Browsing Political Science Senior Integrated Projects by Author "Kato, Daniel H., 1974-"
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The Continuation of the Get Tough Policy Era In Juvenile Justice Systems
Aigoro, Moriam (2013)This research topic came forth through my experience and work at the Kalamazoo County Juvenile Home. This experience began my interest in juvenile justice. This topic is important because it is addressing the "get tough" ... -
A Framework for the Application of Foreign and International Law by the US Supreme Court
Ensroth, Benjamin (2012)Throughout this paper, I will be supporting the use of foreign law in Constitutional interpretation through both a theoretical lens and its application in court cases. Accordingly, this paper will proceed in two parts. ... -
Negotiation and Success: The Organization of the Tea Party Movement
Nolan, Kaitlin R. (Kate) (2012)The Tea Party movement was a new and exciting political force when I started researching for my SIP. I was curious about why it was here, what it was about, and how it might change U.S. politics. I wanted to know more ... -
Non-Traditional Candidates and Negative Campaigning in American Presidential Elections
Lutz, Kelsey (2013)This paper will compare the campaigns of three American presidential elections over the course of the 20th and 21st centuries; namely, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's four consecutive campaigns beginning in 1932, John F. ... -
The Normative Value of Term Limits on Promoting Republican Virtue
Hutchinson, James (2010)Over this past summer I had the opportunity to work in the office of Michigan House Representative Tim Bledsoe of the 1st District due in part to the generosity of the Ham Fund Grant which provided me with the cost of ... -
The Perfect Size: A Case Study of Regionalism and Environmental Policy
Schweitzer, Leeor (2011)Like most Senior Individualized Projects that come out of Kalamazoo College, my SIP journey was long, complicated, and full of unexpected turns. The budding ideas that finally culminated with this work emerged from an ... -
The Potential for Individual Autonomy in Common Protest Tactics
Zigterman, Duncan (2013)This SIP has undergone a lot of change since I started writing it. It began as a historical study comparing American protest movements. Since then, my focus has shifted to one aspect of such movements in particular: the ...