Theses - Politics and International Studies
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Sowing the Seeds of Soviet Decline: Zbigniew Brzezinski and the Carter Administration: 1977-1981
(2020-03-01)This dissertation endeavours to demonstrate that Zbigniew Brzezinski and the Carter administration in which he served helped to end the Cold War. It examines Brzezinski’s career prior to the Carter years and looks at the ... -
The Success & Failure of Right-Wing Populist Parties in the Benelux
(2019-11-30)This thesis investigates the variation in the electoral performances of right-wing populist parties in the Benelux region (i.e. Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg). Despite numerous historical and political commonalities, ... -
In Search of the Constitution: How the Constitution Generated the Public Power in South Korea (1963-1979)
(2019-10-26)This study challenges the positivist view of the Korean Constitution, which sees it merely as an assemblage of rules and statutes defining its citizens’ status and setting out codes of conduct for the government, or mapping ... -
Masculinities and Femininities: Romance and Authenticity on American Dating Apps
(2016-10-22)The phenomenon of dating apps like Tinder, Bumble, and Grindr display the way image-based technologies allow for a new visual literacy. This study investigates how the experience of using dating applications (apps) related ...
