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Alberto Fujimori, Deceiving Democracy: Source of Power for Neo-Populism and Neo-Authoritarianism in Peru, 1990 to 2000
(2021-05-21)
Alberto Fujimori served the people of Peru as President from 1990 to 2000. Political science scholars have documented his tenure as one marked by major successes with regard to the fight against terrorism as well as ...
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 ...
Democratic Taiwan in the Twenty-first Century
(2023-04-25)
This thesis frames the Taiwanese struggle to defend democracy in the face of growing aggression from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Despite past agreements between the United States and the People’s Republic of China, ...
Awakening China: A Comparative Analysis of the Impact of Chinese Investment on the Governance of Emerging and Developing Market Countries
(2023-10-05)
Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, China has pursued a Go Global strategy to integrate itself into the international economy and increase its political influence. Central to this pursuit is China’s engagement ...