The purpose of this study was to expand the research concerning Illinois School Superintendents’ perceptions of the importance of understanding, responding to and influencing the political context of schools in Illinois. The overarching research question for this study asked: Wh…
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This dissertation is a comprehensive study of the influence of lobbying on the foreign policy of the United States. The Saudi Arabian lobbying effort to purchase the Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft from the United States in 1981 has been selected as a case s…
This study examines how Political Entrepreneurs in the United States Congress responded to human rights abuses in six countries during the 1970s and 1980s: Cambodia, El Salvador, South Africa, the Soviet Union, Taiwan, and Uganda. It presents a four-point model for approaching t…
This dissertation explores the intricate workings of power and interests in Turkey's bid to accede to the European Union. Anthropological studies of supranationalism and regional integration models accounted for the ways in which the growing regionalism in the world since the 19…
In much of the political science literature, lobbying is conceptualized as a strategic attempt to influence policy. Policy actors are seen as independent agents competing to achieve policy outcomes that closely resemble their preferences. This understanding of policymaking has a…
This dissertation addresses a basic question of nonviolent, state-society interaction in the developing world: under what conditions do nascent civil associations in non-democratic or semi-democratic contexts successfully lobby the state yet maintain their autonomy and avoid coo…
In political philosophy, power and responsibility are known to be two sides of the same coin. Yet surprisingly, corporate political power has not been strongly featured in the long-standing debate surrounding Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), despite the parallel debate on …
In 2014, European heads of state selected new targets for the EU as part of the 2030 climate and energy framework. The targets will guide the ambition and nature of EU policy in this area until 2030 and are likely to have important implications for Europe’s transition to a low-c…
This thesis studies attempts by Arab Gulf states to effectively lobby the US government. It explores aspects of their lobbying behaviour in order to identify the factors that lead to success and those that lead to failure from their lobbying endeavours. In this respect, the rese…
Society's concern over the negative impact of business activities on the natural environment has significantly increased and, as a result, environmental regulations have grown considerably both in number and scope. As these policies affect businesses and their competitive enviro…