Browsing by Author "Jenswold, Joel"
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1920 Treaty of Sevres and the struggle for a Kurdish homeland in Iraq and Turkey between world wars
Durham, Whitney Dylan (2010-07)Scope and Method of Study: -
Assessment of the media's role in disseminating news and information to farmers after the cessation of armed conflicts in the republics of Cote d'Ivoire and Mali
Maiga, Assoumane Alhassane (2015-07)This research study followed a convergent parallel, mixed methods design. It examined and compared farmers' perceptions on the role of media and other sources in disseminating news and information after the cessation of ... -
Economic development and policy change: An assessment of the economic development activities of higher education in Oklahoma
Taylor, Carolyn A. (1999-05) -
Economic Incentives in Civil War Peace Settlements: a Game Theoretic Approach
Rissmann, Moritz Peter (Oklahoma State University, 2012-12-01)Subjects generate income by investing in productive activities or appropriation. Conflict is always pareto-inferior to peace. Malevolent preferences, disharmonious consumption, asymmetric information, and weak institutions ... -
Effect of Job Approval, Time, and Terrorism Anxiety Upon Deference to the President
Cowles, Ernest (Oklahoma State University, 2010-05-01)The creation of foreign policy news is affected by more than ranking the impact and importance of relevant events as they occur. This thesis examines the adversarial nature of US press questioning of the executive during ... -
Effects of Macroeconomic Factors on Economic Growth Within the Former Soviet Union
Cunningham, Nick (Oklahoma State University, 2011-05-01)Since the mid-1990s, the fifteen countries that make up the former-Soviet Union have started to graduate from the economic problems that devastated the region after the dissolution of the USSR. While there is disparity ... -
Ethno-symbolism and Government Discourse in Azerbaijan
Gilson, Brian (2016-05-01)Symbolism utilized by the government of Azerbaijan encodes values, attitudes, and myths that are an inheritance from the past. Understanding of the codes and symbolism utilized can potentially provide insight into contemporary ... -
Examining the relationship between perceived parental behaviors and adolescent self-efficacy and academic achievement in a Mexican population
Douglas, Jonathan R. (2015-07)The present research examined adolescent perceived parental behaviors effects on adolescent self-efficacy and academic achievement. Two hierarchical regression analyses were conducted using data collected in Mexico through ... -
Institutional change in Poland and Hungary: An analysis of wheat market impacts
Taylor, Gary Lee (1995-12) -
Jihad: Holy War or Inner Struggle?
Abdeljawad, Lara M. (Oklahoma State University, 2007-12-01)'The highest form of jihad is to speak the truth in the face of a tyrannical ruler' that is what the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) once asserted when asked how to interpret jihad. The Muslim world today is faced with tyranny and ... -
Military-islamists Relations in the Middle East and North Africa: Confrontations and Containment
Mneimneh, Suzane Abdulaziz (Oklahoma State University, 2005-05-01)This paper discusses military-Islamists relations in MENA with emphasis on military's functions and Islamists' orientations as they affect MENA stability and political development. This research highlights the boundary ... -
Pattern of Islamist Activism in Egypt: Structural Correlations and Relative Deprivation
Brown, Cody M. (Oklahoma State University, 2006-05-01)This project explores the structural contributors to the rise of Islamist activism in Egypt in the 1970s by working out of the theoretical framework of relative deprivation. This paper explains how the modernizing reforms ... -
Security Implications of the European Union Enlargement
Exartier, Vivien Louis (Oklahoma State University, 2006-05-01)The study looks at what the European Union enlargement implies for the current structure of European Union security. Despite a negligible involvement on the ground and an expected minimal security interest, the accession ... -
Taiwan Domestic Politics - Political Corruption, Cross Strait Relations, and National Identity
Hunter, Jason (Oklahoma State University, 2007-05-01)This thesis examines domestic politics of Taiwan with a particular focus on periods from 2000 when Chen Shui-bian was elected as president to 2007. Through better understanding the political parties, the political process, ... -
Young Czechs' Perceptions of the Velvet Divorce and the Modern Czech Identity
Chloupek, Brett R. (Oklahoma State University, 2007-07-01)Young college-aged Czech students find themselves coming of age during a period of momentous change within their country. These students are caught between two unique generations of Czechs. The earlier generation grew up ...