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This collection includes Senior Individualized Projects (SIPs) completed in the Political Science Department. Abstracts are generally available to the public, but PDF files are available only to current Kalamazoo College students, faculty, and staff. If you are not a current K College student, faculty, or staff member, email us at dspace@kzoo.edu to request access to this material.
All materials in the Kalamazoo College Digital Archive are subject to Title 17 of the U.S. Code. All rights reserved. Unless otherwise stated, authors retain the copyright for all content posted to the Kalamazoo College Digital Archive.
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Outside Variables in Voter Behavior : A Revision of Riker & Ordeshook (1968)
(2016-09-01)In examining the shortcomings of Riker and Ordeshook's theory of the calculus of voting, one can gamer a greater understanding into the best way to set up a local campaign for success. I will seek to compare my findings ... -
Eritrea and Oromia : A Comparative Analysis of the Right to Sovereignty
(2016)The Horn of Africa refers to the states of Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and Somalia, and the region has been embroiled in conflicts for decades. There have been a wide range of issues, including, but not limited to ... -
Intersectionality : Holocaust Inversion, Omar Barghouti, and Campus Antisemitism
(2017)After reading the primary texts of prominent Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) advocate and co founder, Omar Barghouti, I quickly noted additional ways in which he references the Holocaust. Barghouti, alongside many ... -
Identitarian Contention Within the MST : An investigation of the tension over issues of identity and the transitioning membership in the Brazilian Landless Movement
(2016)One can easily forget about modem day peasants, if one is aware of their existence at all. Their livelihood is often misunderstood as a relic of the past, while the peasants are often perceived as subjugated individuals ... -
The Chilean Paradox : Decline of the Youth Vote and the Rise of the Student Movement in the Presence of Neoliberal Democracy
(2016)Since the end of the military dictatorship under Augusto Pinochet in 1989, Chile has transitioned back to a democratic system. However, this process of redemocratization and reinstitution of political rights has not resulted ... -
The Abortion Insurance Opt-Out Act in a Broader Context
(2015)Democrats frequently reference the Abortion Insurance Opt-Out Act as the latest attack in the "War on Women" that Republicans are waging. It encompasses the wage gap, unfair hiring practices, and restrictive abortion ... -
101 : A Tale of Brilliant Machines, Inequality, and the Role of the Government
(2016)The monogram you are reading is an effort to make sense of what 21st century America will look like by analyzing the intersections between technology, the economy, society and politics. I hope the reader finds this extended ... -
The Paradox of Globalization: How Liberal Policies Have Fostered Regression through the Rise of Populism in the 21st Century
(2017)This monograph will explore the relationship between globalization and populism. Specifically, what variables in relation to globalization induce populism in highly industrialized countries? I hypothesize that factors such ... -
The Shortcomings of Decolonization Efforts In International Law : A Case Study of the Unique Status of Puerto Rico
(2018)In this project, I argue that the U.S maintains a colonial relationship with Puerto· Rico. Although the United Nations considers colonialism to be a relic of the past, it recognizes that some places continue to live under ... -
To What Extent Did Suffrage Free Women? Reconsidering Emma Goldman and Conservative Anti-Suffragists
(2017)This research project is designed to look into the ideologies of anarchist Emma Goldman concurrently with the more conservative anti-suffragists in order to discern what their antisuffrage alignment signifies. Upon ... -
Child Poverty in Romania: A Localized Approach
(2018)Emerging from its Revolution at the turn of the 1990s as a nascent democratic state, Romania was faced with a plethora of obstacles standing in its way of complete development in the wake of a Communist regime which was ... -
The Effectiveness of German Policies in Response to the European Refugee Crisis
(2018)This paper will attempt to answer the question of whether Germany has been effectively handling the European refugee crisis. For the most part, the answer is yes, but it is a complicated question to address. There are ... -
A Comparative Analysis of Public Policy on Nuclear Energy in the United States, France, and Germany
(2018)Nuclear energy has been a divisive issue in the public forum since its inception. However, every state that has acquired the technology required for the production· of nuclear power has done so for its own reasons, and ... -
Technology, Democracy, and Media Senior Individualized Project
(2018)My purpose in this project has been to connect theories about the media's role in the formation of public opinion to the particular technologies that dominate media landscapes, and my argument is that technological forms ... -
A Political Analysis of Liberal Individualism in America and its Impact on Environmental Issues : An Enbridge Line 5 Case Study
(2018)This paper seeks to understand a few questions. First, how is liberal individualism embedded in American society and political thought? Next, what role(s) does liberal individualism play in the ability of American federal ... -
Striding Toward Justice: Studying Successful Human Rights Campaigns in Palestine, Iran and Myanmar
(2018)In this paper I explore three case studies of successful prominent human rights campaigns in countries with repressive governments. Following Sikkink (2017), I evaluate success in human rights as concrete, incremental ... -
This Land is My Land : Local Property Rights Institutions and Liberal Democracy in Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana
(2019)This study examines how local institutions and their enforcement of property rights affect the stability of liberal democracy by comparing the two case studies of Cote d'I voire and Ghana on the factors of place relationships ... -
Achieving Human Perfection An Analysis of J.S. Mill and Alexis de Tocqueville
(2019)This project consists of a close analysis of the works of John Stuart Mill and Alexis de Tocqueville, with reference to work by David Held. I will work primarily with On Liberty, Considerations on Representative Government, ... -
High School Civic Education in Michigan and its Potential Effects on Political Participation
(2019)In terms of our current state, there are a number of people throughout the United States who have felt as though their government is not properly representing their interests. We can see this particularly through the ... -
Escape Valve or Political Tool? Chilean Political Theater in Context, 1973 to the Present
(2019)Throughout the many transformations Chile has undergone in the last 45 years, theater has remained constant as an avenue for expression and activism. In 19731 when artists were being arrested and exiled and theaters were ...
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