Senior Independent Study Theses from 2003
Technology, Industry and the Economy: Necessary Conditions of Effective Integrated Rural Development Policy, Paul F. Strain
Department: Political Science
Schengen Agreement and Cross Border Crime in the European Union., Kathryn A. Sullivan
Department: Political Science
Presidential Scandal: Response in Modern American Politics, Bradley F. Templeman
Department: Political Science
Lessons From the Third World: Ugandan Aids Prevention Success and Potential Replication in the United States, Sarah J. Trafford
Department: Political Science
New Forms of Contention: the Role of Heightened International Integration on Domestic Violent Protest, the Case Study in the European Union and Italy, Adrian Weisell
Department: Political Science
Analysis of the Balance Needed Between a Religious Group's Freedom of Religion Claims and Then Government's Obligation to Protect the Interests of a Child's Right to Individual Autonomy, Rachel C. Welty
Department: Political Science
Determinants of Success in Democratic Transitions: Spain, Russia, Mali, and Chile in Comparative Perspective, Todd Worly
Department: Political Science
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2002
Race For Realignment, Richard S. Albeit
Department: Political Science
From Tricky Dick to Slick Willie: An Examination of the Relationship Between Presidential Personality and Presidential Behavior During Scandal, Daren J. Batke
Department: Political Science
Impact of Palestinian Domestic Political Conflict on a Willingness to Negotiate: An Assessment of the Iraeli-Palestinian Conflict, Stephen Belenky
Department: Political Science
Sustainable Forestry: a Policy Evaluation of British Columbia and the United States, Jim Deprez
Department: Political Science
Polarity at Arms... An Examination of International Power Structures and Their Influence on Global Conflict, Jacob D. Dodson
Department: Political Science
How City Politics Affects Stadium Building: a Regime Analysis, Matthew D. Englander
Department: Political Science
Impact of Regional Economic Integration on the Quality of the Labor Environment: a Case Study of the Mercosur Region, Thomas S. Fishwick
Department: Political Science
Devolution to Scotland and Wales: Catalyzing Movements For Further Autonomy?, Kurt J. Gottfried
Department: Political Science
Russian Foreign Policy 1995-2002, Jonathan L. Hayes
Department: Russian Studies; Political Science
Influences of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries on the Foreign Policy Actions of Hegemonic and Non-Hegemonic Nation States, Elizabeth M. Heerkens
Department: Political Science
After the Battle: World Trade Organization Labor Policies in the Post-Seattle Era, Hilary Jones
Department: Political Science
Notions of Nationalism: Terror or Talks, Atika Khawaja
Department: Political Science
Policy Effect: Lowi's Policy Typology, Direct Democracy, and Voter Turnout, Allyson T. Kyer
Department: Political Science
Not So Black and White: Affirmative Action and Diversity After Bakke, Whitney D. Lacefield
Department: Political Science
1986 Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act and the End of Apartheid: a Critical Assessment, Laura A. Mahanjane
Department: Political Science
Consent of the Governed: a Public Policy Analysis of the Federal Recreational Fee Demonstration Program, Thomas A.E. More
Department: Political Science
Reaching the Formal Agenda, Michael R. Narad
Department: Political Science
Woman's Place Is in the House...And the Senate: An Exploration of Gender Framing in the Campaigns of Senatorial Candidates, Elizabeth L. Quilligan
Department: Political Science
Did the Populists, the Lafollette Progressives, or the Socialists Ever Influence the Presidency? a Look at the Depression Era Politics and Third Parties to See If Minor Political Organizations Ever Influence Policy in Major United States Elections, Charles H. Requardt
Department: Political Science
Bureaucratic Politics and U.S. Foreign Policy Decision Making, Craig D. Rolle
Department: Political Science
Revolution, Reform, or Resistance? Secular States Face Religious Nationalism, Neha Sahgal
Department: Political Science
Does the Media Give 'Special' Coverage to the Special Prosecutor?: a Study of Media Bias, Jacob B. Sintich
Department: Political Science
Exploring the Personal Traits of Tito and Milosevic: Ethnic Unifier or Divider?, Kristin Walley
Department: Political Science
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2001
False Promises: the Impact of Structural Adjustment on the Quality of Life For Women, Natasha Abbas
Department: Political Science
Sex, Lies, and the Presidency: From Camelot to Clinton, the Changing Face of Journalism and the Politics of Personal Destruction, James B. Allardice
Department: Political Science
The Provision of Benefits Environmental Interest Groups Offer As Membership Inducements, Sarah Ann Bandomer
Department: Political Science
Crises in Africa: An Examination of U.S. Foreign Policy Agenda Setting, Betsy L. Bare
Department: Political Science
Redefining American Conservatism, Karl A. Bekeny
