Government and International Relations: Recent submissions
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Ministerial Advisers: How Ministers Shape Their Conduct – A Study of Ministers and Advisers in the Rudd Government
Published 2012Ministerial advisers have become part of the standard advisory arrangements in Westminster governments, yet there is disagreement about their roles and behaviour. In Australia, some academic work has considered their ...Open AccessThesis -
Taiwan’s Changing Economic Policymaking towards China:
Published 2012-01-01The central question this thesis seeks to answer is: why has there been a change in Taiwan’s economic policymaking towards China since the 1990s. The study looks at this changing relationship through the lenses of two ...Open AccessThesis -
The Banality of Arcadia
Published 2012-01-01Flags are highly valued – flown at sporting events, in war and even placed on the moon – but, nevertheless, are under-researched as symbolic devices. This thesis employs and extends Michael Billig’s Banal Nationalism theory ...Open AccessThesis -
The Harm of a Label: The effect of Party Affiliation upon Criminal Sentencing in the United States
Published 2012-01-01This thesis examines why sentencing disparity between partisan elected and non-partisan elected judiciaries exists. I contend that partisan elected judiciaries produce harsher sentences. The theoretical reasoning provided, ...Open AccessThesis -
Identity and Interests: Understanding the Meltdown in Israeli-Turkish Relations 2002-2012
Published 2012-01-01The recent deterioration of the strong bilateral alliance between Israel and Turkey has significant affects on the balance of power within the Middle East. As such, it is important that scholars determine why this meltdown ...Open AccessThesis