Political Science Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations from the Department of Political Science, collected from the Scholarship@Western Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Justice and Meaningful Work, Caleb Althorpe
NATO Cyber Defence, 2000-2022, Ryan J. Atkinson
Beyond Recognition: The Significance of External Legitimacy for De Facto States in the Global Arena, Megan K. Payler Ms
The Populist Radical Right in the United States: Lessons from Europe, Jeremy C. Roberts
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Policy Momentum and Transgender Policy Inclusion: Explaining National Policy Change, Nicole McMahon
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
How can Local Transitional Justice Mechanisms Work Towards Measures of Non-Recurrence?, Isaac Bayor
Explaining the Origins and Evolution of the Global Financial Inclusion Agenda, Tyler Girard
The Problems Facing the International Criminal Court: African Perspectives, Sarah Nimigan
The Social Identity Approach to Leadership: The Case of Alberta, Samuel Routley
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Exhuming norms: Examining the influence of international norms on the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains in Northern Ireland, Tamara Kathleen Hinan
The Goldstone Commission in South Africa’s Transition: Linking Gradual Institutional Change and Information-Gathering Institutions, Tammy Lambert
NATO's Security Sector Reform in Afghanistan, Sakhi Naimpoor
Indigenous Land Claims and Reconciliation: The Importance of Land and Relationship Between Indigenous Nations and the Government of Canada, Joy S. Spear Chief-Morris
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Frontiers of Care, Thomas E. Randall
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Leading Canada's Cities? A Study of Urban Mayors, Kate Graham
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Branding in the Liberal Party of Canada from 2006 to 2015, Elisha M. Corbett
Historical Institutionalism and the Politics of a Knowledge Economy, Michael Dietrich
Prime Ministers and Public Expectations: A Study of Institutional Change, Kenny William Ie
David Miller's Nationalism: A Critique, Ali Can Seven
Dealing with Disagreement: Towards a Conception of Feasible Compromise, Friderike Marta Gabriela Spang
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Doing Justice to Justice? Entanglements with Hegemony and Transitional Justice, Surer Q. Mohamed
Atlantic Drift: Supranational and American Think-Tanks in Comparison, Christopher James Rastrick
Republican Nationalism: Nations, Cultures, and Politics, Bojan Ratkovic
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and Crown-Aboriginal Relations, Timothy E.M. Vine
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Should Voters Decide? Exploring Successes, Failures and Effects of Electoral Reform, Nicholas J. Caruana
Explaining the Evolution of the Arctic Council, Andrew Chater
The Origins and Evolution of De Facto States: Implications for Iraqi Kurdistan, Zheger Hassan
The Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Healing, Reconciliation, Resolution?, Jessica K. Howsam
Explaining the Establishment of the Independent Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Laszlo Sarkany
Municipal Associations, Membership Composition, and Interest Representation in Local-Provincial Relations, Alison Katherine Shott
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Theorizing 'Transitional Justice', David Anton Hoogenboom
Structural Variation and Local Service Delivery: Comparing Municipal Governments and Special Purpose Bodies, Joseph R. Lyons
Rooted Cosmopolitanism, Robert Maciel
Canada and the 2001 United Nations World Conference against Racism, Steven J. Seligman
Authority Migration and Accountability in Canadian Type II Multilevel Governance, Robert W. Waterman
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Fluid Identities: Toward a Critical Security of Water, Cameron Harrington
The quest for territorial autonomy: Mapuche political identities under neoliberal multiculturalism in Argentina, Lucas Savino
Regional Organization and the Dynamics of Inter-Municipal Cooperation, Zachary Spicer
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Little Liberals: A Child-Centred Approach to the Inculcation of Values, Alison M. Braley-Rattai
Policy Implications of the Financial Crisis and Recession: Canadian Performance in Comparison, Michael W. Carfagnini
Democratic Opposition Parties and Democratic Outcomes in Hybrid Regimes, Jeremy M. Ladd
When voters decide: Causes, correlates and effects of the time-of-voting-decision, Robert M J McGregor
An Institutional Explanation of the Formation of Intergovernmental Agreements in Federal Systems, Jeffrey T. Parker
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Rethinking Justice in Transitional Justice: An Examination of the Mãori Conception and Customary Mechanism of Justice, Stephanie Vieille