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In the Shadow of the Dutch: Anglophone Political Economy and Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations
(Georgetown University, 2020)
This dissertation offers a new interpretation of Adam Smith’s political thought by exploring his engagement with earlier Anglophone debates about the political and economic institutions of the seventeenth century Dutch ...
THE AFFAIR OF INDEPENDENCY: THE INFLUENCE OF CLASSICAL WRITING ON POLITICAL DISCOURSE IN AMERICA’S FOUNDING ERA
(Georgetown University, 2022)
This thesis investigates to what extent political discourse in America’s Founding Era, from the enactment of the Stamp Act in 1765 to the ratification of the Constitution in 1788, was influenced by classical authors and ...
Urban Fail
(Georgetown University, 2022)
American urban core cities have been in a crisis that commenced in the middle of the last century and has not abated. The outmigration of economically diverse populations and capital threatens the economic sustainability ...
Las políticas de desarme civil desde el estado. Análisis de las capacidades estatales del Programa Nacional de Entrega Voluntaria de Armas de Fuego en la República Argentina (2007-2015)
(Georgetown University, 2022)
El objetivo de este estudio es analizar las capacidades estatales necesarias para la implementación del Programa Nacional de Entrega Voluntaria de Armas de Fuego en la República Argentina (2007-2015) como política de desarme ...
¿Qué piensan los que deciden? Las ideas presidenciales sobre la cuestión del desarrollo en Argentina
(Georgetown University, 2022)
El tema del desarrollo es amplio, y como tal, su significado ha sufrido variaciones a lo largo de la historia - especialmente durante el siglo XX - en base a la sucesión de paradigmas teóricos que primaron en el estudio ...
Language Policy and the Nation in East Africa
(Georgetown University, 2022)
How do state language policies influence and reflect differing conceptions of the nation and languages’ relation to it over time? In investigating the politics of languages and national identification, I compare the ...
Citizenship and Territory: Toward A Jurisdictional Theory of Membership
(Georgetown University, 2022)
Normative questions concerning citizenship and immigration are often structured by a dichotomy that distinguishes between citizens and noncitizens. This dissertation seeks to show that such a common, intuitive, and almost ...
THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA CONVEYED RUSSIAN-BACKED DISINFORMATION IN A POLARIZED AMERICA: AN EXAMINATION OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH’S ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY TO RESPOND
(Georgetown University, 2022)
For the last forty years, America has experienced an erosion of trust in institutions. The introduction of social media has only accelerated this trend. Hostile nation-states such as Russia have taken advantage of these ...
La institucionalidad de género en el estado: la Ley Micaela como estrategia de transversalización en organizaciones generizadas. El caso del SENASA
(Georgetown University, 2022)
La formación en perspectiva de género para funcionarios públicos es un mandato que ha sido demandado en Argentina por movimientos feministas y organismos internacionales. Este trabajo reconstruye el proceso de diseño e ...