Browsing OSU - Honors College by Author "Hansen, Holley"
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Did “Good Friday” ensure a lasting peace?
Taylor-Vazquez, Vaneza (2019-12-11)This case study seeks to understand the various methods to promote peace during ethnic conflicts and how constitutional design influences peace duration. I theorize countries that adopt centripetal electoral design following ... -
Feminism done wrong: What motivates women to join terrorist organizations? A case study of the Black Widows
Flynn, Bridget (2018-11-19)Perhaps one of the most understudied aspects of terrorism is that of the female terrorist. This research analyzes the motivations of female terrorists to join organizations and compares them to the motivations of male ... -
Impact of military spending on democratic failure
Hollands, Ryan (2019-11-15)Based on previous theories that strong militaries’ coercive capacities can be used for political repression, I focus on the relationship between military spending and democratic failure. I predict that greater military ... -
Modern president: Imperial or imperiled?
Wallen, Hunter (2017-12-08)Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.'s Imperial Presidency (1973) and Richard Neustadt's Presidential Powers (1960) are two of the most influential works on the presidency. These two classic works serve as the foundations for this essay ... -
Public perceptions of past presidents: A study of presidential legacy
Price, Andrew (2018-04-20)This project seeks to determine if attitudes about presidents change significantly after they have left office. I further examine the relationship between age, political ideology, and current individual-level presidential ... -
Should they stay or should they go? County level factors on the fate of refugees
Anderson, Leah (2018-04-20)With increasing internal conflict resulting in unprecedented numbers of refugees, countries are being asked to give more people asylum. While it is against Article 14(1) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) ... -
Who believes fake news? Why partisans are more likely to believe false political information read on social media
Brookover, Mallory (2019-11-15)As people increasingly receive their news via social media in the Internet age, some political scientists have begun to examine which factors cause seemingly intelligent individuals to believe false political information. ... -
Widening the appeal: The Pachakutik political movement
Young, Caden (2022-04-15)Since its inception, the Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement or the Pachakutik has been the primary indigenous political party in Ecuador. Many researchers have contended that indigenous political groups can be understood ...