Browsing by Subject "Political Science, International Law and Relations"
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A Dialogical Approach to Human Rights: Institutions, Culture and Legitimacy
(2009)In this study I address the moral and cultural disagreement and conflict regarding the interpretation of human rights norms that threatens the legitimacy of the human rights enterprise. Such disagreements present an opportunity ... -
Communicative Structure and the Emergence of Armed Conflict
(2008-04-22)The goal of this dissertation is to provide a logically coherent and empirically grounded account of the relationships between collective communication, collective loyalties, and collective violence. Drawing on research ... -
Critical Realism: an Ethical Approach to Global Politics
(2009)My dissertation, Critical Realism: An Ethical Approach to Global Politics, investigates two strands of modern political realism and their divergent ethics, politics, and modes of inquiry: the mid- to late 20th century realism ... -
Domestic Courts and Global Governance: the Politics of Private International Law
(2007-12-04)Since the mid-1980s, U.S. and foreign parties have filed more than 100,000 lawsuits in U.S. federal courts asking for adjudication of disputes arising from transnational activity. These lawsuits raise a fundamental question ... -
Encounters with Conservation and Development in Suriname: How Indigenous Peoples Are Trying to Make Things 'Right' through Scalar Politics, Identity Framing, and Hybrid Governance Arrangements
(2009)This dissertation research explored how indigenous peoples have responded to increasing conservation and development pressures in Suriname using two case study communities. One, in West Suriname, faced a proposed protected ... -
Political Competition and the Regulation of Foreign Direct Investment
(2010)This dissertation examines the variation in the choice of FDI regulations. Why do some countries restrict the entry and operations of foreign MNEs while others permit and even seek inward FDI? What factors determine the ... -
Rethinking International Law: Hugo Grotius, Human Rights and Humanitarian Intervention
(2010)The dissertation takes up the subject of humanitarian intervention in contemporary international law. It identifies a problem, The Dilemma of Humanitarian Intervention, which underlies almost all contemporary theorizing ... -
Revoked, Restructured or Retained: Examining the effect of external shifts on norm compliance
(2010)In this work, I use case study analysis to examine the response by states to exogenous shifts in international norms. Specifically, I examine the behavior of states when unforeseen technological advances make the norm previously ... -
Saving Institutional Benefits: Path Dependence in International Law
(2008-04-21)This project considers the pace of change in international law, focusing on sources of evolution and stagnation. I attempt to determine why negotiators defer to existing law in some situations and not others. To that end, ... -
States' Pursuit of Sovereignty in a Globalized Security Context: Controlling International Human Mobility
(2010)The goal of this dissertation is to inquire into how states balance economic motivations and security concerns when pursuing sovereignty at borders. More precisely, the dissertation examines tradeoffs between interdependence ... -
Technology and Development: The Political Economy of Open Source Software
(2010)This dissertation examines the role of governments in adopting Open Source Software (OSS) for their needs and tries to explain the variation in adoption and implmentation, among both developing and developed countries. The ... -
The End of Civilizations: The Role of Religion in the Evolution of Subnational Conflict, 1946-2007
(2010)Conflict between states in an anarchic international system is generally the result of an inability among state leaders to successfully negotiate perceived power imbalances within the system. Interstate conflicts are relatively ... -
The Political Impact of Islamic Fundamentalist Bloc on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
(2010)This study investigates the interaction between political influences of Islamic fundamentalist parties and the Israeli-Palestinian conflicts. The author selects four salient actors, based on five characteristics of contemporary ... -
Tough Talk, Cheap Talk, and Babbling: Government Unity, Hawkishness and Military Challenges
(2008-10-23)A number of puzzles exist regarding the role of domestic politics in the likelihood of international conflict. In particular, the sources of incomplete information remain under-theorized and the microfoundations deficient. ... -
Who Will Serve? Education, Labor Markets, and Military Personnel Policy
(2007-09-28)Contemporary militaries depend on volunteer soldiers capable of dealing with advanced technology and complex missions. An important factor in the successful recruiting, retention, and employment of quality personnel is the ...
