Browsing 2003-04 Mershon Center Research Projects by Title
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Bargaining and Resource Allocation in Committees and Legislative Bodies: Theory and Experimental Evaluation
Kagel, John ( 2004 )Allocation of scarce resources is a central activity of governments and a great number of international and national organizations, often creating conflict between different stakeholders in these organizations. Recent ... -
Cashing In: The Political Economy of Constitutional Stability
Frye, Timothy ( 2004 )This project explores the dynamics of presidential power in 20 postcommunist countries over the last decade. It asks: why have some presidents in the region expanded their powers dramatically, while others have not? -
Conflict Carrying Capacity and the Early Warning of Civil Violence
Jenkins, J. Craig; Taylor, Charles Lewis ( 2004 )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 ... -
The Cultural Politics of Homeland Security: Negotiating Muslim Identities After Sept. 11
Kwan, Mei-Po ( 2004 )This project is motivated by the premise that the experience of the Muslims in the U.S. after 9/11 can profoundly affect the effectiveness of U.S. homeland security policies and measures in the long run. The project ... -
Ending the Cold War
Lebow, Richard Ned; Herrmann, Richard ( 2004 )This Mershon Center project, headed by Richard Ned Lebow and Richard K. Herrmann, convened Cold War scholars for several conferences in the United States and in Russia between 1998 and 2000. The conference yielded ... -
The Etiology of Terror
Crenshaw, Edward; Jenkins, J. Craig ( 2004 )The project initiates a research program to sort out the various explanations of international terrorism by creating a cross-national analysis of national participation in international terrorism from 1990-2001. -
German Ostpolitik and the Soviet Union, 1970-1975
Fink, Carole ( 2004 )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 ... -
Germany and the Middle East: A Cultural History, 900-2000
Berman, Nina ( 2004 )This book-length study seeks to contribute to current discussions regarding the relationship of Europe/North America to the Middle East. Through an analysis of cultural material, the study explores the changing interaction ... -
Global Economic Change, International Conflict and Cooperation
Pollins, Brian ( 2004 )This project covers the construction and testing of contending models of international cooperation, compliance, and conflict. -
Identity Formation in the Arab World
Ferris, Lesley; Ziter, Edward; Zeidan, Joseph; Thompson, Jeanine ( 2004 )A quarter-long program will examine identity formation in the Arab world within the performing and visual arts. "Identity Formation in the Arab World" brings together theatre and film practitioners and theorists working ... -
International History Project
Hahn, Peter; Lerner, Mitchell ( 2004 )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 ... -
Interurban Competition in the Global Economy
Malecki, Edward ( 2004 )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 ... -
Modeling Franco-German Relations in the Postwar Era
Verdier, Daniel ( 2004 )A central question is how and when can states create international institutions to avoid resorting to war. A stated purpose of European integration after the war was to preserve peace between France and Germany. It is ... -
Passport: Newsletter of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations 2003-2004
Lerner, Mitchell; Hahn, Peter ( 2004 )Since 1969, the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations Newsletter has provided a forum for the discussion of issues related to the practice of American diplomacy, while also presenting historians of U.S. ... -
Presidential-Congressional Conflict in Domestic and Foreign Policymaking: A Fresh Approach to its Measurement and Explanation
Mughan, Anthony ( 2004 )Presidential-congressional conflict is the leitmotif of American government. Historically, however, a congressional tradition of bipartisanship in foreign policymaking has meant that conflict has been far more characteristic ... -
Problem Representation and the Israeli-Palestinian and Northern Ireland Conflicts
Sylvan, Don; Grove, Andrea ( 2004 )This project is a two-part study, and the first phase of this project produced an article that is presently under review at a journal. That article includes striking results concerning the relationship between problem ... -
Summer Institute in Political Psychology (SIPP)
Brewer, Marilynn B., 1942-; Herrmann, Richard ( 2004 )For the past twelve years, the Ohio State University has organized a Summer Institute in Political Psychology (SIPP) in conjunction with the International Society of Political Psychology. Each morning, a member of SIPP’s ... -
The World Crisis, 1618-1683
Parker, Geoffrey ( 2004 )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 ...