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Using Primary Sources in United States History Textbooks to Create Social Justice Connections from Past to Present
(2022-05-12)
Primary sources are tools that can be used in education to provide rich opportunities for helping bring history to life for students. They aid in fostering historical thinking allowing students to understand the present ...
Slavery: Reshaping the US-Mexico relationship from 1859 to 1910
(2022-05-12)
The thesis examines the impact and repercussions of slavery known as debt peonage in Mexico on the bilateral relationship with the United States during the second half of the nineteenth century. It argues that many American ...
The Curious Case of the Withdrawal from the Joint Commission Plan of Action (JCPOA): Islamophobia, Racism, and Foreign Policy
(2022-04-21)
The United States' relationship with Iran has been more negative than positive over the last forty years. That relationship seemed to change when the 45th President of the United States, President Barack Obama, and five ...
Convergent Evolution in Aspiring Dictatorships: Developing a Generalized Theory of the Strategy Used to Undermine Democratic Development in Middle Hybrid Regimes
(2022-10-13)
This thesis develops and tests a generalized theory of democratic backsliding. It proposes that only three factors, ethno-nationalist rhetoric, control of the judiciary, and control of the media are both necessary and ...
Damned Cascades: The Stochasticity of Behavioral Models vis-à-vis the Motivations of First Movers, and the Mechanics of Popular Movements
(2022-12-20)
This study shows that there is a correlation between the founders and co-founders of start-ups and first movers in popular uprisings in terms of their motivations at different points in their respective journeys. It argues ...
Grey Zone Tactics as Catalysts for Balancing Coalitions: A Level of Analysis Approach
(2022-05-10)
This paper frames the efficacy of grey zone tactics and their ability to trigger balancing coalitions as a level of analysis question.
External players usually analyze People’s Republic of China (PRC) grey zone tactics ...
Partisanship, Propaganda, and Misinformation During Peak COVID-19: A Comparative Study Between the United States and Germany
(2022-07-19)
In the context of the elite-driven, media-state nexus of Western democracies, the functioning of today’s propaganda plays out in the fold-lines of national media ecosystems, social traditions, and political institutions. ...
The U.S. Capitol Riot: Examining the Rioters, Social Media, and Disinformation
(2022-05-10)
The thesis focuses on participants involved in the January 6 insurrection. The major aims of this thesis are to find out who stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021, and to learn what major factors influenced them to engage ...