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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)The meltdown of Fukushima Daiichi's nuclear plant was one of three disasters that rocked Japan on 11 March 2011, a day often referred to as "3.11." This nuclear accident led to increased attention to and disapproval of ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)The dissertation examines how concerns about the demands of realism should be addressed in political theories of justice. It asks whether the demands of realism should affect the construction of principles of justice and, ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)The current but inconsistent upheaval in the Middle East suggests variations in what will topple regimes, and thus in how regimes have laid the groundwork to remain in power. This thesis examines variation in a social ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)This thesis is a study of the causes of "Konfrontasi" or Confrontation, the low-intensity war waged by the Republic of Indonesia, under the leadership of President Sukarno, against the Federation of Malaysia, which became ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)In The Law of Peoples (1999) Rawls offers a model of the world, divided into countries without pressures of nationalism, which he calls "peoples." If some of those peoples were liberal democracies, others consult all ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)Does alliance restraint happen in international affairs? What theories explain the success or failure of restraint efforts? Do states ever form alliances in order to restrain? Alliance restraint - an actual or anticipated ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1976)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)This study compares the military effectiveness of the United States Army and United States Marine Corps during the first 10 months of the Korean War. Representative battles selected from the Pusan Perimeter, the Liberation ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)This dissertation examines the regulation of conflicts of interest involving state legislators through the passage of ethics laws during the period from 1954-1996. The aim is to explain why legislators, who are notoriously ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1968)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)This study considers cross-national and inter-temporal variation in national oil policies in Japan, France, and the United States. A test was performed of the extent to which policies in these countries continue to emphasize ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)When can the international community build strong state institutions - such as security forces or electoral institutions - in post-conflict societies? An influential technical perspective argues that authority, resources, ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)How do people hold local governments accountable? My dissertation shows how cognitive and perceptual biases, as well as electoral institutions and strategic communication, can hinder voters' ability to hold government ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993)
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