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Discord is Beauty; Silence is Beast: Dissent in Authoritarian Regimes (open access)

Discord is Beauty; Silence is Beast: Dissent in Authoritarian Regimes

Paper explores the link between types of authoritarian regimes and violent and nonviolent dissent.
Date: 2013
Creator: Copeland, D.K.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preface to the Joint Proceedings of the University of North Texas Department of Political Science National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates and the American Political Science Association Undergraduate Research Fellows Program (open access)

Preface to the Joint Proceedings of the University of North Texas Department of Political Science National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates and the American Political Science Association Undergraduate Research Fellows Program

Introduction to the special section featuring the joint proceedings of the University of North Texas Department of Political Science National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates and the American Political Science Association Undergraduate Research Fellows Program in the 2013 edition of The Eagle Feather.
Date: 2013
Creator: Ishiyama, John T. & Greig, J. Michael
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Roles of the White House Chief of Staff (open access)

Roles of the White House Chief of Staff

Paper analyzes the roles that the White House Chief of Staff plays and how effective they are in said roles.
Date: 2013
Creator: McAlister, Lisa
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Size Matters: Strength of Force in Peace Building Missions (open access)

Size Matters: Strength of Force in Peace Building Missions

Paper analyzes the correlation between the size of a peacekeeping force and the likelihood of peacekeeping failures.
Date: 2013
Creator: Fink, Frances Reka
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
United States Diplomatic Negotiations Under the Articles of Confederation (open access)

United States Diplomatic Negotiations Under the Articles of Confederation

Paper examines how and why the United States had difficulty accomplishing diplomatic goals under the Articles of Confederation.
Date: 2013
Creator: Clark, Joshua
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
We Didn’t Start the Fire: The Effect of Foreign Sponsorship on Peace Duration (open access)

We Didn’t Start the Fire: The Effect of Foreign Sponsorship on Peace Duration

Paper explores the effect of foreign sponsorship on the likelihood of civil war reoccurance.
Date: 2013
Creator: Roberts, Jordan
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
We’re Not Gonna Take It: The Impact of Societal Support on Conflict Onset (open access)

We’re Not Gonna Take It: The Impact of Societal Support on Conflict Onset

Paper analyzes the effect of societal support on the likelihood of civil conflict.
Date: 2013
Creator: Dietrich, Nicholas
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Democratization and Social Conflict in Africa, 1990-2009

This poster was featured at the 2013 Perot Museum of Nature and Science's 'Social Science' exhibit. It discusses democratization and social conflict in Africa from 1990 to 2009.
Date: June 21, 2013
Creator: Salehyan, Idean
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electoral Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa 1990-2009 captions transcript

Electoral Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa 1990-2009

This video accompanies a poster and includes slides discussing electoral violence in Sub-Saharan Africa from 1990 to 2009.
Date: June 21, 2013
Creator: Salehyan, Idean
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Reform Vs. Repression as Counterinsurgency Strategies in El Salvador, 1979-1992

This poster was featured at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science's 'Social Science' exhibit. It discusses land reform and democracy as counterinsurgency.
Date: June 21, 2013
Creator: Mason, T. David (Thomas David), 1950-
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
El Salvador Death Squad Activity 1979-1991 captions transcript

El Salvador Death Squad Activity 1979-1991

This video accompanies a poster and includes slides discussing El Salvador death squad activity from 1979 to 1991.
Date: June 21, 2013
Creator: Mason, T. David (Thomas David), 1950-
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
All Terrorism is Local? A Quantitative Analysis of Al Qaeda Affiliation and Rebel Group Behavior (open access)

All Terrorism is Local? A Quantitative Analysis of Al Qaeda Affiliation and Rebel Group Behavior

Paper examines the effects of affiliation, focusing on Al Qaeda, on the behavior of rebel groups.
Date: 2014
Creator: Robbins, Arianna
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
All’s Well That Ends Better: Third-Party Intervention as a Challenge to Sovereignty (open access)

All’s Well That Ends Better: Third-Party Intervention as a Challenge to Sovereignty

Paper investigates the role third party intervention has played in undermining or bolstering the stability of a state’s leadership in a post-conflict setting via capacity building and legitimacy.
Date: 2014
Creator: VanMeter, Emily
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Does the Truth Really Set You Free? Examining the Effect of Truth and Reconciliation Commissions on Social and Political Trust (open access)

