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This research examines in general the process of normative change and nascent norm emergence in issue areas of global policy making through the convening of United Nations global conferences. A constructivist approach to international relations is utilized as the theoretical fra…

This dissertation examines the conceptualization, promotion and diffusion of the norm of population control at international and domestic levels, as well as adoption and implementation in Egypt. It also offers a critique of mainstream constructivism, an increasingly popular anal…

Ever since Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer proclaimed that "the answer lies not in pouring more troops into the jungle, but in the hearts and minds of the people," common wisdom suggests that the key to military victory in counterinsurgency is "winning hearts and minds." As int…

This research is concerned with the determinants of birth intervals in natural and controlled fertility populations. The paper identifies and discusses direct and indirect determinants of birth intervals. Single and multistate event history models are used in the statistical ana…

This thesis argues that while there are various contending notions of how a government can improve its chances of success in a small war, few strategies will be effective without the application of a comprehensive program of population control measures. For this study, small war…