Guide to the Dept. Of Government Honors Theses,
1991-2011

Collection Number: 14-16-3477

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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Compiled by:
Jenny Harrison
Date completed:
February 2006
EAD encoding:
Jenny Harrison, January 2006
Date modified:
RMC Staff, June 2012

© 2006 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Dept. of Government honors theses, 1991-2011
Collection Number:
14-16-3477
Creator:
Cornell University.Dept. of Government.
Quantity:
3.3 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Honors Theses
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Honors theses arranged by year.
Language:
Collection material in English


COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Honors theses arranged by year.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Cornell University.
Cornell University--Students.
Cornell University.Dept. of Government.
Cornell University.Class of 1991.
Cornell University.Class of 1992.
Cornell University.Class of 1993.
Cornell University.Class of 1994.
Cornell University.Class of 1995.
Cornell University.Class of 1996.
Cornell University.Class of 1997.
Cornell University.Class of 1998.
Cornell University.Class of 1999.
Cornell University.Class of 2000.
Cornell University.Class of 2001.
Cornell University.Class of 2002.
Cornell University.Class of 2003.
Cornell University.Class of 2004.
Cornell University.Class of 2005.
Cornell University.Class of 2006.
Cornell University.Class of 2007.
Cornell University.Class of 2008.
Cornell University.Class of 2009.
Cornell University.Class of 2010.
Cornell University.Class of 2011.


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Dept. of Government honors theses, #14-16-3477. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
May 22, 1991
The Cyclical Nature of Airline Antitrust Policy by David Einhorn
Box 1
May 1991
From the Bottom Up: Business/Government Relations in the U.S. and Japan by Aaron Pempel
Box 1
1992
Towards an Expanding Europe: EFTA's Rush and Resistance by Bronwyn N.P. Dylla
Box 1
April 13, 1992
Utopia Unbound: The Social and Political Theory of Herbert Marcuse by Martin Z. Braun
Box 1
April 12, 1993
Representation for the Black Electorate: The Search for Political Equality Reaches a Fork in the Road by Noah Baylin
Box 1
Spring 1993
The European Convention on Human Rights: A Study of Normative Enforcement by Elaine Tseng
Box 1
April 11, 1994
Public Policies, Private Remedies: Product Liability, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and the Politics of Injury by Sanford C. Gordon
Box 1
April 10, 1994
The Perpetuation of an Inefficient System: The Relationship Between School Finance Inequities and the Political Process in Lake County, Illinois by Michael J. Wiggins
Box 1
April 11, 1994
Lenin and the Ethics of Terror by Steven J. Wulf
Box 1
April 10, 1995
The "Success" of West German Denazification: A Comparative Analysis of West Germany, East Germany and Austria's Value Change in the Post-War Era by Erica Ruth Gould
Box 1
1995
Martial Species: Understanding Sikh Ethno-Nationalism by Nirej S. Sekhon
Box 1
April 1996
The Domestic Implications of Exchange Decontrol: A Case Study by David L. Bernstein
Box 1
April 15, 1996
Misdeal: How the Federal Government Unintentionally Catalyzed the Greatest Proliferation of Legal Casino Gambling in United States History by Nicholas Goldin
