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This community features research by faculty members and students in the School of Politics, Philosophy and Public Affairs. Areas of expertise among political science faculty include American politics and public law, global politics, political psychology, public policy, political theory and American foreign policy. Philosophy faculty specialize in bioethics, ethical theory and applied ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of language and science, and the philosophy of religion. The Thomas S. Foley Institute for Public Policy and Public Service is closely affiliated with PPPA, and the school actively supports the Joseph Kruzel Foreign and Defense Luncheon Series, the Frank Fraser Potter Memorial Lecture Series, and the Research and Methods Symposium.
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“AMONG THE BELIEVERS ARE MEN” THE ROLE OF RELIGIOUS-NATIONALIST IDENTITY AND RELIGIOUS LITERACY IN ISLAMIC STATE RECRUITMENT EFFORTS IN THE WEST
(2019)This research explores two facets of Islamic State recruitment efforts. First, it examines role of religious-national identity in the Islamic State’s attempt to appeal to alienated and marginalized Muslims living in Western ... -
Echo Chambers and Misinformation: How Social Media Use Conditions Individuals to Believe Fake News
(2019)Research has suggested that personalized information streams on social media platforms (i.e., echo chambers) contribute to the proliferation of fake news. Using a combination of laboratory and survey experiments, I find ... -
In Pursuit of Sustainability: Local Policy Output and the Roles of Community Capitals and Collaborative Governance
(2019)Pursuing sustainability is a challenging task for any community, since sustainability can be defined in numerous ways and the mechanisms that lead to sustainable outcomes are not often clear and are dependent on each ... -
Fear Not, for He Is with You – How Perception of God’s Approval Influences Believers’ Risk Attitude Towards War and Terrorism
(2018)This research explores a multitude of questions related to religiosity, gender, and risk taking in politically relevant behavior, particularly behavior related to war and terrorism. Interacting with, and building upon, ... -
INTERNATIONAL TAXATION AND INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY: PRACTICAL AND THEORETICAL IMPLICATIONS OF HARMONIZATION
(2018)The efforts to harmonize the practice of international tax policy have, unfortunately, received scant attention from students of international relations. The debates among scholars of international tax law range from ... -
MOTHERIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES: THE EXPECTATION OF MOTHERHOOD AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
(2017)Mainstream feminist theorists have argued that motherhood is no longer a theoretically important topic. This is simply not true. Women are expected to become mothers and this expectation has important consequences for ... -
Motley Fringe: The moral and political psychology of the alt-right's radicalization pipeline
(2017)The alt-right, a loose association of racist think tanks, alternative media outlets and right-wing trolls, have propagated a white nationalist ideology almost entirely through online communication. Understanding the processes ... -
Capsizing the Constitution: A Predictive Model of Presidential Expansion and the High Tide of Presidential Government
(2017)Modern presidents have ushered in a new era of presidential power, one ever dilating in scope and largely unrestrained. Presidents have acquired power constitutionally assigned to Congress and the courts have largely ... -
AUTHORITARIAN RESPONSE TO POPULAR REVOLUTIONS: AN ANALYSIS OF THE PARANOID PERSONALITY IN LEADERSHIP DECISION-MAKING
(2016)The unforeseen mass protests in Tunisia that overthrew Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali and quickly spread to Egypt where Muhammad Hosni Sayyid Mubarak was forced from office highlight that a psychological aspect needs to be added ... -
Realist and Idealist Belief Systems in Foreign Policy
(2016)Realism has most commonly been treated as a systemic theory in International Relations since the late 1970s and systemic theory has remained separate from theories of foreign policy and decision-making at the individual ... -
FALSE ALARM! THE MEASUREMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF POLITICAL CYNICISM AND THE CONSEQUENCES FOR POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
(2015)The impact of political cynicism on political participation is an ongoing concern of scholars who study political behavior. While political cynicism is often assumed to reduce people’s involvement in politics, others suggest ... -
CONSTRUCTING A MULTI-ETHNIC STATE: CHALLENGES TO NATIONALISM AND POLITICAL AUTONOMY IN THE ATLANTIC COAST OF NICARAGUA
(2015)On the surface, Nicaragua looks like a nation-state. But, upon closer examination, it behaves like a core-community, non-nation-state trying to unify two political entities: on one hand we have the core-community of Mestizos ... -
Determining Success: A Multi-Method Examination of Third Party Interventions into African Civil Wars
(2015)Civil wars are the most frequent form of warfare in the international system today. Military interventions into civil wars were 140% more common than classic interstate wars in the period between 1960 and 2004. Despite the ... -
Measuring Feminist Policy Authority: A Mixed-Methods Comparative Analysis of Feminist Policies After Adoption
(2015)This doctoral research study presents a new way to measure, score, and scale feminist policies through their process phases and outcome. It maps the complexity of the policy process and outcome by selecting literature-based ... -
The Smiling, Scented Men: The Political Worldview of the Islamic State of Iraq (2003-2013)
(2014)Political psychologists have identified patterns in the use of cognitive categorization for the structuring of the political worldview of foreign policy decision makers. This dissertation uses a case study approach to ... -
RURAL COUNTY FINANCE: USER FEE IMPLEMENTATION AND RELIANCE 1977-2002
(2013)This study examined rural counties and their equivalents in the United States. In particular, this study focused on rural county budgeting, with an emphasis on the implementation of user fees. This research area has not ... -
The Political Foundations of Legal Theory: Political Realignment and the Legal Marketplace of Ideas
(2013)Models of legal change identifying electoral politics, specifically realignments of the political system that replace one political-electoral regime with another, as a key to understanding the evolution of legal thought ... -
The Strategic Implications of China's Naval Modernization
(2013)THE STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS FOR CHINA'S NAVAL MODERNIZATION Abstract by Ryan Kelley McMahon, Ph.D. Washington State University May 2013 Chair: Martha Cottam The People's Republic of China (PRC) has produced staggering ...