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Dissertations from 2023
Alternative Power: The Politics of Denmark's Renewable Energy Transition, Robert Darrow, Political Science
Politics is Conspiracy: Everyday Political Conversations in Afghanistan, Mohsen Jalali, Political Science
The Violence of Nostalgia: Conspiracy Theorism, White Nationalism, and Restoring American Exceptionalism, Candice K. Travis, Political Science
"The Land that Feminism Forgot": Birthzillas, Madwives, and the Politics of Chilbirth, Amber Vayo, Political Science
Dissertations from 2022
Theorizing Black Statecraft, Samantha Davis, Political Science
Another Postcolonialism: Innovating Sovereignty from Below Through the Responsibility to Protect, Gabriel P. Mares, Political Science
THE POLITICIZATION OF THE DEAD AND INVISIBILE VIOLENCE: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TURKEY AND MEXICO, Bilgesu Sumer, Political Science
Debris of Progress: A Political Ethnography of Critical Infrastructure, Ethan Tupelo, Political Science
Dissertations from 2021
Why do Policy Frames Change? Rhetorical Construction and Contestation of Gay Rights in a Contested Regime, Shih-chan Dai, Political Science
Thinking with Black Lives Matter: Towards a Critical Theory of Racial Capitalism, Siddhant Issar, Political Science
Latino Race Cards: Negative Racial Appeals in Contemporary Campaigns and the Bounds of Racial Priming Theory, Rebecca Lisi, Political Science
Targeting Drones: Framing, Vetting, and Power in Transnational Advocacy Issue Networks, Alexandria J. Nylen, Political Science
GRAMMARS OF IDENTITY: POLITICAL LANGUAGES OF ACTIVISM IN ARGENTINA AND THE UNITED STATES, Ana M. Ospina Pedraza, Political Science
Cyclones, Spectacles, and Citizenship: The Politicization of Natural Disasters in the US and Oman, Tyler Schuenemann, Political Science
Platforms and Power: Transnational Guatemala, Eric Sippert, Political Science
Roadblocks to Access: Perceptions of Law and Socioeconomic Problems in South Africa, Kira Tait, Political Science
UPRISING AND DISPLACEMENT: ETHNOGRAPHIES OF VIOLENCE AND IDENTITY-(RE)FORMATION AMONG SYRIANS, Basileus Zeno, Political Science
Dissertations from 2020
PRECARIOUS PIPES: GOVERNANCE, INFORMALITY, AND THE POLITICS OF ACCESS IN KARACHI, Usmaan M. Farooqui, Political Science
Dissertations from 2019
Partisan Policymaking: Research and Advocacy in an Era of Polarization, Zachary Albert, Political Science
Citizenship in transit: perils and promises of crossing Mexico, Martha Balaguera Cuervo, Political Science
WHITEWASHED: THE RACIALIZATION OF AMERICA’S MIDDLE CLASS IDENTITY, Kaylee Theresa Johnson, Political Science
The Solution is the Problem: An Immanent Critique of Capitalism's Crisis, 2008-2018, Michael Stein, Political Science
Embodied, Rationed, Precarious: Conceptualizations of Sovereignty in Urban Food Regimes, Candan Turkkan, Political Science
Dissertations from 2018
Communication is a Two Way Street: Race, Gender, and Elite Responsiveness in U.S. Politics, Mia Costa, Political Science
The Promise(s) of Resilience: Governance and Resistance In Complex Times, alix olson, Political Science
Why Education Matters: Political Participation and Interpretive Experiences at High School, Samuel V. Stoddard, Political Science
FREE MARKET AUTHORITARIANISM AND THE ELECTION OF DONALD TRUMP, Sarah Tanzi, Political Science
The Paradox of a Town Meeting: The Influence of Forms of Local Government on Citizen Representation, Wouter Marc van Erve, Political Science
Dissertations from 2017
Voter Turnout Overreports: Measurement, Modeling and Deception, Ivelisse Cuevas-Molina, Political Science
“MY EYES ARE OPEN BUT MY LIPS ARE WHISPERING”: LINGUISTIC AND SYMBOLIC FORMS OF RESISTANCE IN THAILAND DURING 2006-2016, Khorapin Phuaphansawat, Political Science
LOOKING BEYOND THE RUBBLE TOWARD LOUVERTUREAN STATECRAFT: THE POST-OCCUPATION STATE AND THE HISTORICAL FAULT LINE OF RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT IN HAITI (1791-2016), Moise St Louis, Political Science
Dissertations from 2016
Citation Networks, Linguistics-Based Cues, and Logic-Based Approaches to Understanding What Persuades a Judge to Forsake Bias, James ben-Aaron, Political Science
The Social Corporation: Firms, Networks, and Politics, Michael Kowal, Political Science
Examining the Civil-Military Divide Through New (Institutional) Lenses: The Influence of the Supreme Court, Allen Linken, Political Science
