Browsing Political Science electronic theses and dissertations (MU) by Thesis Semester "2016 Summer"
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Conditional justice : determining implementation and effectiveness of transitional justice mechanisms /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Research on transitional justice (TJ) has debated the usefulness of these structures for democratization, promotion of human rights, and the prevention ... -
Free trade agreements in Japan and East Asia regionalism : Sino-Japanese rivalry and beyond /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] At the beginning of the 21st century, a number of multilateral free trade agreements (FTAs), known as regional FTAs, have emerged throughout the world. ... -
International sporting events and human rights : does the host nation play fair?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] International sporting events like the Olympics and FIFA World Cup generate a great deal of attention for the athletes, the games, and for the nations ... -
Mining the state : the subnational consequences of natural resource extraction on citizen engagement
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Scholars link natural resource wealth to a host of anti-democratic consequences. The bulk of this literature focuses on the consequences of oil revenues, ... -
Rhetoric as repression : the roles and effects of government framing
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)During modern protest movements, the regimes targeted by dissidents have issued largely similar kinds of statements about the events. Participants tend to be depicted as national traitors, criminals, or otherwise illegitimate. ...