http://hdl.handle.net/1811/29351 2013-05-26T08:25:59Z http://hdl.handle.net/1811/47266 Comparative National Elections Project 2009 Gunther, Richard The Comparative National Elections Project (CNEP) is a multi-year, multi-county examination of how citizens in democracies around the world receive information about policies, parties, candidates, and politics during the course of election campaigns. It is the third-largest international project of its kind. Research project funded in academic year 2008-09; The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history. 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Gunther, Richard http://hdl.handle.net/1811/47265 Presidential-Congressional Conflict in Domestic and Foreign Policy Making Mughan, Anthony The American form of government was founded on the key principle of checks and balances. By separating powers between the president and Congress, the founding fathers hoped that each would provide a counterweight to rein in the power of the other. Research project funded in academic year 2008-09; The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history. 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Mughan, Anthony http://hdl.handle.net/1811/47264 Politics and Primacy: How Dictatorship and Development Set the Stage for Democratization Crenshaw, Edward How does a society move from dictatorship to democracy? Social theorists usually explain this using political modernization theory. PMT asserts that industrialization leads to urbanization, creating a class structure in which different interest groups vie for power. While these struggles can be violent –- what theorists call a society's "growing pains" -– eventually cross affiliations or mutual needs make violence counterproductive, leading to democratic decision-making, political parties and elections. Research project funded in academic year 2008-09; The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history. 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Crenshaw, Edward http://hdl.handle.net/1811/47263 Designing Effective Climate Change Mechanisms for Developing Countries Keeler, Andrew Climate change is widely recognized as one of humankind’s greatest challenges in the 21st century. If left unchecked, rising temperatures caused by greenhouse gas emissions could seriously harm economies, societies and ecosystems around the world. Research project funded in academic year 2008-09; The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history. 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Keeler, Andrew http://hdl.handle.net/1811/47262 The Performance of International Organizations Thompson, Alexander International organizations (IOs) are essential but controversial actors in world politics. They are expected to rebuild war-torn societies, reduce poverty, stop the spread of disease, prevent financial crises, address environmental problems, adjudicate disputes, ensure free trade, promote gender equality, reform legal systems, and reduce corruption. But instead of earning praise, IOs face relentless attacks from critics who believe they are ineffective — or worse, that they exacerbate the very problems they are supposed to solve. Because IOs are so important to the international system, it is crucial that scholars and policy makers have a way of evaluating them. In this project, Alexander Thompson is developing a framework for understanding the performance of IOs. Why do some IOs perform better than others, and what are the determinants of their performance? Research project funded in academic year 2008-09; The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history. 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Thompson, Alexander http://hdl.handle.net/1811/46874 Sanctuary and the Devolution of Immigration Enforcement after 9/11 Coleman, Mathew Since the 1970s, debate about immigration in the United States has been centered on the entry of illegal aliens across the border with Mexico. Up to 80 percent of U.S. spending on immigration is allocated for the U.S.-Mexico border. In this project, Coleman examines "boundary policing," or immigration enforcement. Research project funded in academic year 2008-09; The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history. 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Coleman, Mathew http://hdl.handle.net/1811/36260 Dissent Repression Nexus in the Middle East 2008 Meyer, Katherine; Jenkins, J. Craig The Middle East is often seen as caught in a cycle of dissent and repression, influencing almost all aspects of existence. This “dissent/repression nexus” is crucial because the Middle East lies at the crossroads of three continents and contains vast reserves of natural resources. Its conflicts have also spilled into other parts of the world. Despite the importance of understanding contention in the Middle East, there has been little systematic study of conflict dynamics in the region. To address these gaps, an interdisciplinary, multi-university team has set out to study the dissent/repression nexus in the Middle East. The project focuses on Egypt, Israel/Palestine, Jordan, Kuwait, and Turkey from 1990 to the present. The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history. 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Meyer, Katherine Jenkins, J. Craig http://hdl.handle.net/1811/36259 Comparative National Elections Project 2008 Gunther, Richard The Comparative National Elections Project (CNEP) is a multi-year, multi-county examination of how citizens in democracies around the world receive information about policies, parties, candidates, and politics during the course of election campaigns. Research project for 2007-08; The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history. 