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Submissions from 2023
Policy Type and Presidential Messaging as Factors of Legislative Productivity, Madison Garofalo
March 10th: The Tibetan Peoplehood Movement, Adrianna E. Helstad
Motives for Independence: The Case of Spain’s Catalonia, Emma Stroh
The United States after the Third Religious Disestablishment: A Case Study of the ADF’s Strategies in Prolonging Culture Wars, Rachel Williams
Submissions from 2019
Democracy in Crisis:An Examination of the Negative Effects of Political Parties on Democracy, Alani L. Sweezy
Polarized China: The Effect of Media Censorship on People's Ideology, Gaoming Zhu
Submissions from 2018
Why the Right?: Evaluating Vote Choice in Rural America, Zoe Bouras
Right-Wing Populism under Majoritarian Conditions: A Comparison of Support for Brexit and Trump, Olivia Heffernan
Submissions from 2016
The Local American Voter: Mayoral Election Turnout in Midsized American Cities, Austin Aldag
It Takes a [Latina] Candidate: Discovering the Motivations That Lead Latina Elected Officials to Run for Office, Melissa Guzmán
Submissions from 2015
Submissions from 2013
Why They Rise Up, or Not: A Study of Linguistic Minorities and Ethnic-National Mobilization, Yelei Kong
Submissions from 2012
United States House Elections Post-Citizens United: The Influence of Unbridled Spending, Laura L. Gaffey
Submissions from 2011
Supreme Court Responsiveness: An Analysis of Individual Justice Voting Behavior and the Role of Public Opinion, Michael Browning
Institutions and Elites: Democracy and Stability in sub-Saharan Africa, Michael R. Burgess
Redistricting and the Public Interest: Developing a Value-Explicit Dialogue, Amy B. Uden
Submissions from 2009
Can Resource Mobilization Predict the Level of Success Among Social Movement Organizations?, Kathryn Brannan, '09
Trust on the Internet: A Virtual Reality?, Adam Clark, '09
Presidential Success in Congress: Factors that Determine the President's Ability to Influcence Congressional Voting, Christine Gibbs, '09
Submissions from 2008
Transparent Politics or Empty Legislation?, Connor McGee '08
Submissions from 2007
Of Minorities, Markets and Mongols: Re-imagining the Relationship Between Ethnicity and Rationality in Russian Center/Periphery Conflict, Brett A. Strand '07
Submissions from 2004
The Effect of an Illinois Wesleyan University Education on Political Ideology, Jordan T. Ault '04
Protecting Women from Domestic Violence: A Comparative Perspective, Mollie Whitehead '04
Submissions from 2003
Soft Money and the Electoral Success of Women Candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives, Cameo M. Kaisler '03
The Importance of Mass Culture for Democratization, James D. Melton '03
Contentious Policies: The Experiment with Affirmative Action in Undergraduate Admissions to Public Universities, Elizabeth R. Notz '03
Beneath the Red Curtain: Intentions and Motivations Behind an Authoritarian Regime's Move Toward Democracy, Andrew G. Sur '03
Submissions from 2002
A Question of Motivations: Determining Why Donor Countries Give Aid, Sarah Fuller '02
Constructing a Common Ukrainian Identity: An Empirical Study, Igor Khrestin '02
Submissions from 2001
Croatia's Leap Toward Gender Equality in the Parliament: Rules Versus Players, Josip Glaurdic '01
Let Us In, Let Us In: A Study of Female Representation in Post-Communist Legislatures, Rebecca Ray '01
Submissions from 2000
National Political Influence and the Catholic Church, Jennifer Nash '00
Benefits by Gender: Determinants of Welfare Accessibility for Migrant Women in Western Europe, Kathryn Vojack '00
Elector System Design and Ethnic Separatism: A Rationalist Approach to Ethnic Politics in Eastern Europe, Eric Wesselkamper '00
Submissions from 1999
Beyond Narrow Liberalism, Justin B. Taylor '99
Submissions from 1998
Domestic Political Violence: Working Towards an Answer to a Timeless Question, John Gutowski '98
Submissions from 1997
Controlling the Uses of Our Bodies: A Comparison of Women in Twenty Countries, Jennifer Pence '97
Submissions from 1996
The Political and Economic Factors Affecting the U.S. Sugar Subsidy Program, Anne Peterson '96
A House Divided: Party Polarization on Welfare Issues, Amy Stewart '96
Submissions from 1995
Submissions from 1994
The Establishment of Illinois Riverboat Gambling and its Impact on Alton, Peoria, and Joliet, Julie A. Dressler '94
The Scope of Abortion Rights Since Roe v. Wade and the Next Tier: The Right to Access, Thomas Wayne Gaylord '94
Post-Cold War Nationalism in Germany and Austria: A Comparative Study, Garett William Graubins '94
Child Witnesses in Sexual Abuse Cases and the Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause, Kelly Thuet '94
Submissions from 1993
Collective Security in the Gulf: An Analysis of the Development of the Gulf Cooperation Council and Regional Security as a Function of the Council, David Michael Priess '93
Submissions from 1992
Inequalities in the Educational Systems in South Africa, Angela Goebel '92
Submissions from 1991
Modernization and Development: An Empirical Study of South Korea and Brazil, Douglas J. Becker '91
Submissions from 1990
The Challenge to the Judiciary of the Nineties:Managing Appeals in the Federal Courts, Kelly N. Kalus '90
Submissions from 1974
The Illinois appellate system procedure and practice, Robert L. Kamholz Jr.
Submissions from 1971
Mediocrity and Roll-Calls: The Identification of Marginal Congressmen and Some Study of Their Voting Behavior, Richard K. Wray
Submissions from 1970
The Struggle for Standing to Secure Judical Review of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Donald E. Garrison
Submissions from 1967
Preparing the Chicago City Budget: Influences, Statistics, Allocations and Trends, Terry Black '67
Submissions from 1966
Public Relations and Political Power: A Case Study of the Caterpillar Tractor Co., Frank Simpson