• Crisis of democracy : protest and affective polarization 

    Sato, Yuko (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
    My dissertation, Crisis of Democracy: Protest and Affective Polarization, systematically examines the political and social consequences of protests in democratic societies, asking: in what conditions, protests negatively ...
  • Dynamics of democracy aid allocation : from democratic donors to authoritarian regimes 

    Kwak, Dongjin (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
    The purpose of this thesis is to analyze democracy aid allocation mechanisms between Western donors and authoritarian regimes in recipient countries. The theoretical mechanism explains how strategic choices of donors and ...