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Polarized China: The Effect of Media Censorship on People's Ideology, Gaoming Zhu
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Right-Wing Populism under Majoritarian Conditions: A Comparison of Support for Brexit and Trump, Olivia Heffernan
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Why the Right?: Evaluating Vote Choice in Rural America, Zoe Bouras
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The Dichotomy of Justice, Yovana Milosevic
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Blaming Mr. Taxman Do Regressive State Tax Codes Impact K-12 Education Spending Per Student?, Alex Stogin
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The Other Women’s Movement: Analyzing Women’s Support for Populist-Radical Right Parties and Candidates, Katelyn Schwiderski
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Civil Disobedience: A Necessary Evil, Benjamin Nielsen
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Analyzing the Non-mainstream Left and Populist-Radical Right: Do Party Promises For Women Actually Translate Into More Women Leaders and Members?, Brianna Bacigalupo
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Rice Self Sufficiency and Food Security in the Philippines, Susan Tonin, William Munro, Faculty Advisor
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The Madisonian Standard for Conceptualizing American Citizenship, Maddie E. Browning-Perry
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Jefferson’s West Point - A Durable Political Change, Preslav Mantchev
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The Unconscious Victim of Quiescence, Ally Daskalopoulos
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The Redistributive Properties of the Social Security Act of 1935, Jordan Gagnon
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Pendulum of Power Versus Command and Control: Intergovernmental Relations 81 Under the Clean Air Act and its Amendments, Yige Chen
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Racing Left and Right: Colorblind Racism’s Dominance Across the US Political Spectrum, Meghan A. Burke
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Crafting Chaos: The Classification of Unilateral Transfers under the Current Account at Bretton Woods and its Impact on Remittances to the Indian State of Kerala, Anish Gawande
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Revealed: A Workable Moral World-Peace Plan,
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Are Women Winning? Does Descriptive Representation of Women in Parliament Lead to Woman-Friendly Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa?, Molly Willeford, Kathleen Montgomery, Faculty Advisor
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It Takes a Latina Candidate, Melissa Guzman, Kathleen Montgomery, Faculty Advisor
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The Happiest Xenophobes on Earth: Examining Anti-Immigrant Sentiments in the Nordic Countries, Maggie Zeisset, Kathleen Montgomery, Faculty Advisor
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Letter from the Editors, Austin Aldag '15, Melissa Guzman '15
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The Happiest Xenophobes on Earth: Examining Anti-Immigrant Sentiments in the Nordic Countries, Maggie Zeisset
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When Equal Is Not Always Fair: Senate Malapportionment and its Effect on Enacting Legislation, Lindsey Alpert
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Are Women Winning? Does Descriptive Representation of Women in Parliament Lead to Woman-Friendly Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa?, Molly Willeford
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Belarus After Communism: Where to Now?, Preslav Mantchev
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Offline Student Political Activism: Supported or Thwarted by Online Political Engagement?, Nicole M. Jovicevic
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Conceptualizing Congressional Organization: The Legacy of Keith Krehbiel’s Informational Theory, Madalyn Browning-Perry
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It Takes a [Latina] Candidate: Discovering the Motivations That Lead Latina Elected Officials to Run for Office, Melissa Guzmán
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Elyse Nelson Winger on Religion and the Presidetial Race, Judith Valente
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The Local American Voter: Mayoral Election Turnout in Midsize American Cities, Austin Aldag
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The Local American Voter: Mayoral Election Turnout in Midsized American Cities, Austin Aldag
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Letter from the Editors, Mike Kistner '15, Sarah Bergman '15
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Can’t Buy Our Love: Prime Minister Harold Wilson and His Attempts to Woo The Beatles, Austin Aldag '15
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Do the Means Change the End? The Effect of All Mail Ballot Systems and Same-Day Voter Registration on Turnout, Annie Kehler '15
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Judicial Practice Makes Perfect: Explaining Asylum Recognition in the European Union, Casey Plach, '15
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Dollars and Sense: Does Economic Self-Interest or Emotional Attachment Better Explain Vote Choice?, Daniel M. Truesdale '15
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Explaining Legislative Productivity: Evaluating the Effects of Polarization and Divided Government in a Cross-Sectional Study of State Legislatures, Mike Kistner '15
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Letter from the Department Chair, James Simeone
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Editors' Introduction, Nick Desideri, Ryan Winter
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Radical Right Populist Parties in Britain and the Netherlands: Explaining Electoral Success, Casey Plach
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Vicious Cycle or Business Cycle?: Explaining Political Violence in Northern Ireland After the Troubles, Lauren Burke
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Mass Shootings, Mass Media, and Mass Opinion: An Examination of How the News Media Affects Public Opinion in the Aftermath of Mass Shootings, Patrick Cavanaugh
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The Least Dangerous Branch: The Dark Horse in American Democracy, Lexi Baltes
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The Myth of the Clash of Civilizations: Confucian Values and Democratic Support, Xinlin Xu
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No Smoking: Policy Diffusion and its Prevailing Factors, Brad Gresik
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Curiosity or Manners: The Values that Shape American Political Mindsets, Ryan Winter
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The Whole World is Texting: Youth Protest in the Information Age, Irving Epstein
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The Whole World is Texting: Youth Protest in the Information Age, Irving Epstein
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The Whole World is Texting: Youth Protest in the Information Age, Irving Epstein
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Explaining Legislative Productivity: Evaluating the Effects of Polarization and Divided Government In a Cross-Sectional Study of State Legislatures, Mike Kistner
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Reflections of an Accidental Political Scientist (text only), Kathleen Montgomery
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Illinois Wesleyan Professor: Tea Party more complex than portrayed, Meghan A. Burke, Scott Laughlin
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Origins of Terrorism in India: Homeland or Borderland, Calvin Waller
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Islamist Recruitment: A Freedom Right or a Limitation on Public Safety, Betsey Fawcett
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The Rise of Boko Haram: An Analysis of Failed Governance, Andrew Pichette '18
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Race, Gender, and Class in the Tea Party: What the Movement Reflects about Mainstream Ideologies, Meghan Burke
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Race, Gender, and Class in the Tea Party: What the Movement Reflects about Mainstream Ideologies, Megan Burke
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Race, Gender, and Class in the Tea Party: What the Movement Reflects about Mainstream Ideologies, Meghan Burke
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Vicious Cycle or Business Cycle?: Explaining Political Violence in Northern Ireland After the Troubles, Lauren Burke
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Nuclear War: Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and a Workable Moral Strategy for Achieving and Preserving World Peace, Raymond Wilson
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Greg Shaw, Charlie Schlenker
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Kistner '15 Studying Polarization in State Government, Kim Hill
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The New Economics of American Citizenship: How Income Inequality Undermines Notions of American Identity, Jeremy Duffee, William Munro, Faculty Advisor
John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

