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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 ...
Injustice in Healthcare: A Navajo Case Study
Significant health inequalities exist between the Navajo tribe and the US population as a whole and are worsening over time. I argue that while these health issues are concerning, there are also larger systemic issues ...
Citizens United v. FEC, Freedom of Speech, and the Community Economic Development Movement
The United States Supreme Court decision Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 130 S.Ct. 876 (2009) caused controversy among commentators, but the practical fallout from the decision remains unclear. In a 5-4 ...
Inclusion in Privilege: Increasing Emphasis on Savings to Promote Capabilities for All
Defining poverty as lowness of income dominates anti-poverty efforts in America and averts attention away from schemes that promote capabilities that cumulate to build a minimally dignified life. Meanwhile, the emphasis ...
[HIV Treatment and Prevention for Indigent Patients]
Over the last ten years, advances in HIV treatment and better prevention programs have greatly slowed the rate of deaths for infected people; however, these advances have not been made widely available. This paper looks ...
The Media's Voice When There Was No Other: Newspaper Coverage of the Argentine Dirty War
The period of state sponsored violence, known as the dirty war (guerra sucia), from 1976-1983 marked the disappearances, tortures and ultimately murders of an estimated 18,000 to 30,000 victims in Argentina. Throughout ...
The Jewish Diaspora in Argentina: An Evolving Identity
The Jewish Diaspora in Argentina is an altogether unique entity; a small but strong community that has developed a distinctive and evolving modern Judeo-Argentine identity in the face of persistent anti-Semitism, unsupportive ...
Homo Ferus, Terra Divisa: Representations of Space and Custom North of the Res Publica in the Historical Narratives of Polybius and Caesar (thesis)
Writers of diverse backgrounds within the classical tradition, whether composing histories of the Roman Republic or treatises on geography, all had something to say about the Celts, and in particular the Gauls, a group of ...
Germany's Free Democrats: Party Development and Post-Reunification Challenges (thesis)
The increased fragmentation of the German party system is not a crisis, although the Volksparteien may see it as such, but rather a symptom of the parties' failure to represent and serve German voters. The FDP attempted ...