Since the failure of the Doha round of negotiations, the number of trade agreements between countries has increased exponentially worldwide. The premise being that trade agreements tie nations closer together lessening the ...

The use of path dependency in political science explanations of institutional development, especially social security helps us to better understand continuities and departures of a policy. The lack of theoretical work on ...

Existing scholarship suggests that the extent of female representation in government at the national and sub-national levels is positively correlated with the existence of equal pay laws, spending on welfare benefits and ...

In this paper, I explore the politics behind human development levels across different states in India. Previous research has found strong correlation between fiscal transfers from the Central Government and the states of ...

This paper evaluates whether politician identity, and in particular, the party affiliation of legislators affects employment and welfare outcomes for minorities in India. I combine data on the outcome of close elections ...

This thesis comprehensively reviews literature pertaining to police corruption in the Buenos Aires Provincial Police. In doing so, it organizes and synthesizes contemporary discourse on this topic and suggests areas for ...

MODERN REPUBLICANISM AND THE AMERICAN POLITICAL SYSTEM

Though conceived as a common law evidentiary privilege, for use within a trial, to protect discreet pieces of evidence in the public interest, the primary purpose of the state secrets privilege today is to conceal executive ...

Identity centrality is important to the study of intergroup conflict because it defines identity priorities for ingroup/outgroup affiliation. A key question in understanding identity centrality, particularly for ethnic ...

Former Chinese President Hu Jintao launched campaigns to promote a more “scientific” development between 2002 and 2012 in order to build a “harmonious society”, indicating his determination to shift toward a more equitable, ...