Department: Political Science
Politics of Rationality?: Habermas and Foucault on Contemporary Political Reason, Kevin D. Egan
Department: Political Science; Philosophy
Communist and Democratic Answers to the "Women's Question": Gender Equality in the Czech Republic, Emily S. Fleming
Department: Political Science
Analysis of Two Rival Theories of Integration in Post-WWII Europe: Can There Ever Be a United States of Europe?, Marcus J. Fowler
Department: Political Science
More Popular Than Sex: An Analysis of A&M Records v. Napster, Rayanne L. Hawkins
Department: Political Science
Brown and Reed Vs. Cleveland in the Twentieth Century: a Study of the Supreme Court and Social Reform, Jacob D.R. Johnson
Department: Political Science
Bargaining For German Unification: a Study of Diplomacy and Negotiation, Eric Yong-Sun Lee
Department: Political Science
From Risk to Monopoly: the Implications of Economic Espionage For International Relations Theory, Brian J. McFillen
Department: Political Science
Assessing Foregin Aid: the Effect of Foreign Aid on Economic Development in Emerging and Less Developed Economies: a Case Study Analysis of India and Pakistan, Radhika Mehra
Department: Political Science
Interactive Campaigning: Will Interactivity on the Internet Lead to Political Success Within the 2000 Elections?, Zachary W. Prichard
Department: Political Science
Can You Hear Me: a Comparison of Major and Third-Party Candidate Rhetoric in the 2000 Presidential Election, Katherine M. Randall
Department: Political Science; Communication Studies
Lebanon and Iran-Contra: Products of Groupthink?, Kelly Roberts
Department: Political Science
Carter: a Success With Human Rights?, Stephanie Roberts
Department: Political Science
Amandala Ngawethu!: Power to the People: the Black Consciousness Movement and Political Mobilization in Apartheid South Africa, Stephanie A. Rucker
Department: Political Science
Struggle For Peace in Northern Ireland: Can Game Board Theory Explain the Dynamics of the Anglo-Irish Agreement and the Good Friday Agreement?, Elisabeth C. Scheneman
Department: Political Science
Democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa, Clinton L. Scott
Department: Political Science
Regime Change and Polarization of Political Systems: the Cases of Cuba, Nicaragua, and Peru, Keshara B. Scott
Department: Political Science
Transition to the Capitalist System and Democracy With a Focus on Poland and Bulgaria, Yohan Vaid
Department: Political Science
Women in Power, Women in Policy: the Impact of Women's Leadership in the United Nations, Soumya A. Vishnu
Department: Political Science
Traits and Effective Leadership: Two Sides of the Same Coin, John K. Zesiger
Department: German Studies; Political Science
Lord, Be With Us Tonight:' An Examination of Voluntary Prayer Policies at Public School Extracurricular Events, Joseph M. Zombek
Department: Political Science
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2000
Theory of State Failure: Dismemberment, Dissolution and Death of the Somali State, Abdi N. Ali
Department: Political Science
Did NBC, ABC, and CBS Have Any Impact on the Decision-Making Process of the United States in Somalia and Rwanda?, Sheana G. Balasuriya
Department: Political Science
To Join or Not to Join?: Public Opinion and the Decision to Join the European Union, Katherine A. Buckley
Department: Political Science
Identity Mobilization and Its Capacity For Violence: Conflicts of Ethnicity, Religion, and Identity, Matthew M. Burger
Department: Political Science
Sex, Modes, and Liability: How the Supreme Court Determines a School's Liability in Title IX Sexual Harassment Cases, Stacy R. Cameron
Department: Political Science
Economic Policy Versus Human Reality: the Impacts of the International Monetary Fund's Structural Adjustment Policies of Economic Growth and the Quality of Life For Women in Developing Nations, Rebecca A. Clark
Department: Political Science
Gun Control Policies: How Affective Are They?, Chanda N. Dawson
Department: Political Science
Judicial Decision Making in the United States Supreme Court: the Attitudinal Model and Commerical Speech, Holly N. Deeds
Department: Political Science
It Was An Honor Just to Be Nominated: the Effects of Self-Financing on Presidential Selection and Democratic Theory, Adrienne M. Ferraro
Department: Political Science
Dynamic Windows: a Political Opportunity Analysis of Chinese Democratic Protests, Rebecca V. Gardner
Department: Political Science
Tax Theory and Tax Policy: Are Politicians Acting Responsibly?, Jacquelyn M. Gray
Department: Political Science; Economics
Pintas: An Evaluation of Political Graffiti in Nicaragua 1974-Present, Molly Keefe
Department: Political Science
International Monetary Fund and Developing Countries: A Comparative Analysis of IMF Conditionality and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa, Grace M. Kegeri
Department: Political Science
Fear in Power: Repression and State Terrorism in Latin American Military Regimes, Ingrid V. Paredes
Department: Political Science
