Search
Now showing items 1-10 of 46
The Social Network?: The Use and Efficacy of Facebook and Twitter for Nonprofit Reach and User Engagement
(2015-05)
The political application of social media, particularly social networking sites, has drawn a lot of recent popular and scholarly attention. While scholars have focused on the applications of these media to campaigns, less ...
Towards Explaining Variations in Ethnic Politicization in sub-Saharan Africa: A Comparative Study of Senegal and Côte'Ivoire
(2010)
This dissertation examines in the conditions under which ethnicity becomes politicized in heterogeneous societies: how, and in what ways do political institutions matter? How, and what kinds of political institutions ...
Heroes and Villains: Cultural Narratives, Mass Opinions, and Climate Change
(2010)
Global climate change is easily identified as one of the most pressing and contentious policy problems facing not only the United States, but the human race. In a democratic society such as our own, understanding the ...
The Strain of the Herd: Risk Perceptions, Policy Preferences, and Parental Decision-Making for Childhood Vaccination
(2012)
As the vaccine controversy continues to deepen in the United States, this dissertation research addresses how we can better understand and deal with this issue in respect to public policy in general and public health policy ...
Cross-National Lesson-Drawing: International Influences on Domestic Policymaking in the United States
(2017-12)
In an increasingly internationalized policy environment, determinants of U.S. domestic policy may include factors that are global in reach and external to the macro-level domestic political setting. The changing context ...
Heroes and Villains: Cultural Narratives, Mass Opinions, and Climate Change
(2010)
Global climate change is easily identified as one of the most pressing and contentious policy problems facing not only the United States, but the human race. In a democratic society such as our own, understanding the ...
Consolidations in Higher Education: How Collaborative Structures and Processes Impact the Outcomes of Organizational Change
(2018-08)
Over the past several decades, institutions of higher education have found themselves in a difficult environment. States have reduced funding, total enrollment has either fallen or flattened across several years, and ...
Committees, Subcommittees, and Information - Policymaking in Congressional Institutions
(2010)
Congressional policymaking occurs in an information-rich environment, among a vast and complex set of institutional and representational demands. In this dissertation, I examine how congressional institutions interact ...
Strings of Traitors: Social Networks and the Organizational Trajectory of the Khmer Rouge
(2019-05-10)
How do social networks shape the development and trajectory of militant organizations and revolutionary parties engaged in the process of establishing political order through violence? In this dissertation, I argue that ...
Opposition to Authoritarianism: Ideational and Material Resources in Russia and Ukraine
(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 ...