APSA is pleased to include here the names of individuals who have completed their doctoral dissertations at political science departments in the United States during the 2017 calendar year. In order to provide the most accurate information possible, this list is based on data reported directly from departments.
Ghazal Nadi, American University
Transparent They Endure: Causes and Consequences of Fiscal Transparency in Hybrid Regimes
Sara Salman, American University
The Power of Parliaments: Understanding Why and How Parliamentary Power Changes in Transitioning Democracies
William Harder, American University
The Administrative Governor and the Parties Environment
Christine Basil, Baylor University
Who Am I to Judge? Rhetoric, Passion, and Rule of Law in Aristotle’s Political Thought
David Little, Baylor University
Aristotle and Kant on the Noble and the Good
Deborah O’Malley, Baylor University
Religious Institutions and Associational Freedom in US Supreme Court Jurisprudence
James Odom, Baylor University
Public Debt and the Common Good
Kevin Burns, Baylor University
Progressive Constitutionalism: William Howard Taft as Chief Executive and Chief Justice
Alexander Oliver, Boston University
Three Essays on the American Public’s War Support Calculus: Evidence from Experiments
Douglas Mock, Boston University
Natural Law in the US Supreme Court: Tracing the History of Natural Law and Natural Rights Reasoning in Supreme Court Jurisprudence Through the Cases of Calder v. Bull and Corfield v. Coryell
Eniola Soyemi, Boston University
Law’s Moral Legitimacy and the Significance of Participation
Gregory Winger, Boston University
Soft Power by Other Means: Defense Diplomacy as a Tool of International Statecraft
Hae Won Lee, Boston University
Assessing the Impact of Transitional Justice: South Korean Experience, 1980–2016
Jillian Jaeger, Boston University
Understanding Minority Incorporation: Evidence from State and Local Politics
Lenka Wieluns, Boston University
Understanding the Relationship Between Military Spending Cuts and Military Capacity: European States 2000–2012
Matthew Maguire, Boston University
Governance Beyond Governments? The Regulation of Corporate Social Responsibility Through Non-Financial Reporting
Taiyi Sun, Boston University
Civil Society Under Authoritarian Rule: Disasters, Social Capital, and their Consequences in Chinese State-Society Relations
Adam Smith, Brandeis University
Democratic Medicine: Recongition, Citizenship, and the Politics of Medicalization
Victoria McGroary, Brandeis University
Marketing Resistance: Explaining Choices of Violence and Nonviolence Inside Nationalist Movements
Abdulaziz Ahmed Ali Albinali, Claremont Graduate University
Oil Policy & Elites Political Survival: Determinants & Consequences of Oil Sector Ownership Structure
Andrew D Carico, Claremont Graduate University
Rhetorician in Chief: President Obama’s Popular Leadership and American Constitutionalism
Charupol Ruangsuwan, Claremont Graduate University
The Study of Labor Trafficking in Thailand Fishing Industry: The Case of Migrant Labors from Myanmar in Thailand Fishing Industry
Ichsan Zulkarnaen, Claremont Graduate University
The Study of Income Inequality in Indonesia: The Case of Globalization and Fiscal Decentralization in Provincial Income Inequality
Jay Michael Hoffpauir, Claremont Graduate University
Between the Many and Socrates: A Study of Plato’s Crito
Jean Ock Kang, Claremont Graduate University
Finding Clues to Machiavelli’s Political Philosophy: Discord, Rationality, and the ‘One Man’
Jessica Leeann England McGuire, Claremont Graduate University
Representative Bureaucracy in the States: An Examination of Male and Female Cabinet Secretaries
Jordan Mosiah Bradley, Claremont Graduate University
The Genius of Republican Liberty: James Madison’s Theory of Representation
Loren J Rotner, Claremont Graduate University
Popular Leadership Without Populism? A View from the Founding
Mark Russell Becher, Claremont Graduate University
J.R.R. Tolkien & the Great War: The Lord of the Rings & the Modern Civil War
Matthew Daryl Nickens, Claremont Graduate University
A Dynamic Model of Stabilization and Reconstruction
Melissa Mahoney Smith, Claremont Graduate University,
Civic Dignity, Recognition, and Meaningful Political Participation,
Michael Howard Steinman, Claremont Graduate University
Legislative Bicameralism: Has It Always Been and Should It Always Be a Foregone Conclusion
Michael Raphael Davidson, Claremont Graduate University
The Role of Irrigation Efficiency in the Implementation of Climate-Smart Agriculture in the Jujuy Province of Argentina
Nacar Omer Abdelmagid Abdelrahman, Claremont Graduate University,
Predicting Pro-Government Militia Activity: A Multinomial Logistic Regression Analysis
Rena Salayeva, Claremont Graduate University
Finding Democracy in Authoritarian Elections: Strategies For Mobilizing and Rewarding Russian Voters
Zhidong Fang, Claremont Graduate University
Leo Strauss’s Understanding of Tyranny: A Reading of the ‘Introduction’ to On Tyranny
Jeffrey Cook, Colorado State University
Setting the Record Straight: Interest Group Influence on Climate Policy At The Environmental Protection Agency
Megan DeMasters, Colorado State University
Solving The Rubik’s Cube: Understanding the Many Sides of the Municipal Stormwater Program
Megan Ruxton, Colorado State University
This Budworm’s For You: How Framing, Trust, and Participation Affect Attitudes On Natural Resource Management Issues in Atlantic Canada and New England
Amanda Cheney, Cornell University
Tibet Lost in Translation: Power Politics, Language, and the Mechanics of International Order Transformation Between the Sinosphere and Westphalia, 1890–1937
Cardona Arroyo Aileen, Cornell University
Framing Matters: Immigration, the Media, and Public Opinion
Catherine Reyes-Housholder, Cornell University
Presidentas, Power and Pro-Women Change
Christopher Cairns, Cornell University
China’s Weibo Experiment: Social Media (Non)Censorship and Autocratic Responsiveness
Comstock Audrey, Cornell University
Domestic Legislatures and International Law: Explaining State Participation and Compliance with United Nations Human Rights Treaties
David Cortez, Cornell University
Broken Mirrors: Identity, Duty, and Belonging in the Age of the New La(tinx) Migra
Frederick Setzer, Cornell University
