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[Presentation on the Research of Miklós Kontra]

Presentation on the author's research and areas of interest. This presentation is from the Conference on Language Endangerment and Political Instability held at the University of North Texas in Denton, Tx on October 4-6, 2018.
Date: October 4, 2018
Creator: Kontra, Miklós
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Can Free Speech Do Harm?: Free Speech on the College Campus captions transcript

Can Free Speech Do Harm?: Free Speech on the College Campus

Video from the 2018 Constitution Day event, "Can Free Speech Do Harm?: Free Speech on the College Campus."
Date: September 20, 2018
Creator: Major, Rafael
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Rafael Major holding a microphone]

Photograph of Rafael Major speaking at the 2018 Constitution Day event, "Can Free Speech Do Harm?: Free Speech on the College Campus."
Date: September 20, 2018
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Robert Shipley standing at lectern]

Photograph of Robert Shipley speaking at the 2018 Constitution Day event, "Can Free Speech Do Harm?: Free Speech on the College Campus."
Date: September 20, 2018
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Shannon Gilreath standing at lectern]

Photograph of Shannon Gilreath speaking at the 2018 Constitution Day event, "Can Free Speech Do Harm?: Free Speech on the College Campus."
Date: September 20, 2018
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Speakers at 2018 Constitution Day]

Photograph of Rafael Major moderating a discussion between Shannon Gilreath and Robert Shipley at the 2018 Constitution Day event, "Can Free Speech Do Harm?: Free Speech on the College Campus."
Date: September 20, 2018
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Speakers at 2018 Constitution Day]

Photograph of Rafael Major and Glenisson de Oliveira at the 2018 Constitution Day event, "Can Free Speech Do Harm?: Free Speech on the College Campus."
Date: September 20, 2018
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
Political Mandate and Clarity of Responsibility: Economic Policies under Rightist Governments in Latin America (open access)

Political Mandate and Clarity of Responsibility: Economic Policies under Rightist Governments in Latin America

This article uses panel data for eighteen Latin American countries from 1995 to 2015 to study whether clarity of responsibility can influence presidential decision-making concerning unpopular policies, especially microeconomic policies.
Date: June 13, 2018
Creator: Biglaiser, Glen & McGauvran, Ronald J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sanctuary Cities: A Discussion About Senate Bill 4 captions transcript

Sanctuary Cities: A Discussion About Senate Bill 4

Video of the 2017 Constitution Day: Sanctuary Cities event. This is a forum style discussion featuring Texas House Representative Ramon Romero, who argued vigorously against SB4, and Texas House Representative Lynn Stucky, who is a strong supporter of the new law. Students will also ask the speakers questions via Twitter using hashtags #UNT #Constitution Day.
Date: September 14, 2017
Creator: Evans-Cowley, Jennifer; Major, Rafael; Romero, Ramon & Stucky, Lynn
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Remembering to Ask the Boss: Priming and the Dynamics of Priest Reliance on Bishop Cues (open access)

Remembering to Ask the Boss: Priming and the Dynamics of Priest Reliance on Bishop Cues

This article assesses the effects of randomly priming priests with varying considerations of their professional responsibilities and relevant constituencies (including parishioner expectations).
Date: February 26, 2016
Creator: Calfano, Brian Robert & Oldmixon, Elizabeth Anne
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bottoms Up: How Subnational Elections Predict Parties' Decisions to Run in Presidential Elections in Europe and Latin America (open access)

Bottoms Up: How Subnational Elections Predict Parties' Decisions to Run in Presidential Elections in Europe and Latin America

This article argues that a party's presence in elections across subnational units and its subsequent performance in these elections are determining factors for whether it enters the presidential race.
Date: August 25, 2015
Creator: Spoon, Jae-Jae & Jones West, Karleen
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Discourse and Dissonance: Religious Agendas in the 104th Congress (open access)

Discourse and Dissonance: Religious Agendas in the 104th Congress

This article investigates the religious dimension of Republican legislators' participation in one-minute speeches during the 104th Congress (1995-1996).
Date: August 20, 2015
Creator: Blackstone, Bethany & Oldmixon, Elizabeth Anne
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Characteristics of Actors Involved in Social Protest: An Extension of the Social Conflict Analysis Database (SCAD) (open access)

Characteristics of Actors Involved in Social Protest: An Extension of the Social Conflict Analysis Database (SCAD)

Paper accompanying a presentation for the 2015 University of North Texas (UNT) Student and Faculty Research Symposium on African Studies. This paper discusses characteristics of actors involved in social protest and an extension of the social conflict analysis database.
Date: April 11, 2015
Creator: Naughton, Kelsey Ann
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Characteristics of Actors Involved in Social Protest: An Extension of the Social Conflict Analysis Database (SCAD) [Presentation]

Presentation for the 2015 University of North Texas (UNT) Student and Faculty Research Symposium on African Studies. This presentation discusses characteristics of actors involved in social protest and an extension of the social conflict analysis database (SCAD).
Date: April 11, 2015
Creator: Naughton, Kelsey Ann
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Data Access and Research Transparency in Political Science Journals

Presentation for the first Open Data Hackathon at UNT, organized as part of International Open Data Day. This presentation discusses data access and research transparency in political science journals.
Date: February 21, 2015
Creator: Ishiyama, John T., 1960-
Object Type: Presentation
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
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
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
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