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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 ...
The Effect of Cell Phone Use on State Fragility in Southeast Asia
(Georgetown University, 2023)
Cellphone use has become an affordable way for individuals to communicate with their communities and access media. This technological development has improved access to
resources for low- and middle-income Southeast Asia ...
Oligarch Insurance: Offshore Bank Accounts as a Political Risk Hedge
(Georgetown University, 2023)
Do business and political elites use offshore bank accounts to hedge against the risk of regime change? Using a dataset compiling countries’ cross-border liabilities in offshore financial havens and coup d’états between ...
The Politics of Masculinity: Democratic Backsliding and Gender Empowerment
(Georgetown University, 2023)
Recent trends in democratic nations have indicated some level of ‘backsliding’ with news reels highlighting hypermasculine world leaders. At the same time, there have been increased feminist movements advocating for women’s ...
Administrative Burdens or Psychologically Directed Rhetoric: The Driving Force Behind Civic Voting Behavior
(Georgetown University, 2023)
Conservative presidential candidates have espoused rhetoric that is contemptuous of federal benefits and skeptical of the federal government’s ability to disseminate benefits. I hypothesize that the combination of ...