Honors Theses

Parent: Department of Political Science

eScholarship stats: Breakdown by Item for February through May, 2025

ItemTitleTotal requestsDownloadView-only%Dnld
68m7r2r2How harmful is the political bias in ChatGPT?1721185468.6%
9sb8385hFrom Individual to Collective Memory: South Korea’s Gwangju Uprising142845859.2%
11w023xwExploring the Intersections of Group Consciousness, Denial of Racism, and Traditional Machismo: Implications in Contemporary Politics140865461.4%
52r4x4wxThe Spiral of Silence and UCLA Student Opinions on Transgender Student-Athletes117348329.1%
5p50w7tkFactors Contributing to the Rightward Shift in Israeli Politics: An Analysis of Rocket Fire, Intergroup Tensions, and Polarization114338128.9%
72g5t028Revanchism and Novorossiya: Russian Politics and Putin’s Changing Strategy107426539.3%
7ck8b58nInclusion and Exclusion in Immigration Rhetoric: Party and Ethnicity in the United States House of Representatives102317130.4%
69f2f2rxDefining and Explaining the Changes in the Sino-Russian Relationship Over the 75 Years Following the Formation of the PRC100613961.0%
45h6708dPrivatization, Technology, and the Transformation of Global Security: An Analysis of International Legal and Normative and Challenges98445444.9%
81h6f8f1Strategic Narratives Around Refugee Acceptance and Military Engagement: A Comparative Analysis of Responses to the Wars in Syria and Ukraine92464650.0%
77r6c71fTwitter Misinformation and Political Donations in the 2020 US Election:The Blue Canary in the Coal Mine91365539.6%
9sh9r7k1Thomas Skidmore’s Critique of John Locke’s Second Treatise: A Novel Theory of Express Consent and Early American Discourse on Intergenerational Equality916856.6%
2xt6c34cBeyond Individual Rights and Private Property: Understanding Lockean Liberty in American Constitutional Jurisprudence, 1937-202388256328.4%
0gg8h8mr‘ROBBERY OF THE MASSES’: NOVEL THEORIES OF PRIMITIVE ACCUMULATION IN THE WORKS OF WENTIEJUN AND QIN HUI78156319.2%
2r34x9rwThe Empire Strikes Back: Russian Troop Deployments in Eastern Europe Following the Cold War76245231.6%
96c4t2s0The Influence of Political Ideology on Carbon Emissions76304639.5%
4qq8h5jcThe Policing of the "Reserve Army": Economic Inequality and Police Killings69195027.5%
6gf188bqDo Changes to Early Voting Affect Turnout?68244435.3%
3246b8bvMajoritarian Interests and Non-Majoritarian Institutions: A Case Study of the Supreme Court and Public Opinion on Abortion67194828.4%
8477r641Rethinking Confucianism and constitutionalism: the political thought of John C.H. Wu (1899 - 1986)66204630.3%
4702q6g8Permission vs. Persuasion: To what extent did Donald Trump change minds, and to what extent did he legitimize action?65135220.0%
3439s7x3A New Age of Empire: China’s Growing Influence on the Continent of Africa and its Implications for Global Powers&nbsp;<em>A HISTORICAL AND TEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF CHINA’S ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL RELATIONSHIP WITH SOUTH AFRICA.</em>64234135.9%
2jq1d7qzIdentity Politics: The Effect of Affective Polarization on Americans’ Attitudes Toward&nbsp;Outparty-Stereotypical Groups62382461.3%
48b5z5drTransforming the Immigrant Identity:Looking at Linked-Fate in Racialized Immigration&nbsp;<em>Immigrant Communities in Los Angeles After 2016</em>60332755.0%
2sd01963The Transformative Ambitions of the Abraham Accords: Trust-Building Mechanisms as a Pathway to Regional Cooperation59372262.7%
0v85d288“Tu Luchá es Mi Luchá” (Your Fight is My Fight): Transgender Visibility and Latinx Solidarity”5775012.3%
8rn9k200Reassessing Leading Research on China-Africa&nbsp;Engagement in Light of a Weakening Economy56243242.9%
4k66v42nCritical Race Theory and Policy Dispositions: A Study of White College Students, Empathy, and Their Support for Progressive Policies5594616.4%
7mk0r4v5Does economic statecraft achieve foreign policy objectives? The case of stability and soft power in the Middle East.54282651.9%
6qv019j6Repression in the New Era52213140.4%
5mf96441The Tea Party &amp; Justice Democrats: A Tale of Two Factions503476.0%
0r385274Regimentation of the Musical Front: How the Soviet Government Used the Censorship of&nbsp;Music to Expand its Power&nbsp;48272156.3%
3j52h7hhFrom Prerequisites to Prosperity:&nbsp;Determinants of Successful Security Force Assistance Within Recipient States Fighting Non-State Actors48143429.2%
0g50m9t0From Online Feeds to Hostile Beliefs:&nbsp;The Effect of Social Media on Ideological Intolerance46212545.7%
0d00n6gmA Decisional Theory of U.S. Covert and Overt Intervention During the Cold War45162935.6%
5ks0d7hbThe Perils of Alliances <em>How International Coalitions Increase Conflict Propensity</em>43202346.5%
48c8w21pHow Black Lives Matter Protests Help or Hinder Black Candidacy42222052.4%
15f67201Representation in an Age of Partisanship: The Impact of Competition and Term Lengths on Congressional Polarization41162539.0%
368296q1The Decline of American Civil Religion: Liturgy in Thanksgiving Proclamations4163514.6%
17p18834The Determinants of Policy Representation: Evaluating the Role of Policy Type in the&nbsp;United States39152438.5%
1n34r8k5EXPLORING VARIATION ININFORMATIONAL FREEDOM AMONG AUTOCRACIES3792824.3%

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