Thesis (M.P.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-148).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1981. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 128-132).

Thesis advisor: Jonathan Laurence / Thesis advisor: / This thesis examines how the political participation of Arab-Americans has evolved from 9/11 to the Trump Era. In light of the events in American history in the past two decades that have had significant ramifications on this group, it is important to analyze whether, to what extent, and how the political participation of Arab-Americans was affected. During both the attacks of perpetuated by al-Qaeda on American soil in 2001 and the election of President Trump in 2016, Arab-Americans, particularly those of Muslim faith, saw their realities change as they found themselves in a very hostile socio-political reality: they were thrusted in the spotlight for the worse and were subject to an increasing amount of violent and non-violent animosity from both the American people and from American institutional structures. The events since 9/11 have therefore had an undeniable effect on this group as a whole. However, they have also elicited different reactions according to the national and international political context at the time which have even varied within the Arab-American community. The author analyses how this immigrant group reacted to the political shock of 9/11, as well as its efforts to further mobilize and/or assimilate politically and racially to cope with its heightened visibility. She also looks at the role Arab-American activists have played to advocate for their community and whether they are representative of Arab- Americans as a whole. Finally, she outlines how Arab-Americans are currently reacting to the Trump Administration, and how they are politically fairing at a time of heightened American partisanship. / Thesis (BA) — Boston College, 2019-04-29. / Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: . / Discipline: .

Thesis (M.A.)--Georgia State University, 2005. / 1 electronic text (58 p.) : digital, PDF file. Title from title screen. Kim Reimann, committee chair; Michael Herb , William Downs, committee members. Description based on contents viewed Apr. 3, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 56-58).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-265). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis--University of Illinois. / Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

This report focuses on expanding the understanding of the forces that bring about political participation in Taiwan during the 2004 presidential election year. The standard socioeconomic status model will serve as a useful baseline. Additional demographic and party related considerations are accumulated onto this socioeconomic model. Event count models such as the binomial and extended beta-binomial regression model will be analyzed and compared. The extended beta-binomial regression model will then be shown to be the superior model in this case. Both models will be estimated using the maximum likelihood estimation method. These two models are applied to Taiwan's Election and Democratization Study's 2004 post presidential election survey data. This report focuses on investigating the effects of ethnic background, party identification, and strength of partisanship on political participation while trying to confirm commonly expected trends in socioeconomic status, gender, and age effects. Gender and the ethnic background effect were found to have an unclear effect on political participation. The rest of the findings are as expected from the hypotheses. / text

The Temporary Agricultural Worker to Canada (TAWC) project was introduced in 2003 with the purpose of recruiting Guatemalan migrants to fill seasonal labour voids in Canada. Workers contracted through TAWC directives have received minimal scholarly attention, given the infancy of the program and the substantial focus on Mexican migrants recruited through the Canadian Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program. This dissertation illuminates the transnational political realities of Guatemalans by examining the impact that circular migration has on the subaltern migrant body. Fieldwork was conducted in two sites, the first St. Rémi in Québec, the second Santiago Sacatepéquez in Guatemala. Research findings underscore the transnational nature of the flow of hegemonic (discipline, insecurity, oppression, exploitation) and counter hegemonic (empowerment, liberation, collectiveness, security) political ideas and activities between the spaces traversed by migrants. The study engages a multi-faceted ethnographic design in order to explore the spatiality of political consciousness, assessing Guatemalan migrant responses to a range of ideas and activities imparted by agencies of power. These include both the Canadian and Guatemalan governments, the International Organization for Migration, and le Fondation des entreprises pour le recrutement de la main-d'oeuvre étrangère along with a range of transnational supporting allies. Nevertheless, the decision to (dis)engage in certain politicized conduct is largely dependent on the human agency of Guatemalan migrants, as they find the means to cope with the pressures of seasonal migration. A political economy perspective allows me to engage three debates that theoretically frame the transnational political identity of Guatemalan migrants. These are: (1) processes of political transnationalism; (2) neoliberal agenda and mindsets; and (3) migrant political consciousness, with a particular emphasis on Foucauldian concepts of governmentality and Gramscian notions of hegemony and consciousness. By engaging the (re)shaping of transnational political identity as a phenomenon influenced by agencies of power, and more importantly, the human agency of subaltern migrants, my dissertation emphasizes migrant (un)willingness to embrace and/or suppress certain resources that restructure political consciousness and political action. The versatility and fluidity of transmigrant political identity reveal that the distinct realities of individuals are constructed by travelling back and forth, as seasonal labourers, between Guatemala and Canada. / Thesis (Ph.D, Geography) -- Queen's University, 2012-01-02 21:30:20.445

The Temporary Agricultural Worker to Canada (TAWC) project was introduced in 2003 with the purpose of recruiting Guatemalan migrants to fill seasonal labour voids in Canada. Workers contracted through TAWC directives have received minimal scholarly attention, given the infancy of the program and the substantial focus on Mexican migrants recruited through the Canadian Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program. This dissertation illuminates the transnational political realities of Guatemalans by examining the impact that circular migration has on the subaltern migrant body. Fieldwork was conducted in two sites, the first St. Rémi in Québec, the second Santiago Sacatepéquez in Guatemala. Research findings underscore the transnational nature of the flow of hegemonic (discipline, insecurity, oppression, exploitation) and counter hegemonic (empowerment, liberation, collectiveness, security) political ideas and activities between the spaces traversed by migrants. The study engages a multi-faceted ethnographic design in order to explore the spatiality of political consciousness, assessing Guatemalan migrant responses to a range of ideas and activities imparted by agencies of power. These include both the Canadian and Guatemalan governments, the International Organization for Migration, and le Fondation des entreprises pour le recrutement de la main-d'oeuvre étrangère (FERME) along with a range of transnational supporting allies. Nevertheless, the decision to (dis)engage in certain politicized conduct is largely dependent on the human agency of Guatemalan migrants, as they find the means to cope with the mounting pressures of seasonal migration. A political economy perspective allows me to engage three debates that theoretically frame the transnational political identity of Guatemalan migrants. These are: (1) processes of political transnationalism; (2) neoliberal agenda and mindsets; and (3) migrant political consciousness, with a particular emphasis on Foucauldian concepts of governmentality and Gramscian notions of hegemony and consciousness. By engaging the (re)shaping of transnational political identity as a phenomenon influenced by agencies of power, and more importantly, the human agency of subaltern migrants, my dissertation emphasizes migrant (un)willingness to embrace and/or suppress certain resources that restructure political consciousness and political action. The versatility and fluidity of transmigrant political identity reveal that the distinct realities of individuals are constructed by travelling back and forth, as seasonal labourers, between Guatemala and Canada. / Thesis (Ph.D, Geography) -- Queen's University, 2012-01-14 20:36:14.142

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.