Current students, please follow this link to submit your dissertation.
Dissertations from 2003
A comparison of American and Canadian foreign policies : the significance of identities, values, and perceptions on policy toward Cuba., Lana, Wylie, Political Science
Dissertations from 2002
How two-level entrepreneurship works : a case study of ratcheting up a Europe-wide employment strategy., Christine U. Arnold, Political Science
High courts in a system of separated powers : conflict or cooperation? : a view from Massachusetts., Michele A. DeMary, Political Science
Conservative cause advocacy : the multiple sites of conservative legal ideology., Laura J. Hatcher, Political Science
The priesthood of the believer in the public square : religious conviction, political choice, and fundamentalism in the Southern Baptist Convention., Mary Elizabeth Jones, Political Science
Learning to confess : the Inquisition in the age of reforms., Margaret MacLeish Mott, Political Science
Political community and individual gain : Aristotle, Adam Smith and the problem of exchange., Kimberly K. Sims, Political Science
Toward a critical ethic : Hobbes, Kant, and Nietzsche on feelings and foundations., William W. Sokoloff, Political Science
Constitutional interpretation and nation building : the Territorial Clause and the Foraker Act, 1787-1900., Charles R. Venator Santiago, Political Science
Dissertations from 2001
Extra-congressional procedures in the new legislative process., Lawrence, Becker, Political Science
The National Endowment for Democracy and the export of "made-in-America" democracy., Colin S. Cavell, Political Science
Privatization of federal government functions : Reagan, Clinton and the theory/action paradox., Peter, Fairman, Political Science
Post-electoral consulting : political consulting and the legislative process., Douglas A. Lathrop, Political Science
Nietzsche's imperatives., William H. Winstead, Political Science
Dissertations from 2000
Laying down the law for the historical imagination : Kant, Schiller and Nietsche., Matthew Louis Blanshei, Political Science
Doctrine as data., Alan, Gaitenby, Political Science
Permeating boundaries : the meaning of "nature" and "American"., Charlene Deaun Moulton, Political Science
The privatization of citizenship : race and democracy in the Dominican Republic and Brazil., Anthony Peter Spanakos, Political Science
Dissertations from 1999
Images of the executive : Michael Dukakis and the progressive legacy., James W. Cundy, Political Science
The emergence of bureaucratic entrepreneurship in a state education agency : a case study of Connecticut's education reform initiatives., Catherine W. Fisk, Political Science
Theorizing against politics : rethinking Max Weber and the purpose of political theory., John A. Goulding, Political Science
Motivational messages : direct contact and turnout., Michael T. Hannahan, Political Science
The Catholic ethic and the spirit of corporatism : historical and contemporary links between church and state in social services, health care and education., Richard L. Metafora, Political Science
Legal modernism and the politics of expertise : American law's crisis of knowledge and authority, 1870-1930., William D. Rose, Political Science
Dissertations from 1998
Compliance with human rights norms : international efforts to end torture., Katherine H. Brannum, Political Science
From here to maternity : motherhood, culture, and identity., Marsha V. Marotta, Political Science
Dissertations from 1997
Energy policies, liberalization and the framing of climate change policies in India., Anilla, Cherian, Political Science
The baseball anomaly : a regulatory paradox in American political development., Jerold J. Duquette, Political Science
The state of nature and the genesis of commonwealths in Hobbes's political philosophy, Thomas John Fryc
NATO and the future of European security., Sean, Kay, Political Science
NATO and the future of European security, Sean Imrie Kay
Radical ecology and critical theory : a critique of the environmental movement., David Bruce Martin, Political Science
Democracy and the dangerous man : mafia justice versus citizen virtue., L. Michael McCartney, Political Science
Dissertations from 1996
The politics of experience : constructing a non-identitarian feminism for theory and practice., Renée, Heberle, Political Science
Raising consciousness in the writings of Walter Benjamin., Jeneen Marie Hobby, Political Science
The politics of anticommunism in Massachusetts, 1930-1960, Judith Larrabee Holmes
Dissertations from 1995
The effectiveness of United Nations human rights institutions., Patrick James Flood, Political Science
Theodor Adorno's "political deficit"., Michael D. Parkhurst, Political Science
The Supreme Court and the legal status of political parties., Paul R. Petterson, Political Science
History versus nature : a reading of Aristotle, Hobbes, and Heidegger., Tong, Shen, Political Science
Dissertations from 1993
Rethinking political culture : counterinsurgency, democracy, and political identity in Guatemala., Joseph Marc Belanger, Political Science
Public policy and the political construction of the other., Gary L. Lehring, Political Science
Language, truth and power in ancient Greek thought : prolegomena to Nietzsche., Paul M. Shepard, Political Science
Dissertations from 1992
Latin American diplomacy and the Central American peace process : the Contadora and Esquipulas II cases., Mary Kathryn Meyer, Political Science
al-Mughtaribun : law and the transformation of Muslim life in North America., Kathleen M. Moore, Political Science
The Community Development Block Grant Program : a local perspective., Dean E. Shankle, Political Science
The president as administrator : the role of political beliefs in presidential decision making., David Alan Smailes, Political Science
Dissertations from 1991
Trading technology with eastern Europe and the U.S.S.R. : power, interests, institutions, and discourse among allies., James Timothy Cloyd, Political Science
Aesthetics, authority and justice in a post-metaphysical age : Nietzsche and Arendt., Kimberley F. Curtis, Political Science
