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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
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
Sex Education and Teen Pregnancy Rates in the United States: A Study of California Public Schools (open access)

Sex Education and Teen Pregnancy Rates in the United States: A Study of California Public Schools

Paper examines teen pregnancy rates across states in the United States and proposes a study that correlates the types of sex education utilized in individual counties or independent school districts and teen pregnancy rates across a sufficiently diverse state, such as California.
Date: 2015
Creator: Horton, Hannah
Object Type: Article
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
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
Calling in the Big Guns: Desire for Military Intervention in Politics (open access)

Calling in the Big Guns: Desire for Military Intervention in Politics

Paper explores the relationship between perceptions of legitimacy and the desire for military intervention in politics.
Date: 2013
Creator: Hayden, Sarah L.
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
Decentralization and Conflict: The Missing Link in State Capacity Literature (open access)

Decentralization and Conflict: The Missing Link in State Capacity Literature

Paper explores the relationship between decentralization and the onset of civil wars.
Date: 2013
Creator: Fan, Derick
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
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
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
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
The Future of Democracy in the Middle East (open access)

The Future of Democracy in the Middle East

Keynote address for the 2006 University Scholars Day delivered by Dr. Emile Sahliyeh. This keynote speaker discusses major reasons and issues relating to the lack of democratization in the Middle East to date.
Date: March 30, 2006
Creator: Sahliyeh, Emile F.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Death Row Days: Factors Affecting the Rate of Execution in the State of Texas

This paper discusses research on the factors, especially racial bias, affecting the rate of execution in the state of Texas.
Date: April 14, 2011
Creator: Samaniego-Kopsky, Rebekah & King, Kimi L.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Popular Resistance, Leadership Attitudes, and Turkish Accession to the European Union

Presentation for the 2011 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on popular resistance, leadership attitudes, and Turkish accession to the European Union (EU).
Date: April 14, 2011
Creator: Dean, Tahirah & Breuning, Marijke
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Death Row Days: Factors Affecting the Rate of Execution in the State of Texas [Presentation]

Presentation for the 2011 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on the factors affecting the rate of execution in the state of Texas.
Date: April 14, 2011
Creator: Samaniego-Kopsky, Rebekah & King, Kimi L.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Images of The American Indian in Hollywood Film and Impact Upon Identity

Poster presentation for the 2012 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on images of the American Indian in Hollywood films.
Date: April 19, 2012
Creator: Aucoin, Martin & Verrill, Diane
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Depression and Obesity: Does Depression Cause Obesity, or Obesity Cause Depression, or Both?

Poster presentation for the 2012 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on the relationship between depression and obesity.
Date: April 19, 2012
Creator: Battikh, Ahmed H. & Verrill, Diane
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Transitioning Coal-fired Power Plants into Combined Solar and Wind Energy Power Plants

Poster presentation for the 2012 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on transitioning coal-fired power plants into combined solar and wind energy power plants.
Date: April 19, 2012
Creator: Brown, Megan & Verrill, Diane
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Changing American Family and its Consequences

Poster presentation for the 2012 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas. This poster discusses research on the changing American family and its consequences.
Date: April 19, 2012
Creator: Cha, Jina & Verrill, Diane
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Attention Black College Women: "It Is Time To Think Twice Before You Make That Choice!"

Poster presentation for the 2012 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas. This poster discusses research on African American women on college campuses. This research consists of studying African American women on college campuses and discerning what psychological components encourage them to have premarital sex.
Date: April 19, 2012
Creator: Yasmeen, Frazier & Verrill, Diane
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Suicide Across Time and Culture

Poster for the 2012 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on suicide across time and culture.
Date: April 19, 2012
Creator: Gentry, Keni & Verrill, Diane
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Chiral Porphyrins as Selective Pharmaceutical Receptors

Poster presentation for the 2009 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on chiral porphyrins as selective pharmaceutical receptors.
Date: April 19, 2012
Creator: Guess, Spencer & Verrill, Diane
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Could an environmental-themed dance promote audience awareness of climate change?

Poster presentation for the 2012 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on whether an environmental-themed dance could promote audience awareness of climate change and inspire viewers to live more eco-friendly lifestyles.
Date: April 19, 2012
Creator: Henkel, JoAnn & Verrill, Diane
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library