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
Cooperation and Relative Gains: the Puzzle of Britain and European Cooperation, Patrick M. Watts
Department: Political Science
Couples Only: Reasons For the Two-Party System in the United States, in Comparison to Canada and the United Kingdom, Stephen L. Wirzylo
Department: Political Science
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1998
Testing the Waters: Bill Clinton and Environmental Policy, Nathaniel D. Barr
Department: Political Science
Busted: the Story of Campaign Finance Reform, Rebecca K. Bender
Department: Political Science
Practical Politics is Rubbish: Examining Nationalism in Scotland and Quebec, Jonathan Blume
Department: Political Science
The Role of U.S. Foreign Policy Concerning the Drug Flow Across Borders Including Mexico and Colombia and the Outcomes of Such Policy, James A. Boxall III
Department: Political Science
An Exploration of Television's Impact on Burnham's Theory of Critical Elections, Frederick P. Brodie Jr.
Department: Political Science
People and Poverty: A Study of the Relationship Between Population Growth and Economic Development, Ryan L. Catteau
Department: Political Science
Military Influence on Political Decision-Making in Argentina and Brazil, Mark A. Coates
Department: Political Science
Democracy? the Roma in the Czech Republic, Kalima J. Drga
Department: Political Science
Beyond the Horse-Race: A Study of the Media and the Presidential Nomination Process, David L. Halpin
Department: Political Science
The Power of the Presidential Team, Brian J. Hansen
Department: Political Science
Diffusion of Power in the Post-Cold War Era, Angad Katyal
Department: Political Science
In One Ear and Out the Other?: How Talk Radio Influences Political Attitudes, Patrick A. Kreider
Department: Political Science
Television Baggage: A Study Examining the Progression of Successful Television Strategies Among Incumbent Republican Campaigns, Christopher W. Lee
Department: Political Science
Linking Dollars and Freedom: An Analysis of Human Rights and Foreign Aid Distribution in the United States, Canada, and Sweden, 1977-1990, Jeff Lowry
Department: Political Science
The Legal Subversion of the Supreme Court Decision in Brown V. Board of Education: The Failure of School Desegregation Policy, William J. Miklandric Jr.
Department: Political Science
A Piece of the Pie: The Influence of Ethnicity on Political Development in Kenya, Esther W. Ndichu
Department: Political Science
Snakes and Ladders: a Study of Indian Democracy in the Context of Emergency Powers, Zaheer Nooruddin
Department: History; Political Science
Hate Speech in the Classroom: The True Test of Free Speech, Deron Rolla
Department: Political Science
The Grameen Bank, a Modified Capitalist Model of Development: Does it Deliver to Women?, Catharine D. Scott
Department: Political Science
Ethnicities at War: An Examination of the Causal Nexus Between Ethnic Nationalism and Separatist Conflict After the Cold War, Ramzi M. Trabulsi
Department: Political Science
Realignment or Dealignment?: An Analysis of Realignment Theory and How It Applies to Contemporary Politics, Julia A. Vincentsen
Department: Political Science
Was Bowers v. Hardwick Adjuducated Correctly?, David E. Winpisinger
Department: Political Science
A Study on the Criteria which allow for the Succesful Mobilization of Neighborhood Organizations, Chad Michael Zimmerman
Department: Political Science
A Study on the Criteria which allow for the Succesful Mobilization of Neighborhood Organizations, Chad Michael Zimmerman
Department: Political Science
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
Foreign Policy During the Reagan Years: A Realist Perspective, Nicholas J. Boeder
Natural Wonders: A Comparative Case Study of Glacier National Park and Waterton Lakes National Park, Michelle L. Boger
A Comparative Analysis of the Influence of Political Parties on the Evolution of German Foreign Policy Since WWII, Ashley K. Bratich
Department: German Studies; Political Science
Constitutional Interpretation: A Textual Analysis of the Term Limits Initiative, Jane Ann Dearwester
The Battered Women's Movement: A Case for the Revision and Extension of Existing Theory, Erica L. Edman
The Power Trip: An Analysis of Presidential Use of Covert Operations as Foreign Policy, Barrett Kelly Garmer
Privileged Position or Fluctuating Fortunes?: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Political Power of Business and Labor as Interest Groups in America, Christopher Rhodes Jones