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Gunther, Richard http://hdl.handle.net/1811/36224 Political Regimes, Financial Market Institutions and Stability in Asia Cooper, Mary How much does the type of government in a country affect the shape of its stock market? Are non-democratic regimes more likely to produce unstable financial markets? To begin answering these questions, Mary Cooper plans to compare the stock markets of China, India and Taiwan. China and India not only have experienced dramatically booming stock markets in recent years, but also are among the world's fastest-growing economies and are both of great strategic importance to the United States. Taiwan is smaller, but its complicated history and ongoing tensions with China make it significant. Research project funded in academic year 2007-08; The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history. 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Cooper, Mary http://hdl.handle.net/1811/36223 Change in Personnel and Policy and the Legitimacy of the Supreme Court Caldeira, Gregory A.; Gibson, James Do ordinary Americans regard the Supreme Court as a political institution like Congress, in which decisions are subject to the ideology of its members? Or do they see the court as different, with judges who rule on the basis of impartial principles? And are people's views changed by events like a controversial nomination? Gregory Caldeira set out to answer these questions in research that has been supported by the Mershon Center since 2005. That year saw two Supreme Court nominations – John Roberts as chief justice and the controversial nomination of Samuel Alito. These events provided a golden opportunity for Caldeira and his research partner James Gibson, Sidney W. Souers Professor of Government at Washington University in St. Louis, to assess American knowledge about and attitudes toward the Supreme Court. Research project funded in academic years 2007-08 and 2008-09; The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history. 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Caldeira, Gregory A. Gibson, James http://hdl.handle.net/1811/36221 Political Asylum Policy and International Security Shuman, Amy; Bohmer, Carol In 2005, President Bush signed the Read ID Act, requiring applicants for asylum to provide documentation of their identity and allowing judges to deny asylum to anyone whose family may be connected with a terrorist group. The act is one example of how political asylum policy is intertwined with international security issues. In this project, Amy Shuman and Carol Bohmer examine how humanitarian concerns for refugees come into conflict with security concerns in the United States and Britain. While the goal of political asylum is to provide refuge for the applicant, the process must also protect the state. This contradiction is at the root of current problems in the system. Research project funded in academic years 2007-08 and 2008-09; The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history. 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Shuman, Amy Bohmer, Carol http://hdl.handle.net/1811/36219 The Effect of Group Leaders Weinberg, Bruce Why do some people become leaders? Do group members see leaders as the same or different from themselves? Are leaders chosen because they are representative of the group, or do the actions of the group reflect the will of the leader? Bruce Weinberg tackles these questions by examining the effect of leaders on group behavior. To measure this, Weinberg used the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, a data set covering more than 90,000 students in grades 7 though 12 in 132 schools nationwide. Schools make a great laboratory to study social interactions because the information is well defined and consistent from one school to the next. Research project funded in academic years 2007-08 and 2008-09; The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history. 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Weinberg, Bruce http://hdl.handle.net/1811/31646 German Ostpolitik and the Soviet Union, 1970-1975 Fink, Carole This project examines the bilateral relationship between West Germany and the Soviet Union in the period between the Moscow treaty and the Helsinki accords. Fink seeks to prove that Bonn’s active Ostpolitik towards the USSR established a crucial element in restructuring Cold War Europe, moving from two decades of military and political confrontation to two decades of continental détente and cooperation. The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history. 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Fink, Carole http://hdl.handle.net/1811/31645 International History Project Hahn, Peter; Lerner, Mitchell The International History Project seeks to explore the use of force and diplomacy in international relations, examine political and economic decision-making that affects war and peace, and study the impact of culture and identity on national security. The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history. 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Hahn, Peter Lerner, Mitchell http://hdl.handle.net/1811/31644 The World Crisis, 1618-1683 Parker, Geoffrey The mid-17th-century World Crisis – the series of violent economic, social, intellectual and political upheavals that afflicted most regions of this planet between 1618 and 1683 – cries out for systematic study. Coincidence cannot explain so many simultaneous eruptions of violence and revolution around the globe: what, then, were its causes and why did it affect some areas far more than others? My explanation involves a combination of five factors: a sudden episode of “global cooling”; the emergence of vulnerable areas of economic specialization; a sharp increase in religious and fiscal pressure by many (but not all) governments; the crumbling of the prevailing demographic regime; and the emergence of radical new ideologies. The interplay of these five elements produced major crises worldwide. The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history. 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Parker, Geoffrey http://hdl.handle.net/1811/31643 Interurban Competition in the Global Economy Malecki, Edward This research seeks to understand the implications of interurban competition for international and national stability and instability. The scope includes, first, the interrelationships and spatial structures of interconnected networks, including networks of knowledge and innovation and, second, the relative roles of hard networks, such as infrastructure, and of soft networks, or the networks of human interaction. The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history. 