Judicial Power in Transitional Regimes: Tunisia and Egypt since the Arab Spring
Gandhi Triveni, Cornell University
Layers of Subordination: Intersectional Approaches to Affirmative Action in Rural India
Gregory Thaler, Cornell University
Forest Governance and Global Development: The Land Sparing Fallacy in Brazil and Indonesia
Isaac Elfstrom, Cornell University
Resistance, Repression, Responsiveness: Workers and the State in China
Isaac Kardon, Cornell University
Rising Power, Creeping Jurisdiction: China’s Law of the Sea
Katrina Browne, Cornell University
The Borders of Conflict: Three Essays on Border Management and Conflict Escalation
Kevin Duong, Cornell University
Democratic Terror: Redemptive Violence and the Formation of Nineteenth Century France
Lauren Honig, Cornell University
Land, State-Building, and Political Authority in Africa
Mariano Sanchez Talanquer, Cornell University
States Divided: History, Conflict, and State Formation in Mexico and Columbia
Natalie Letsa, Cornell University
Voting For the Devil You Know: Understanding Electoral Behavior in Authoritarian Regimes
Nicole Weygandt, Cornell University
Crude Choice: The Centrality of Learning and Emulation in the Developing World’s Transformation of Oil Regimes
Robert Braun II, Cornell University
Religious Minorities and Resistance to Genocide
Rumela Sen, Cornell University
Bullets to Ballots: Maoists and the Lure of Democracy in India
Sarah Maxey, Cornell University
The Humanitarian Discourse of Force: Explaining US Presidents’ Justifications for Military Intervention
Silvana Toska, Cornell University
Rebel Passions: How Emotions Fuel the Diffusion of Rebellion
Steffen Blings, Cornell University
Political Parties and Social Movements: Mobilizing and Representing Civil Society
Wendy Leutert, Cornell University
Economic Reform through Political Leadership in China’s State-Owned Economy
Aaron Shapiro, CUNY Graduate Center
Dinosaurs for the Digital Age: Party Organization in the Twenty-First Century
Domenico Romero, CUNY Graduate Center
The Impact of State-Promoted Participation in Democracy and Development: A Comparison of Venezuela and Mexico
Kristofer Petersen-Overton, CUNY Graduate Center
Thresholds of Atrocity: Liberal Violence and the Politics of Moral Vision
Matthew Murray, CUNY Graduate Center
Stayin’ Alive: Transnational Sanctuary and Insurgency
Puangchon Unchanam, CUNY Graduate Center
The Bourgeois Crown: Capitalism and the Monarchy in Thailand, 1946–2016
Tatianna Carayannis, CUNY Graduate Center
Webs of War in the Congo: The Politics of Hybrid Wars, Conflict Networks, and Multilateral Responses, 1996–2003
Wilnedia Negron, CUNY Graduate Center
Movements and Political Parties in the 21st Century Exploring the role of ICTs, Human Development, and Political-Activism Culture in East Asia and Latin America
Alexandra Oprea, Duke University
Children or Citizens: Civic Education in Liberal Political Thought
Anna Schultz, Duke University
The Geography of Accountability
Cindy Cheng, Duke University
The Politics of Food Safety
Guadalupe Rojo, Duke University
Connecting The Nodes: How Social Capital Enhances Public Services and Infrastructure in Slums
Jiseon Lee, Duke University
Guns and Roses: A Study of Violent and Nonviolent Resistance Movements
Joshua Lerner, Duke University
Using Ideas As My Maps: Tracing the Flow of Ideas Through the Legislative Process
Matthew Cole, Duke University
Dystopia and Political Imagination in the Twentieth Century
Michael Hawley, Duke University
Cicero’s Legacy and the Story of Modern Liberty
Samuel Bagg, Duke University
The Dispersion of Power: Thinking Democratically in the 21st Century
Ana Paula Von Bochkor Podcameni, Florida International University
An Inquiry of the Status of Individual Criminal Responsibility of Children Under International Law Using a Children’s Rights Approach
David Tooch, Florida International University
The Diffusion of Knowledge in Foreign Policy: The Case of Israel’s Technology Transfers as Tools of Diplomacy
Galib Bashirov, Florida International University
US Foreign Policy Toward Azerbaijan, 1991–2015
Graham Slater, Florida International University
Foreign Policy Evaluation and the Utility of Intervention
Jeff Maslanik, Florida International University
Immigrant Entrepreneurship and Its Role in Swedish and European Immigration Policy Development
Karen Clay, Florida International University
Rethinking Development Cooperation through South-South Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean: Brazil and Haiti
Roberto Flores, Florida International University
Speaking Private Authority: The Construction of Sustainability in Forests and Fisheries
Ryan Opsal, Florida International University
Contrasting Oil Security Objectives Within a Grand Streategic Framework: the Case of the United States and China
Thomas Just, Florida International University
Contemporary State Policies Toward Antisemitism in Germany and Poland
Tristan DiMontenegro, Florida International University
China’s Interest in Africa: Conflict Or Stabillity?
Yuanyuan Fang, Florida International University
Balance of Power in Regional Institutional Framework: Reassessment of the Us-China-Japan Trilateral Relationship
Alexander Reisenbichler, George Washington University
The Politics of Entrenchment: Growth Models and Housing Finance Policy in the United States and Germany
Allison Quatrini, George Washington University
“Party” Politics: Ethnic Minority Holiday Celebrations and Ethnic Identity Reinforcement in the People’s Republic of China
Amanda Alcorn, George Washington University
Leading the South: Emerging Powers in International Institutions
Barnett Koven, George Washington University
Development Assistance and the Diffusion of Insurgent Violence
Brian Francisco Reed, George Washington University
Getting His Way: Presidential Preferences and Bureaucratic Relations During Foreign Policy Crises
Diogo De Castilho Penha de Lemos, George Washington University
The Politics of Unmixing: Riots, Segregation, and Votes in India
Jacquelyn Schneider, George Washington University
The Information Revolution and International Stability: A Multi-Article Exploration of Computing, Cyber, and Incentives for Conflict
Jeannette Haynie, George Washington University
Canaries in the Coal Mines: Does Gender Equality Reduce Domestic Terrorism?
