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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
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
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
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
Superior Orders and Duress as Defenses in International Law and the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (open access)

Superior Orders and Duress as Defenses in International Law and the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

Paper explores the changes in our understanding of the defenses of duress and “superior orders” in international humanitarian law over the past several centuries, focusing primarily on the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY).
Date: 2004
Creator: Henson, Christopher M.
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
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
“Nor Cruel and Unusual Punishments Inflicted”: A Look at the Eighth Amendment and the Evolving Standards of Decency (open access)

“Nor Cruel and Unusual Punishments Inflicted”: A Look at the Eighth Amendment and the Evolving Standards of Decency

Paper discusses constitutional interpretation and focuses on the evolving interpretation of the Eighth Amendment through Supreme Court cases.
Date: 2009
Creator: Redding, Kory
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Soft Power and International Public Opinion: U.S Presidents and the Treatment of Prisoners of War (open access)

Soft Power and International Public Opinion: U.S Presidents and the Treatment of Prisoners of War

Paper discusses the international effects of the policies of a nation in the form of soft power.
Date: 2009
Creator: Wagner, Coleman
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Human Trafficking: An International Study (open access)

Human Trafficking: An International Study

Paper analyzes the factors that contribute to human trafficking worldwide.
Date: 2005
Creator: Johnykutty, Sophia
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Market Evolution: Marketing to the Mexican American Female (open access)

Market Evolution: Marketing to the Mexican American Female

Paper examines the effectiveness of advertising techniques used in print magazines that target Mexican American consumers.
Date: 2008
Creator: Evins-Ketron, Bethany
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Young Bolivians’ Perspectives on Globalism and How It Impacts Opinions on the New Nationalistic Bolivian Constitution (open access)

Young Bolivians’ Perspectives on Globalism and How It Impacts Opinions on the New Nationalistic Bolivian Constitution

Paper examines perceptions of globalism among young Bolivians, aged 18-27, who are living in their home country, and how those opinions impact their perception of the new Bolivian constitution.
Date: 2009
Creator: Lule-Hurtado, Gibrán
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preface to the National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Political Science (open access)

Preface to the National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Political Science

Introduction to the National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Political Science as featured in the 2011 edition of The Eagle Feather.
Date: 2011
Creator: Ishiyama, John T. & Greig, J. Michael
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preface to the Proceedings of the University of North Texas Department of Political Science 2010 National Science Foundation Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (open access)

Preface to the Proceedings of the University of North Texas Department of Political Science 2010 National Science Foundation Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates

Introduction to the proceedings of the University of North Texas Department of Political Science 2010 National Science Foundation Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates, featured in the 2010 edition of The Eagle Feather.
Date: 2010
Creator: Ishiyama, John T. & Greig, J. Michael
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preface to the Proceedings of the University of North Texas Department of Political Science 2012 National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (open access)

Preface to the Proceedings of the University of North Texas Department of Political Science 2012 National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates

Introduction to the Department of Political Science 2012 National Science Foundation Research Experience as featured in the 2012 edition of The Eagle Feather.
Date: 2012
Creator: Ishiyama, John T. & Greig, J. Michael
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Unheard Voice: The American Muslim Struggle for Political Inclusion (open access)

An Unheard Voice: The American Muslim Struggle for Political Inclusion

Paper explores the effect of discrimination against American Muslims on their political participation.
Date: 2012
Creator: Dean, Tahirah
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gender Equality and Post-Conflict Peace (open access)

Gender Equality and Post-Conflict Peace

Paper explores relationship between gender equality and the duration of peace in post civil war societies.
Date: 2010
Creator: Kelly, Eliza
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Perception, Loss, and Rivalry Termination (open access)

Perception, Loss, and Rivalry Termination

Paper examines the impact of the perception of losses and gains on the length of rivalry and conflict between rival states.
Date: 2011
Creator: Carpenter, Craig
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ethnicity, Civil War and International Disputes (open access)

Ethnicity, Civil War and International Disputes

Paper explores the role played by ethnicity in civil war in terms of sparking international disputes.
Date: 2010
Creator: Kenwick, Michael
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lethal Negotiation: The Effect of Violence on the Likelihood of State-Organization Negotiation (open access)

Lethal Negotiation: The Effect of Violence on the Likelihood of State-Organization Negotiation

Paper explores the relationship between violence caused by an organization and the likelihood of negotiation with a state.
Date: 2012
Creator: Gustafson, Daniel
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Judicial Independence and Human Rights in Africa (open access)

Judicial Independence and Human Rights in Africa

Paper examines the relationship between independent judiciaries and human rights records in African nations.
Date: 2011
Creator: Longmiles, Leticia
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Regional Security Organizations: Factors Behind Peacekeeping Participation (open access)

Regional Security Organizations: Factors Behind Peacekeeping Participation

Paper discusses which factors drive nations to contribute to regional peacekeeping operations.
Date: 2010
Creator: Puerta, Gene
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Towards a Theory of Electronic Communication and Protest (open access)

Towards a Theory of Electronic Communication and Protest

Paper seeks to explore the impact of electronic communication on social protest movements and how individuals petition for redress of grievances against the government.
Date: 2012
Creator: Stoner, Byron
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Disasters and Subnational Conflict: A Study on the Effects of Environmental Disasters and Environmentally-Induced Migration on Subnational Conflict (open access)

Environmental Disasters and Subnational Conflict: A Study on the Effects of Environmental Disasters and Environmentally-Induced Migration on Subnational Conflict

Paper examines the effect of migration precipitated by environmental disasters on the likelihood of conflict in host communities.
Date: 2012
Creator: Manglaris, Angela
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library