Res Publica - Journal of Undergraduate Research
Volume 11, Issue 1 (2006)
"I therefore call any Republic a State ruled by laws under whatever kind of administration there might be, because only then does the public interest govern, and is res publica a reality."
Rousseau, Of the Social Contract
Prefatory Notes
Letter from the Department Head
Tari Renner
Editor's Introduction
Emily Kay Ergang '06 and Anthony Reinhart '06
Articles
Corruption's Hold on the Economy: An Examination of the Causes of Economic Development
Peter Raatz '06
Dependency on Military Base Employment's Effect on Defense Expenditure Voting in Congress: A BRAC Era Test of the Military Industrial Complex Theory
Kathleen Frawley '06
Female Parliamentary Representation in Islamic Countries
Sherri Haas '06
Evaluating the Impact of State Level Welfare Reform on Female Heads of Households
Sarah Mysiewicz '06
Affirming the Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2004
Anthony Reinhart '06
Editors
- Editors-in-Chief
- Emily Kay Ergang & Anthony Reinhart
- Associate Editors
- Beth Dennis, Sherri I laas & Brett Strand
- Faculty Advisor
- Dr. Kathleen Montgomery
- Cover Design Photographed by
- Anthony Reinhart at the Roman Forum, Rome
- Cover Design Arranged by
- Beth Dennis and Emily Kay Ergang