Jessica Anderson, George Washington University
Making Locals: Recruitment and the Knowledge Market in International Aid
Kenneth Vincent, George Washington University
The Strategic Determinants of Oil Stockpiling Behavior
William Cubbison, George Washington University
Like the People: Three Essays on Race, Gender, and Political Participation
Diana White, Georgia State University
The Impact of Geography and Ethnicity on EU Enlargement: New Evidence from the Accession of Eastern Europe
Gulcan Saglam, Georgia State University
Selective Humanity: The Social and Economic Origins of State Responses to Asylum Crises
Hisham Soliman, Georgia State University
Defection-Proofed Militaries and Authoritarian Regime
John Raines, Georgia State University
Folding a Losing Brand: Modeling Party Brand Loyalty and the Power of Niche Groups in International Political Economy Decision Making
Mamdouh Shouman, Georgia State University
Deserts in the City: White Land and Regime Survival in the Gulf
Yohannes Gedamu, Georgia State University
Ethnic Federalism and Authoritarian Survival in Ethiopia
Adriana Alfaro, Harvard University
The Belief in Intuition: A Politico-philosophical Reading of Henri Bergson and Max Sheler
Andrei Roman, Harvard University
A Theory of Protest Escalation
Emily Clough, Harvard University
Exit, Voice, and Resources: How NGOs Shape State Performance in India
Gabrielle Ramaiah, Harvard University
Determinants of Success and Failure in US Advising of Foreign Militaries, 1945–present
George Yin, Harvard University
Essays on Systemic Theories of Conflict
Jeffrey Javed, Harvard University
Land and Retribution: Morality, Mobilization, and Violence in China’s Land Reform Campaign, 1950–1952
Jonathan Bruno, Harvard University
Democracy Beyond Disclosure: Secrecy, Transparency, and the Logic of Self-Government
Jonathan Phillips, Harvard University
Good Governance in Poor Places: Explaining Inclusive Politics in Emerging Subnational Democracies
Kara Ross Camanera, Harvard University
Aid, Violence, and Intervention: Three Essays on the Transnational Implications of Refugee Policy
Leslie Finger, Harvard University
Group Power and Policy Change in Education
Mahhav Khosla, Harvard University
Modern Constitutionalism and the Indian Founding
Matthew Kim, Harvard University
Public and Elite Opinion on International Human Rights
Melissa Sands, Harvard University
How Context Affects Politics: Essays on Causality and Measurement
Michael Hankinson, Harvard University
Political Ideology and Development Regulations
Rachel Friedman, Harvard University
Probability, Distributive Justice, and the Promise of Social Insurance
Soledad Prillaman, Harvard University
Why Women Mobilize: Dissecting and Dismantling India’s Gender Gap in Political Participation
Stephen Pettigrew, Harvard University
Long Lines and Voter Purges: The Logistics of Running Elections in America
Sungho Kimlee, Harvard University
Factions and Orders: from Machiavelli to Madison
Tae-Yeoun Keum, Harvard University
Plato and the Mythic Tradition in Political Thought
Volha Charnysh, Harvard University
Migration, Diversity, and Economic Development: Post-WWII Displacement in Poland
Zeynep Pamuk, Harvard University
Examining the Experts: Science, Values, and Democracy
Adam Brewer, Idaho State University
A Bridge’s Demise: A Study of Coalitional Narrative Strategies Advanced in the Columbia River Crossing Boondoggle
Katherine Scofield, Indiana University
Indigenous Rights and Constitutional Change in Ecuador
Katie Stewart, Indiana University
Contentious Conceptions of We the People: An Analysis of Regional Variation in Russian Nation Building Strategies and Outcomes
Kayo Onishi, Indiana University
Electoral Gender Quotas and Women’s Representation in Developing Countries
Kirk Harris, Indiana University
Patronage in Development: Ethnicity and the Politics of Public Goods Provision in Kenya
Laura Bucci, Indiana University
Union Decline and Its Consequences For Political Voice: A Look At The American States
Matthew Fowler, Indiana University
White Group Consciousness and Dwindling Dominance: The Meaning of Linked Fate Among White Americans in a Changing Demographic Landscape
Ottawa Sanders, Indiana University
Existential Threats and the Militarization of Minor Powers: Why Leaders Choose to Pursue and Acquire Nuclear Weapons and Why Some Give Them Up Whereas Others Do Not
Rafael Khachaturian, Indiana University
Discipline, Knowledge, and Critique: Marxist Theory and the Revival of the State in American Political Science, 1968–1989
Yesola Kweon, Indiana University
Orienting the Welfare State: Electoral Systems, Social Cleavages, and Policy Priorities
Anne Gillman, Johns Hopkins University
Making Culture Moving Margins: Cultural Policy and State-Society Relations in Brazil
Devin Fernandes, Johns Hopkins University
Constructing the Cause: The Role of Third Party Funders in the Development of Mexican American Interest Group Advocacy
Elizabeth Mendenhall, Johns Hopkins University
Shifting Grounds: Scientific and Technological Change and International Regimes for the Ocean and Outer Space
Fernando Romero, Johns Hopkins University
Being in International Relations: The Structure of International Feeling
Joseph Mohorcich, Johns Hopkins University
Power Pragmatism
Kavi Abraham, Johns Hopkins University
Governing Through Stakeholders: Systems Thinking and the Making of Participatory Global Governance
Meghan Luhman, Johns Hopkins University
From Free Movement to Migration Crisis: Events and Ideas in Europe
Zachary Reyna, Johns Hopkins University
The Matter of Law: Reconsidering the Natural Law Tradition
Amanda Clark, Kent State University
Framing Strategies and Social Movement Coalitions: Assessing Tactical Diffusion in the Fight Against Human Trafficking from 2008–2014
Askat Dukenbaev, Kent State University
Understanding Elections in “Hybrid Regimes”: Why do Citizens Vote in Elections They Do Not Trust? A Case Study of Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan, 1991–2016, with Generalizations to the Post-Soviet Central Asian States
Elizabeth Moore, Northeastern University
Transnational Actors and New Venture Creation: Examining Formal and Informal Entrepreneurship From an Interdisciplinary Perspective
James Boesen, Northern Illinois University
A Reconsideration of Montesquieu’s Liberal Pacifism
Katherine Paton, Northern Illinois University
Foundations of Modern Democracy: Machiavelli and the Demise of Greatness
Li-Yin Liu, Northern Illinois University
Cultural Influence on Taiwanese Environmental Nongovernmental Organizations’ Strategies and on Public Perception of their Strategies
Martin Claar, Northern Illinois University
The Swords of Damocles: Explaining Unconventional Weapon Nonuse
Ronnie Nataatmadja, Northern Illinois University
Decentralization and Public Service in Indonesia: The Influence of the Middle Class
Thomas Rhoden, Northern Illinois University
Neither Refugee Nor Migrant: Comparative-Historical Study of Burmese Migration into Thailand
Timothy Marquez, Northern Illinois University
Race, Ethnicity, Economics, and Federalism: State Sentiment Regarding Noncitizens from 2009–2015
Alison Craig, Ohio State University
Policy Collaboration in The United States Congress
Carolyn Morgan, Ohio State University
Fear & Loathing in the Vaterland: Hate Crimes and Immigrant Political Engagement in Modern Day Germany
