The Watson School of International and Public Affairs Theses and Dissertations

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Prosecutorial Decision Making in Domestic Violence Cases: A comparative analysis of enforcement systems

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Description:: Despite significant reforms in the 1960s, domestic violence remains a serious cause of injury and financial insecurity for American women. Scholars have proposed two reforms …
Year:: 2022
Contributor:: Hodges, Claire L. (creator); Levitas, Anthony (thesis advisor); Schiller, Wendy (reader); Gabinet, Arthur (reader); Brown University. Public Policy (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: New Mexico; Intimate partner violence; Women--Violence against; Women's rights; Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (United States); Family violence; Women--Violence against--Government policy; Women--Violence against--Prevention; Prosecution; Women--Crimes against; Victims of crimes; Victim; Prosecutor
Language:: English
Collection:: Public Policy; Theses and Dissertations

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SACRED DISRUPTION: PROTEST MOVEMENTS AND SECULARISM UNDER THE IRANIAN THEOCRACY

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Description:: How do protest movements interact with secularism in theocratic countries? What role do they play in the broader process of secularization? Through an in-depth analysis …
Year:: 2025
Contributor:: Michela Giovanna Alioto-Pier (creator); Polatty, David (thesis advisor); Babadi, Mehrdad (reader); Brown University. International and Public Affairs (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Islam; Resistance; Secularism; Protests; Identity; Theocracy
Language:: English
Collection:: The Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs; Theses and Dissertations; International and Public Affairs

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School Choice, Self-Sorting, and the Pursuit of Equitable Education in Portland, Maine

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Description:: School choice has a long and checkered history in American education policy. This thesis examines the effects of school choice and self-sorting in a progressive …
Year:: 2024
Contributor:: Pierce, Siri A. (creator); Levitas, Anthony (thesis advisor); Flores, Andrea (reader); Brown University. Public Policy (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Race relations; School choice; School integration; education policy; Maine--Portland
Language:: English
Collection:: The Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs; Theses and Dissertations

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Silos and Status Quo: An Analysis of State Takeover Associated Spillover Effects in the Early Childhood Education and Care Sector

Description:: This thesis asks whether, and by what mechanisms if so, the publicly funded early childhood education and care sector (ECEC) experiences spillover effects following the …
Year:: 2024
Contributor:: Brinson, Emory R. (creator); Moffitt, Susan (thesis advisor); Collins, Jonathan (reader); Brown University. International and Public Affairs (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Rhode Island Hospital; Rhode Island; Education, Preschool; Education Reform
Language:: English
Collection:: International and Public Affairs; Theses and Dissertations; The Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs

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Thank God for Mississippi: How Science of Reading Laws Diffused in Three States

Description:: Mississippi sits near the bottom of most educational performance measures, ranking among the lowest average ACT scores, per pupil spending, and graduation rates of any …
Year:: 2025
Contributor:: Barakett, Elysee (creator); Pangborn, Nicole (thesis advisor); Moffitt, Susan (reader); Arnzen, Cameron (reader); Brown University. International and Public Affairs (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Literacy; Reading; policy diffusion; science of reading; education governance; Common Core State Standards (Education); No Child Left Inside (Initiative)
Language:: English
Collection:: The Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs; Theses and Dissertations; International and Public Affairs

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The Dismissal: An Analysis of the Democratic Effects of Removal from a Jury Box

Description:: Alexis de Tocqueville famously asserted that the American jury system acts a pathway for ordinary citizens to participate in democratic systems beyond the judiciary. While …
Year:: 2019
Contributor:: Crawford, Kendall (creator); Cheit, Ross (First reader); Weir, Margaret (Second reader); Testa, Paul (Third reader); Brown University. Public Policy (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Jury
Language:: English
Collection:: Public Policy; Theses and Dissertations

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The Failure of the Responsibility to Protect to Address Forced Displacement: Humanitarian in Principle or in Practice?

