Browsing by Subject "State"
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Bayesian Analysis and Computational Methods for Dynamic Modeling
(2009)Dynamic models, also termed state space models, comprise an extremely rich model class for time series analysis. This dissertation focuses on building state space models for a variety of contexts and computationally efficient ... -
Bullets in Envelopes: Iraqi Academics in Exile
(2017)Iraqi academics have had a pivotal role in shaping and building Iraqi society, identity, and national structures, since the country’s independence from British colonial rule. Following the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, ... -
North Carolina and Immigration Reform: Policy Options To Address Omnibus Immigration Legislation in the North Carolina General Assembly
(2012-04-10)Despite no significant movement toward comprehensive federal immigration reform since 2007, stakeholders from virtually all points on the political spectrum continue to call for an overhaul. In the meantime, states have ... -
The Politics of Indebtedness: The Dialectic of State Violence and Benevolence in Turkey
(2017)This dissertation examines the interplay between sovereignty and governmentality in the domain of welfare provision in Turkey’s Kurdish southeast through the analytic of debt.The dissertation shows that debt lies at the ...
