Browsing Political Science - Ph.D. / Sc.D. by Title
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Justice and the demands of realism
(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, ... -
Knights in shining armor? : when humanitarian military intervention works and when it does not
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)Military intervention for stated humanitarian purposes has been undertaken on several occasions since the end of the Cold War. It is bound to be attempted again, yet academics and policy makers have left fundamental questions ... -
Labor export, development, and the state : the political economy of Portuguese emigration
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984) -
Language, politics, and method : grounding a computational hermeneutic
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989) -
Learning the lessons of war : the impact of World War I upon the interwar great powers
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993) -
Leashes or lemmings? : alliances as restraining devices
(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 ... -
Legal services lawyers encounter clients : a study in street level bureaucracy.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1976) -
Legislative ethics regulation in the American states : explaining conflict of interest legislation, 1954-1996
(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 ... -
Liberal democracy and industrial order : autoworkers under the New Deal
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987) -
The limits of liberalism? : long-run petroleum prices and government intervention in petroleum markets in Japan, France, and the United States
(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 ... -
The limits of state building : the politics of war and the ideology of peace
(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, ... -
Local accountability : the role of attribution, institutions, and communication
(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 ... -
Local models--auto parts firms and industrialization in Brazil
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993) -
The local origins of United States national science policy
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996) -
Local political classes and economic development : the cases of Abruzzo and Puglia in the 1970s and 1980s
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996) -
The long transformation : Hungarian socialism, 1949-1989
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993) -
Made for export : labor migration, state power, and higher education in a developing Philippine economy
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)Development scholars, heavily influenced by the cases of the four Asian Tigers (Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan), have attributed success in economic development to education. Although the Philippines seemed ... -
Magical epistemic communities : the construction of specialized social realities in Bunyoro, Uganda and Los Angeles, California.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1975) -
The making of a rule of law in Europe : the European Court and the national judiciaries
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996) -
Managing uncertainty : foresight and flexibility in cryptography and voice over IP policy
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)This main question in this dissertation is under what conditions government agencies show foresight in formulating strategies for managing emerging technologies. A secondary question is when they are capable of adaptation. ...