Description:: In 2005, UN member states passed the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine, which reoriented humanitarian intervention from states' right to intervene to a population's right …
Year:: 2023
Contributor:: Goldenberg, Katie (creator); Levitas, Anthony (thesis advisor); Tannenwald, Nina (reader); Polatty, David (reader); Brown University. International and Public Affairs (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Refugees; Forced migration; Responsibility to protect (International law); Humanitarian intervention; Libya; kosovo
Language:: English
Collection:: The Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs; Theses and Dissertations; International and Public Affairs

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The Impact of Armed Conflict and Its Consequences on Women's Migration Decisions: The Guatemalan Civil War and Peru's Internal Armed Conflict

Description:: How does armed conflict and its consequences impact the migration decisions of women? Existing migration theories have various focuses and flaws that make them inadequate …
Year:: 2023
Contributor:: Carbajal, Abigail Shaska (creator); Elliot, Claudia (thesis advisor); Kinzer, Stephen (reader); Valdiviezo Arista, Luis Martin (reader); Brown University. International Relations (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Refugees; Women; Terrorism; Immigration Studies; War; Peru; Migration; Forced migration; asylum seekers; Guatemala; Guatemalan Civil War (Guatemala : 1960-1996); Internally displaced persons; Guerrillas; Sendero Luminoso (Guerrilla group); Peruvian
Language:: English
Collection:: International and Public Affairs; Theses and Dissertations; The Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs

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The New Politics of the Minimum Wage: The Ballot Measure and Preemption

Description:: The federal minimum wage has not risen since 2009, marking the longest period without a federal minimum wage increase since its creation in 1938. As …
Year:: 2020
Contributor:: Charnov, Brandon C. (creator); Armstrong, Benjamin (First reader); Arenberg, Richard (Second reader); Brown University. Public Policy (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Minimum wage; Referendum; Pre-emption; Wages--U.S. states
Language:: English
Collection:: Public Policy; Theses and Dissertations

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The Politics of Addiction and Recovery in Rhode Island: A Legislative Analysis of the Harm Reduction Center Pilot Program of 2021

Description:: In 2021, Rhode Island became the first state to authorize the opening of harm reduction centers (HRCs), where illicit drugs can be used under medical …
Year:: 2024
Contributor:: Forys, William (creator); Hackey, Robert (thesis advisor); Bassett, Anya (reader); Brown University. International and Public Affairs (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Rhode Island; Opioid abuse--Treatment; Harm reduction; Substance Use Disorder; Health policy
Language:: English
Collection:: International and Public Affairs; Theses and Dissertations; The Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs

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THE SPECTER OF EMPIRE: Passportization and the Russian Imperial Project, 1991-2022

Description:: Russia has been involved in more armed interventions than any other country deemed a “competitor” of the United States, with nearly all of its actions …
Year:: 2025
Contributor:: Salaru, Daniel G. (creator); Levitas, Anthony (thesis advisor); Biziukova, Volha (reader); Brown University. International and Public Affairs (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Russia; Citizenship; Imperialism; Eastern Europe
Language:: English
Collection:: The Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs; Theses and Dissertations; International and Public Affairs

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The Uses and Abuses of Digital Personal Data: The Tech Industry vs. User Protection

Description:: With the increased usage of the internet, tech corporations have been able to collect personal data on users that they then use to their advantage. …
Year:: 2020
Contributor:: Saker, Isabella C. (creator); Levitas, Anthony (thesis advisor); Arenberg, Richard (reader); Hurley, Deborah (reader); Brown University. Public Policy (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Social media; Data protection; High technology industries; Internet--Access control--Government policy; Internet marketing
Language:: English
Collection:: Public Policy; Theses and Dissertations

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True to Their Roots or a New Shade of Green? The Evolution of the German Green Party's Position Toward NATO (1980-1999)

Description:: This thesis asks what caused the German Green Party to alter its founding opposition to NATO in the late 1990s. Existing theories of party behavior—which …
Year:: 2023
Contributor:: Brown, Erik J (creator); Ziegler, J. Nicholas (thesis advisor); Blyth, Mark (reader); Brown University. International Relations (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Germany; Grünen (Political party); North Atlantic Treaty Organization; Political parties
Language:: English
Collection:: International and Public Affairs; Theses and Dissertations; The Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs

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WHEN THE COMPLACENT GIANT STIRS: Revisiting Hegemonic Behavior During Instability in the Global World Order

Description:: To what extent does hegemonic behavior in peripheral areas change during times of instability in the global world order? The United States has sought to …
Year:: 2024
Contributor:: Yee-Wadsworth, Sofia L. (creator); Goldstein, Lyle J. (thesis advisor); Pauly, Reid B.C. (reader); Elliott, Claudia J. (reader); Brown University. Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: China; Hegemony; Periphery; Interstate Competition; Brinkmanship
Language:: English
Collection:: International and Public Affairs; Theses and Dissertations; The Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs

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