Daniel Silverman, Ohio State University
Perceptions and Misperceptions in War: Civilian Beliefs about Violence and their Consequences in Pakistan, Iraq, and Beyond
Gabriella Lloyd, Ohio State University
Mandating (In)Security? How UN Missions Endanger the Civilians They Intend to Protect
Jakob Miller, Ohio State University
All of the People, All of the Time : An Analysis of Public Reaction to the Use of Deception by Political Elites
Kelly Atkinson, Ohio State University
The Effect of Gender-Based Development Policies on Child Recruitment into Conflict
Lauren Ratliff Santoro, Ohio State University
Choosing to Be Changed: How Selection Conditions the Effect of Social Networks on Political Attitudes
Margaret Hanson, Ohio State University
Legalized Rent-Seeking : How Dictators Use Civil Courts to Manage Corruption
Megan Bowman, Ohio State University
Oil Wealth and Ruling Party Longevity in Democracies
Nicholas Felts, Ohio State University
Please Explain Yourself : Mechanisms of Opinion Improvement in Deliverative Forums
Raphael Cunha, Ohio State University
Financial Globalization & Democracy: Foreign Capital, Domestic Capital, and Political Uncertainty in the Emerging World
Sergio Diaz Sierra, Ohio State University
The Role of Coherence in the Development of Ideologies: A Case Study of Conservative Thought on Immigration from 1995–2000
Anne Whitesell, Penn State University
Who Represents the “Other”? The Influence of Organized Interests in State Welfare Policy
Christopher Boylan, Penn State University
Speaking On Our Behalf : Essays On Political Representation
Christopher Culver, Penn State University
Remittances and Autocratic Regime Durability
Eleanor Schiff, Penn State University
Institutional Political Actors’ Relative Influence Across the US Federal Bureaucracy
Emma Leonard, Penn State University
Explaining Violence in African Civil Wars: Sierra Leone and Liberia in Comparative Perspective
Joshua Semat, Penn State University
Sympathy and Strength : Understanding Negotiations Between Principals and Agents
Michael Kenwick, Penn State University
Securing Control and Controlling Security: Civil-Military Relations and Conflict Processes
Thomas Brawner, Penn State University
The Diffusion of Instability in Authoritarian Regimes
Zachary Jones, Penn State University
Interpretable Statistical Learning
Dan Sinh Nguyen Vo, Purdue University
Human Rights Treaty Commitment and Compliance: A Machine Learning-based Causal Inference Approach
John Schultz, Purdue University
Revisiting Rustow: An Empirical Assessment of the Relationship Between National Identity and Attitudes Towards Democracy in post-Soviet Russia
Mark Denninghoff, Purdue University
A Hard Pill to Swallow: Federal Intervention and the Peculiarities of Nineteenth Century Mormon Political Pluralism
Summer Forester, Purdue University
Security Threats and the Policy Agenda: Understanding State Action on Women’s Rights in the Middle East
William Shelby, Purdue University
Prone to Drone: Unmanned Aircraft Systems’ Effects On Public Support For the Use of Force
Carolina Tchinitian, Rice University
Ballots, Vote Casting Procedures, and Electoral Outcomes
James Hedrick, Rice University
Immigration Policy in the American States: Attitudes, Adoption, and Outcomes
Mathias Tromborg, Rice University
Voter Demands and Representative Behavior
Santiago Alles, Rice University
Parties, Incumbents, and the Reform of Electoral Rules in Latin American Democracies
Amanda Roberti, Rutgers University
Women Deserve Better: Pro-Woman Issue Framing of Regulatory Abortion Policy in the States
Andrew Spath, Rutgers University
Turbulence in Transition? Leader Succession and Government-Activist Interaction in Jordan, Syria, and Beyond
Bo Peng, Rutgers University
Kant’s Theory of Duty and Conflict of Rights
Cristina Gherasimov, Rutgers University
Postaccession Democratic Backsliding in the New Europe: The Case of Anticorruption Performance
Farah Jan, Rutgers University
Adversarial Peace: The Persistence of Nuclear Rivalries
Grace Howard, Rutgers University
The Criminalization of Pregnancy: Rights, Discretion, and the Law
Hector Bahamonde, Rutgers University
State Capacities in Latin America: Structural Transformations, Elite Competition, and Fiscal Development (1850–2010)
Ion Marandici, Rutgers University
Oligarchic State Capture: Wealthy Elites and State Autonomy in Communist and Postcommunist Countries
John Lesher, Rutgers University
Enhancing Minority Electability: Do Majority-Minority Districts Work?”
John Kane, Stony Brook University
Party Coalitions and Partisan Behavior in the American Public
Scott Bokemper, Stony Brook University
Experiments on Social Safety Nets for Unemployment
Rafael Jacob, Temple University
Party, People, or Policy? Uncovering the Impact of Advertising on Voter Behavior in Ballot Initiative and Candidate-Centered Campaigns
Travis Blemings, Temple University
The Politics of Development Aid: Understanding the Lending Practices of the World Bank Group
Andrew Philips, Texas A&M University
Manipulating the Masses: New Theories of Political Cycles
David Switzer, Texas A&M University
Private Taps, Public Good: Exploring Compliance, Conservation, and Equity in United States Drinking Water
Kendall Funk, Texas A&M University
The Causes and Consequences of Women’s Representation in Local Governments
Kristen Carroll, Texas A&M University
When Representatives Work: The Influence of Local Context on Minority Representation
Megan Dyer, Texas A&M University
Rousseau Against Republicanisms; Political Community and Human Order at the Edge of a Tradition
Mitchell Radtke, Texas A&M University
Dictators, Ministerial Cronyism, and International Conflict
Amira Saleem Jadoon, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy, University at Albany, SUNY
Aiding Repression? The Effects of US Military Aid on Conflict Intensity and Civilian Targeting
Katherine M Zuber, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy, University at Albany, SUNY
Lobbying to Lawsuits: Optimistic Biases and Tactical Transitions in the Movement For LGBT Equality
Rachel Rappaport, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy, University at Albany, SUNY
The New Right in Europe: Supply, Demand, and Electoral Performance
Steve S Sin, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy, University at Albany, SUNY
While the Enemy is Preoccupied: A Distractionary Theory of Interstate Crisis Initiation
Eunbee Kim, University of Arizona
Road to Democratization
Jonathan Beagles, University of Arizona
Organizational Values and the Network Governance of International Nongovernmental Organizations
Paul Bezerra, University of Arizona
Blunder or Plunder? Donor, Recipient, and Aid Attributes for the Successful Use of Bilateral Aid as a Foreign Policy Tool
Tomas Olivier, University of Arizona
Institutional Design and Adaptation in Regional-Scale Common-Pool Resource Institutions: Securing Access to High-Quality Drinking Water in Boston, New York, Portland, and San Francisco
Jenny Kahl, University at Buffalo, SUNY
Presidential Leadership, Executive Orders, and Civil Rights in America
Muhammed Erenler, University at Buffalo, SUNY
A Social Control Theory: Bridging the Information-Violence Gap: How Can Information Provision Affect States’ Tendency Toward Violence Against Civilians?
