Browsing 2006-07 Mershon Center Research Projects by Issue Date
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Comparative National Elections Project 2007
Gunther, Richard ( 2007 )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 ... -
Issues in Multi-Dimensional Legislative Bargaining: Collective vs. Particularistic Goods
Kagel, John; Morelli, Massimo ( 2007 )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 ... -
Violent Conflict, Environmental Degradation, and Food Security
Hitzhusen, Fred; Jeanty, Pierre Wilner; Enver, Ayesha; Lungu, Oana ( 2007 )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 ... -
World Handbook of Political Indicators IV
Jenkins, J. Craig; Taylor, Charles Lewis; Abbott, Marianne ( 2007 )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 ... -
Ostpolitik and Israel, 1966-74
Fink, Carole ( 2007 )Fink hopes to write a balanced history that enlarges our understanding of Ostpolitik and West Germany’s role in the Middle East. In doing so, her book will unite the history of Central Europe during the Cold War with the ... -
Mershon Network of International Historians 2007
Gurney, Ursula; Fink, Carole ( 2007 )The Mershon Network for International Historians (MNIH) is a unique online association for scholars engaged in the study of twentieth century European international relations. The network’s mission is to foster intellectual ... -
Passport: Newsletter of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations 2006-2007
Lerner, Mitchell; Hahn, Peter ( 2007 )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. ... -
Comparative National Elections Project website 2007
Lobo, Marina Costa; Magalhães, Pedro ( 2007 )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 ... -
Dissent Repression Nexus in the Middle East 2007
Meyer, Katherine; Jenkins, J. Craig ( 2007 )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 ... -
Rentier States and International Terrorism in Ecological Focus
Crenshaw, Edward; Jenkins, J. Craig ( 2007 )Preliminary evidence shows that rentier states are prone to producing international terrorism. Using OPEC nations as a rough proxy for rentier states, one can compare the number of terrorist casualties caused by perpetrators ... -
The Marxist Rhetoric- On the Relationship of Practice and Theory
Hamilton, Richard ( 2007 )The success of the Marxist doctrine poses an important problem: Given the failure of its major propositions, the persistence of capitalism, and the absence of workingclass revolutions in capitalist countries, how did ... -
Race Frontiers- Indian Slavery in Colonial New England
Newell, Margaret ( 2007 )Historians of racial slavery in America generally focus on the encounter between Europeans and Africans, especially in the South. Yet, Native Americans represented a majority of those enslaved by European colonists in ... -
Segregation and Leadership in Groups
Weinberg, Bruce ( 2007 )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 ... -
Tracking the Rise of China and India
Malecki, Edward ( 2007 )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 ... -
Symbolic Opposition to the USA Patriot Act
Slomczynski, Kazimierz ( 2007 )In this project, Slomczynski asks what prompts some local governments but not others to engage in such symbolic protest. While most research into protest examines actions such as meetings, demonstrations and strikes on ... -
Jerusalem: Cultures and Communities in Contention conference
Horowitz, Amy ( 2006-11-27 )Jerusalem: Cultures and Communities in Contention brings together two Israeli and two Palestinian scholars for a working conference to complete a publication begun in the 1990s. Participants will review, critique and revise ... -
Conference brings Israeli, Palestinian scholars to Columbus
Becker, Cathy ( 2006-11-20 )"Jerusalem: Cultures and Communities in Contention" will be the subject of a conference held Nov. 27-28 at The Ohio State University's Mershon Center for International Security Studies. The working meeting brings together ... -
Economic Impact of Terrorist Incidents on the Hospitality Industry in Italy
Greenbaum, Robert; Hultquist, Andy ( 2006 )This project examined the indirect costs of terrorism on the hospitality industry – thought most vulnerable to terrorist attacks – in Italy from 1994 to 1997. -
Terror's Fourth Wave
Crenshaw, Edward; Jenkins, J. Craig ( 2006 )In “Terror’s Fourth Wave,” Crenshaw and Jenkins focused on ethno-Islamic terrorism by sampling only countries with a sizeable Muslim population -– either 70 nations with populations at least 10 percent Muslim, or 40 ... -
Living Jerusalem: Cultures and Communities in Contention
Horowitz, Amy ( 2006 )Begun by the Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Living Jerusalem brings together scholars, students, and community leaders from Israel, Palestine and the United States. The project addresses ...