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Policy Change and the Politics of Obesity in Germany and the United States of America
(Georgetown University, 2020)
What drives policy change and innovation when food policy meets health promotion and prevention? My dissertation studies contemporary and historical policy change in the context of obesity-related food and public health ...
Debiasing and the Abortion Debate: An Analysis of Integrative Complexity
(Georgetown University, 2020)
Research has indicated that partisan polarization is growing, and while partisanship itself is not inherently destructive, unchecked polarization may debilitate the healthy functioning of the American democracy. Additional ...
The Successes and Failures of the United States to Grant Reparations to Greenwood, Oklahoma following the 1921 Destruction of Black Wall Street
(Georgetown University, 2020)
Why is it so difficult to get reparations for Greenwood? The United States has struggled with giving reparations for certain groups although they are an international standard for human rights outlined by the Office of the ...
Argentina: Cambian los escenarios, quedan las políticas. El caso del Programa Federal de Reconversión Productiva para la Pequeña y Mediana Empresa Agropecuaria - Cambio Rural (1993-2020)
(Georgetown University, 2020)
What is it that makes a public policy last over time? What factors explain the durability of a program in the face of different contexts, changes of government and divergent socioeconom-ic conditions? There is a variety ...
Non-Nuclear Threats to Nuclear Deterrence and Stability: The Case of South Korea
(Georgetown University, 2020)
The United States’ most vulnerable allies in East Asia are beginning to rethink their security strategies. Historically, “nuclear umbrella” states in East Asia, or major non-nuclear U.S. allies who are threatened by the ...
Explaining Cambodia’s Foreign Policy: The Importance of Domestic Factors and Sino-Cambodia Relations on ASEAN
(Georgetown University, 2020)
This paper studies the Cambodia decision to block the ASEAN Foreign Minister Statement from supporting the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s reward to the Philippines in the Philippines v China 2016 case on their disputed ...
Three Essays on Civil Associations in America
(Georgetown University, 2020)
My dissertation includes three articles united by a focus on the normative value of civil associations. In the first article, I offer a novel interpretation of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s political theory. Emerson sometimes ...
The Impact of Congressional Representation on Defense Dollar Apportionment Among the States
(Georgetown University, 2020)
Throughout the history of representative government, elected representatives have faced pressure to direct pooled resources towards the community that empowered them. While the corruption and pork barrel politics of the ...
The Impact of Health on Political Attitudes: Does Suffering from a Hampering Health Condition Make Individuals More Egalitarian?
(Georgetown University, 2020)
The study of the impact of hampering health conditions on political behavior is particularly relevant in light of current debates about the government’s role in ensuring access to healthcare, and the extent to which it ...
Women's Worth: Evaluating the Effects of the Gender Wage Gap on the Success of Female Candidates for the US House of Representatives
(Georgetown University, 2020)
Gender-based economic inequality in the United States is insidious; its far-reaching implications impact community structure, family stability, and the nation’s economic future. While some effects are widely known, there ...