Department of Political Science (MU)
The Department's undergraduate program broadly represents the fields of contemporary Political Science. Virtually all subfields are represented. While some specialized courses have immediate utility in practical settings, and we offer opportunities to link academic study with internships, the undergraduate mission of the Department is to impart the knowledge and intellectual skills that enrich lives and permit active citizenship. We take seriously the role of providing a civic leadership education. Graduate study in small seminars and faculty mentorship is designed to produce new generations of scholars and teachers who create and disseminate knowledge. The diversity of this faculty in substantive focus, theoretical orientation, and methodological skills provides a graduate experience that maximizes the opportunity for our PhDs to make distinctive contributions in their fields.
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The politics of special road districts abolishment in Missouri, 1970-1975
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1975)This study seeks to describe and explain the politics of dissolution of special road districts in Missouri from 1970 through 1974. It focuses on successful road district dissolutions in twenty Missouri counties during the ... -
OPEC as a non-state actor : formation and dynamics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1982)This dissertation analyzes the factors which have promoted the formation of OPEC and the dynamics of its confrontation with the multinational oil companies (MNOCs). It analyzes the rise of OPEC from the perspective of the ... -
Normative political community : the necessary condition for justice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1979)In this dissertation, I develop a theory of political community through an analysis of human needs for fellowship on the one hand, and a synthesis of numerous critiques of the liberal state on the other. My thesis is that ... -
Changing perceptions of alliance relations by select Southeast Asian states, 1951 - 1972
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1978)The purpose of this study is to examine the thesis that in the period from 1951 through 1972, the receptivity of select Southeast Asian states towards alliance relations with the United States underwent a change because ... -
The Democratic Party Midterm Conference, 1974 : an assessment of utility and impact
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1976)""Of all the major in stitutions of American society, the parties seem to be the most resistant to reform and modernization. ...Perhaps all this is true because nobody has much cared about what happened to the parties." ... -
The foundations and normative parameters of a political philosophy of education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1973)This dissertation establishes the foundations for a fully developed political philosophy of education, as that enterprise has been traditionally conceived and as it has been exemplified in the "great works" which demarcate ... -
Pursuit of national interests through neutralism : case of India
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1973)"The study is made up of several chapters. In Chapter I an attempt has been made to discuss the concept of neutralism as regards what it is not and what it is. The most important point that has been made in this chapter ... -
The Missouri Department of Community Affairs : a politico-administrative analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia., 1968)The State of Missouri established, in 1967, a high- level administrative department to deal with urban problems, one of only seven such agencies on the departmental level in state administrative structures in the United ... -
Catholic opinion and United States recognition policy
(University of Missouri--Columbia., 1963)SCOPE AND PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: This study of the ideas of American Catholic opinion-makers is centered on the controversial issues of Soviet recognition (1917-1933) and the nonrecognition of Peking (1949-1962). The ... -
The Bucareli Conference and United States-Mexican relations
(University of Missouri--Columbia., 1966)This dissertation attempts to explain the role of the Bucareli Conference in the contest between the United States and Mexico from 1914 to approximately 1930. It arose from an interest in the land and oil questions and ... -
Politics and ideology in the Kingdom of Callaway
(University of Missouri--Columbia., 1963)"This is a study of politics in the town of Fulton, the county of Callaway, in the state of Missouri. It is a study which, from one standpoint, is limited in its scope and focus. No attempt is made to describe and to ... -
The systemic and domestic determinants of antidumping trade remedies
(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. ... -
Out of the green : policy diffusion in the European Green Party
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)Recent work in the policy diffusion literature shows that left-right policy positions and issue emphasis are influenced by successful political parties abroad. Despite these findings, important questions remain about where ... -
Nationalism and redistribution in new democracies : nationalist legacies of authoritarian regimes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)[EMBARGOED UNTIL 5/1/2024] Why does democratization not necessarily lead to generous welfare states, particularly in the third-wave democracies? As the identity-based theory explains, if ethnic diversity erodes welfare ... -
How many stones and words am I away from repression? Disruptive protest tactics and fired-up claims to explain protest control
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] What accounts for differences in state's responses to dissent? Do certain protestors' strategic decisions enable or preclude officials from ... -
Intervention and the politics of information: US attention to foreign civil conflict
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)To improve scholarly understanding of the domestic drivers of third-party intervention in civil conflicts, this dissertation borrows a theoretical framework from the policy process literature. Specifically, I explain ... -
Three essays on political polarization in the United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)Is the United States polarized? In order to address this question, this dissertation explores three dimensions of political polarization. Three related, but independent, essays on political polarization provide information ... -
Evaluating the performance of performance-based budgeting: how do states intend to use performance measures in the budget process, and do they do it?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)Most states and many local governmetns use some form of performance-based budgeting (PBB). PBB is a method of public budgeting that provides policymakers with information about the performance of an agency or program when ... -
Metasurface integrated uncooled silicon germanium oxide microbolometers for long wavelength infrared detection
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)This report presents the design, fabrication, characterization, and noise optimization of metasurface enabled uncooled infrared (IR) microbolometers based on silicon germanium oxide (Si0.344Ge0.602O0.054), (Si0.425Ge0.512 ... -
Principals and proxies: how foreign interventions promote intercommunal violence through sponsorship of nonstate militias
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)In this dissertation I explore the link between government sponsorship of nonstate militias in proxy conflicts and increases in intercommunal violence. I develop a theory explaining how nonstate militias experience resource ...