Browsing by Author "Kenney, Charles"
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Defining Rights: Contesting the Contra War Through Human Rights Advocacy, 1981-1988
Moore, Erik (2018-05-12)Non-governmental organizations successfully limited U.S. support of counterrevolutionary guerrillas (Contras) in Nicaragua in the 1980s by advocating for peace through a lexicon of human rights. NGOs deployed their message ... -
The Dissonance between Democracy's Promise and Its Gendered Reality
Franzese, Jamie (2018-12-14)In international development discourse and political science literature, there appears to be consensus that democratic governance contributes to gender equality. As a result, democracy and women’s rights are often articulated ... -
How Far "Above the Fray"? Unpacking the Mechanisms of the Monarchical Advantage in the Arab Uprisings
Brown, Daniel (2018-05)Every one of the eight monarchies in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) remained standing in the wake of the Arab Spring uprisings, giving rise to claims of a “monarchical advantage” or “monarchical exceptionalism.” ... -
LA CIUDAD COMO TERCERESPACIO EN LA LITERATURA ESTRIDENTISTA
Figueroa Obregón, Rodrigo (2016-05)This dissertation analyzes the main works of Stridentist authors from 1921 to 1939 regarding their relation to Mexico City and Xalapa, Veracruz. It raises the question of what kind of relationship this was and what textual ... -
Mythologies of the migrant caravans: religion, ideology and migration
Cortes Quantip, Reinaldo Jose (2022-12-15)This research study is a semiotic and hermeneutic analysis of the tweets published on Twitter about the migratory caravan that occurred in 2018 under the hashtags #viacrucismigrante, #caravanamigrante #caravanscoming, and ... -
Opposition to Authoritarianism: Ideational and Material Resources in Russia and Ukraine
Degirmen, Burcu (2017-12)Why do some opposition movements succeed in deposing authoritarian leaders in the former Soviet Republics, while some others fail? How do regime opponents challenge authoritarian discourses and practices? How do authoritarian ... -
PERCEIVED DISCRIMINATION, ETHNIC IDENTITY, AND MEANING IN LIFE AMONG MEXICAN-ORIGIN ADULTS
Yager-Elorriaga, Derik (2017)The current study sought to investigate the relationship between ethnic-related stressors, ethnic identity, and meaning in life. First, the study aimed to determine whether intragroup marginalization and intergroup perceived ... -
Recreating Main Street: Midcentury U.S. Expatriate Soft Power in the Heart of Mexico, 1930-1980
Kennedy, Courtney (2019-12-13)The American Colonists of Mexico City were used as conduits of and representatives for U.S. foreign policy and U.S. corporate influence in post WWII Mexico in a reconfiguration of the Good Neighbor policy. By using soft ... -
Transnational audience costs: rhetoric, constituents, and the two-level game
Steiger, Derek (2021-12)How do domestic audiences respond to belligerent rhetoric by foreign leaders? I argue that when leaders of countries that are historically adversarial engage in belligerent rhetoric directed at the adversary it has a ...