This collection includes theses and dissertations from the Department of Political Science, in the College of Arts & Sciences. It is not exhaustive since most paper theses and dissertations have not been digitized. Generally, paper copies of theses and dissertations published prior to 2014 can be accessed in the University of Louisville Libraries. If you would like to add your thesis or dissertation to this collection, please fill out the Electronic Theses & Dissertations form.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2024

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Are the good times really over for good? American political nostalgia's relationship with rurality, authoritarianism, and victimhood., Chancellor R. Peterson

Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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Media portrayal of private prisons and inmates., Ladye Anna L. Adams

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Foreign policy in media: an examination of the Captain America films., Kat Hernandez

Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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Incidental exposure, political activity and perceived trust., Brianna Berry

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The rise of the nones: religion, leaners, and their connection with partisanship in America., Kevin C. Orr

Theses/Dissertations from 2020

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Social media and fear: social media as a catalyst for political fear in the United States., Shane R. White

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Portrait of modern pluralism: A practitioner's perspective on interest group politics and theory., Mary Ellen Wiederwohl

Theses/Dissertations from 2019

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Hybridity and political disorder : a mixed method approach to understanding the hybrid regime., Bryce Jamison Kleinsteuber

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Representation and restraint : cross-national analysis of fractionalization and state-building., David Lian

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Digital political information consumption and ambivalent political attitudes., Dane Ryan Warner

Theses/Dissertations from 2018

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Framing climate change as national security: a survey-experiment on climate change perceptions., Adam Lyons

Theses/Dissertations from 2017

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Examining the link between press freedom and politics., Megan Wollerton

Theses/Dissertations from 2016

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The evolution and analysis of legal protection for medical conscientious objectors., John Peter Hill

Theses/Dissertations from 2015

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An electronic theory of democracy : house members on their computers., Doug Murdoch

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Contentious spaces : a comparative analysis of Latin American resistance campaigns, 1956-2006., Sean Lee Welch

Theses/Dissertations from 2014

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Girls with guns : the disarmament and demobilization of female ex-combatants in Africa., Emily Katherine Maiden

Theses/Dissertations from 2013

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The ultimate sacrifice : a comparative study of self-immolation as a tactic of political protest in India and South Korea., Sean Goff

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EU policy in Belarus : prospects for democratization., Jessie-Leigh O'Leary Thomas

Theses/Dissertations from 2012

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The budget gap : gender discrimination in the U.S. federal budget process, 1962-2011., Kevin Fahey

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Ethnocentric frames across race : the media's role in activating ethnocentrism and public support for conflict abroad., Christopher William Ledford

Theses/Dissertations from 2011

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Three revolutions : a comparative study of democratization and youth movements in the post-Soviet sphere., Christy Lynn Rhodes

Theses/Dissertations from 2010

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Politically divided : a comparative analysis of German right-wing extremist voter support., Carolyn Marie Morgan

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Do sovereign wealth funds mitigate authoritarian rule?: a statistical analysis of sovereign wealth funds and the resource curse., G. Jason Smith

Theses/Dissertations from 2009

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Would you like to talk? : the impact of media and interpersonal communication on knowledge about candidates and likelihood of voting., Donna M. Elkins 1968-

Theses/Dissertations from 2008

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Congress, framing, media and bankruptcy reform, 1997-2005., Dollie Jane Greenwell 1984-

Theses/Dissertations from 2007

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Transnational advocacy networks in the international system : lessons from Ecuador., Isabella Marie Christensen 1977-

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Ambiguity and triangles : United States policy and action during the referendum crisis of 2003-4., William David Frost 1982-

Theses/Dissertations from 2005

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The process of the enlargement of the Russian regions : economic balancing or landmark of "Kremlinization"?, Igor Yurievich Danchenko

Theses/Dissertations from 1981

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The Louisville (Kentucky) Democratic Party : political times of "Miss Lennie" McLaughlin., Carolyn Luckett Denning 1943-

Theses/Dissertations from 1942

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Tuberculosis in Louisville and Jefferson County., Anna J. Haines

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A study of apportionment in Indiana., Stannard Kinneth Short 1911-1977

Theses/Dissertations from 1941

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Pan American solidarity, 1932-1940., Morton M. Grodzins

Theses/Dissertations from 1932

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An interpretation of the Franco-German relations from Versailles to Locarno., John Paul Keith