Reverien Mfizi, University at Buffalo, SUNY
The Effects of Civil War Outcomes on Economic Disparities, Government Repression and State-Building in Postconflict Countries
Allison Bond, University of California, Berkeley
Wounded Warriors: Contemporary Representations of Soldiers’ Suffering
Christian Philips, University of California, Berkeley
Expansion and Exclusion: Race, Gender, and Immigration in American Politics
Christopher Chambers-Ju, University of California, Berkeley
Democratization and Labor Activation: Teachers and Parties in Latin America
Denise Van Der Kamp, University of California, Berkeley
Clean Air at What Cost? The Rise of Blunt Force Regulation in China
Geoffrey Upton, University of California, Berkeley
Negotiating the Sharing Economy: Challenges and Opportunities for Democracy in the Era of Neoliberal Capitalism
Laurel Eckhouse, University of California, Berkeley
Watching the Watchers: Accountability, Democratic Control, and Equal Enforcement of the Law in US Policing
Mark Fisher, University of California, Berkeley
Heroic Democracy: Thucydides, Pericles, and the Tragic Science of Athenian Greatness
Michael Dougal, University of California, Berkeley
Democracy in a Dim Light: Milquetoast Local Newspapers, Candidates that Only Look the Part, and the 2016 Online News Cycle
Nicole Willcoxon, University of California, Berkeley
The Voting Rights Act in North Carolina: Turnout, Registration, Access, and Enforcement
Sheryl Zaks, University of California, Berkeley
Resilience Beyond Rebellion: How Wartime Organizational Structures Affect Rebel-to-Party Transformation
Raman Deol, University of California, Merced
Traits Versus States: The Interactive Effect of Emotion and Personality on Political Behavior
Aaron Cotkin, University of California, San Diego
Recovery of Virtu: Imitation and Political Practices in the Works of Niccolo Machiavelli
Alan Ward, University of California, San Diego
Legitimacy’s Stutter: The Philosophical Anarchist Challenge and Deliberation’s Uncertain Solution
David Searle, University of California, San Diego
Can Television Ads Persuade? Strategy and Choice of Television Advertising in US House of Representatives Elections
Elaine Denny, University of California, San Diego
Poverty and the Psychology of Political
John Kuk, University of California, San Diego
An Unequal and Polarized Democracy: Why Has Unequal Growth Caused Party Polarization in the American Public
Kyle Haines, University of California, San Diego
Critical Political Ecology and Environmental Crisis: Rhetoric, Technology, and Decentralization in the US and Mexico
Matthew Nanes, University of California, San Diego
From the Bottom-Up: Policing and Sectarian Conflict in Divided Societies
Mona Roseann Vakilifathi, University of California, San Diego
From the Statehouse to the Schoolhouse: The Effect of State Legislative Institutions on Charter School Growth
Nazita Lajevardi, University of California, San Diego
A Comprehensive Study of Muslim American Discrimination by Legislators, the Media, and the Masses
Rumman Chowdhurry, University of California, San Diego
Beating Plowshares into Swords: The Impact of the Metropolitan-Military Complex
Yunkyu Sohn, University of California, San Diego
Measuring Ideology, Dimensionality and Polarization in Politics
Aaron Sparks, University of California, Santa Barbara
Reducing Distance to Increase Action: How Psychological Proximitydrives Political Activism
Francisco Brandao, University of California, Santa Barbara
Campaign Spheres in Latin America: How Institutions Affect Digital Media in Presidential Elections
Hyunsook Moon-Chen, University of California, Santa Barbara
Exchange Rate Policy and Policy Diffusion: Exchange Rate Regime Choices in East Asia
Nicole Filler, University of California, Santa Barbara
Gendered Struggles for Social Justice: Asian American Activism and Resistance in the Early 21st Century Los Angeles and Las Vegas
Yanjun Liu, University of California, Santa Barbara
The Making of a Divided Leviathan: Redistribution, Information, and Authoritarian Mass Politics in China
Abdullah Wais Hassan, University of California, Santa Cruz
Unreliable Allies: Democrats and the Decline of Public Sector Unions
Gabriel Filartiga, University of California, Santa Cruz
Adaptive Development: The Micro Genesis of Development as Adaptive Learning
James Beneda, University of California, Santa Cruz
Indoctrinated Incoherence: An Institutional Theory of Traumatic Experience
Katherine Blakeley, University of California, Santa Cruz
Fighting Green: How Congress and the Pentagon Make Defense Policy
Logan Puck, University of California, Santa Cruz
Mexico’s Private Security Dilemma: Understanding the Relationship Between the Mexican State and the Private Security Industry
Maxim Tabachnik, University of California, Santa Cruz
Nation Building in Russia’s Buffer Zone: Territorial Citizenship and Separatism in Moldova, Azerbaijan, and Georgia
Samantha Cook, University of California, Santa Cruz
Encountering Metis: Feminist Articulations of UN Security Council Practice
Sandra Harvey, University of California, Santa Cruz
Passing for Free, Passing for Sovereign: Blackness and the Formation of the Nation
Steven Araujo, University of California, Santa Cruz
Bodies of Popular Power: Territorial Activism and Grassroots Control in Argentina
Amanda Blair, University of Chicago
Going Beyond Accountability and Untangling the Politics of Conflict-Related Rape
Amanda Maher, University of Chicago
The Corrupt Republic: The Contemporary Relevance of Machiavelli’s Critique of Inequality and Dependence
Chad Levinson, University of Chicago
Moral Subsidy: The Origins of Influential Extra-Governmental Organizations in US National Security Politics
Dina Rashed, University of Chicago
Authoritarianism and the Civilianization of Force: Police Power in Militarized Regimes
Emma Stone Mackinnon, University of Chicago
Imperial Promises: The Contested Politics of Human Rights in the Twentieth Century
Gordon Arlen, University of Chicago
Oligarchs Among Us: Confronting Wealth and Power in a Democratic Age
Jay Cost, University of Chicago
One Great American System: James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and the Problem of Republican Nationalism
Kathryn Lindquist, University of Chicago
Facing Revolutionary Realities: Understanding High-Intensity State Sponsorship of Nonstate Actors
Marcus Board, University of Chicago
Preparing a Defeat: Invisible Power Causing Nonevents By Inhibiting Decision Making and Autonomy
Milena Ann Collan Granillo, University of Chicago
Corrupting Accountability: Elite Control and Corruption Prosecution in Comparative Perspective
Nara Park, University of Chicago
The Nature of Japanese Governance: Seikai-Tensin’s Political Success in Postwar Japan, 1947–2014
Emmanuel Balogun, University of Delaware
