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Corruption loves company : the interactive effect of corruption and resources on economic growth
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
The resource curse has become one of the more studied comparative political economic phenomena over the last twenty years. Here, the role of corruption as a conditioning effect on the resource curse is explored. I argue ...
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 ...
Can trust substitute for quality institutions to promote economic growth?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
This study looks at the relationship between generalized social trust, state institutions and economic growth. Social capital literature and economic growth literature have consistently shown that interpersonal trust has ...
Understanding federal preeminence in disaster management : a punctuated equilibrium approach
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
This project expands on the existing literature concerned with the centralization of America's natural disaster emergency relief and aid. Using Frank Baumgartner and Bryan Jones' punctuated equilibrium theory to guide the ...
Sanctioning smarter? : the impact of smart sanctions on democracy and human rights
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Do so-called smart economic sanctions, aimed at a target country's political regime, cause less political repression than traditional comprehensive sanctions? That is the main research question of this. By utilizing time-time ...
Nationalization and party system dynamics : how the nationalization of party support and party systems determines the number of parties
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] My dissertation focuses on explaining the number of parties competing in elections within a cross-national perspective. I argue that institutional ...
The political economy of human well-being
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Politics permeates various aspects of our lives, including the quality of life people lead. However, existing political science scholarship on human ...
When welfare states retrench : the relationship between median voter prferences, government debt and welfare state outcomes in established democracies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Welfare state spending cuts constitute one of the most economically efficient ways to achieve fiscal consolidation, but some policymakers prefer other methods of fiscal consolidation when government debt levels are high. ...
Decentralization in parliamentary systems : new perspectives on its causes and consequences
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation investigates one of the most conspicuous developments of recent decades in Western and Eastern European parliamentary systems: the ...
Taking grievance seriously : public goods provision and the incidence of civil violence
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Drawing on the literature on the incidence of civil conflict, I argue that the supply of political and socio-economic goods significantly determines ...
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 ...
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, 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 ...
The political and economic consequences of the summit diplomatic activity of the U.S. president
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
American presidents have attended more than 2,000 summit meetings since the end of the Second World War. Yet, what we know about these meetings is limited to historical case studies. In this dissertation, I move beyond ...