Browsing University of Central Oklahoma by Author "Hardt, Jan"

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    • Binary democracy : voter confidence and voting technologies. 

      Matney, T. Drake (2017)
      The specific type of voting machine used by voters could have an affect on the amount of confidence they feel about the accuracy of their votes being recorded. This thesis studies different types of voting machines and the ...

    • 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 ...

    • Democracy in South Sudan : prospects and pitfalls. 

      Jok, Majur Makuei (2012)
      Democracy in one among many other things in the nation building package that the South Sudan government is looking to achieve. Where or what are the hopes? what is it that will work this rime around?. Almost all African ...

    • Democratization and gender inequality in Egypt. 

      Foster, Sara J. (2012)
      This thesis offers a qualitative analysis of the condition of women's social and political roles in Egyptian society prior to and during their current transition to a legitimate democracy. It argues that without mitigation ...

    • 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 ...

    • Economic sanctions as tools of economic imperialism. 

      McGowan, Sean (2018)
      Economic sanctions have come under scrutiny in recent political scholarship. Sanction regimes are analyzed for effectiveness, intended targets, and societal impact. The theory of liberal internationalism greatly influences ...

    • Educating with the arts : how art education policy impacts educational outcomes 

      Deter-Billings, Mary Louisa (2015)
      The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of art education policy on educational outcomes. While past literature focuses on how art in the classroom can raise individual test scores, this research takes a broader ...

    • EU and immigration : case studies of anti-immigration parties. 

      Bashline, Paul M. (2012)
      The goal of this research project is to determine anti-immigration party strength within the European Union. The question of concern is whether or not right-wing parties are stronger because of the changing nature of ...

    • 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 ...

    • Human rights : the search for universality. 

      Morrison, Elizabeth King (2012)
      Human rights in large part have become a topic of seemingly global appeal. They have become a part of the fabric of the global conversation. Especially within the context of the last sixty years, human rights have become ...

    • International law & the death penalty. 

      Mbolong, Etienne Brice (2017)
      In the beginning there was the death penalty. And it was good. Or so the countries of the world and international laws thought. But times do change and there have been many changes on many fronts in international law, ...

    • Judicial activism : a study of the Warren through Rehnquist courts. 

      Viscosi, Ashland (2009)
      Despite the dismissive attitude toward the concept of judicial activism among some members of the academic community, it nevertheless continues to be a relevant theme in politics. Conservatives tend to use this phrase as ...

    • Macedonian national identity : origins, tensions, and challenges. 

      Naumoski, Marija (2012)
      During the Ottoman period Balkan collective identities existed without national content. As the historian Eric Hobsbawm has observed, the 'ethnicity of any people in southeastern Europe is an eternal matter of debate'. ...

    • 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 ...

    • Opportunistic federalism is failing : a case for change in Ouroborosian policy making. 

      Kennedy, Philip C. (2014)
      The current federalism paradigm has been on a path to failure since its inception. The various methods of federalism from the past have attempted to effectively fuse both federal and state power based on the most pervasive ...

    • Post-UNDRIP makes a difference : UNDRIP promotes indigenous rights in liberal democracies. 

      John, Natasha (2013)
      This comparative case study examines the use of Constructivist International Relations theory on indigenous issues in liberal democracies. The thesis focuses on the impact of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights ...

    • Reforming the criminal justice system : a pragmatic approach to building a sustainable system. 

      Smith, Da'mon J. (2011)
      Much of the literature on the "administration of justice" literature is engrossed with topics that typically concern criminologist, judges, layers and police, and therefore, is absentminded of its own identity and purpose. ...

    • Repairing a strategic partnership : Congress and US foreign policy with Turkey. 

      Bowyer, Jared W. (2012)
      The United States and Turkey have shared an important strategic partnership since Turkey was admitted to NATO in 1952. This relationship began to decline following Turkey's denial of Washington's request to position US ...

    • Term limits and interest group influence. 

      England, Jessica (2009)
      Supporters of term limits argued that they would decrease interest group influence. Using data from 24 states from 1998 to 2008, this paper finds that this assumption is not the case. This analysis finds that states with ...