This work tackles the problem of how to promote security sector reform (SSR) progress in states transitioning to democracy – and extremely important goal (given SSR’s connection to long-term stability as well as the well-being of ordinary citizens) that is unfortunately attempte…
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There is a significant lack of research on veterans’ reintegration into civilian life, especially after the recent conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq wars, concerning identity loss and crisis from transition. The purpose of this project, which includes the film Keep Fighting, is …
With the exit of US combat troops from Iraq in 2011 and the subsequent drawdown of forces in Afghanistan, much public attention became focused on the reintegration of veterans of these wars into all aspects of civilian life. Record numbers of returning veterans enrolled in highe…
With an active war ongoing for nearly thirteen years, the nation has been experiencing hundreds of thousands of returning solders as a result of the military drawdown of troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. The intent of this research study was to understand the effectiveness of un…
This study examined the way a juvenile detention center and local feeder high schools worked in conjunction with each other to educate students that are incarcerated and then transition back to their home school. The goal of this study was to determine the adequacy of the transi…
This study explored the inter-relatedness among identity, faith, trauma and loss, and re-negotiating self-understanding in a new geographical location. Seven Christian women from the Oromo cultural group of Ethiopia were interviewed. The taped interviews were transcribed and ana…
The thesis compares the period of transition to democracy in Portugal and Iran after the collapse of the authoritarian regimes through revolutions in 1974 in Portugal and 1979 in Iran. Despite the similarities the cases share, the outcome of the transition in Portugal was a poli…
In longitudinal studies one may observe the repeated observation of outcome and prognostic factors over time. The study of a subject over time may show changes from one outcome state to another, and the histories of a group of individuals may include the partially censored data.…
Many research studies have been conducted in Arab countries to examine the difficulties that Arab students encounter in learning English writing. Unfortunately, not much of that scholarship deals with the challenges that these second language learners face when they pursue degre…
This dissertation examines problems with anger and violence among United States Military Service Members. In the first chapter, I review the literature on anger and aggression among veterans. Several studies have found associations between anger and posttraumatic stress disorder…
This qualitative phenomenological study was designed to investigate the transition of military veterans who served overseas during the Iraq and Afghanistan campaigns into community college by discerning the situational factors, personal qualities, academic and social services, a…
This dissertation examines the Congress for Cultural Freedom's activities in Africa from 1958 until the organization's demise in 1967. During the Cold War, U.S. policymakers attempted to use the cultural realm to gain the support of intellectuals in their ideological war with th…
On August 1, 2009, a radically different and more financially generous GI Bill, the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008, took effect, with potential implication for institutions of higher education (Radford, 2009). In conjunction with expanded education benefit…
The dissertation documented the degree of Turkey's involvement in the promotion of democracy in the Arab Middle East (ME). Initially, I investigated why and under what conditions Turkey promotes democracy in the ME, and then I explained strategies through which Turkey promotes d…
The objective of this study is to evaluate claims made by some scholars that there is a significant correlation between certain cultural norms of a given society and that society's propensity towards democratic governance. I will attempt to show that this is in fact a viable, th…
In states undergoing a transition to democracy, the success of ideological political parties can vary significantly from one election to the next. Examining Jordan, this dissertation offers a partial explanation--institutionally defined mobilization--for differences in electoral…
The Ministry of Health (MOH) in the Sultanate of Oman established its own health professions education institutes to develop human resources for health services in the country. These institutes offer professional training in nursing as well as allied health disciplines. As a ste…
This thesis is an interpretation of the evolution of Wittgenstein's view of language. I distinguish three main phases in this evolution according to what Wittgenstein considers to be the basis of the distinction between correct and incorrect uses of language, between sense and n…
This dissertation examines the dismantling of socialism and the resulting conflict in Yugoslavia from a gender perspective. It explores the experiences of women in the process of the violent nation-state building in the region, and how their lives and status were affected. The r…