Box 1
April 15, 1996
Russia's Foreign Policy Paradox: Democracy as Anti-Western by Alec Moseley
Box 1
April 18, 1997
Machine Politics: Partisan Uses of Databases and the Internet by Noah J. Goodhart
Box 1
April 1997
The Commodity of Life: Politics, Packaging, and Patenting of Genetic Scienceby Eric Little
Box 1
November 23, 1998
The Death of the Subject and Its Political Consequences by Richard James
Box 1
April 1999
Prospects for Peace: The Political Context of Northern Ireland's Good Friday Agreement: An Analysis by Emily T. Cope
Box 1
April 17, 2000
Stemming Nuclear Proliferation: The Role of Expectations in a State's Decision Calculus by Sonali Singh
Box 1
April 16, 2001
Institutional Bias: A Case Study of Plea Bargaining in Orleans Parish, Louisiana by Olufunke Grace Bankole
Box 1
April 16, 2001
The Art of Rhetorical Manipulation: Legitimating China's Economic Reforms in Official Discourse by Reyko Huang
Box 1
April 18, 2001
The Political Role of Religion in America: a Tocquevillian Perspective by Grace Kim
Box 1
April 2001
Native Hawaiian Sovereignty: The Tragedy of Displacement by David A. Minami
Box 1
April 2002
An Institutional Theory of Third Party Politics by Amy Rachel Gershkoff
Box 1
April 18, 2002
Refinements to the Opportunistic Political Business Cycle Theory by Byron Hing
Box 1
April 18, 2002
Sexuality, Family, and Citizenship: An Intervention in Queer and Feminist Theory by Adam Phillip Romero
Box 1
April 17, 2003
No Buses in Bugtussle: Regionalism and the Failure of Fuel Taxation Policy in Americaby Christopher Angevine
Box 1
April 2003
The Partisan Politics of Ex-Felon Disenfranchisement Laws by Jason Belmont Conn
Box 1
April 17, 2003
Economic Shift and Political Fallout: The Impact of Liberalization on Indian Politics by Ganesh Karunakaran
Box 1
Fall 2003
Israeli Military Actions and Diversionary Behavior by Hania Kronfol
Box 2 Folder 1
April 2003
Gulag: A Trauma Archipelago by Livia Kusa
Box 2
April 2003
The Two Faces of International Assistance: NATO and EU Involvement in Central and Eastern Europe by Tsveta Petrova
Box 2
April 2004
Institutionalization in a Period of Prisoners' Rights Retrenchment: States' Responses to Lewis v. Casey by Jo Anne Galardy
Box 2
April 2004
Animal Rights and Human Morality: Achieving Normative Consensus through a Contractualist Deliberative Framework by Bradley Dax Grossman
Box 2
April 22, 2004
The Solicitor General's Political Role as Amicus Curiae in the United States Supreme Court by Brian Schartz
Box 2
April 26, 2004
Deprived of Rights, Detained, and Deported: Unaccompanied Alien Children in the United States 1984-2004 by Alison Rose Levine
Box 2
April 19, 2004
Settlement & Paralysis: The Split Personality of Ethnic Conflict in the Post-Soviet States by Ilya Shulman
Box 2
April 18, 2005
The Effects of Employment and Unemployment on Voting Preferences in the 2004 Presidential Election by William Hausberg
Box 2
April 18, 2005
Strategies of Democracy Promotion: Are Non-Governmental Organizations Effective? by Julia Levy
Box 2
April 2005
The Christian Right, The Christian Left, and United States Foreign Policy by Daniel Parker
Box 2
Spring 2005
From Strauss to Lacan, From Intention to Desire: Two Methods of Reading Through Machiavelli's "The Prince" by Michael Stanish
Box 2
Spring 2005
Fighting Justices: Personal Animosity and Decision-Making on the United States Supreme Court by Catherine Suh
