Browsing Department of Political Science by Title
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Waiting in Line to Vote
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2013-07-28)Waiting in line to vote is the most visible sign of the administrative friction of managing elections. The visibility of long lines makes them a convenient symbol for those who seek to improve election administration. ... -
Waiting to Vote in 2012
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2013-04-01)Waiting in line to vote is one of the clichés of Election Day, whether the venue is Kenya or the United States. The length of time waiting to vote has regularly been an issue in the voting wars of the past decade. Long ... -
War by coalition : the effects of coalition military institutionalization on coalition battlefield effectiveness
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)What accounts for variation in the military performance of coalitions and alliances on the battlefield? This dissertation presents and tests a realist-institutionalist theory of coalition military effectiveness, which ... -
War games as a decision making tool in military planning and operations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1983) -
War in the media age : the government/press struggle from Vietnam to the Gulf
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996) -
Warhead politics : Livermore and the competitive system of nuclear weapons design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995) -
Wars as international learning: Chinese, British and Japanese in East Asia.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1974) -
Weapons brokers and policy entrepreneurs : Congress and the strategic policy community during the Reagan era
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992) -
The weight of an assassin's mace : vulnerabilities in the US military's satellite communications and China's information warfare threat
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)Believing that an information Revolution of Military Affairs has occurred, the US military is currently transforming to achieve dominance over the full spectrum of deployment scenarios with a lighter, more mobile, and more ... -
What causes credibility? : reputation, power, and assessments of credibility during crises
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)Year after year, Americans are told that their country's reputation is on the line. If we do not carry out our commitments, our foreign policy leaders warn, no one will believe our threats and promises in the future. This ... -
What do abortion policies accomplish? : understanding how abortion laws and court cases affect public opinion
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)Abortion is a loaded, controversial, and divisive sociocultural and political term, concept, and debate. Yet little empirical research has been conducted to examine what effects abortion rights legislation and court cases ... -
What Hath HAVA Wrought? Consequences, Intended and Not, of the Post-Bush v. Gore Reforms
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2011-04-07)The Help America Vote Act (HAVA)1 is the most important direct federal response to the 2000 electoral fiasco in Florida. HAVA had many provisions, some directly inspired by the controversy, others that came along for the ... -
When governments break contracts : foreign firms in emerging economies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)Emerging economy governments commit to protect the property rights of foreign firms through a variety of contracts, from treaties to direct agreements. In an era of liberalized capital flows, these contracts are thought ... -
"When the saints go marching in" : sadhus in democratic politics in late 20th century India
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)This empirical study examines the political significance of religious leaders-known commonly as sadhus-in a huge and mature democracy like India. During the late '80s and the '90s, a flurry of sadhu activism coincided with ... -
Where the Good Signatures Are: The Number and Validity Rates of Initiative Petition Signatures Gathered in California Counties
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2004-01-23)One of the biggest hurdles to qualifying an initiative for the ballot is gathering the required number of signatures. Yet little is known about these signatures' representativeness or demographic origin. Using data from ... -
Who do representatives represent? ? estimating the importance of electoral coalition preferences in California
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Who Does Better with a Big Interface? Improving Voting Performance of Reading for Disabled Voters
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2005-02)This study shows how ballot interfaces variably affect the voting performance of people with different abilities. An interface with all information viewable simultaneously might either help orient or overwhelm a voter, ... -
"Who needs MacArthur?" : analyzing South Korea's counterinvasion capability against North Korea
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)Assuming there is another North Korean invasion; could the South Koreans counterinvade North Korea and prevail even without the United States' assistance? This paper studies the possibility of a South Korean counterinvasion ... -
Who Overvotes, Who Undervotes, Using Punchcards? Evidence from Los Angeles County
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2003-09-09)In this study we examine over- and undervotes from the November 2000 General Election in Los Angeles County. Los Angeles County is the nation's largest election jurisdiction and it used a punchcard voting system in that ... -
Who Should Run Our Elections? Public Opinion About Election Governance in the United States
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2006-02)Much has been said since the 2000 presidential election regarding the administration of elections in the United States, particularly in regards to how election administrators are selected and to whom they are responsive. ...
