This dissertation investigates how discourses and practices of political spirituality contributed to forming an idea of México as a national entity in the early nineteenth century. During the struggles for Novohispanic Independence from 1810 to 1821, there was little consensus o…
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This dissertation examines the emergence of Nigerian artistic modernism during the decade of political independence, between 1957 and 1967. By focusing on the work of a generation of artists, particularly a group of young artists whose careers began while students at the Nigeria…
In 1975, the Vietminh (term used to denote North Vietnamese who held Communist sympathies) won their crusade to unite North Vietnam with the South. It was as much a Civil War as a war of resistance against foreign invasion. In order to understand how the Communist Vietminh won, …
In 1991, independent Ukraine entered the international system of states with many drawbacks: in addition to lacking the legitimacy provided by prolonged periods of sovereignty, Ukraine suffered from economic over-dependence on Russia and was weakened by internal political and so…
The end of World War II led to the progressive formation of nations and states in Southeast Asia as their peoples disengaged from former Western and Eastern colonizers. Geographical boundaries and historical narratives were redrawn and created as indigenous groups in the various…
This dissertation asserts that institutions indigenous to the African diaspora facilitate transnational exchanges between black social movements by encouraging organizations and activists to identify with each other across national boundaries. Using the research methods of conte…
This dissertation explores the construction of the post-communist political imaginary as an attempt to translate the vagaries of liberal democracy in to the certainties of post-Soviet epistemology. The ambiguities of the political are refracted through the "independent Republic …
Joaquín de Arredondo was the most powerful and influential person in northeastern New Spain from 1811 to 1821. His rise to prominence began in 1811 when the Spanish military officer and a small royalist army suppressed Miguel Hidalgo’s revolution in the province of Nuevo Santand…
This dissertation aims build a theory of regional power politics under unipolarity that explains the second-tier states' security problematique from the perspective of these states. In doing so, it answers two interrelated questions: 1) What is the security goal of regional powe…
A firm’s participation in cartel depends upon the potential problems that may arise due to price fixing and the incentives provided to the management. The top levels of management such as the board of directors and the CEO are responsible for deciding if the firm will participat…
Based upon various sources available in the Public Record Office (London), Singapore, Malaysia and America, this work attempts to understand the development of Malay national awareness toward the attainment of Malaya's independence from the 1920s to 1948. The central purpose is …
Communism is not only treated as a past phenomenon in Malaysia but it is considered so benign that its government recently restored several underground tunnels and caves at the Malaysia-Thai border as a museum project for tourist consumption. Seen in this manner, communism in Ma…
Although emotional intelligence research continues to increase across various industries and business contexts, relatively little research on emotional intelligence has occurred within the faith-based non-profit sector. The lack of research is noticeable as it relates to clergy …
Many scholars have sought to explain the patterns of success and failure among fringe parties which seek to increase their initially limited political influence, but prevailing explanations do not fully consider the parties themselves as institutions that can generate change. Ba…
This research investigated the impact of Boko Haram insurgency on the Nigerian Cameroun relations to ascertain whether it had improved, worsened or remained the same, as the insurgency created socio-economic crisis, such as poverty, low level of education, as well as religious i…
The thesis examines the role of the North Carolina press in shaping opinions about Cuba during the period from 1868-1902. Local newspapers reported on events in Cuba and U.S. government actions regarding the island. At the same time, editorials argued for or against particular p…
During the Rwandan genocide, Hutu targeted Tutsi and allies. Interpreting this complex event requires examining the late 1950s. Analyzing Tutsi and Hutu in central Rwanda in 1957 improves understanding of political and social context preceding the genocide. This study rejects th…