Does the Truth Really Set You Free? Examining the Effect of Truth and Reconciliation Commissions on Social and Political Trust

Paper investigates the effect that truth and reconciliation commissions (TRCs) have on social and political trust in Africa, utilizing the Afrobarometer and World Values Survey.
Date: 2014
Creator: Mendez, Nicole
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Engendering Violence: The Acceptability of Domestic Violence as a Determinant of Intrastate Conflict (open access)

Engendering Violence: The Acceptability of Domestic Violence as a Determinant of Intrastate Conflict

Paper analyzes the influence of attitudes regarding domestic violence upon the likelihood of civil conflict.
Date: 2014
Creator: Leban, Lucy
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Expanding Powers, Gender Dynamics and Militarized Interstate Disputes: The Impact of National Material Capability and Gender on Onset and Escalation (open access)

Expanding Powers, Gender Dynamics and Militarized Interstate Disputes: The Impact of National Material Capability and Gender on Onset and Escalation

Paper explores the relationship between national capabilities and the likelihood of conflict, and in particular the impact of gender on this relationship.
Date: 2014
Creator: Ferris, Rachel Elizabeth
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Finding the Frontline in Civil Conflict: Looting and Recruiting in African Refugee Camps (open access)

Finding the Frontline in Civil Conflict: Looting and Recruiting in African Refugee Camps

This paper explores the relationship between the locations of conflict zones and refugee camps in African nations.
Date: 2014
Creator: Bolte, Brandon L.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Latino Attitudes Toward Abortion and Marriage Equality: Examining the Influence of Religiosity, Acculturation, and Non-Response (open access)

Latino Attitudes Toward Abortion and Marriage Equality: Examining the Influence of Religiosity, Acculturation, and Non-Response

This article seeks to extend literature on Latinos' policy preferences by examining the influence of multiple dimensions of acculturation and religiosity on two contemporary moral policy issues: abortion and same-sex marriage.
Date: 2014
Creator: Branton, Regina; Franco, Ana B.; Wenzel, Jim & Wrinkle, Robert D.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Repressed by the Scales of Justice: The Ramifications of the International Criminal Court (open access)

Repressed by the Scales of Justice: The Ramifications of the International Criminal Court

Paper argues that the creation of the International Criminal Court will increase repression of citizens in participating countries.
Date: 2014
Creator: Schoner, Rachel J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stronger than Yesterday: The Effect of Ethnic Conflict on Ethnic Identity (open access)

Stronger than Yesterday: The Effect of Ethnic Conflict on Ethnic Identity

Paper explores the relationship between ethnic conflict and ethnic identity using quantitative methods.
Date: 2014
Creator: Shymonyak, Andriy V.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
When Will People Learn? Democracy Just Doesn’t Work (open access)

When Will People Learn? Democracy Just Doesn’t Work

Paper explores questions about the efficacy of democracy in America.
Date: 2014
Creator: Wood, Justin
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wither the Whip, Strengthen the Sword: Colonial Legacy and Geno-/Politicide in the Post-Colonial World, 1945-2012 (open access)

Wither the Whip, Strengthen the Sword: Colonial Legacy and Geno-/Politicide in the Post-Colonial World, 1945-2012

Undergraduate thesis examining the causes of geno-/politicides and the potential correlation between colonial legacy and the increased likelihood of seeing geno-/politicide across all newly independent states post-WWII from 1945-2012. This study reviews colonialism through an anthropological and sociological lens and applies it to state-structure's impact on political violence.
Date: May 8, 2014
Creator: Wood, Colin
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Introduction to the Law and the American Legal System (open access)

Introduction to the Law and the American Legal System

This book chapter offers an introduction to the law and the American legal system.
Date: 2015
Creator: King, Kimi L. & Leuzinger, Julie
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Primed Parsons; Reference Groups and Clergy Political Attitudes (open access)

Primed Parsons; Reference Groups and Clergy Political Attitudes

This article investigates the effect of parishioners and institutional superiors on clergy political attitudes.
Date: 2015
Creator: Calfano, Brian Robert & Oldmixon, Elizabeth Anne
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library