Regional Convergence in West Africa: Converging Practices and Goverance in the Economic Community of West African States
Faith Okpotor, University of Delaware
Electing Violence: Explaining Post-Election Violence in Africa
Samantha Kelley, University of Delaware
Welcome “Guests”? Migrant Labor rights in the US Guest Worker Program
Victoria Sanchez, University of Delaware
Radioactive Reversal? The Fukushima Accident as a Focusing Event for Comparative Policy Change on Nuclear Energy
Alison Mintz, University of Georgia
Geostrategy and Identity: Motivations for the Russian Sphere of Influence
Allison Turney, University of Georgia
Major Powers, Minor Powers, and the Institutional Design of Asymmetric Alliance Treaties
Carolin Pursar, University of Georgia
The Concept, Measurement, and Determinants of Human Security: A Spotlight on Personal Security
Chase Meyer, University of Georgia
The Messenger Matters: Race, Party, and the Perceptions of Candidates by White and Nonwhite Voters
Jason Villarreal, University of Georgia
Booker T. Washington and Preparatory Citizenship
Jennifer Inglett, University of Georgia
The Utility of Foreign Policy Goals: How Goals Affect Threat Perceptions
John Willingham, University of Georgia
Enter Stage Right: Rebel Leader Type & Conflict Dynamics in Intrastate War
Joshua Massey, University of Georgia
Grand Strategy in the Information Age: An Examination of Global Cyber Technology and the Rise of Public Capacity
Rongrong Liu, University of Georgia
The Role of Multinational Corporations in Chemical Nonproliferation
Ryan Williamson, University of Georgia
Examining the Effects of Institutional Design on Electoral Outcomes
Steven Kaszycki, University of Georgia
The Unbroken Circle: Political and Tax Aggressiveness, with Application to the Pharmaceutical Industry
Steven Walter, University of Georgia
Rethinking Repression
Margarita Ramirez Rubio, University of Houston
Why do Legislators COF? Congressional Open Forum Speeches and Electoral Incentives in Presidential America
Markie McBrayer, University of Houston
The Institutional Foundations of Local Decisionmaking & Representation
Yeaji Kim, University of Houston
Education and Democracy
Audrey Neville, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
The Political Psychology of Perceptions of Latino Voters and of Latino Politicians
Benjamin Kantack, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Mind the Gap: Issue Positions, Candidate Preferences, and Motivated Reasoning in US Presidential Elections
Blair Niece, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Partial Diffusion and Backsliding in International Standards
David Bowden, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Politics Among Rebels: The Causes of Division Between Dissidents
Duu Renn, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
What’s the Point of Postwar Elections? Power, Institutions, and Politics in the Wake of Civil War
Matthew Cawvey, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Personality and the Political System: An Exploration of the Psychological Roots of Political Support
Matthew Martin, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Into the Fold: Security Fears and Power Sharing the Credible Commitment of Rebel Military Integration and Durable Peace
Tarah Williams, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
The Fragility of Tolerance: Rights, Responsibilities, and the Challenge of Speaking Up
Abigail Matthews, University of Iowa
The Diffusion of Precedent Across State Supreme Courts
Elizabeth Maltby, University of Iowa
The Political Origins of Racial and Ethnic Inequality
Kellen Gracey, University of Iowa
The Macro Polity and Public Opinion in Religious Context
Kyu Young Lee, University of Iowa
Political Clout of Government Bondholders: How Government Bondholders Expect and Affect States’ Conflictual Behaviors
Michael Ritter, University of Iowa
Accessible Electoral Systems: State Reform Laws, Election Administration, and Voter Turnout
Ray Ou Yang, University of Iowa
The Way to a Dominant International Currency: A Political General Theory and the Prospect of the Renminbi’s Rise
Shuai Jin, University of Iowa
Politics of Economic Inequality in China: Government Propaganda and Public Opinion
Adam Brown, University of Kansas
Of Six Minds on the Matter: A Psychology-based Typology of Hawkish and Dovish Decision Makers
Ben Rogers, University of Kansas
The Best Subset in Validation Algorithm: Testing Political Scientific Theory Via Predictive Analytics
Brittnee Carter, University of Kansas
Analyzing the Criminal Justice and Military Models of Counterterrorism: Evidence from the United States
Chris Higginbotham, University of Kansas
Procuring the Cross of Iron: The Effect of Congressional Approval on the Defense Budget
Ginger Feather, University of Kansas
Moroccan Feminists: The Innovators and Drivers Behind Progressive Legal Reform Successes, Setbacks, and Future Priorities
Lidiya Zubytska, University of Kansas
Explaining Foreign Policy Change in Transitional States: A Case Study of Ukraine between Two Revolutions
Ranya Ahmed, University of Kansas
Religion and Ideology as Determinants of Contentious Politics: Terrorism and Beyond
Annamarie Rannou, University of Kentucky
Ethnic Xenophobia as Symbolic Politics: A Cross-National Study of Anti-Migrant Activism from Brussels to Beirut
Austin Trantham, University of Kentucky
The State House and the White House: Gubernatorial Rhetoric During the Obama Administration
Gabriela Rangel, University of Kentucky
Voting as a (Mandatory) Duty: Citizen Attitudes, Political Engagement, and Party Outreach Under Compulsory Voting
John Poe, University of Kentucky
How the Climate of Opinion in States and Countries Influences Gay Rights
Alyssa Grahame, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Democracy in Crisis: Social Mobilization Against Financial Capital
Ivelisse Cuevas-Molina, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Voter Turnout Overreports: Measurement, Modeling, and Deception
Khorapin Phuaphansawat, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
My Eyes are Open but My Lips are Whispering: Linguistic and Symbolic Forms of Resistance in Thailand during 2006–2016
Moise St. Louis, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Looking Beyond the Rubble Toward Louverturean Statecraft: The Post-Occupation State and the Historical Fault Line of Responsive Government in Haiti (1791–2010)
Christopher Skovron, University of Michigan
Perceptions of Public Opinion and Representation in American Politics
Geoffrey Lorenz, University of Michigan
Prioritized Interests: Why Congressional Committees Address Some Problems and Ignore Others
Greenwald Diana, University of Michigan
Pathways to Self-Rule: Occupation, Resistance, and State-Building in Palestine and Timor-Leste
Huzefa Hakim Khalil, University of Michigan
Europe: Requiem for an Idea?
