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Pawns among Kings: The Influence of Small Powers in Post-Cold War NATO
(2010)
The purpose of this study is to scrutinize the relationship between general material capabilities (i.e. power) and influence in a specific military alliance: the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. I shed light on the ...
Faith in the Anthropocene: Contested Theologies of Nature and Political Attitudes on Environmental Stewardship
(2017)
This dissertation improves upon past understanding of politics, religion, and nature through a close exploration of the role Christian theology plays in opinion formation. It does so by probing the varieties of religiously ...
Is Winning Everything? Why Campaign Consultants Operate in the American Political System
(2011)
Is Winning Everything? Why Campaign Professionals Operate in the American Political System
Factors influencing organizational change in the Department of Defense
(2010)
This study explores factors that can influence attempts by DOD organizations to change their internal processes or policies. When one considers how widespread attempts to change organizations are and the reported massive ...
Examining the Effects of Economic Knowledge
(2019)
Because of its position as a valence issue, perceptions of the economy are strongly tied to opinions on various issues, presidential and congressional assessments, and even vote choice. Among the chief assumptions made by ...
Free College for Whom? How Policy Design and Public Management Shape Program Access and Success
(2019-07)
Drawing on theory from political science, policy process, and policy analysis/evaluation, this project investigates the different streams by which policy design influences the effectiveness of tuition-free college initiatives. ...
State Participation in United Nations Peackeeping Operations: An Empirical Analysis
(2012)
This dissertation examines states and their motivations in contributing troops to UN peacekeeping operations through the three primary International Relations approaches of realism, liberalism and constructivism. Current ...
Gender, Partisanship, and Women's Issues in Congressional Communication
(2018)
Despite much scholarly attention to women’s issues and women’s representation in recent decades, the definition of a women’s issue is not settled either in political science or public opinion. In this project, I present a ...
ACCOUNTABILITY AND PERFORMANCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION: PROMISE, POTENTIAL, AND PITFALLS OF PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
(2013)
In recent years, performance based accountability regimes have become increasingly prevalent throughout government. This dissertation explores the role of performance data in higher education policymaking, both in terms ...
Warning Intelligence in Nuclear Crisis Management: Avoiding Catastrophic Miscalculation
(2018-07-23)
Despite efforts to reduce nuclear weapons proliferation and the general norm against nuclear weapons use which has survived since 1945, the threat of nuclear war between the United States and Russia continues. The United ...