Browsing University of Central Oklahoma by Author "Gatch, Loren"
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Chinese foreign policy decision-making : a neoclassical realist approach.
Shrestha, Gyanendra (2011)Despite its sudden rise, China has not engaged in balancing US power contrary to the prediction of the balance of power theory. The structure of a unipolar world restricts balancing which is effectively a revisionist act ... -
Cyber activism : the information revolution, political actors and the potential for regime transition.
Stacey, Emily (2010)"This thesis addresses the role of information communication technologies and the internet in explaining modern revolutions. While previous scholarship has analyzed the significance of social movements and the potential ... -
Democratization and Islam : the Senegalese exception
Faye, Mohamed Moctar (2015)This thesis analyzes the factors conducive to secularism in Senegal. It shows that Islam is in fact compatible with democracy and freedom. Indeed, despite the persistence of authoritarianism in many Islamic societies, ... -
Democratization in Burma/Myanmar.
Martin, Ma Thinn Daeli (2011)Burma/Myanmar held its first elections in 2010, twenty years after the last controversial elections in 1990. Democratic political institutions were absent since 1962 when the parliamentary government was dissolved as a ... -
George W. Bush and the Iraq War of 2003
Maxey, Mike (2015)The George W. Bush administration invaded Iraq in 2003, capitalizing on the public fear and paranoia generated by the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In arguing for war, the Bush administration utilized flawed and biased intelligence ... -
Nozick's political philosophy.
Mitchell, Randal W. (2013)Robert Nozick (1938-2002), an American political philosopher, was a pioneer of a particular form of libertarianism, known as deontological libertarianism, which is built upon a foundation of strict moral rules and property ... -
Paranoid politics : a comparison of the use of fear during the Cold War and the Global War on Terror using the paranoid style of American politics.
Sheldon, Jeffrey (2008)Two of the most frightening time periods in modern America have occurred in close proximity to each other. The Cold War pitted the United States against a fierce ideological competitor that pointed its weapons of mass ... -
Ratings agencies and governance.
Bagwell, Stephen (2012)As recently as last year, the United States was facing a monumental decision in regards to economic policy: should the debt ceiling be raised? The answer itself, while important, was not the motivation behind this research, ... -
Show me the money : how currency manipulation promotes Chinese modernization.
Woods, Cody (2015)This study provides an answer to the complex question of why China manipulates its currency. The research attempts to explain how currency manipulation used as one of many tools can help propel a country toward modernization, ... -
The correlation between international trade and economic interdependence and the propensity to engage in conflict.
Jameel, Hiba (2013)Unlike domestic politics, which is governed by laws and regulations, interstate politics takes place in an anarchic arena. There are few laws that govern relations among states which provide opportunities for strong states ...