Department of Political Science

Political Science
1414 Social Sciences Building
267 19th Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Phone: 612-624-4144
Fax: 612-626-7599
E-mail: polisci@umn.edu

Chair: Raymond D. Duvall

Dissertations

Recent Dissertations

2007
Student Dissertation
Bos, Angela Stereotypes at the Gate? Gender Stereotypes and Candidate Nomination Rules
Estroff, Rachel Workers on the Edge: "The Politics of Employer-Sponsored Health and Pension Benefits"
Farganis, Richard Dion Is the Supreme Court Bulletproof?
Rybicki, Elizabeth The Development of Bicameral Resolution Procedures in the U.S. Congress.
Schneider, Monica Gender Bending: Candidate Strategy and Voter Response in a Marketing Age.
Wedeking, Justin Thesis/Project Title: Elite Framing and Supreme Court Decision Making.
Weidenfeld, Matthew First-Things, First: Toward a Phenomenology of Political Theory.

2006
Student Dissertation
Belvedere, Maria Florencia Beyond Xenophobia: Contested Identities and the Politics of Refugees in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Breen, Sheryl Property, Agriculture and Stewardship: Demands of an Ecocentric Ethic
Havercroft, Jonathan Beyond Sovereignty and Anarchy: Ontological Foundations of Political Order
Lawrence, Eric Essays on Procedural Development in the United States Congress.
Mihailescu, Mihaela Dampening the Powder Keg: The Role of Democratic Oppositions in Fostering Ethnic Peace in Post-Communist Romania and Slovakia.
Neumiller, Joan Identity Politics or Politics of Maturation? New Extreme Right Parties in Italy
Ostermeier, Eric Crime Views Without the Ballyhoo: Public Opinion on Crime in a New Era of Influential Media Elites and Unresponsive Policymakers.
Parkin, Michael When Image Matters: The Saliency of Candidate Image in the New Media Age.
2005
Student Dissertation
Erozan, Bogac Producing Obedience: Law Professors and the Turkish State.
Hildreth, Roudy Living Citizenship: John Dewey, Political Theory, and Civic Engagement
Jackson, Melinda Identity Matters: Political Identity Construction and the Process of Identity Influence.
Saccarelli, Emanuele The Political Theory and Practice of Opposition: Antonio Gramsci and Leon Trotsky in the Shadow of Stalinism
Varadarajan, Latha Producing the Domestic Abroad: Diasporas in International Relations
Willey, Kristin The Cultural Formulation of National Security Policy in the United States and Japan.
Wilson, Renee The Banality of Environmental Degradation.
2004
Student Dissertation
Clough, Emily Talking Locally and Voting Globally: Duverger's Law in the Absence of Polls.
Hellwig, Tim Political Representation in the Global Economy
Kadlec, Alison Radical Reconstructions: The Critical Pragmatism of John Dewey
Kinsella, Helen The Image Before the Weapon: A Genealogy of the 'Civilian ' in International Law and Politics
Ron, Amit Fragile Foundation: Economic Exchange as a Model for Justice in the History of Political Philosophy
Towns, Ann Norms and Inequality in International Society: Global Politics of Women and the State.
2003
Student Dissertation
Liu, Qing Between the State and Market: Media Reform and the Change of Public Discourse in Contemporary China.
Nayak, Meghana The Politics of Gender Violence: Remaking Indian Democracy.
2002
Student Dissertation
Anderson, Christopher The Rhetoric of Republican Education and the Teaching of Politics in American Schools, 1776-1860
Dimitrov, Radoslav Science and International Environmental Regime Formation: The Informational Requirements of Cooperation
Flowers, Petrice International Norms and Domestic Policies in Japan: Identity, Legitimacy and Civilization.
Gorton, William Karl Popper and the Social Sciences
Klages, Elizabeth Party Politics in an Era of Multiple Identities: The Danish Progress Party
Landa, Dimitri Moral Pluralism and Demographic Deliberation.
Morgan, Glenda The Message and the Medium: Electronic Communications Technologies and Global Policy Change in Copyright, Privacy and Encription
Rumelili, Bahar Producing Collective Identity and Interacting With Difference: The Security Implications of Community-Building in Europe and Southeast Asia.
Stevens, Dan The Psychological Impact of Negative Campaigns on the Electorate.
2001
Student Dissertation
Barkawi, Tarak Battle and Culture: British Imperial Forces in Southeast Asia in the Second World War
Browers, Michaelle The Politics of Translation: Civil Society's Travels and Travails in Arab Political Thought
Gangl, Amy The Impact of Expectations of Legislative Processes on Evaluations of Legitimacy
Hecht, Stacey Laboratories or Lighthouses: The States, The Federal Government, and Social Policy Innovation
Nesseth, Hans Merchants of Meaning: The Authority of Global Consultancy in Indonesia
Olson, Joel The Democratic Problem of the White Citizen
Paul, Darel Rescaling IPE: Subnational States and the Regulation of the Global Political Economy
Rudolph, Tom Institutional Responsibility for Economic Conditions
Tolosa, Benjamin Calling to Account: Good Governance, Global Financial Regularization and the Symbolic Labor of Securities Research
Transue, John Identity and Support for Racial Equality
2000
Student Dissertation
Fortson, Hardy (Ryan) The Active Spectator: Hannah Arendt's Reformulation of the Traditional Separation Between Theory and Practice
Goi, Simona The Citizen as Believer: Religion and Politics in the Constitution of the Modern Self
Grossback, Larry Public Opinion and the Process of Democratic Responsiveness
Guisan-Dickinson, Catherine Lost Treasure? An Arendtian Study of the Ethical Politics of Contemporary European Integration
Hays, Jude Globalization and the Crisis of Embedded Liberalism: The Role of Domestic Political Institutions
Malmgren, Jodi Global Economic Change and the (Re) Construction of French and British National Identity, 1960-1992
Peterson, David Policy Uncertainty and Attitude Strength in Candidate Evaluations
Peterson, Terri What is Human: Considerations of a Genetic Definition of Human Beings
Riedel, Eric Community Service and Citizenship
Seligsohn, Andrew Aesthetic Politics and the American Polity
Zumbrunnen, John Democratic Politics and Political Judgment in Thucydides