Box 2
2006
Nathan Nagy, "Radical Reform: Institutional Resistance to the Prison Litigation Reform Act"
Box 2 Folder 2
2007
Michelle Cassorla, "What's on TV Tonight? An Analysis of the Television Campaign of Advertisements of Male or Female Political Candidates"
Box 2 Folder 3
2007
Andrew Ng, "Accompanying the King: Building a Democratic Governance State in Morocco"
Box 2 Folder 4
2007
Amy Saltzman, "Contested Fields: Agrarian Discourse in Contemporary Farm Debates"
Box 2 Folder 5
2007
Paul Testa, "Iran's Quest for Nuclear Power and Status: Prestige Motives in Nuclear Proliferation"
Box 2 Folder 6
2008
Jason Beekman, "The Price Tag for Civil Rights: 'Pay as You Go' Prisoner Access to the Courts"
Box 2 Folder 7
2008
Junchen Hong, "Squaring the Circle: State Capitalism and Singapore's Government-Linked Companies" (2 copies)
Box 2 Folder 8
2008
Jason Stern, "The Online Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: How Authority Shapes Public Spheres on the Internet"
Box 2 Folder 9
2009
Ariel White, "Performing Gender at the Podium: 'Women's Language' in Gubernatorial Debates"
Box 2 Folder 10
2003
Jaime Winkelman, "The American Response to the International Criminal Court: The Application of International Relations Theory and Subsequent Implications"
Box 2
2005
Ch-Yuan Kaiy Quek, "Face Value and Foreign Policy: China and the Taiwan Strait Crises, 1995-1999"
Box 2
2008
David Kiferbaum, "From Provision to Power: Challenges to the State from Religious Non-Governmental Organizations in the Middle East"
Box 2
2008
Julia Lippman, "What Rocks The Vote: Explaining State Variation of Young Voter Turnout Rates"
Box 2
2008
Sung Wook Kim, "The Vicissitudes of United States Policy toward North Korea Policy and the Sources of United States Foreign Policy"
Box 2
2008
Leonard Rubin, "Compromise and Controversy: The Perplexing Origins of No Child Left Behind"
Box 2
2009
Josh Goldstein, "Cross-Party Presidential Tickets: Frequently Considered, Never Realized, But Formidable Nonetheless"
Box 2 Folder 11
2009
Ari Freilich, "Mr. Smith Hates Washington: Cultural Intimacy, Savior Citizens, and the Politics of Naivety in Modern America"
Box 3
2009
Jeremy D. Campbell, "Pragmatic Policy Adjustment in Congress Following Landslide Presidential Defeats: The Republicans 1964-1966 and the Democrats 1972-1974"
Box 3
2009
Luis-Francois de Lencquesaing, "A World of Financial Models"
Box 3
2009
Alexandra Pavel, "Unexpected Presidents and Their Legacies in the Twentieth Century: Patterns in 'Accidental' Succession"
Box 3
2009
Roxana Larin, "Assessing the Breakdown of FTAA Negotiations as a Result of Ideational Incompatibility: A Statistical Analysis"
Box 3
2009
Larissa Eltsefon, "Russia and the European Union: Identity and Policy in the Post-Soviet Space"
Box 3
2009
Aaron Q. Weinstein, "The Religionsmiths: An Examination of Neoconservatism's Engagement with the Tree Monotheistic Faiths"
Box 3
2009
Madeline Rose Snider, "Rethinking Migration and Security: The Indispensability of Legalization in the Quest to Make America Safer"
Box 3
2009
Cassandra Robertson, "Free to Submit: A Foucauldian Analysis of Women's Rights and the New Modern in Morocco"
Box 3
2009
Robert Bertorelli, "Enemies in All Those Whom You have Injured" Economic Ties, Transformation, and Political Protest
Box 3
2009
Maury Slevin, "A Nuclear Iran: Who Fears It? Who Welcomes It? An Analysis of the Security Council's Response to Iran's Nuclear Program"