Jennifer Chudy, University of Michigan
Racial Sympathy in American Politics
Jonathan Fuentes, University of Michigan
Exploring the Dynamics of Representation, Institutional Rules, and Policy Outcomes in the US States
Juan E. Marcano, University of Michigan
Politics as Hope: Towards the Elpidology of the Oppressed from Paulo Freire’s Political Realism
Kirill Kalinin, University of Michigan
The Essays on Election Fraud in Authoritarian Regimes
Maiko Heller, University of Michigan
The Empirical Implications of Interparty Bargaining in Multiparty Governments
Marie Puccio, University of Michigan
Effects of Education on Political Perspectives in Haiti
Meredith Blank, University of Michigan
The State’s Use of Force
Neveser Koker, University of Michigan
Gendering East and West: Transnational Politics of Belonging in the Ottoman Empire and France, 1718–1905
Vanessa Cruz Nichols, University of Michigan
Latinos Rising to the Challenge: Political Responses to Threat and Opportunity Messages
Vincent Fusaro, University of Michigan
The Spirit of ‘96: States & the Implementation of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Adam Olson, University of Minnesota
Confict, Consensus, and Opportunity: Congress and the Development of the American Welfare State
Bryan Nakayama, University of Minnesota
From Aerospace to Cyberspace: The Evolution of Domains of Warfare
Chase Hobbs-Morgan, University of Minnesota
Greenhouse Democracy: A Political Theory for Climate Change
Christina Farhart, University of Minnesota
Look Who is Disaffected Now: Political Causes and Consequences of Learned Helplessness in the US
Emily Baer-Bositis, University of Minnesota
Organizing for Reform: the Democratic Study Group and the Role of Party Factions in Driving Institutional Change in the House of Representatives
Lucas Lockhart, University of Minnesota
Guardians of Market Integrity: Political Institutions, Regulatory Independence, and Stock Market Development
Ore Koren, University of Minnesota
Hunger Games: Analyzing Relationships Between Food Insecurity and Violence
Paul Snell, University of Minnesota
Power and the Quest for Justice
Sergio Valverde, University of Minnesota
A Speculative Theory of Politics: Logic of the Pary-Form
Clinton Swift, University of Missouri
Agendas and Committees in American State Legislatures: Causes and Consequences of Matching Priorities with Institutional Roles
Colton Heffington, University of Missouri
Foreign Policy During Intrastate Conflict: Patterns of Support, Retaliation, and Opportunism
Jeffrey King, University of Missouri
Shared Affinities: The Effect of Shared Neoliberal Orientation on Foreign Policy Behaviors
Jessica Anderson, University of Missouri
Justice for All? Explaining the International Criminal Court’s Situation Selection
Kenneth Bryant, Jr., University of Missouri
Systematic Stages of Group Realignment Case Study: Black Group Realignment 1912–1964
Krisztina Pusok, University of Missouri
Determinants and Consequences of Private Environmental Regimes
Thomas Guarrieri, University of Missouri
The Counterterrorism Escalation Game: How Leadership Targeting Affects the Behavior of Terrorist Groups
Brendan Morris, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Obligations of the State: State Behavior and the Occurrence of State Success
Katherine Eugenis, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Effects of Judicial Primary Election Systems On Challenger Emergence and Candidate Success
Kenneth Retzl, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Audits and Accountability in Nongovernmental Organizations
Nathan Henceroth, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
The Engaged Eurosceptic: Explaining Eurosceptic Success and Failures in European Parliamentary Elections
Benjamin Gross, University of North Texas
Knowing What is Useful: Rousseau’s Education Concerning Being, Science, and Happiness
Brandon Stewart, University of North Texas
Crossing Over: Essays on Ethnic Parties, Electoral Politics and Social Conflict
Christopher Macaulay, University of North Texas
Territorial Issue Salience: Escalation, Resources, and Ethnicity
Jinrui Xi, University of North Texas
The “King” Arrives: Chinese Government Inspections and their Effects
Wei Feng Tzeng, University of North Texas
Elections and Authoritarian Rule: Causes and Consequences of Adoption of Grassroots Elections in China
Yen-Hsin Chen, University of North Texas
Protests in China: Why and Which Chinese People Go to the Street
Gulce Tarhan Celebi, University of Oregon
The Constitutional Court of Turkey from State-in-Society Perspective
Thibaud Henin, University of Oregon
Standards as Strategies: Using Transnational Private Standards as Lobby Governments
Ashley A. Tallevi, University of Pennsylvania
Making the Political Personal: Health Insurance, State Visibility, and Civic Perceptions
Elspeth M. Wilson, University of Pennsylvania
The Reproduction of Citizenship: How the US Government Shaped Citizenship During the 20th Century by Regulating Fertility, Procreation, and Birth Across Generations
Matthew M. Kavanagh, University of Pennsylvania
Constitutionalizing Health: Rights, Democracy, and the Political Economy of Health Policy
Robinson Woodward-Burns, University of Pennsylvania
American Reconstitution: How the States Stabilize American Constitutional Development
Sidney A. Rothstein, University of Pennsylvania
Worker Mobilization in Twenty-First Century Liberalism
Alexis Mootoo, University of South Florida
Structural Racism: Racists Without Racism in Liberal Institutions within Colorblind States
Nicole Ford, University of South Florida
Measuring Trust in Post-Communist States: Making the Case for Particularized Trust
T. Adam Golob, University of South Florida
Hidden: A Case Study on Human Trafficking in Costa Rica
Clay Fuller, University of South Carolina
The Economic Foundations of Authoritarian Rule
Paul Strickler, University of South Carolina
Partisan Polarization, Social Identity, and Deliberative Democracy in the United States
Christopher Acuff, University of Tennessee
Beyond the City-County Divide: Race, Referenda, and Representation in Consolidated Governments
Michael Moltz, University of Tennessee
Preferences for Employment in the Government Workforce
Royal Cravens, University of Tennessee
Politics at the Intersection of Sexuality
Treston Wheat, University of Tennessee
America’s Imperfect War: The Ethics, Law, and Strategy of Drone Warfare
Curt Childress, Univeristy of Texas, Dallas
Lochner and the Police Powers Doctrine
Imrana Iqbal, Univeristy of Texas, Dallas
International Law of Nuclear Nonproliferation: Legal and Theoretical Analysis of its Applicability to Nonnuclear Weapons States and Nonstate Actors
Razan Albana, Univeristy of Texas, Dallas
Juditialization of Repression: Exceptional Courts and Human Rights
Jennifer Seelig, University of Utah
Is a Woman’s Place in the Community Council? Salt Lake City’s Neighborhood Governance Institutions and the Empowerment of Women
Jennifer Yim, University of Utah
Delinquency’s Treatment: Why Interactions Produce Policy and Identity in Secure Juvenile Facilities
Marin Bryce, University of Utah
The Politics of Genetically Modified Food Aid: Zambia and Malawi in 2002
Samuel Field, University of Utah
Globalization and Political Parties: Is there a Connection?