Rearranging the Deck Chairs on the Titanic: Structural Adjustment Policies in Nicaragua, Julia F. Jones
The Landmine Campaign and the Increasing Salience of NGOs, Sharmila Lawrence
Midterm Congressional Elections, Kevin K. Luce
No More Butts: An Analysis of a Non-Linear Model and Tobacco Regulation, Alex R. Patterson
The Transition from Peacekeeping to Peace-Enforcement: A New Paradigm for UN Operations, Meredith J. Spungin
Decision Making Processes and Foreign Policy: Public Opinion and the Wars in Korea and Vietnam, Amanda J. Stanley
What does it take to become a "Successful" Dictator? Five Types of Dictatorship: A Case Study of 80 Contemporary Dictators since 1945, Mashu Uruta
Department: Political Science
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
Sustaining Culture through Ecotourism: A Comparative Case Study of the Kuna of Panama and the Maasai of East Africa, Liya Aklilu
U.S.-Japanese Trade Relations after Hegemony, Alison M. Alexander
Anti-Semitism in the United States during the Second World War, Dorie A. Buchman
The Budget Battle: The Role of the Speaker in the House of Representatives - The Case Studies of: Thomas O'Neill and Newt Gingrich, Scarlett E. Caminiti
Environmental Organizations, GIS and Ideology: A Case Study Analysis, Benjamin K. Christensen
Juvenile Justice in the United States and Our Symbolic National Policy, Tyson A. Christ
From the Bully Pulpit to the Idiot Box: The Effects of Presidential Rhetoric on Entertainment Television, Anastasia A. Diamond
The Effect of Democatization on the Election of Women to Parliament in Six European Countries, Lisa D. First
Propaganda in the Third Reich, J. Alexander Henderson III
Propaganda in the Third Reich, J. Alexander Henderson III
Department: History; Political Science
Party Ideology and Party Structure: Maurice Duverger's Theory on Party Structure and die Grünen in the Bundesrepublik Deutschland, James E. Hervey
Non-Governmental Organization Activity and its Connection to U.S. Government Foreign Policy Goals, Derek C. Longbrake
The Universal Civil Code vs. Piecemeal Reform of Personal Laws in India: A Legal Impasse Between Women's Rights and the Rights of Religion, Kalyani Manohar
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child as an International Regime, Zipporah N. Mbuthia
Get Up! Get Up!: A Study of Women's Participation in Leadership in Trade Unions with a Mass-Female Base, Benjamin Gerjoy Perez
An Examination of Case Management at Grant/Riverside Methodist Hospitals and Wooster Community Hospital, Monica D. Walker
Political Participation in Cyberspace: An Examination of the Claim that Interactive Technologies Promote Civic Participation, Mashruk Zahid
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1995
Tet Offensive of 1968: Examining the Relationship Between Print Media Discourse and Trends in Public Opinion, Amanda L. Avery
Department: English; Political Science
Parliamentary Democracy and Democratization in the Czech Republic and Poland, 1990-1993, Gina M. Bombaci
Feminism and Conceptions of Sex Equality: An Inquiry into the Sameness/Difference Debate, Matthew Burress
The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986: A Case Study in Policy Failure, Robert O. Cahill
The Construction of Identity: The Effects of Defining the Personal and Collective 'Self' in the German and American Feminist Movements, Erin G. Cross
Like a Rolling Stone: The Media's Influence Over a Generation at War, John Carleton Drake II
Identity Crisis: Islam and Modernization in Post-Colonial Algeria and Tunisia, Sarah Grace Fuller
Television News and Election Outcome: A Case Study of the 1994 Ohio Senatorial Race, Samuel A. Gradwohl
Increasing Access to Public Urban-Oriented Institutions of Higher Education: An Analysis of Political, Institutional, and Economic Variables, Mary Beth Henning
Presidential Decision-Making: An Examination and Evaluation of the Models of Barber, Neustadt and George, Michael A. Householder
The Stability of the Post-Cold War System: A Bi-Multipolar Configuration, Marguerite Johnston
Community Power Structures: Do the Established Theories Apply to the Small Community of Wooster, Ohio?, Brian P. Kish
Reflexive Rage, Racialism, and Religion: The Relationship Between the Christian Identity Movement and the Federal Government, Matthew Linsley
Department: Political Science; Religious Studies
The Representation of Black Interests in Congress: Can Blacks Represent Blacks in "White" Districts?, Christopher Ndeki Maher
Political Influences of the Defense Budget: A Study of the Politics of Military Base Closure, Jack Naylor