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Multi-Kulti or Mutti-Kulti: How the German Domestic Identity Discourse Shapes German Policy Towards Turkey (thesis)
The case study of Germany's resistance to Turkey's EU membership and its connection to the integration debate underscores the value of constructivism in explaining foreign policy decisions. The rhetoric of the ruling ... -
Multiple Solutions to the "problem of the window" : A Historiographic Approach to René Magritte's Paintings-Within-Paintings (thesis)
I intend to look at the historiography of interpretations of Magritte's Fair Captive series to find the strongest methodology for the series' specifically. Because Magritte returned to the Fair Captive theme so often ... -
Music in the Chaos: A Theoretical Analysis of Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony
My goal in undertaking this analytical thesis is to isolate the symphony and analyze it entirely self-referentially -- with no outside influences or specific vantage points from which to decode the work. This does not mean ... -
Musico-Poetic Synthesis in Nineteenth Century Melodies
It strikes one indeed as noteworthy that the periods of greatest achievements in French lyric poetry should coincide with the periods of high development in the French chanson. In the sixteenth century the inspired lyricism ... -
Muslim Assimilation in the United States: A Study of Religion and Immigration (thesis)
This project set out to better understand the extent to which Muslim assimilation, at the individual and organization levels, is occurring in the United States. The paper began with a theoretical discussion of types of ... -
The Muslim Brotherhood and Defining the Community: An Evolution from the Universal to the Particular (thesis)
The definition of the umma/(community) has evolved considerably over the existence of the Muslim Brotherhood. The evolution of this concept can be traced by following the ideological leadership of this organization from ... -
Mussolini: From Power to Puppet
Modern dlctatorthips frequently display an impressive exterior: the facade wilI be showy and the ramparts apparently impregnable. Within, however, the structure often conceals weakness and even rottenness. In these ... -
The Mystical Experience: A Re-Interpretation Through Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology of Embodiment (thesis)
Our bodies allow us to be in the world and form opinions about our experiences through perception and movement. However, this quality goes unnoticed by most because the body is considered a natural and normal part of ... -
The Myth of the Melting Pot: An Economic Analysis of Immigration Policy in the U.S.
My capstone examines the topic of Latino immigration through an economic analysis of immigration reform in the United States. As my main case study, I evaluate Proposition 187 from 1994 in California. I then look at three ... -
Narcoterrorism: The Growing Threat in Latin America
This paper will explore and analyze how Latin America and the Caribbean has been such a conducive environment for the growth of narcoterrorism historically, as well as investigate the new developing threat of Islamic ... -
Narrative Challenges to the Hero in Welsh Myth and Modern Fantasy
Given that these vast differences exist between the challenges the heroes face in the Welsh tales and the challenges the heroes face in the modern tales, it would almost seem impossible to find basis for a comparison of ... -
Narrowing the Achievement Gap in High Schools
On one hand, the education gap is a predictor of unimpressive future market and non-market outcomes. On the other hand, low-income and minority citizens are more likely to fall behind their wealthier peers. This creates a ... -
The National Housing Trust Fund: A Christian Ethical Defense
This paper argues that the National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF) effectively addresses the rental housing shortage for extremely low income (ELI) households and moreover, is compatible with Evangelical Christian moral arguments. ... -
The National School Lunch Program in Rockbridge County
Given the fact that 55 million US children between the ages 5 and 19 spend the majority of their days at school, the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) inherently has a significant role in determining the quality of our ... -
Natural Imagery Within Kate Chopin's Fiction
Throughout all of Kate Chopin's narratives, sketches, and novels, natural imagery serves as an expression of unconscious, emotional, and unadulterated feeling. Chopin utilizes the environment to illustrate her characters' ... -
Negative Discount Rates for Health Insurance
This paper measures the discount rate of health insurance by surveying. a sample of nearly 1,000 Washington and Lee alumni. We calculated the discount rate from a series of open-ended survey questions, eliminating some of ... -
Negotiating with the Enemy: Kennedy and the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Many scholars have examined the test ban. Several books were written shortly after its adoption, but they lack much of the documentary evidence that is now available. In 1981 Glenn Seaborg published one of the best accounts. ... -
Negro Disfranchisement in Georgia, 1898-1908
Any scholarly analysis of race relations inevitably becomes intertwined with subjective evaluations. Personal experience and considerable reading have taught me that the Negro, given equal opportunities, is fully the equal ... -
New Constraints on the Timing, Rate, and Style of Exhumation of the Wood Hills and Pequop Mountains, Elko County, Nevada (thesis)
In this study, zircon (U-Th)/He analysis is used to documents the timing, rate, and style of exhumation of the Wood Hills and Pequop Mountains, which are part of the Ruby Mountains-East Humboldt Range metamorphic core ...