In Defense Of Technology, Mike Kelly
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Lessons In Injustice: Privilege Walks, Karen Silverman
The Intellectual Standard

Climate Geoengineering and IWU's Ethics Bowl, Jake K. Bates
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Political Science Alumni Panel, Tia Patsavas
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Halloween Candy: A "Rich, Dark" History, Kim Hill
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Why They Rise Up, or Not: A Study of Linguistic Minorities and Ethnic-National Mobilization, Yelei Kong
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Four Named to Endowed Professorships, Kim Hill
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It’s My Party System and I’ll Institutionalize if I Want to: Party System Institutionalization in Young Democracies, Zoe Gross, Kathleen Montgomery, Faculty Advisor
John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

Why They Rise up, or Not A Study of Linguistic Minorities and Ethnic-National Mobilization, Yelei Kong, Kathleen Montgomery, Faculty Advisor
John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

Transforming the Farm Bill: The Local Food Movement and Political Change, Daneil Kenny, James Simeone, Faculty Advisor
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Editors' Introduction, Zoe Gross '13, Yelei Kong '13
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Letter from the Department Chair, James Simeone
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Power and Fear: Explaining the Authoritarian Personality, Ryan Winter '13
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Why They Rise Up, or Not: A Study of Linguistic Minorities and Ethnic-National Mobilization, Yelei Kong '13
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It's My Party and I'll Institutionalize If I Want To: Party System Institutionalization in Young Democracies, Zoe Gross '13
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Bubble Pop: An Analysis of Asian Pop Culture and Soft Power Potential, Nick Desideri '13
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Promoting Democracy in Ethnically Divided Societies: The Benefits of Combining Partition and Power-Sharing, Abigail Carter '13
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A Step toward Understanding Trust in the Government, Ted Delicath '13
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Carlson '15 to Study at Oxford, Kim Hill
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The Scorpion And The Frog: A False Narrative Of Human Nature, Karen Silverman, Jaret Kanarek
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Beyond Fear and Loathing: Tea Party Organizers' Continuum of Knowledge in a Racialized Social System, Meghan Burke
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Critiquing Cultural Relativism, Jaret Kanarek
The Intellectual Standard