Tal Buenos, University of Utah
The Power of “Genocide”: International Law as a Dialectical Profession of Hard Power through Soft Power Toward Legal Power
Andrew Clarke, University of Virginia
Essays on American Party Factions
Boris Heersink, University of Virginia
National Party Organizations and Party Brands in American Politics
Harrison Frye, University of Virginia
The Sociality of Freedom
Matt Scroggs, University of Virginia
Democracies Under Fire: How Democratic Targets and Allies Respond to Coercive Threats
Nicole Pankiewicz, University of Virginia
The Good American: An Exploration of American Understandings of Citizenship
Thomas Gray, University of Virginia
Retention Politics in State Supreme Courts: The Power of Elites and the Limitations of Voter Oversight of the Judicial Branch
Carolina Johnson, University of Washington, Seattle
Engaging Democracy: An Institutional Theory of Participatory Budgeting
Caterina Rost, University of Washington, Seattle
The Divergent Trajectories of an Idea: Sustainable Development in Germany and the United States
Emily Gade, University of Washington, Seattle
Connection and Resistance: Civilian Experiences of Violence in Conflict Zones and their Impact on Civilians’ Preference for Violent and Nonviolent Resistance
Erin Adam, University of Washington, Seattle
Queer Alliances: Paradoxes and Power in the Formation of Rights-Based Movement Coalitions
Jennifer Noveck, University of Washington, Seattle
Autocratic Brews: Small Firm Politics in China’s Emerging Craft Beer Industry
John Buchanan, University of Washington, Seattle
The Rise of the Bo: Autonomous Strongmen, Opium Capital, and State Formation in Mainland Southeast Asia (1948–1996)
Kahraman Filiz, University of Washington, Seattle
Claiming Labor Rights as Human Rights: Legal Mobilization at the European Court of Human Rights
Xiao Ma, University of Washington, Seattle
Guardians and Gridlocks: Bureaucracy, Bargaining, and Authoritarian Policymaking
Yu Sasaki, University of Washington, Seattle
Precocious Enough to Rationalize Culture? Explaining the Success and Failure of Nation Building in Europe, 1400–2000
Brianne Wolf, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Tasting Liberty: Affective Judgement in the Work of Rousseau, Smith, and Tocqueville
Katelyn Jones, University of Wisconsin, Madison
The Weight of Words: Deliberation and Policymaking in the United Nations Security Council
Mark Toukan, University of Wisconsin, Madison
International Politics by Other Means: Interstate Rivalries and the Escalation of Civil Conflicts
Matthew Scharf, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Development or Decay? Investment Outcomes Following Political Turnover in Madagascar
Nicholas Barnes, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Monopolies of Violence: Gang Governance in Rio de Janeiro
Ryan Power, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Macroprotectionism: The Causes and Consequences of Temporal Variation in Mass Trade Preferences
Samantha Vortherms, University of Wisconsin, Madison
A Comparative Political Economy of China’s Local Citizenship
Sarah Bouchat, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Common Knowledge: Elicited Priors in Political Science
Thomas Bunting, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Democracy at the Ballpark: Sport, Spectatorship, and Politics
Cagla Mavruk Cavlak, Wayne State University
Regional Power Politics: The Behavior and Motivations of Regional Powers in Settings of Conflict and Coalition
Catherine Schmitt-Sands, Wayne State University
The Political Determinants of Food Security: Democracy, Decentralization and Federalism
Malek Abduljaber, Wayne State University
Political Ideology in the Arab World
Robert Mahu, Wayne State University
Rationalization and the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act: Exploring the Characteristics of Multilevel Performance Monitoring and Improvement
Amber Brugnoli, West Virginia University
Postconflict Occupations: A New Analysis Using Comparisons of Contextual, Hybrid, and Instigated Factors in Germany, Japan, and Iraq
Franchesca Nestor, West Virginia University
Narrow Representation? The Impact of Implicity and Explicitly Racial Issues on Opinion and Representation
Gillian Beach, West Virginia University
Diffusion or Dissent: Examining International Family Planning Frames and Domestic Policy Divergence
Jeri Kirby, West Virginia University
Rehabilitation in the Punitive State: An Oxymoron? An Examination of Rehabilitation and Punitive Practices in the United States
Lauren Santoro, West Virginia University
Representation and Policymaking: Women Participating in the US House
Matthew Arp, West Virginia University
Civil Religion and Ontological Threat
Michael Edward Thunberg, West Virginia University
Presidential Executive Orders: The Bureaucracy, Congress, and the Courts
Abida Bano, Western Michigan University
Women’s Representation in Local Democracy: Formal and Informal Institutions in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
George Lluberes, Western Michigan University
Controlling Political Corruption in Latin America: Institutional Constraints on Executive Power
Sarah Perez, Western Michigan University
A House Divided Cannot Stand: The Case for Latino-Black Coalitions