Box 3
2009
Noah Grynberg, "From Subject to Participant? The Development of German Political Culture in the Postwar Era"
Box 3
2009
Virginia McGowan, "The 'Faithful Voter': Catholics, the Democratic Party, and United States Presidential Elections Since 1952"
Box 3
2010
Alma Isavel Arnedo Aldric, "Women, Health, and Power: Examining the Relationship Between Women's Healthcare and Women's Representation in Sub-Saharan Africa"
Box 3
2010
Neha Aviral, "The United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran"
Box 3
2010
Elie Bilmes, "The Politics of Corrections: Partisanship and Incarceration at the State Level, 1980-2002"
Box 3
2010
Kimberly Brody, "Path Dependency and Suthoritarian Legacies: Institutions, Human Rights, and Chile's Transition to Democracy"
Box 3
2010
Carrie Bronsther, "Systematic Sexual Violence during War: An Analysis of Violence against Women in Israel/Palestine, Sri Lanka, and Sudan"
Box 3
2010
Elizabeth Curran, "Fleeing Persecution? The Politics of Immigration and Asylum Policymaking in the United States and Canada"
Box 3
2010
Isabel Cutting, "Foreign Aid in the National Interest: A Model of Bilateral Development Assistance in Sub-Saharan Africa"
Box 3 Folder 2
2010
Donial Dastgir, "Clever Humility: An Analysis of the Importance of Cultural Artifice in Iranian Society and Politics"
Box 3 Folder 3
2010
Rahul Desai, "Midterm Loss: Examining the Relationship between Presidential Agendas and Midterm Election Outcomes"
Box 3
2010
Felipe Gomez-Herrera, "Not Just About Drugs: The United States War on Drugs, Plan Colombia, and the Merida Initiative"
Box 3
2010
William Hart, "The Psychological Construction of the SOviet Threat: A Study in the Making of United States Soviet Policy from 1945 to 1947"
Box 3
2010
Junrong Keith Koh, "Unity in Autonomy"
Box 3
2010
Rian Masanoff, "Paradox Confirmed: A Test of Daniel Drezner's Theory on the Efficacy of Economic Statecraft in International Relations with New Data from 1998-2008"
Box 3
2010
Kate Meyer, "Systematic Violence and Regional Human Rights Systems"
Box 3
2010
Reid Pauly, "Containing the Atom: Paul Nitze and the Tradition of Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons"
Box 3
2010
Ethan Pollack, "United States Foreign Policy Toward the Cold War Middle East: An Analytic Narrative (1948-1973)"
Box 3
2010
Matthew V. Rotbart, "All Politics is Local -- Even the Politics of War"
Box 3
2010
Michael J. Schillawski, "The Financial Geography of the Presidency: 1992-2008"
Box 3
2010
Daniel J. Smith, "Financial Crises and the Expansion of Executive Power in the United States"
Box 3
2010
Harin C, Song, "Transitional Justice: A Comparative and Theoretical Analysis"
Box 4
2010
Brett Michael Waldron, "Rethinking Constitutional Precommitment: Imagining An American Nation in the Name of the People"
Box 4
2011
Gillian Bader, "Income Inequality, Firearm Availablility and Homicide Rates: A New Conception of the 'More Guns, More Murder' Argument"
Box 5
2011
Bradley Bartlett, "How 'Originalist' Were the Original Supreme Court Justices?"
Box 5
2011
Theresa Cederoth, "The Emergence of Maverick Supreme Court Justices"
Box 5
2011
Matthew Clemente, "Same-Sex Marriage and the Limits of Liberalism"
Box 5
2011
James Crowell, "Transitioning Autocrats: Why do Democratic Institutions Fail to Prevent Personal Integrity Violations in Anocracies?"
