International Relations
AKIYAMA, Hiromi | Wan | Who Rebuilds? Comparative Civil Society Involvement in Post-Disaster Recovery of China and Japan (May 2019) |
ARMSTRONG, Andrew | Thrall | Certainly Biased: Truth and Confidence in the Digital Age (August 2021) |
COLBURN II, Jay C. | Mandaville | Spatial Dynamics of Contentious Politics: Mass Mobilization in the Arab Uprising (August 2020) |
DODGE, Michaela | Dueck | US Missile Defense Cooperation with the Czech Republic: Alliance Politics in Action (May 2019) |
DOYLE, Brett | Posner | Beyond Ad Hoc: The Role of Inter-Organizational Collaboration in U.S. Stabilization Efforts |
ERSOY, Meltem | Mandaville | Political Crisis and Party Transformation: The Case of AKP in Turkey |
FAY, Matthew | Hunzeker | Commanding Military Adaptation: Explaining Operational-Tactical Change in Combined Arms Warfare (August 2022) |
FITZGERALD, Gerald T. | Mandaville | The European State and Minority Religious Groups: Exploring Patterns of Engagement and Access (December 2017) |
HARPER, Jerad | Dueck | A Tug of War for Effectiveness: US Efforts to Build the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces (1955-1973) (May 2020) |
HAYNES, Susan | Katz | Behind the Buildup Explaining Chinese Motivations for Nuclear Modernization (December 2014) |
HEATH, Timothy R. | Wan | Political Requirements for Economic Upgrade in Single-Party Authoritarian Regimes: A Comparative Analysis |
IBRAHIM, Ayah | Mandaville | American Muslim Organizations' Platform and Strategies: Understanding Changes in Interest Group Identity (December 2017) |
KIM, Albert | Wan | North Korea: Kim Family’s Use of Legitimacy for Regime Maintenance (December 2018) |
KRYLOVA, Yulia | Shelley | “Grease” Payments in the Relations Between Regulatory Agencies and Individual Entrepreneurs: The Case of Russia (May 2017) |
KURZE, Arnaud | Burt | Justice Beyond Borders? The Politics to Democratize Human Rights in the Postconflict Balkans (May 2012) |
LIM, Ji Hye | Wan | On the Heels of Developmental State: Diverging Paths of Joining Bilateral Investment Treaties between Japan and South Korea (August 2020) |
LITWIN, Oren | Miller | Who May Fight Just Wars? Right Authority for States and Non-States |
LOLLAR, Rebecca | Dueck | Dominican, Mexican, and Nicaraguan Compliance with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act: The Role of Instrumental Incentives (May 2019) |
MAYE, Diane L. | Katz | Switching Sides: Political Power, Alignments, and Alliances in Post-Saddam Iraq |
NOZIMOVA, Shahnoza | McGlinchey | Imagined Women: Engendering Nation and Islam in Tajikistan (December 2021) |
POTTS, Richard/td> | Burt | Salt, Light, and Cocaine: Religious Civil Society and Narco-Violence in Mexico's Border Region |
ROBERTS, Lee Habib | Hunzeker | Bang for the Buck: Understanding Disparities in Conventional Strategic Signaling Capacity Acquisition among Arms-Importing States (May 2022) |
ROYCE, Mark R. | Lopez-Santana | The Political Theology of European Integration |
WHYTE, Christopher E. | Thrall | Out of the Shadows: Subversion and Counterculture in the Digital Age (August 2017) |
WOOD, Leet | Dueck | Securing the Sky: Negotiating Space Security Institutions for the 21st Century (August 2019) |
Political Theory
HUDSON, Gabriel | Miller | Christodemocracy: The Alternation Democratic Theory of America’s Christian Right (May 2013) |
LITWIN, Oren | Miller | Who May Fight Just Wars? Right Authority for States and Non-States |
Public Administration
ALEXANDER, Brian | Victor | Partisan Ends: The Utilization of Conference Committees in a Polarized Congress |
BUEHLMANN, Michelle | Conlan | Party Time? A Temporal and Partisan Examination of Changes in American Lawmaking (August 2021) |
CASCIATO, Michelle | Listokin | Bringing the State Back In: Statutory Mandates and Incremental Change in Local Government Budgeting (May 2018) |
DOYLE, Brett | Posner | Beyond Ad Hoc: The Role of Inter-Organizational Collaboration in U.S. Stabilization Efforts |
MESINA, Dennis O. | Edner | Learning in Complex Systems (May 2019) |
RYU, Shin Kue | Posner | Where is the Safe Water? Capturing the Missing Explanation in Inter-Country Variation in Access |
SHAHAN, Asif M. | Posner | From Autonomy to Relevance: The Evolution of the Government Accountability Office |
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Our database of dissertations covers several topics of public policy. For more information, visit the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University online.
Master's theses and doctoral dissertations from the University of Kentucky Martin School of Public Policy and Administration are available here.
Several methods, including regression discontinuity and student-level fixed-effects determine whether reconstitution improves student achievement and if developed theories explain this improvement. Discussion includes national, state, and local policy recommendations.
Here, we’ll explore a variety of politically-related research ideas across a range of disciplines, including political theory and philosophy, comparative politics, international relations, public administration and policy.
Frozen Funds and Geopolitical Gambits: Implications of the Biden Administration's Seizure of Afghan Central Bank Assets [2024] This thesis critically examines the Biden administration's unprecedented seizure of billions in Afghan central bank assets following the return of the Taliban to power.
Public Policy Dissertations Collection. This collection contains open access and campus access dissertations, made possible through Graduate Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
Evidence-Based Policy and Misinformation: Exploring the Public’s Processing of Information, Amy E. Hann. PDF. Promoting social equity: The role of social capital on education outcomes among young adults with a history of foster care and special education., Shone Hughes. PDF
A public policy dissertation is an original work of research that provides insight into important theoretical questions in the field. This handbook describes the pathway to complete a dissertation at the School of Public Policy at UMBC.
Problematic Social Media Use and Child Well-being: Examining the Role of Cultural Context . Arazi , Ryan (Georgetown University, 2024) This study explores the role of cultural context in the relationship between problematic social media use (PSU) and well-being in children.
Political Theory. Public Administration. Our graduates have produced a wide range of political science dissertations under multiple topics. For more information, visit the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University to learn more.