Habilitationsschrift--Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, 1976/77. / Includes indexes. Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-249).

Thesis (Th. M.)--Dallas Theological Seminary, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [75]-80).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1974. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record.

Thesis (Th. M.)--Dallas Theological Seminary, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 51-53).

Thesis (Th. M.)--Dallas Theological Seminary, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 51-53).

Thesis (M.A.)--Catholic Theological Union, 1976. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 108-113).

Thesis (M.A.)--Harding University Graduate School of Religion, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 204-224).

Election fraud is a serious problem in a number of modern democracies. While election observers can combat this problem to some extent, election forensics aims to provide a low-cost supplement. Forensic tools uncover irregular patterns in aggregate election data which are consistent with fraud. This dissertation improves upon existing tools and establishes methods of controlling for other factors which could cause irregular patterns. These tools are utilized in three cases studies in an effort to better understand the nature of election fraud.

In recent years, an explosion of populist movements has led some scholars to conceptualise them as part of a larger global “populist wave”. This phenomenon of populist upsurges has spread throughout much of the Europe and North America, manifesting as movements and parties that share similar styles of language and rhetoric but diverge greatly across the left/right political spectrum. Despite large scale populist victories in other states, Canadian politics has displayed a distinct absence of any powerful national populist parties or movements. However, some researchers note nascent populist elements in Canada’s current political sphere both regionally and nationally. This thesis attempts to answer the question to what extent populist influence may have already penetrated the politics of Canada’s major parties and to whether left-or right-wing variations of populism have been employed to a greater degree. This research employs a mixed method content analysis of each of Canada’s major parties’ electoral manifestos from the last three federal elections. It measures the frequency and intensity of the use of both left and right populist language and rhetoric in each of the nine examined manifestos. The study findings suggest that, while the manifestos of all three parties demonstrate an overall increase in total usage of populist language and rhetoric between 2011 and 2019, only the NDP displays a consistent increase across all three electoral years. Furthermore, the use of left vs right populist rhetoric and language generally falls along party lines reflecting the parties’ relative positions on the political spectrum. This paper ultimately concludes that while populism has seen increased use in the manifestos of Canada’s mainstream parties, the rhetoric and language used operates within a firm ideological framework for all three parties.

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / This thesis examines recent changes in state level voting laws and their effect on the turnout rate of different minority group voters. Individual states are in charge of conducting their own elections as well as having their own requirements for registering voters and early voting. There is no federal law or constitutional mandate that requires states to have similar election laws. but The Voting Rights Act of 1965 tried to ensure the laws passed do not disproportionately exclude certain citizens from the ability to vote. Because of this attempt to not exclude minority groups, election laws can vary widely by states and impact citizens of some minority groups. Some states have chosen to pass laws that make registering and voting more complicated, while others have tried to ensure that both are as easy as possible for each and every citizen. Voting laws can have negative consequences for many groups. Minority populations are often thought to be hit the hardest by many of these election reform laws. Some states have been passing more restrictive laws since 2000 and again in 2013 after section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act was ruled unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court. This variance in election laws across states and across election years gives a perfect arena to further evaluate the potential effect. This analysis will look at comparing states from 2006 to 2014 in order to determine the effect of restrictive voting laws on turnout.