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This study probes the linkages between the institutional framework of an economy and the outcome of financial liberalization. It argues that institutions and institutional quality are crucial to avoiding the crises often precipitated by financial liberalization. This issue is ex…

This study employs an institutional analysis and focuses on the concept of role to show that Assad did not emulate Sadat because he was constrained by Syria's self-assumed role of “bastion of Arabism.” According to the institutional perspective, institutions shape state action t…

Arab American and Muslim students’ population growth on campuses has been very rapid, which in turn has required comprehensive planning to accommodate the needs of this minority. Documented experiences of Arab American and Muslim students are underrepresented in research literat…

This dissertation provides three studies on the state’s treatment of noncitizens in the United States, focusing on two groups in particular: asylum seekers and farmworkers. Together, these three chapters probe decisionmaking in each branch of the government, with particular atte…