The full text of Senior Independent Study Theses submitted during and after 2012 are available to download only by College of Wooster users. Unless listed as an exemplar, all other theses are restricted.

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Theses/Dissertations from 1992

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Feminist Rhetoric and Abortion Rights: The Politics of Language, Susan Louis

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The Invisible Minority, Timothy James Powers

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Gender Participation: How The Role of Women as Mothers Contributes to Political Interests, Melissa G. Riedl

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A Comparative Case Study Analysis of Environmental Movements: The Split Between Mainstream and Radical, Theodore A. Scott

Politics and Policy in West Africa: The Case of Ghana's First Post Independence Regime, Peter Emmanuel Ofosuhene Turkson

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Private is/and the Political: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of the 1989 GDR Wende, Ciona S. Ulbrich
Department: German Studies; Political Science

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Assessing the Impact of Population in Less-Developed Countries: A Comparative Study of Neo-Malthusianism and Structuralism in Indonesia and Thailand, Rhonda J. Vandeworp

Theses/Dissertations from 1991

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The Impact of the Reagan Presidency on the Inner City, Andrew Wilkes Bourns

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Women in the Ohio State Legislature: A Comparative and Quantitative Study 1974-75, 1984-1984, Charlene A. Caswell

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The Discrimination of Female Offenders in the Criminal Justice System, Ellen T. Donahue

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The Role of the Military in Israeli Politics, Michael J. Fagans

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An Analysis of Alston Chase's Hypotheses of Natural Regulation and Lack of Professionalism: A Case Study of the National Park Service in the East, Donette A. Fisher

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Arguments of Capitalism, Democracy, Citizenship and Education in the United States, Paul Robert Francisco

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Gentrification: The Social and Political Ramifications of a Neighborhood in Transition, Janet L. Gibson

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Domestic Violence: Criminal Prosecution and the Effects of Legal Advocacy on Prosecutorial Behavior, Monica A. Hansen

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Member of Congress "X", Kenneth Jacques Klein

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An Examination of the Piven and Cloward Thesis in the Formal Legislative Process of Welfare Policy Reform, Brad Longbrake

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Political Attitude and Mass Communication: An Assessment of the Effects of Mass Media on Public Evaluation of Government Action, Christine Ludowise

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A Case Study Analysis of Community Mobilization and City Response to a Local Hazardous Waste Facility in a Time of Industrial Decline, Dave Mahr

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The Failure of U.S. Drug Policy and the Legalization Alternative, Darren L. Meade

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Jurgen Habermas on the Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere: Public Space for a Communicative Ecological Ethic and the Postmodern Problematic, Scott G. Nelson

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Corporatism in Western Europe: Effects on Governability, Christopher J. Scarlata

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The Fascist Ideology of Francoist Spain: 1936-1945, A Comparative Study of Mussolini's Italy and Franco's Spain, Jennifer S. Shaw

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The Tactical Lobbyist, Kenneth Andrew Sprague

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The Spring in the Trap Factors Which Preempt a U.S. Intervention, Lane Toensmeier

Theses/Dissertations from 1990

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An Analysis of the Party Strategies of the Contemporary Feminist Movement, Rachelle L. Brooks

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Nixon, Carter, and Reagan: Three Presidential Attempts at Welfare Reform and the Theory of Incrementalism, Christopher A. Carini

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Will Mikhail Gorbachev Survive? The Hazards of Reform in the Soviet System, Jeffrey Daberko

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A Comparison of Economic Reform in China and the Soviet Union, Jeannine M. Drvenkar

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Legislative Political Parties in the House: Minority Protest in the Face of Prolonged Domination, Joel Hastings

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America's Origins in the Vietnam Conflict, Damon E. James

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The Rhetoric of Exclusion: African-Americans in the Rhetoric of Democratic Party Platforms and Presidential Nominees from 1964 to 1984, Joseph J. Kennedy IV

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Foreign Direct Investment: Threat or Asset?, Steven A. Kuri

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The Decline of the United States' Hegemony in World Affairs and Implications for Future Policy, Jeffrey W. Lasell

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The Effects of Political Clientelism and Incumbency Advantage on the Margin of Victory in Senatorial Elections, Kristine G. Mushett

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The Political Culture of Ethnicity and Democracy in Kenya: Proposing an Alternative Model, Stephen Njuguna Ndegwa

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Selective Representation: Political Action Committee Spending in Congressional Elections, Daniel Charles Pancake Jr.

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Exclusionary Governmental Policy as a Means Toward Periphery State Development: Is it the Path to Developmental Achievement?, Sean William Pickett

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City Governance: The Mayor's Role in School Desegregation, Ruth A. Reynolds

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The Evolution of the United States Government Policy towards American Indian Reservations, Elizabeth H. Satow

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An American Vision or Just a Fairy Tale: A Study of the Rhetoric of the 1988 Presidential Campaign, Stephanie Maria Stapleton

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The Impact of Network News During the 1988 Presidential Election Campaign, Robert R. Timken

Theses/Dissertations from 1989

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An Exploration of Ecosophical Ontologies: Conceptions of "Nature" and the Human Role in Christian Stewardship and Deep Ecology, Margret Bailey

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One Nation, Divisible: Cultural and Economic Interactions and the Political Realities of the GDR-FRG Relationship, Joshua Bauroth

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Constitutionalism as a form of Liberation Theology, Cornell P. Carter