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Malecki, Edward http://hdl.handle.net/1811/31642 Conflict Carrying Capacity and the Early Warning of Civil Violence Jenkins, J. Craig; Taylor, Charles Lewis This project addresses the institutional management of intergroup conflict as well as questions of ethnic conflict and their impact on U.S. and global security. It will evaluate a formal model of conflict carrying capacity conceptualized as the ability of states to regulate intense civil conflicts without resort to significant violence. The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history. 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Jenkins, J. Craig Taylor, Charles Lewis http://hdl.handle.net/1811/30061 Comparative National Elections Project website 2007 Lobo, Marina Costa; Magalhães, Pedro The Comparative National Elections Project (CNEP) currently includes 24 national election surveys conducted in 19 countries since 1990. It has evolved in three distinct phases: CNEP I, CNEP II, and CNEP III. All of these studies share a concern with the processes of intermediation through which citizens receive information about policies, parties, candidates, and politics in general during the course of election campaigns, thus reviving the long neglected research perspective of the “Columbia School” established by Paul Lazarsfeld and his colleagues in the 1940s and 1950s. Accordingly, survey questionnaires include batteries of questions dealing with flows of information through primary social networks (among family members, friends, neighbors, and co-workers), and secondary associations (especially trade unions, religious organizations, and political parties), as well as flows of information from the communications media. The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history. 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Lobo, Marina Costa Magalhães, Pedro http://hdl.handle.net/1811/30060 Dissent Repression Nexus project website Peterson, Lindsay To tackle the dissent/repression nexus, we come together as an interdisciplinary team of political scientists and sociologists with expertise in international relations and complementary theoretical and methodological skills to focus on dissent and repression in the Middle East. The project aims to: develop a database that incorporates data from both quantitative and qualitative sources, train students and professionals in the use of multiple methodologies related to understanding the repression/dissent nexus, maintain a webpage with frequent updates on the theoretical and methodological aspects of the project, develop a special journal issue on multi-method techniques and their applications to problems of dissent and repression, and, write a monograph on understanding repression and dissent in a globalized society. The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history. 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Peterson, Lindsay http://hdl.handle.net/1811/30059 Dissent Repression Nexus in the Middle East 2006 Meyer, Katherine; Jenkins, J. Craig The Middle East is often said to be caught in a never-ending spiral of dissent and repression influencing almost all aspects of existence. This “dissent/repression nexus” is critical because the Middle East sits at the crossroads of three continents, contains vast reserves of natural resources, and its conflicts have spilled into other parts of the globe. The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history. 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Meyer, Katherine Jenkins, J. Craig http://hdl.handle.net/1811/30058 Dissent Repression Nexus in the Middle East 2007 Meyer, Katherine; Jenkins, J. Craig The Middle East is often seen as caught in a cycle of dissent and repression, influencing almost all aspects of existence. This “dissent/repression nexus” is crucial because the Middle East lies at the crossroads of three continents, contains vast natural resource reserves, and has spread conflicts to other parts of the world. The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history. 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Meyer, Katherine Jenkins, J. Craig http://hdl.handle.net/1811/30057 Comparative National Elections Project 2006 Gunther, Richard The Comparative National Elections Project (CNEP) is a multi-year examination of democracies around the world. It began in the late 1980s as a survey to identify the ways that citizens receive information about politics, parties and candidates during election campaigns in four democracies. The survey was expanded in the 1990s to consider the nature of support for democracy and the consolidation of newly established or re-established democratic regimes in 13 countries. The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history. 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Gunther, Richard http://hdl.handle.net/1811/30056 Comparative National Elections Project 2007 Gunther, Richard The Comparative National Elections Project (CNEP) is a multi-year multi-county examination of how citizens in democracies around the world receive information about policies, parties, candidates, and politics during the course of election campaigns. Research project for 2006-07; The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history. 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Gunther, Richard http://hdl.handle.net/1811/29430 World Handbook of Political Indicators IV Jenkins, J. Craig; Taylor, Charles Lewis; Abbott, Marianne The World Handbook of Political Indicators has been published by Yale University Press since 1963 to provide statistics and data to help scholars studying political processes and political change. While the handbook has been the dominant source for analyzing conflict and violence internationally, data collection for the last edition stopped in 1982. In this fourth edition, Jenkins and his team aim to bring the handbook current to 2003 and make the data available over the Internet. In the process, they have made several revolutionary changes that will prepare the handbook for 21st century research. Research project funded for academic years 2006-07, 2007-08, and 2008-09; The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history. 