cities and towns
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1909)
It is the purpose of this study to trace the development in organization of Missouri towns and cities by considering the general and special acts of the legislature affecting such organization. This development falls into ...
The election laws of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1910)
On June 18, 1808, the Legislative Council provided for the election of five trustees in incorporated municipalities and a survey of this first election law reveals the general principles which will be found to underlie ...
Sparks on kindling : terrorism's role in civil war onset, recurrence, and escalation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
This study examines the relationship between terrorism and three major aspects of civil wars. By examining the rate of attacks and the targets of terrorism, this study explains how terrorism can serve as a macro-level ...
The political economy of human well-being
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Politics permeates various aspects of our lives, including the quality of life people lead. However, existing political science scholarship on human ...