During most of the 20 th century, immigration to the United States had slowed considerably. When the United States changed to the immigration policy of family reunification in 1965, the source of immigrants shifted from Europe to South America, Central America, and Asia. With th…
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The goal of this thesis is to understand and measure strategic behavior in proportional representation systems. Chapter one provides an empirical strategy to quantify strategic voting in such systems. Using pre-electoral survey data, it measures the degree of strategic voting in…
The central question of this thesis is whether historical experiences of violence shape the political culture and political behavior in an area following civil conflict. I specifically consider whether density of violence during conflict affects the development of support for no…
The roles of the various aspects of religion have been examined regarding political thinking, ideology and the political participation of Americans including minority groups such as African Americans, Latinos, and Asians. However, little is known about the effects of Islamic rel…
I present a series of essays examining the industrial organization of media industries, and these industries' broader social and political impact. The first chapter develops new methods for analyzing the impact of new goods in the presence of possible complementarities, and appl…
I argue that party competition in legislative elections is partly a function of presidential elections. Previous research on spatial competition has assumed that parties are competing in parliamentary regimes, where the only election of concern for parties and voters is the legi…
For decades, feminists in the United States have argued that U.S. domestic and foreign policy would be different if more women served in Congress. This dissertation address two central questions. One, does female representation make a difference? And, two, does female representa…
This study explored the problem of introducing the innovation of Electronic Voting to potential users. There were two components in this innovation: (a) changing the voting technology by using an electronic machine; and (b) changing the voting procedure to the less-traditional v…
The aim of this thesis is to overcome the simplistic idea of homo economicus, by exploring the voting behaviour of heterogeneous agents whose actions are also influenced by their view of social justice and altruism. The thesis consists of four essays which explore the role of no…
This dissertation situates the study of formal political institutions in the context of communal diversity and dual citizenship in sub-Saharan Africa through an examination of ethnic federalism in Ethiopia. The focus of analysis is the use of socio-political institutions for the…
This thesis examined whether party identity (ID), or the ideological score assigned by Americans for Democratic Action (ADA), was a better predictor of roll-call voting on Iraq War legislation during the 110th Congress in 2007. Party ID and ADA scores were separately correlated …
This dissertation is a study of the political behavior of Arab Americans based on the Detroit Arab American Study of 2003. It examines the dependent variables of voting, writing to politicians and donating money to political campaigns. The independent variables include two socio…
This doctoral dissertation examines how socio-economic factors have influenced party support and party competition under the New Order government in Indonesia. It describes trends in party alignments and competition over time and shows the extent to which the general/comparative…
In the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama established social media as an essential part of the campaign toolbox. Twitter, a widely-used social media site, provides a means of creating virtual communities that can instantly send messages and move "followers" to action. This…
Government policy has a profound impact on many aspects of individual people's lives, limiting, expanding, or changing the choices available to them. My dissertation examines how individuals respond to policy changes through behavioral adaptation and political participation. Pol…
This dissertation explores the relationship between public policy, demographic change, and politics. It is split between three papers, each exploring a different question on these topics. The first paper examines the impact that electoral systems have on minority representation …
My dissertation explores how the introduction of electronic voting technologies (EVTs) has reshaped electoral democracy in India and the United States. Through archival research, patent analysis, interviews, and discourse analysis, I examine how EVT’s technical features, public …
There has been substantial literature concerning the effect the Republican southern strategy had on the Southern voting realignment following the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. This literature has singularly focused on the role of race issues as a wedge disrupting the Sou…