Graduate

Theses & Professional Papers

Name Type Yr/Title
2012
Kemp, Paul Professional Paper The Two Swords: A Political Theology of Money and Violence
Burford, Allison Thesis Social Media and Political Participation: The Case of the Muslim Council of Britain
McGraw, Samantha Professional Paper Piecing Together a Picture of Municipal Climate Change Commitment
Geiger, Kevin Professional Paper Water Politics in the Rocky Mountain State Colorado-Referendum A-2003
2011
Crissien, John Thesis Institutionalizing Ethnic Demands: Framing processes, Resource Mobilization, and Indicators of Party Formation in Columbian Ethnic Movements
Wall, Caitlin Professional Paper Federalism and the Chesapeake Bay: The Search for Effective Environmental Policies
Miller, Mindy Tommasina Thesis Transnational Governance of Farmed Animal Welfare: A Critique of Animals as Commodities
Perez, Melissa Thesis Nationalizing Same-Sex Marriage: Assessing the Effect of Baehr V. Lewin on the Federal Defense of Marriage Act
Crawford, Jake Professional Paper Managing Technological Transitions: The Case of Oil Shale Development in the Western United States
Gustafson, Kaelyn Professional Paper Redefining Women' Status in Muslim-Dominant Countries
Luizza, Matthew Professional Paper Community Forestry in the United States and Canada: Patterns of Governance Along the Public-Private Continuum
Taft, David Thesis Carbon Offsets and Certification: How and Why Offset Providers Choose to Certify
Eggers, Bruce Andrew Thesis Addressing the Cause: An Analysis of Suicide Terrorism
Esser, Christopher Professional Paper Terrorism and Media Freedom: A Symbiotic Relationship?
Gault, Christopher Professional Paper Dynamics of Authoritarian Control:The Syrian Case
2010
Hunter, Courtney Professional Paper Labor Unions and Sustainable Development: Lessons From Sustainlabour
Clark, Francesca Professional Paper Subnational Capitalism and Development Theory in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kinner, Colter Thesis The International Barriers to Renewable Energy Development
McKee, Meredith Thesis Building Local Confidence: The Socioeconomic Tasks of Peacekeeping Operations
Bergamini, Luke Professional Paper Viewing Satirical News Through an Agnostic Lens: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Ehlers, Michelle Professional Paper Assessing NGO Influence in International Security Negotiations: The 1995 Review and Extension Conference of the Non-Proliferation Treaty
Lewis, Amy Thesis Saving Grace and the Environment: How States Influence the Christian Steward Agenda
2009
Price, Julia Professional Paper Kenya's Green Belt Movement and Social Movement Theory
Hoffer, Katherine Professional Paper Managing Conflict on the Roan Plateau: An Analysis of the Intersection of Issues, Actors, and Institutions
Farhart, Christina Thesis An Analysis of the American National Election Studies Data: Covariates of Political Participation 1992-2004
Medved, Ivana Thesis Carbon Rationing Action Groups: Climate Change Governance and Community Climate Protection
DiCerbo, Gregory Professional Paper Moving Energy: Regional Transmission Organizations and Renewable Energy
Olukotun, Catherine Professional Paper Mexico's Courtship of Remittances as a National Development Strategy
Callaway, Theresa Jedd Thesis The Study of United States Environmental Foreign Policy: A Survey of Theoretical Approaches and Issue Areas
Way, Jamie Thesis Repackaging Native Land Dispossession in the Modern Era
Gutheil, Melissa Professional Paper Denver's Environmental Management System: Kingdon's Multiple Streams at the Local Level
Meyers, Derek Thesis Looking for Environmental Accountability in the Private Domain: The Carbon Disclosure Project as Global Governance
Hile, Cameron Professional Paper Intergovernmental Environmental Regulation: Political Cohesion and Particulate Matter in the Owens Valley and Mono Basin
Young, Rebekah Professional Paper NGO Policy Engagement at the UN World Conferences and Conventions: Issues of Desertification and Women's Rights
2008
Ebel, Brian Professional Paper Standards of Review and Judicial Support for the Protection of Gray Wolves
Henderson, Michael Thesis Understanding the Effect of Japanese National Identity on Foreign Policy in the 21st Century
Abt, Karen Professional Paper The Strained Colorado River Delta: A Case Study Analysis of Environmental Interest Group Involvement and the Potential for Future Policy Change
Emily Ruell Professional Paper Strengthening Implementation of the Endangered Species Act:  The Importance of Agency Commitment and Agency-specific Environmental Mandates
Jacob Jawson Professional Paper The Effect of Unification and Multilevel Governance on Air Quality in Former East Germany
Jilling, Stephanie Thesis Race Relations & the Making of Identity in Post-reunification Germany.
Lamb, Jeremy Thesis Going to pot? Medical marijuana initiatives and their impact on drug arrest rates across the nation.
2007
Pakenham, Caroline Professional Paper Women and Environmental Justice: An analysis of female leadership in environmental justice organizations
Hultgren, John Thesis Relations of Power In An Age of Governmentality: The Construction of the Developing World in the Discourse of the World Bank
Nutter, Alexandra Professional Paper Wild Flows:  Mediated Communication and Environmentalism in Discursive Democracy
Peck, Felicia Thesis Material Environmentalism:  Bringing Cultural Nature Into Environmental Politics
Wheeland, Ashley Professional Paper  An Expansion of Federal Powers:  A Case Study of the No Child Left Behind Act
Linder, Keith Thesis Nature, Nation, and Resistance in Postcolonial Ecuador
Hoge, Marti Professional Paper A Decade of Interest:  Assessing Activity in Environmental Cases Before the United States Supreme Court 1995-2005
Coratti, Jennifer  Thesis Do International Conferences Matter?