American Authoritarianism in Black and White, Matthew C. MacWilliams, Political Science
Managing the Agricultural Biotechnology Revolution: Responses to Transgenic Seeds in Developing Countries, Alper Yagci, Political Science
Dissertations from 2015
Time to Leave Uchronia: Queer Eco-Temporalities for a Livable World, Claire S. Brault, Political Science
The Effects of Using Security Frames on Global Agenda Setting and Policy Making, Sirin Duygulu Elcim, Political Science
The Promise of Mourning, Samantha Rose Hill, Political Science
Tacit Web: Entrepreneurial Discovery, Institutional Complexity and Internet Diffusion, Meelis Kitsing, Political Science
Place, Nature, and Political Economy: The Submerged Politics of Alternative Agri-Food Movements, Matthew Aaron Lepori, Political Science
Undying Protests: On Collective Action and Practices of Resistance against Feminicide in Ciudad Juárez, Elva F. Orozco Mendoza, Political Science
The Economy Effect, Jeremy N. Wolf, Political Science
Dissertations from 2014
ANTIGONE CLAIMED, "I AM A STRANGER": DEMOCRACY, MEMBERSHIP AND UNAUTHORIZED IMMIGRATION, ANDRES FABIAN HENAO CASTRO, Political Science
Still Dirty After All These Years: Political Leadership, Knowledge, and Socialization and Regional Environmental Cooperation in Northeast Asia, Inkyoung Kim, Political Science
Southie versus Roxbury: Crime, Welfare, and the Racialized Gubernatorial Politics of Massachusetts in the Post-Civil Rights Era, Daniel T. Kirsch, Political Science
Imperial Janus: Patterns of Governance in the Western Borderlands of the Tsarist Empire, Nicklaus Laverty, Political Science
A Veteran Welfare State: Veterans' Benefits, Coalition Politics, and Social Policy Change, 1943-1973, Melinda R. Tarsi, Political Science
Dissertations from 2013
Democratizing the Criminal: Jury Nullification as Exercise of Sovereign Discretion over the Friend-Enemy Distinction, Timothy A. Delaune, Political Science
In Transition: The Politics of Place-based, Prefigurative Social Movements, Emily Hardt, Political Science
Promising Prevention: Greening the Breast Cancer Movement in the United States, Kristen Abatsis McHenry, Political Science
Bringing the Ballot Box to the People: Election Administration and the Origins of Inclusive Voting Practices, Kevin Pallister, Political Science
Resilient Environmental Governance: Protecting Changing Ecosystems Through Multilevel Governance, Casey Stevens, Political Science
The Local Production Of Welfare Humanitarianism In Neoliberal Turkey, F. Gizem Zencirci, Political Science
Dissertations from 2012
Journey From Islamism To Conservative Democracy: The Politics Of Religious Party Moderation In Turkey, Guliz Dinc Belcher, Political Science
Why Sacrifice Sovereignty? A Non-Instrumental Explanation of State Support for Supranational Cooperation in EU Common Foreign and Security Policy, Osman Sabri Kiratli, Political Science
Governing Piety: Islam, Empire and Moderation in Late Modernity, Dunya D Lepori, Political Science
Dissertations from 2011
Beyond Promise: Politics, Institutions And Neoliberal Economic Reforms In Four African Countries, Yakubu M Azindow, Political Science
Transnational Networks and the Promotion of Conservationist Norms in Developing Countries, Kemi D. George, Political Science
Dissertations from 2010
Ideological Endzones: NFL Films and The Countersubversive Tradition in American Politics, Nicholas R. Archer, Political Science
Constituting Representation: The Concept Of Representation In American Political Development, Patrick F Campbell, Political Science
After The Fog Of Reform: Democratic Consolidation In Mexico And Turkey, Evren Celik Wiltse, Political Science
The cross, the fall, and the resurrection: The Social Gospel and the democratic party, Christopher Lee Cronin
The Business Community and the Forging of Political Consensus Against the Clinton Healthcare Security Act of 1994, Michael Lenz, Political Science
Elemental Challenges: Environmental Troubles beyond the Limits of Democracy, Brad Mapes-Martins, Political Science
The Exclusion of Non-Native Voters from a Final Plebiscite in Puerto Rico: Law and Policy, Ramon Antonio Rodriguez, Political Science
The World Is Plural: Democratic Contributions Of Hannah Arendt, Lena Kay Zuckerwise, Political Science
Dissertations from 2009