Explanatory Power of Realism in Interpreting American and German Foreign Policy Decision Making in the Bosnian and Kosovo Conflicts, Matthew S. Patsch
Department: Political Science
Rap, Race, and Reaganomics: Political Dynamism in Hip-Hop Culture, Caitlin A. Pine
Department: Africana Studies; Political Science
Impact of Economic Liberalization on Economic Growth: Do Sequencing and Timing Issues Matter?, Mrinalini Sanyal
Department: Political Science
Debate Between External & Domestic: How Are Nuclear Policies Determined?, Amee G. Sinha
Department: Political Science
What Affects International Cooperation? An Examination of the International Pressure and Domestic Politics That Affected the Ratification of the Treaty on European Union, 1992, Sonia Vaidya
Department: Political Science
Ideological Chaos Sprinkled With Literary Ambiguity: a Critical Analysis of Second Amendment Interpretation, Brock A. Wanless
Department: Political Science
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1999
Wise Use Perspective: Values of the Grassroots Land Use Movement, Eric M. Bakken
Department: Political Science
Presidential Success: Structurally-Constrained or Presidency-Centered?, Holly K. Bockbrader
Department: Political Science
Legitimacy and Nicaragua: The Case of Governmental Obligations and Popular Resistance, Gregory A. Boettner
Department: Political Science
Pathogens, Pesticides, Productivity, and Policy: Mathematical Modeling of Plant Virus Disease to Determine How Altering Vector Conditions and Plant Susceptibility Changes the Outcome of Disease Spread in An Agricultural System and Provides Farmers the Ability to Assess the Impending Risk, Reducing Their Use of Pesticides, and Establishing Farmers' Decisionmaking As the Key to More Visionary U.S. Environmental Policy, Jennifer A. Buckley
Department: Biology; Political Science
Unemployment and Nationalism: A Case Study in the United Kingdom, Matthew G. Carpenter
Department: Political Science
Differential Mobilization of Black and White Churches For Political Action: Presbyterian Churches in the Pittsburgh Area, Andrew J. Dawson
Department: Political Science
Conflict Deconstruction Theory: a Case Study of the Northern Ireland Peace Process, 1981-1998, Nicole E. Dodds
Department: Political Science
Dirty Tricks and Dirty Dresses: Newspapers and White House Scandal, Sarah C. Fenske
Department: English; Political Science
Can Courts Produce Social Change? An Analysis of Ohio's Third Wave School Finacne Litigation, Erick D. Gale
Department: Political Science
Community Development Corporations and the Urban Regime: a Study of New York City Development Politics, Alessandra T. Garber
Department: Political Science
Decade of Terror: a Study of Political Violence in El Salvador and Honduras in the 1980s, C. Curtis Gore
Department: Political Science
Quality of Life V. the Fundamental Rights of the Constitution a Theoretical Analysis of the City of Chicago V. Jesus Morales and the Prediction of the United States Supreme Court, Brett J. Holmgren
Department: Political Science
The Quality of Life v. The Fundamental Rights of the Constitution: A Theoretical Analysis of the City of Chicago v. Jesus Morales and the Prediction of the United States Supreme Court, Brett James Holmgren
Towards a More Progressive Theme: the Democratic Party Between 1988-1992, Leslie A. Knapp
Department: Political Science
http://sww.Vote4Me.com: Creating Evaluative Web Site Design Principles to Study U.S. Congressional Election Candidate Us of the World Wide Web, James W. Koller
Department: Political Science
Perceptions of the Black Underclass Analysis of William Julius Wilson's Theory of the Inner-City in a Changing Economy, Mathias D. Manner
Department: Political Science
Impact of the Welfare Reform Act of 1996 on Native American Reservations in the State of Arizona, Megan D. McKinney
Department: Political Science
Once Upon the Lawsuit: Narrative Coherence and Legal Metaplots in the Microsoft Antitrust Case, Benjamin C. Mizer
Department: Political Science
Ideology and Foreign Policy: the Soviet Union's Foreign Aid Policy in Africa, Anna M. Navis
Department: Political Science; Russian Studies
Explaining Variations in the Severity of United States Foreign Policy Response to State-Sponsored Terrorism, James M. Pilachowski
Department: Political Science
Playing Chicken in Amish Country: Globalization, Latino Migrant Workers, and the Poultry Industry of Millersburg, Ohio, Kathleen A. Reynolds
Department: Political Science; Spanish
Coalition Policy Making and International Bargaining: the Logic of Two-Level Games Revised in the European Union, Zachary P. Schwing
Department: Political Science
You Say You Want a Revolution? The Impact of the Professionalization of Movement Building on Low Income Political Activity: A Theoretical Development of Determining Efficacy, Marsha Simpson
Department: Political Science
Velvet and Blood the Breakups of Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, Joshua F. Stubbins
Department: Political Science
Does Policy Stringency Equal Success?, Heather Van Almen
Department: Political Science