Box 5
2011
Mitchell Drucker, "A Defense of United States Sanctions on Burma"
Box 5
2011
Ross Eisenberg, "Chinese Oil and American Militarization in Africa"
Box 5
2011
Andrea Faldermeyer, "Obscenity 2.0? Internet Pornography and the Development of Contemporary Community Standards"
Box 5
2011
Ali Hussain, "Pakistan: The Islamic Republic for Some"
Box 5
2011
Christine Kim, "Race to the Top: Allocating Federal Education Funding Under the Obama Administration"
Box 5
2011
Esther Kwan, "Strangers in Eretz Yisrael: The Ordeal of Migrant Workers in Israel"
Box 5
2011
Minkyung Lee, "Judicial Review in Political Context: Korea and Japan"
Box 5
2011
Allen Miller, "American Higher Education in Qatar: Causes and Consequences of the Rise of Satellite Campuses"
Box 5
2011
Elena Moreno, "End of Informal Empire: The Decline of United States Hegemony in Latin America Under the Bush Administration"
Box 5
2011
Kathryn Morisy, "From Soup Kitchens to Soap Boxes: The Relationship Between Islamic Charities and Civic Involvement in Jordan"
Box 5
2011
Bora Park, "What Can You Do For Me? Economic Asymmetry and Bargaining in Economic Transition of Reunified States: Comparing Germany and Vietnam"
Box 5
2011
Zain Pasha, "Atoms for More Atoms: The Proliferation Inducing Potential of Peaceful Nuclear Assistance"
Box 5
2011
Rebecca Richards, "Not Quite What They Were Hoping For: How Western Democracies Condition the Emergence and Persistance of Electoral Authoritarian Regimes"
Box 5
2011
Kyle Rifkind, "Corruption by Design in International Organizations"
Box 5
2011
Matthew Sellars, "A Case Study Analysis Regarding Variables that Lead to Suicide Terrorism in Asymmetric Warfare Involving a Terroist Organization"
Box 5
2011
Holden Steinhauer, "Structural Intelligence Reform in America: The Success of Goldwater-Nichols, the Failure of IRTPA, and a Proposal for Reform"
Box 5
2011
Kayla Strong, "Forcing Silence" How Militarized Drug Policy Compromises Freedom of the Press in Latin America"
Box 5
2011
Daniel Szirmak, "Assessing the Interpretive Effects of the Canadian Federal and Provinicial Governments' Official Multiculturalism Policy on New Immigrants' Political Incorportaion Levels"
Box 5
2011
Jaon Wasser, "Divisive Primaries and the Independent Vote in United States Senate Elections: Moving the Debate Forward"
Box 5
2011
Ryan Woo, "From Chemical Warfare to Cybersecurity: A Comparative Study of United States Interest in 'Use-based' Arms Control"
Box 5
2011
Emily Zhang, "Laid-Off State Workers and the Chinese State: Institutionalization of State- Society Relations through Social Security"
Box 5
2011
Michael Zhang, "Strategic Politics within Federalism's Frameworks: What Post-Enron Delaware Corporate Law Reveals about 21st Century Federalism"
Box 5
2012
Judah Bellin, "Realism Without Cynicism: Considering Reinhold Niebuhr Today"
Box 6
2012
James Bor, "American Dream Foreclosure: Evolution of U.S. Housing Policy from Dwelling Place to Welfare State"
Box 6
2012
Emma Clarke, "Europe's New Scapegoats: the Politics of Anti-Muslim Discourse in the Era of Integration"
Box 6
2012
Anna Collins, "Rethinking Explanations of Secessionist Attempts: A Multi-Method Approach"
Box 6
2012
Charlotte Deng, "Singapore-Malaysia Relations and International Relations Theory"
Box 6
2012
Iris Malone, "Play Nice with the New Kids: A Reassessment of Democratization's Impact on Interstate Conflict"
Box 6
2012
David McCarey, "The Link Between the New York Governorship and the United States Presidency"
Box 6
2012
David Murdter, "Broadcast Deregulation and the Growth of Political Talk Radio"
Box 6
2012
Jonathan Panter, "The Dictator's Playbook: A path-dependent approach to authoritarian protest control policies in the Middle East"
Box 6
2012
Kathleen E. Perkins, "Engendering Justice? Male and Female Judges and Partisan Dynamics on the Federal Appellate Courts"
Box 6
2012
Taskin Rahman, "The Business of War: How U.S. Business Reacts to War Since the 20th Century"
Box 6
2012
Erica Rhodin, "The Consequences of Incorporation: Reform and Heightened Coup Risk in Bolivia"
Box 6
2012
Laura Anne Schwartz, "Censorship and Self-Censorship: China's Influence on Academic Publishing in Hong Kong and Singapore"
Box 6
2012
Katherine Anne Zimmerman, "Electoral Competition, Inequality, and Corruption in the Russian Federation: A Cross-Regional Analysis"
Box 6