Perestroika and the politics of the revolutionary left in Latin America., Stephen R. Pelletier, Political Science
Dynamics of the democratic system in small states : the eastern Caribbean model., Donald C. Peters, Political Science
Dissertations from 1990
Path to Tanzanian and Kenyan development in the postwar international order : the unresolved theoretical development debate., Mulugeta, Agonafer, Political Science
The significance of politics in the liberation theology of Juan Luis Segundo and Gustavo Gutierrez., Raul L. Cotto-Serrano, Political Science
Nature, freedom, and assertion : the philosophical foundations of organizational reform., Louis E. Howe, Political Science
The politics of transition to socialism in Cuba and North Korea., Hyuk-Bum, Kwon, Political Science
Marx's concept of labor., Christopher J. Mulvaney, Political Science
The family and ambiguity : the politics of alternative conceptions of self and society., Philip T. Neisser, Political Science
Constitutional politics : interpretive activity in America., Phyllis Farley Rippey, Political Science
The limitations of racial democracy : the politics of the Chicago Urban League, 1916-1940., Preston H. Smith, Political Science
The limitations of racial democracy: The politics of the Chicago Urban League, 1916-1940, Preston Howard Smith
A genealogy of convenience : a critical interpretation of technical culture., Thomas F. Tierney, Political Science
Dissertations from 1989
State autonomy, political power and public policy : a study of Brazilian development., Luiz, Pedone, Political Science
A response to rationalism : Edmund Burke and the contemporary turn to traditions., William H. Ploog, Political Science
Dissertations from 1988
The politics of prospective payment : a legislative case study., Patricia, Bodelson, Political Science
Labor unions and regime transition in Argentina., Linda, Chen, Political Science
The self, ethics and power : depth in Augustine, Foucault and Merleau-Ponty., Romand, Coles, Political Science
Political discourse in exile : Karl Marx and the Jewish question of our times., Dennis K. Fischman, Political Science
A prison of reason : the science and technology of an age of doom., Wade Doyle Sikorski, Political Science
Science in politics : eugenics, sterilization, and genetic screening., Douglas C. Telling, Political Science
Dissertations from 1987
The Portuguese Communist Party's strategy for power : 1921-1986., Carlos A. Cunha, Political Science
A structural critique of the American presidency : the Carter and Reagan years., William F. Grover, Political Science
The strategic defense initiative : implications for U.S. deterrence policy., Alan Scot MacDougall, Political Science
Identity and community : lesbian-feminism as political theory., Shane. Phelan, Political Science
Dissertations from 1986
Memory, culture and critical reflection : cultural mnemonics in a new era of selective remembrance., Terry K. Aladjem, Political Science
Unthinking faith and enlightenment : Hegel and the impasse of modernity., Jane, Bennett, Political Science
Study of a feminist community : self-identity, community and politics., Louise S. Brown, Political Science
The northern question : Italy's participation in the European Economic Community and the Mezzogiorno's underdevelopment., Adrian N. Carello, Political Science
Mothers' pensions : the origins of the relationship between women and the welfare state., Elizabeth G. Moore, Political Science
The use of economic sanctions as a political weapon in U.S.-Soviet relations., John G. Raley, Political Science
Alternatives in American politics : a study of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now., Daniel M. Russell, Political Science
Dissertations from 1985
Dilemmas of human service in a new conservative ERA., Mary Jo Hetzel, Political Science
Soviet intervention in Afghanistan and its implications for Pakistan., Riffat, Sardar, Political Science
In defense of political ecology : a moral conception of ecological obligation., Stanley J. Weinstein, Political Science
Dissertations from 1984
The state politics of congressional and judicial reform : implementing criminal records policy., Thomas Carlyle Dalton, Political Science
Gender and political theory : masculinity as ideology in modern political thought., Christine M. Di Stefano, Political Science
The politics of transformation : Nigeria, OPEC and the multinational corporations., Chinedum Isaac Igweonwu, Political Science
The depoliticization of public policy., Dwight C. Kiel, Political Science
The politics of the unstable balance-of-power in Machiavelli, Frederick the Great, and Clausewitz : citizenship as armed virtue and the evolution of warfare., Bradley S. Klein, Political Science
Public place : Congress and the republican political tradition., Joseph W. Martin, Political Science
Dissertations from 1983
Social services for children/families: the impact of title XX in Vermont., David Carl Baker, Political Science
Working mothers and the state., Cynthia Rae Daniels, Political Science
Realignment and institutional change., Barry S. Delin, Political Science
Non-participation and depolitization: an assessment of alternative theories., Tom, DeLuca, Political Science
Authority in politics: an investigation of their place in rationalist and interpretive theories., Michael T. Gibbons, Political Science
The federal regulation of pesticides., Charles L. Guerin, Political Science
Explanations of the political behavior of American women: an analysis and critique., Shirley, Haslip, Political Science
Postal service and the public : a case study in public policy., M. Elliot Vittes, Political Science
Dissertations from 1982
Scholar versus statesman : the record of Henry Kissinger; the United States, and western Europe., Jeffry R. Bendel, Political Science
Indo-U.S. relations, 1965-1975, Rita Braz, Political Science
The politics of civil service reform : the search for responsible administration in Great Britain and the United States., David L. Dillman, Political Science