Browsing Department of Political Science (MU) by Thesis Semester "2012 Fall"
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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 ... -
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 ... -
War so terrible : the informal theory of interstate warfare and the determinants of interstate war outcomes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)This thesis puts forth a theory of how interstate wars are fought and how certain outcomes and their determinants occur. It begins with an overview of military theory and military science, followed by an overview of the ... -
War, what is it good for? Absolutely something : a large N study of conflict efficacy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This paper examines the process of goal achievement in conflict. Previous research on violent conflict focuses on winning and losing but fails to examine ...