Browsing Dissertations and Theses - Political Science by Title

Native, narrative, and nation: The construction of self and other in European settler colonies.

French, John Mark. (2010)

The nature of the electoral connection: An analysis of defense awards and electoral outcomes.

Schmit, Lisa Marie. (2000)

Need and politics: A study of federal highway funding and state road status data between 1983 and 2000.

Settich, John F. (2003)

A network analysis of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities and a theory of policy networks.

Shapiro, David B. (2003)

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the limits of presidential power: The paradox of the Voluntary Protection Program.

Cooper, Victoria J. (1991)

The Paradox of an Orphaned Policy: Postsecondary Remedial Education

Mixon, Constance A. (2015-07-21)

This dissertation uncovers a paradox in what we understand to be true about public policy processes. Embedded in nearly every political science theory, model and framework of the policy process, is the critical role of ...

The Path to Political Incorporation: Place Matters

Evans, Maya A. (2012-12-13)

An established literature describes political incorporation as the extent to which a group has achieved significant representation and influence in political decision-making (Browning, Marshall, and Tabb 1984; Bobo and ...

The policies of civil service reform: Legislative versus administrative response in policy making.

Schuh, Anna Marie Bernardy. (1997)

Political communication in state legislative races: An analysis of media impacts in Illinois.

Miller, Geralyn Marie. (1998)

Political-Media Relations and the Power of Party-Based Regimes

DiMaggio, Anthony (2012-12-13)

Symbiotic Politics: Political-Media Relations and the Power of Party-Based Regimes Anthony Ross Ray DiMaggio, Ph.D. Department of Political Science University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, Illinois (2012) Dissertation ...

The politics of political instability: State, society, and public policy in postindependence Ghana, 1957-1987.

McKwartin, Dan B. (1991)

Preservation of the environment and open space through free market housing incentives.

Watson, John Scott. (2006)

The racialized policing of Puerto Rican and Mexican males: A comparative analysis.

Vera Sanchez, Claudio G. (2008)

Reinventing the local state Chicago and the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority.

Smith, James Micajah. (2010)

The relationship between political development and police function in the Republic of China on Taiwan.

Chang, Kuang-Ming. (1995)

Representing the majority: How racial crossover state legislators run, win, and govern in a racially polarized America.

Grant, Paul D. (2004)

Rights "retained by the people": The changing role of the Ninth Amendment in constitutional adjudication.

Kotulak, Thomas Donald. (1994)

The role of public housing in urban economic development.

Beverly, Phillip Adrian. (1998)

Schematic information processing: Contextual variations and effects on political participation.

Kwak, Jai-Suk. (1997)

The Self-Interested Public: Understanding the Role of Personal Interest in Americans' Policy Preferences

Sterrett, David (2015-03-02)

A consistent finding in political science is that self-interest has little effect on people’s policy preferences when compared to factors such as political ideology and partisanship. However, the literature on self-interest ...