Why do some citizens pursue civic engagement after exposure to violence while others retreat from civic life? Existing theories point toward the trauma of victimization. …
Under what conditions do governments in weakly institutionalized new democracies implement programmatic social policies that provide benefits to excluded citizens? Can the successful implementation of …
Drawing on resources in religious studies, Black studies, and political theory, the dissertation is a study of W.E.B. Du Bois’s critical theoretical response to the …
Alain Locke, the “Dean” of the Harlem Renaissance, is widely remembered today as a cultural figure rather than a political thinker. This dissertation aims to …
Why have people across the world turned towards populist politics? What are the impacts of populism on democracy? In contrast to typical top-down explanations for …
