Browsing Political Science electronic theses and dissertations (MU) by Thesis Semester "2020 Spring"
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Authoritarian successor parties and political protest in Asia
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)How does an authoritarian successor party (ASP) interact with civil society in East and Southeast Asia? Does an ASP's control over the executive and legislature increase or decrease protest movements? Do ASPs effectively ... -
Determinants of legislative staff turnover
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)"Senator Pearson's remarks leading up to the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 make an important point: Congress cannot rely on outside actors, particularly the same branch that it is mandated to oversee, to conduct ... -
Elite purges in dictatorships
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)Elite Purges in Dictatorships examines the causes of elite purges under autocracy. An elite purge is when a dictator forcibly removes an official from their inner circle. I examine why some dictators purge elites and others ... -
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 ... -
The non-sequential path between indigenous social movements and collective rights in Latin America : the role of organizations and institutional conditions to tell the story
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Why do some countries in Latin America have a strong inclusion of collective rights for indigenous people while others do not? What are the ... -
Unelected oversight : the politics of government investigations and problem monitoring
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)How do elected officials and top decisionmakers receive information about the problems encountered in government agencies? Policymaking and agenda setting research primarily examines how elected officials directly gather ...