Although scholars have devoted substantial attention to Armenian revolutionary movements, the treatment of the subject of relations between various Armenian organizations and the Young Turks and their leaders, both individually or through various institutions, have received tang…
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The main objective of this body of work is to define and delineate radical activity in Scotland and Ireland c. 1760-1789 and through this to assess the nature and construction of the contemporary British identity. In their various campaigns Scottish and Irish radicals held the r…
Since 1997, the UK constitution has undergone a transformation. This has since become a rolling process which shows little sign of abating. However, some of this constitutional change has been criticised for being rushed, piecemeal and with little consideration of the broader co…
The creation of devolved institutions in Scotland and Wales in 1999 provided nationalist parties in both the opportunity to act within an institution solely within their nation’s territorial boundaries. In 2007, they entered government for the first time. In so doing, the Scotti…
This thesis is a critical examination of the discursive construction of hunger using Ethiopia’s 1955, 1987, 1994 constitutions. The focus is on whether there is a match or mismatch between constitutional mandate and the level of hunger as well as the related government response …
The nation-state’s struggle with liberal individualism on the one hand and the recognition of group rights on the other is well documented in the literatures on constitutionalism, constitution-making, comparative politics and racial/ethnic relations. However, the manner in which…
Speech exists as a weapon in our increasingly networked world today. Every day there is a new case where a dissident spoke out against a repressive regime and disappeared; an Olympic athlete `Tweeted' a racial slur and lost their ability to compete; or a traveler made a joke on …
Over the last three decades, Oman has emerged as a center of political and economic stability in the Arab world, a stability which is an essential ingredient for any country to develop and flourish. Whereas democracy and public freedoms are at the core of stability in other part…
This dissertation provides the first critical account of modernism as a constitutional culture. I explore how key Anglophone modernists responded to the emergence of federal governance as a national norm and international ideal, with particular focus on the movement for British …
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has always been an apocalyptic religion since its founding in 1830. Yet, Mormons have never sat idly by waiting for Christ to return. Rather, the leadership and the laity developed a nationalistic eschatology that required particip…
Constitutions have a history of authorizing their own undoing. Nearly every modern democratic constitution contains within it the power to suspend the normal constitutional order in the event of a security crisis defined as a 'State of Emergency.' This dissertation focuses on th…
The Arab Spring, the military coup in Egypt and the Taliban insurgency in Pakistan and Afghanistan have once again highlighted the political stakes of incorporating Islam within a constitution. Many constitutions in the Muslim world include clauses that recognize the Islamic cha…
Debates about the relation between cinema and nation have existed since the early years of cinema's invention. Film scholars have sought to identify theoretical frameworks for the concept of national cinema, and presumed or discussed national distinctiveness of films. However, g…