Dissertations from 2023
Restricted Powers, Special-Purpose Districts, and Path Dependence: Economic Graveyards in Downstate Illinois, Bethany Behrhorst
The Public Muse in Congress: The Punctuation of American Federal Arts Policy, Elizabeth Deichmann
Student Movements, Politics, and Policy in Chile, 2001 – 2012, Leesa Rasp
The Crisis of Missouri’s Polity: How Privileged Interest Groups Influenced the Development of Missouri’s 2014 Tax Reform Law, William Warren
Dissertations from 2022
Agenda Setting on the Supreme Court of the United States in 1960, 1977, and 1992, Jessica L. Curtis
Determinants of Police Department Change: An Institutional Theory Approach, Colby Dolly
Black Americans at a Crossroads in American Politics: Electoral Participation, Protest, and Policy Change, Tenille-Rose Martin
Maladies of Public Administration: Factors That Exacerbate Corruption in Kenya, Moses Waithaka
Dissertations from 2021
Is United States’ Economic Power in Decline? Can China Replace the U.S. as the World’s next Economic Superpower?, Islam Bakirci
The Church and Michael Brown: The Influence of Christianity on Racialized Political Attitudes in Ferguson, Missouri, Tyler Chance
Gender and the Authoritarian Dynamic: An Analysis of Social Identity in the Partisanship of White Americans, Bradley DiMariano
White Voters and Minority Animus in the Era of Trump, Zachary Schwartz
Dissertations from 2020
Curb-sided: How Technology Disrupts the American Transportation Planning Process, Mary Angelica Painter
Role of Municipal Governance in Stabilizing Mature Inner Suburbs: A Study of Five St. Louis Municipalities 1970-2015, Napoleon Williams III
Dissertations from 2019
Party Blight in Rural Missouri: Causes and Consequences of Local Organizational Decline, Joseph Anthony
The Influence of Media Consumption on Trust, Political Efficacy and Social Media Activism among Young Adults, Kerra Mccorkle- Akanbi
Leap of Faith Megaprojects: The Effect of Civic Dialogue on Megaproject Legacies in the St. Louis Region, Nathan Theus
The Feasibility of Healthy Corner Stores in Saint Louis, Chancelor Thomas
Dissertations from 2018
Ukraine at the Crossroad in Post-Communist Europe: Policymaking and the Role of Foreign Actors, Ryan Barrett
The Political Nature of Defense Policy in Congress, Timothy Welter
Planning to Fail: The Eurozone, its Sovereign Debt Crisis, and the Future of the Union, Kyle Whitworth
Dissertations from 2017
Are Means Determinative: An Examination of the Influence of Relative Economic and Military Strength on Grand Strategy Choice, Raymond W. Deppen
Trumpocracy: The Rise of Populism in Europe and America, Michael F. Kickham III
Repercussive Discrimination: Racial Discrimination as an Explanation of Prevalent Homophobia Among Racial Minorities, Timothy E. Lewis
Trolling Twitter, Eric Vorst
Theses from 2016
Death with Dignity: The Legislative Wave of the Future, Justin M. Downey
Federal Involvement in Education Policy: An Analysis of Race To The Top, Angela L. Early
The Role of Money and Endorsements in Same-Sex Marriage Ballot Initiatives, Jessica Lorraine Loyet Gracey
Learning From Ferguson: African American Attitudes Towards Community Policing in Saint Louis, David Graham
The Impact of Globalization on Global Civil Society Expansion, Barbara Jean Hosto-Marti
Police Contracting in St. Louis County: Focusing Events and Changes in Image and Venue in Five Case Studies, Alan W. Karr
Tax Reform: The Push for Consumption Taxes in Kansas and Missouri, Brent Albert Simmonds
Theses from 2015
Can Contested Primaries and Turnout in Primaries Reduce Corruption and Rent-Seeking?, Derek Beiter
The St. Louis Desegregation Transfer Program: Do African American Students Perform Better In an Integrated Setting, Marquita Lanee' Bowers-Brown
A Nation Divided: Assessing the Regional Effects of Institutions, Social Capital, and Civic Culture on Tax Morale in Italy, John William D'Attoma
Inherent Problems With Nuclear Deterrence And The Need Of Disarmament, Hiromi Ishikawa
Managing Political and Investment Risk in the International Oil and Gas Industry, Steven Alfred Mucci
Hometown Influence: The Impact of Geography on Statewide Candidate Emergence and Success, Cassie A. Myers
Dissertations from 2014
Women in Kazakhstan: A Multifaceted Approach to Female Political Representation, Ashley Gaile Benedict
Development from Abroad? Transnational Remittance and the Institutionalization of Diaspora Engagement in Africa., Todd Bryan Combs
Who Decides? A Study of the Effects on Decision Unit Dynamics in Crisis and Crisis Transition, Janet Leigh Drake
Privatization, State Militarization through War, and Durable Social Exclusion in Post-Soviet Armenia, Anna Martirosyan
Vision 2020: An analysis of policy implementation and agrarian change in rural Rwanda, Sterling Recker
The Politics of Environmental Regulations: What Happened to Market Based Regulations?, Eugene Paul Schmittgens Jr
Dissertations from 2013
Tax Increment Financing in Missouri: Political Development of the Statute Contextualized with Use and Patterns of Adoption, Cassandra Butler
Reading the Tea Leaves: An Exploration of the Origins, Composition, and Influence of the Tea Party, Bryce Don Summary
Dissertations from 2012
New Media, New Politics: The Emergence of the Internet in American Politics, Michael Robert Artime
NGOs, Soft Power, and Environmental Politics, Benjamin James Chambers
Nordic Cooperation in the Post-Cold War Era: A Case Study of Institutional Persistence, Pavla Landiss
Shopping for Identity: An Economic Explanation for the Post-2003 Violence in Iraq, Alan M. Noory
Making Politics Personal: Leadership Programs as a Tool for Developing Political Interest and Efficacy in Young Women, Dayna Marie Stock
Dissertations from 2011
Explaining Investment Policies in Microstates: The Case of the Fiji Islands, Sudarsan Kant
A Comparative Analysis of the Effectiveness of the Hope Vi Program in Revitalizing Conventional Public Housing Sites: A Multiple Case Study in St. Louis, Uchechukwu Anthony Oluku
The Specialization of Foreign Assistance in Sub-Saharan Africa, Kevin Michael Richardson
The Influence of Context on African American Political Participation and Partisanship, Andre L. Smith
Political Institutions and Regional Inequality in China: 1949 to 2005, Qiang Yan
Dissertations from 2010
Policy Determinants and Medicaid Managed Care, Diane Elizabeth Brandt
Have Metropolitan Planning Organizations improved regional policy making? The cases of Kansas City and St. Louis., Joseph Edward Campbell
Factors Influencing State Prescription Drug Policy, Rochelle Rene' Henderson
The Political Economy of Poverty in the ‘Glocal’ Context: A Multilevel Cross-National Study, Philip Young P. Hong
Dissertations from 2008
Does Institutional Capacity Matter? A Case Study of the Zambian Forestry Department., Rosemary Fumpa Makano
Dissertations from 2007
Fiscal Impact of American Indian Gaming on Non-Indian Local Governments, Courtney A. Andrews
Nurturing Peace: United Nations Peacebuilding Operations in the Aftermath of Intrastate Conflicts, 1945-2002, Duk Hyang Kim
Dissertations from 2006
Development Decision-Making in St. Louis: Institutions, Incentives and Urban Development, William Ernst Winter
Dissertations from 2005
When the Past Meets the Present: Economic and Business Development of Hungary and Russia from Communism to Market, Zinaida Karapetyan