Faculty of Human, Social, and Political Science: Recent submissions
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Making Futures, Making Selves: The Future-Oriented Subject in Eco-Political Documentary Films
The core interest of this dissertation is the constitution of the future-oriented subject in eco-political documentary films. While the genre of feature-length eco-political documentaries has been proliferating since Al ... -
Internal Migration in China: New Perspectives on Family Life
Over the past half-century, China has witnessed the largest internal migration in history, with millions of predominantly rural workers moving to become part of the urban workforce. The hukou household registration system ... -
Jeremy Bentham's Theory of Representative Democracy
There is a renewed interest in the concept of representation and its relationship to democracy, both in political theory and the history of political thought. Yet, despite the fact that he is one of the few thinkers to ... -
Essays on the Political Economy of Democratization and Democratic Backsliding
This four-paper dissertation addresses three fundamental questions in the political economy of democracy. First, does economic development cause democratization? Second, to what extent are citizens willing to defend democracy ...