This dissertation answers the question of whether or not democracies can win counterinsurgency conflicts. This is done first through an analysis of the arguments made by those who claim that democracies are uniquely incapable of doing so due to various limitations imposed by pub…
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To contribute to a better understanding of conditions that affect the development of democracy in the Arab-Islamic world this study focuses on Jordan. It identifies and assesses a number of internal and external factors that have contributed to or inhibited the course of democra…
AimsThere are four very broad aims to the thesis.To assess whether new dimensions of democracy are emergingThe first aim is to ascertain whether and in what senses new dimensionsof democracy are emerging in Estonia.To explore whether there is a democratic shortfallThe second aim…
This thesis constitutes an inquiry into the relationship between civil society theory and democratic theory. It revolves around an investigation into, and comparison between, recent discourses on civil society originating from within diverse political contexts. This is in order …
This project is a genealogical analysis of democratic performance activism in the USA over the last century. By “democratic performance activism” I refer to those practices whereby artists use theatrical techniques to embody, inflect, or criticize the ideals and realities of Ame…
Since the end of the Cold War, international intervention efforts aimed at supporting democratic transition and post-conflict state-building have increased. These efforts have revealed the many challenges involved in these complex endeavors, and have also led to questions concer…
I argue in this dissertation that our North American educational institutions are obligated to formally attend to the inherent pervasiveness and complexities of rhetoric in preparing students to be fully-participating members of democratic society. The definition of rhetoric rel…