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Jenkins, J. Craig Taylor, Charles Lewis Abbott, Marianne http://hdl.handle.net/1811/29429 Violent Conflict, Environmental Degradation, and Food Security Hitzhusen, Fred; Jeanty, Pierre Wilner; Enver, Ayesha; Lungu, Oana This project is a multi-pronged effort into understanding the interplay of violent conflict, food insecurity, and environmental degradation. It will examine the effects of conflict on child malnutrition, the relationship between environmental degradation and food security using data from 71 developing countries, and the relationship between child trafficking, armed conflict, and child hunger. Research project funded in academic years 2006-07, 2007-08, and 2008-09; The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history. 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Hitzhusen, Fred Jeanty, Pierre Wilner Enver, Ayesha Lungu, Oana http://hdl.handle.net/1811/29428 Tracking the Rise of China and India Malecki, Edward In this project, Malecki will systematically track the growth of Chinese and Indian connections to the global economy. He will examine this growth through two dimensions: Chinese and Indian participation in global research and production networks, and the connections of the two countries and their major cities to the global Internet. Research project funded in academic year 2006-07; The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history. 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Malecki, Edward http://hdl.handle.net/1811/29427 Segregation and Leadership in Groups Weinberg, Bruce In societies made up of several groups, at what point do the cultural identities of one group become transformed by interactions with another? When do groups self-segregate, and what does it take for them to integrate? Weinberg tackles these questions by examining the effect of overall size on sorting – that is, how big the overall society must get, and what the proportions of the groups must be, before groups start to self-segregate racially and ethnically. Weinberg uses data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health on segregation within schools to reach his findings. Research project for Fiscal Year 2006-07; The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history. 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Weinberg, Bruce http://hdl.handle.net/1811/29426 Issues in Multi-Dimensional Legislative Bargaining: Collective vs. Particularistic Goods Kagel, John; Morelli, Massimo In this project, Kagel and Morelli examine legislative bargaining on two dimensions -– particularistic goods and collective goods, or public interest goods that benefit society as a whole. The results of their two game theory experiments run counter to what standard economic theory predicts for legislative bargaining, prompting Kagel and Morelli to provide alternative explanations for these phenomena. Research project funded in academic years 2006-07, 2007-08, and 2008-09; The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history. 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Kagel, John Morelli, Massimo http://hdl.handle.net/1811/29425 People in Motion: Politics of Migration Policy Nooruddin, Irfan The project will create a cross-national database of immigration policy, coding policies on 90 variables that include restrictiveness, purpose, and enforcement. Funding will also support case studies on immigration policy in India and the United Arab Emirates. Research project funded in academic years 2005-06, 2006-07, and 2007-08; The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history. 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Nooruddin, Irfan http://hdl.handle.net/1811/29424 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty as Contract Verdier, Daniel In this project, Verdier set out to explain why the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty has been so successful. Using game theory, Verdier argues that the object is to maximize non-proliferation by promising to reward signatories and threatening to punish non-signatories and cheaters. He then makes predictions about which countries were likely to sign and when. Finally, he is testing those predictions on a panel of all countries from 1968-2002. Research project funded in academic years 2005-06 and 2006-07; The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history. 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Verdier, Daniel http://hdl.handle.net/1811/29423 International Organization Legitimation and the Use of Force Thompson, Alexander In this project, Thompson set out to explain why the endorsement of an international organization (IO) such as the United Nations plays such a key role in American foreign policy decisions to use force. Why did foreign leaders and publics care whether the United States got U.N. support for its actions? The answer to these questions rests on the notion of legitimation, or the process by which IOs transfer legitimacy onto the actions of states. Research project funded in academic years 2004-05, 2005-06, and 2006-07; The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history. 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Thompson, Alexander http://hdl.handle.net/1811/29422 Indonesian National Election Project Liddle, William; Mujani, Saiful After more than four decades years of authoritarian rule, Indonesia held democratic legislative elections in 1999. Elections were held again in 2004, including Indonesia’s first direct election of a president and vice-president. In both cases, a team led by Liddle and Mujani surveyed Indonesian voters to see why they made the choices they did. The surveys were designed to assess the relative impact on Indonesian voters' choices of six sociological and psychological factors. Research project funded in academic years 2004-05, 2005-06, and 2006-07; The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history. 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Liddle, William Mujani, Saiful