Beyond Fear and Loathing: Tea Party Organizers' Continuum of Knowledge in a Racialized Social System, Meghan A. Burke
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Faulty Phrases: "There Are No Absolutes" & "The Truth Is Relative", Jaret Kanarek
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Faulty Phrases: "There Is No Such Thing As Perfection", Michael Christison
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The Issue Of Internet Polling, Nick A. Nichols
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The Tortoise And The Hare: A New Moral For An Old Fable, Jaret Kanarek
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Survival Of The Selfish:Natural Selection And The Myth Of Altruism, Kyle O'Shea
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Letter from the Department Chair, James Simeone
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Editors' Introduction, Laura Gaffey, Lauren Contorno
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Keep it Clean? How Negative Campaigns Affect Voter Turnout, Hannah Griffin
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The Influence of Cosmopolitan Values on Environmental Attitudes: An International Comparison, Lauren Contorno
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United State House Elections Post-Citizens United: The Influence of Unbridled Spending, Laura Gaffey
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The Ethnic Security Dilemma and Ethnic Violence: An Alternative Empirical Model and its Explanatory Power, Jiaxing Xu
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Environmental Legislation: Factors and Factions, Timothy Luby
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The Personality of Policy Preferences: Analyzing the Relationship between Myers-Briggs Personality Types and Political Views, Tracy Lytwyn
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The Personality of Policy Preferences: Analyzing the Relationship between Meyers-Briggs Personality Types and Political Views, Tracy Lytwyn, Tari Renner, Faculty Advisor
John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

A Growing Concern (text only), William Munro
Honorees for Teaching Excellence

A Workable Moral Strategy for Achieving and Preserving World Peace: A Strategy That Can Create Over 500,000 American Jobs, Raymond Wilson
Raymond Wilson

Faulty Phrases: "Only Human", Jaret Kanarek
The Intellectual Standard

Tunnel Vision: A Problem in Academics, Nick A. Nichols
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Responsibility, Michael Christison
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North Korean Intentions and the American Response, Jake K. Bates
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Making Human Rights Really Real, Jake K. Bates
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Faulty Phrases: "Good Things Come To Those Who Wait", Jake K. Bates
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Introduction to "Faulty Phrases", Jake K. Bates
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Finding the Consistent Self, Jacob Comer
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The Learning Process: Inspiration for Computer Scientists, Nick A. Nichols
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Philosophy and NASCAR, Jake K. Bates
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On Reason, Michael Christison
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On Man, Jaret Kanarek
The Intellectual Standard

Introduction to the Intellectual Standard, Jaret Kanarek
The Intellectual Standard

United States House Elections Post-Citizens United: The Influence of Unbridled Spending, Laura L. Gaffey
Honors Projects

Redistricting and the Public Interest: Developing A Value-Explicit Dialogue, Amy Uden, Jim Simeone, Faculty Advisor
John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

Supreme Court Responsiveness: An Analysis of Individual Justice Voting Behavior and the Role of Public Opinion, Michael Browning, Greg Shaw, Faculty Advisor
John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

Redistricting and the Public Interest: Developing a Value-Explicit Dialogue, Amy B. Uden
Honors Projects

Supreme Court Responsiveness: An Analysis of Individual Justice Voting Behavior and the Role of Public Opinion, Michael Browning
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Institutions and Elites: Democracy and Stability in sub-Saharan Africa, Michael R. Burgess
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Westside of Bloomington: Crime Climate Survey, Ryan Lambert, '10
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The Rise and Fall of Maududi's Jamaat-e-Islami in the Light of Social Movement Theory, Mujtaba Isani, James Simeone, Faculty Advisor
John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

The Healthcare Debate, Greg M. Shaw
IWU Authors Bookshelf

Greg Shaw, Charlie Schlenker (Interviewer)
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Gateway 100: Citizens and Strangers Research Paper, James Simeone
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Gateway 100: Citizens and Strangers, Essay 3, James Tiede
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Political Science 316: Modern Political Thought, Liberalism, The Nation State, and Religion (Micro Essay1), James Tiede
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Presidential Success in Congress: Factors that Determine the President's Ability to Influcence Congressional Voting, Christine Gibbs
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Can Resource Mobilization Predict the Level of Success Among Social Movement Organizations?, Kathryn Brannan, '09
Honors Projects

Presidential Success in Congress: Factors that Determine the President's Ability to Influcence Congressional Voting, Christine Gibbs, '09
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Trust on the Internet: A Virtual Reality?, Adam Clark, '09
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Jackie Sylvester: The Evolution of an Action Researcher, Illinois Wesleyan University
In Their Own Words

