• Colonial inclusivity : historical education and state capacity in post-colonial states 

    Williams, Tiffanesha (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
    The contribution of this dissertation is to show that colonial state building efforts were more successful in the long term when the state invested in education for the colonized population. This argument builds upon recent ...
  • Human rights in presidential democracies : does a runoff rule reduce repression? 

    Holzer, Joshua (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
    I argue that within a democratic context the presence of a presidential runoff rule leads to the following outcomes: a reduced distance between the ideological position of the president and the median voter, a reduced ...
  • The political economy of corruption in Africa: urbanization, trust, and motivations 

    Adou, Kouakou Donatien (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
    The modernization paradigm has shaped development policies in African countries for decades since the 1960s. In this tradition, urbanization is presented by conventional wisdom as a strong correlate of development with ...
  • The politics of CO2 emissions 

    Islam, Muhammad Muinul (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
    Climate change poses a severe threat to humanity for the last few decades. Various forms of natural disasters, extreme weather events, the outbreak of deadly diseases, life, and food insecurity are among common threats of ...
  • A study of economic voting behavior in a multilevel institutional context 

    Pierce, Heather Nicole (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
    [ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation extends previous scholarship on economic voting behavior and responsibility attribution to consider the contextual effects of multilevel ...
  • The systemc and domestic determinants of antidumping trade remedies 

    Coleman, Tyler (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
    [EMBARGOED UNTIL 8/1/2024] Why do firms demand antidumping protectionism? The purpose of this thesis is to analyze how domestic and systemic factors affect national filing patterns throughout the global political economy. ...