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The Nunn Amendment and its Implications Towards the NATO Defense Burden Sharing Debate, D'Arcy K. Doyle

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The Nunn Amendment and its Implications Towards the NATO Defense Burden Sharing Debate, D'Arcy K. Doyle

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A Study of Corruption in New York City, Bradford A. Forsythe

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A Study of Corruption in New York City, Bradford A. Forsythe

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Response of the People: The Sanctuary Movement, Melanie A. Green

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Response of the People: The Sanctuary Movement, Melanie A. Green

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Cast down Your Buckets Where You Are: Black Neo-Conservatism in the Contemporary United States, Lance Timothy Mason

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"Cast Down your Buckets where you are:" Black Neo-Conservatism in the Contemporary United States, Lance Timothy Mason

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President Reagan's Utilization of the Electoral Economic Cycle, Cary McConnell

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President Reagan's Utilization of the Electoral Economic Cycle, Cary McConnell

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The Outcry of Mothers of Plaza de Mayo: A Response to Human Rights Violations in Argentina, Matilde K. Moros

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The Outcry of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo: A Response to Human Rights Violations in Argentina, Matilde K. Moros

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A Scottish Case-Study: The Hayes-Kohn Theory of Nationalism, Jeffrey D. Musselman

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A Scottish Case-Study: The Hayes-Kohn Theory of Nationalism, Jeffrey D. Musselman

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The Role of Absolutism within Gandhi's Theory of Satyagraha, David J. Neun Jr.

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The Role of Absolutism within Gandhi's Theory of Satyagraha, David J. Neun Jr.

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An Analysis of Strategies and Tactics for Black Empowerment, Duane A. Peek

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An Analysis of Strategies and Tactics for Black Empowerment, Duane A. Peek

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Jean-Paul Sartre's Attempt at Reconciling Existentialism and Marxism, Philip G. Regan

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The United States and Ethiopia, 1948-1974: Competing Government Relations, Philip R. Sagle

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Congressional Impact on the Defense Budget: Fiscal Year 1954 to 1988, Michael F. Schmitz

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The 1980 Election: The Republican Realignment of the Executive Branch, James R. Tausche

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The Impact of Political Culture on the Development of Political Systems: A Comparative Analysis of Haiti and the Virgin Islands, Bonnie M. Thomas

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The Role and Significance of Religion in Conservative Political Thought, Brian A. Troyer

Theses/Dissertations from 1988

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Theories of Political Development: Guatemala as a Case Study, Marcel Castillo

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Competing Claims and Assumptions of the Political Behavior of American Women: Traditional vs. Situational Frameworks, Victoria E. Clark

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God, Politics and the First Amendment, Charles B. Delana

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The Politics of Privatization in Great Britain, Glenn B. Dorr III

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American Unions and Labor Management Participation Programs, B. Roy Engle

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The Role of Verification in Arms Control Negotiations from 1945-1980, Mark H. Eveleth

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Nation-Building and Political Instability in the First Republic of Nigeria, Todd Fach

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Bats in the Belfry but Not in the Courtroom, Elizabeth J. Fowerbaugh

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The Role of Nukes in Europe? An Assessment of the INF Debate, Matthew J. Gymer

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The Yugoslav Economic System and its Performance 1945-1980, Sissie T. Hadjiharalambous

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Corporate America and the PAC Power Game: How Corporations Play Power Politics with Political Action Committees, Andrew Martines

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Reagan and the Press: A Study of Marines in Lebanon and the Iran-Contra Situation, M. Anne McLean

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The Passage of Annex v Ocean Plastics Dumping Legislation, Robert D. Murphy

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Redevelopment in Boston: A Test of Peterson's Unlimited City, Carl F. Olson

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The Index: Judging Presidential Success, Graham Ashley Rayman

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Biology Meets Politics: Regulating Biotechnology, Peter C. Schmeck

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Limiting Campaign Advertising Expenditures as a Means of Encouraging More Citizens to Seek Office, Patrick J. Schmitz

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Urban Bias in Kenya: The Role of Harambee, Linda Stevenson

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Between Church and State: The Interaction of Religion and Politics in Nicaragua, Candia L. Sweet

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The Bureaucratic Cognitive Model of Decision Making, Kevin P. Walsh

Theses/Dissertations from 1987

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Special Interest Media Campaigns: Effects on the Liability Insurance Crisis in Ohio, Randall B. Anderson

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The Impact of Socioeconomic Conditions on a Political System, Darell Biesheda

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I.M.T. Nuremberg and Tokyo: Equal Justice?, Tracy R. Callahan

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U.S. Policy Options Towards Nicaragua: An Inquiry into Strategies and Belief Systems, Michael S. Crowe

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Black House of Representatives Voting Cohesion: A Study of Black Consciousness, Edward Eberhart

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American Politics Outside of the Mainstream: A Political Analysis of Lyndon Larouche, Karl J. Eisenhower

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Capitalizing the Poor: A Study of Community Loan Funds and Their Impact in Boston and Philadelphia, John R. Fernandez

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The U.S. and Cuba, 1961: A Study in National Interest, Gary Hall

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The Effects of PAC Contributions on Congressional Voting Behavior, Edward O. Jones

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The Conservative Critique of Rationalism: Oakeshott and Gadamer, M. Harris Lucas

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The Sandinista Military Build-Up in Nicaragua: Creating Instability in Central America, Paul T. Savage