World Piece Discusses the Presidential Election, Heather Lindquist ’09
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Transparent Politics or Empty Legislation?, Connor McGee '08
Honors Projects

Legislative Voting: Influences on Environmental Voting in the House of Representatives, Krystyna Zwolinski, Tari Renner, Faculty Advisor
John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

Greg Shaw, Charlie Schlenker (Interviewer)
Interviews for WGLT

The Welfare Debate, Greg M. Shaw
IWU Authors Bookshelf

Of Minorities, Markets and Mongols: Re-imagining the Relationship Between Ethnicity and Rationality in Russian Center/Periphery Conflict, Brett A. Strand '07
Honors Projects

Open Fire: Understanding Global Gun Cultures, Charles F. Springwood
IWU Authors Bookshelf

Trading Places, Trading Problems: Global Markets in the 21st Century, Frank Boyd, William Munro, Abigal Jahiel
Roundtables

From Exceptionalism to Imperialism: Culture, Character, and American Foreign Policy, Meghan A. Burke, Laura Langman
Meghan A. Burke

Social Security Reform: What are the Options?, Greg Shaw, Susan Swanlund, Tari Renner
Roundtables

Tax Reform: What are the Options?, James Simeone, Ruth Ann Friedberg, Diego Mendez-Carbajo
Roundtables

Political Commentator and Author Arianna Huffington to Speak at Illinois Wesleyan, Anna Deters '05
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The Effect of an Illinois Wesleyan University Education on Political Ideology, Jordan T. Ault '04
Honors Projects

Protecting Women from Domestic Violence: A Comparative Perspective, Mollie Whitehead '04
Honors Projects

Soft Money and the Electoral Success of Women Candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives, Cameo M. Kaisler '03
Honors Projects

Beneath the Red Curtain: Intentions and Motivations Behind an Authoritarian Regime's Move Toward Democracy, Andrew G. Sur '03
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The Importance of Mass Culture for Democratization, James D. Melton '03
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Contentious Policies: The Experiment with Affirmative Action in Undergraduate Admissions to Public Universities, Elizabeth R. Notz '03
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A Question of Motivations: Determining Why Donor Countries Give Aid, Sarah Fuller '02
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A Question of Motivations: Determining Why Donor Countries Give Aid, Sarah Fuller '02
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Constructing a Common Ukrainian Identity: An Empirical Study, Igor Khrestin '02
Honors Projects

Let Us In, Let Us In: A Study of Female Representation in Post-Communist Legislatures, Rebecca Ray '01
Honors Projects

Croatia's Leap Toward Gender Equality in the Parliament: Rules Versus Players, Josip Glaurdic '01
Honors Projects

Democracy and Slavery in Frontier Illinois: The Bottomland Republic, James Simeone
IWU Authors Bookshelf

Elector System Design and Ethnic Separatism: A Rationalist Approach to Ethnic Politics in Eastern Europe, Eric Wesselkamper '00
Honors Projects

National Political Influence and the Catholic Church, Jennifer Nash '00
Honors Projects

Benefits by Gender: Determinants of Welfare Accessibility for Migrant Women in Western Europe, Kathryn Vojack '00
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Beyond Narrow Liberalism, Justin B. Taylor '99
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The Economic Impact upon Modern U.S. Elections, James Jackson
University Avenue Undergraduate Journal of Economics

Domestic Political Violence: Working Towards an Answer to a Timeless Question, John Gutowski '98
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Controlling the Uses of Our Bodies: A Comparison of Women in Twenty Countries, Jennifer Pence '97
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The Political and Economic Factors Affecting the U.S. Sugar Subsidy Program, Anne Peterson '96
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A House Divided: Party Polarization on Welfare Issues, Amy Stewart '96
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Televised Political Advertising as a Strategic Tool to Positively Affect a Candidate's Chances of Winning an Election A Case Study: The 1994 California U.S. Senate Election: Televised Advertising in the Michael Huffington Campaign, Sarah Wills '95
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The Establishment of Illinois Riverboat Gambling and its Impact on Alton, Peoria, and Joliet, Julie A. Dressler '94
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The Scope of Abortion Rights Since Roe v. Wade and the Next Tier: The Right to Access, Thomas Wayne Gaylord '94
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Post-Cold War Nationalism in Germany and Austria: A Comparative Study, Garett William Graubins '94
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Child Witnesses in Sexual Abuse Cases and the Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause, Kelly Thuet '94
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