The influence of American exceptionalist thought on the role of the United States in the contemporary "War on Terrorism"., Michael Dominic D'Amore, Political Science
Leviathan’S Rage: State Sovereignty And Crimes Against Humanity In The Late Twentieth Century, Cecil Bryant Lawson, Political Science
City Marketing and Gated Communities: A Case Study of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, Carlos A. Suarez-Carrasquillo, Political Science
Dissertations from 2008
The Europeanization of the social partnership : the future of neo-corporatism in Austria and Germany., Paul S. Adams, Political Science
A tutelazo limpio : a story of the struggle for identity and rights in Colombia and the demobilizing effect of the law., Farid Samir Benavides Vanegas, Political Science
Can the states increase religious freedom if they try? : judicial and legislative effects on religious actor success in the state courts., David, Claborn, Political Science
Designing multilateral environmental agreements., Christopher M. Marcoux, Political Science
Politics of the parking space: Rights, identity, and property, Sarah K Marusek
Cosmopolitanism and abjection in Montesquieu's Persian letters., Veronica A. O'Connor, Political Science
Dissertations from 2007
Rethinking theories of transitions in the former Soviet Union., Luke, Perry, Political Science
The sticking point : human rights and civil-military relations in Latin America., Rebecca K. Root, Political Science
Disengaging from territory : identity, the politics of contestation and domestic political structures: India & Britain (1929-1935), and Indonesia & East Timor (1975-1999)., Lena, Tan, Political Science
A critical assessment of international relations theories for managing transboundary water resources : the case of the Nile basin., Yohannes, Woldemariam, Political Science
Dissertations from 2006
Reading the Quaderni del carcere : the political project of Antonio Gramsci., Manuel S. Almeida Rodriguez, Political Science
Living politics by awakening history : a critical approach to Walter Benjamin through Sigmund Freud., Alex, Betancourt-Serrano, Political Science
The shield of Achilles and the war on terror : Ekphrasis as critique., Christopher D. Erickson, Political Science
American pragmatism and democratic faith., Robert J. Lacey, Political Science
Lyrics and the law : the constitution of law in music., Aaron R. S., Lorenz, Political Science
Myths and realities of the role of officialdom in economic development in Ukraine : two case studies in small business creation, Kharkiv and Transcarpathia., Robert J. O'Meara, Political Science
American ideal : Theodore Roosevelt and the redefinition of American individualism., Paul M. Rego, Political Science
Ideological dissention in the progressive era : uncovering the challengers to direct democracy reforms., Lonce H. Sandy-Bailey, Political Science
Creating a culture of political giving., David L. Wiltse, Political Science
Dissertations from 2005
The conservation of crop genetic diversity in Turkey : an analysis of the linkages between local, national and international levels., Zuhre, Aksoy, Political Science
Cultivating participatory democracy at the grassroots: A case study in Middle Belt Nigeria, Laura Mullen Dobson
American voting : the local character of suffrage in the United States., Alec C. Ewald, Political Science
Cultivating participatory democracy at the grassroots : a case study in middle belt Nigeria., Laura, Mullen-Dobson, Political Science
The state, the noncitizen, and the challenge of bilateral legitimacy in the United States, Canada and Australia., Alicia Marie Rampulla, Political Science
Dissertations from 2004
Contesting constitutional meaning : the political Constitution and the myth of judicial supremacy., George, Thomas, Political Science
Responsibility and critical theory : responding to suffering after Auschwitz., Antonio Y. Vázquez Arroyo, Political Science
Violation and immunity: The languages of politics and health in prerevolutionary Massachusetts, Martha Yoder
Poll use and policy-making in the White House : 1993-2000., Jeanne. Zaino, Political Science
Dissertations from 2003
White noise : the political uses of internet technology by right-wing extremist groups., Alison D. Dagnes, Political Science
Confronting our enlightenment apprehensions : morally informed action and our capacity for progress in America., Stephen Terhune Smith, Political Science