This thesis analyzes modes of expression that form the “voice” of SCWANA (South, Central, West Asian, and North African) Jewish women. By expanding the definition of voice, my study engages with multiple modalities which ...

To address the issue of modernization in traditional societies, Samuel Huntington developed a theory he called the “king’s dilemma.” This theory argues that monarchies cannot maintain their absolute power and modernize ...

In 2011, an uprising gripped the small archipelago of Bahrain, located in the Persian Gulf, as part of the wider series of contentious politics known popularly as the “Arab Spring.” Started by the 14 February Youth Coalition, ...

This research addresses the questions, how, why, and when does language become a catalyst for intrastate conflict? I approach language not simply as one dimension of complex ethnic conflicts, but as a specific catalyst for ...

On July 15, 2010, Argentina became the first Latin American country and only the tenth nation worldwide to legalize same-sex marriage at the national level. Situated in a region known for the influence of Catholicism, the ...

This thesis explores how democracies turn illiberal through the hijack of civil society by radicalism. Civil society, typically considered a promoter of liberal and democratic values, turns dark, hateful and violent depending ...