Patey, Renee Professional Paper  The Operationalization of Sustainable Development Putting the Concept to Practice:  A Study of the GRI and IFC
Sampson, Kenneth  Thesis The United States and the ICC: Prospects for Reengagement
2006
Hollinger, Kristy Professional Paper Framing the Narmada:  Advocacy Groups and the World Commission on Dams
Buttice, Matthew Professional Paper Opinion Instability
Rizk, Dalia Professional Paper United State Foreign Policy in Iraq:  Effects of Domestic and International Incentives
Legge, Shawn Professional Paper Conflict on the South Platte River
2005
Hurst, Timothy Professional Paper Associations, Democracy and Collaborative Natural Resource Management The Big Thompson Watershed Forum
Eckhoff, Mike Professional Paper Building Consensus on Consensus-Building: A Focused Analysis of Regulatory Negotiation in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1986-2000
Detraz, Nicole Thesis Scholars, Security,and the Natural Environment: Dissecting the Concepts of Environmental Security and Ecological Security
2004
Soltanpour, Susan Thesis Implementation of the LCCA in Colorado: State Implementation of an Unfunded National Mandate
Baker, Joseph Professional Paper Bridging the Gap: Environmental Network Formation in Central & Eastern Europe
2003
Jorgensen, Paul Professional Paper Agenda Setting and the United Kingdom: The National Health Service and Community Care Act of 1990
Blatchley, Matthew Professional Paper The Colorado Administrative Rule Review Porcess: Ensuring a Legislative-Centered Public Administration
Spears, Kevin Professional Paper The Colorado River Delta and NGO Interaction
Brown, Stefanie Professional Paper Policy Change in a Low Visibility Problem, U. S. Grasshopper Control from 1960 to the Present
Bentz, Trisha Professional Paper Binational Water Management in the Great Lakes: Rules, Agents & Institutions
2002
King, M. Dawn Professional Paper The Greening of Cuba: An Analysis of Development Theory
Channell, Erin Professional Paper Non-Legislative Policy Making: The Cooperative Agreement
2001
Audino, Amy Thesis Towards a Postmodern Native American Environmental Justice Movement Rooted in Bioregional Narrative: Modernity, Racism, and Environmental Injustice
Svendsen, Sean Thesis Radical Ecology and Utopian Visions: Towards A Green Future
Walter, Venda R. Thesis Transition, Culture and the Environment: A Comparative Study of the Czech and Slovack Republics
2000
Johnson, Julie Jane Professional Paper A Cultural Studies Analysis of The Jerry Springer Show and "Too Hot for TV" Video: Investigating the Theaters of Normalization
Maruska, Stephanie Professional Paper Testing John Kingdon's Agenda Setting Model: A Comparative Case Study of Telecommunications Policymaking in the 104th Congress
Payne, Julie A. Professional Paper The Media and the Environment in Central Europe: Representational Issues within the Context of Increasing Western Media Influence
Pulliam, G. Russell Professional Paper Motives For United States Intervention in Low-Intensity Conflicts
1999
Freiner, Nicole Thesis Pathways Of Political Action: Women's Movements in India and Japan
Poloni, Lori Marie Thesis Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations' Discourses Concerning Economic Liberalization
Sherman, Christina T. Thesis Transnational Historical Materialism and the Growth of an Environmental Discourse: An Examination of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation
Sherman, Daniel J. Thesis Political Opportunity Structure and Culture: Interactions Between Maori and State in Aotearoa/New Zealand
1998
Brightman, Vania Jo Thesis Intersections of Women and International Environmental Relations: The Creation of a Framework and its Application to Agenda 21 and The Platform for Action
Hippard, Melissa Lynne Professional Paper Coastal Zone Management in the Tijuana River Watershed: Differences in Opportunities in the U.S. and Mexico
Jamerson, Bryan Professional Paper A Longitudinal Look at U.S. Wetlands Policy
Webber, Alan E. Professional Paper A Fifth Dimension in Policy Implementation: Testing the Communications Model of Policy Implementation and the State Implementation of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972
1997
Berry, Brian Professional Paper The Implementation of Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act.
Minick, Aimee Professional Paper Regional Differences in Aggregate Level Turnout -- 1992 Congressional Election
1996
Bryant, Rachel Professional Paper The Rise of the Far-Right: A Comparative Study of European Anti-Immigration Parties and Their Effects on Mainstream Politics
Goerz, Catherine S. Thesis The Rhetoric of Earth First!: An Organic Systems Analysis
Hill, Kelly M. Thesis Environmental Justice: Getting on to the Public Agenda
Recchia, Steven Thesis Resource Mobilization and Canadian Environmental Organizations
1995
Weed, Ray E. Professional Paper Agency Capture: Do the Models Fit? An Examination of Three Explanations of BLM Behavior
1994
Foster, Leann Elizabeth Thesis The Self in Environmental Philosophy: Identification, Intrinsic Value and an Ecology of Self and Nature
Sprague, Bryon D. Professional Paper A Study of the International Boundary and Water Commission and the Border Environment Cooperation Commission: Strengths and Weaknesses
1993
Escobar, Luis J. Thesis A Critique of the Social Scientific Analysis of the Peruvian Civil War as a Military Event
Varnadore, Molly A. Professional Paper The Colorado Wilderness Bill: A Case Study in Agenda-Setting
1992
Michaud, Christopher Thesis Marx and Nietzche: Atheist and Antichrist
Unter, Kevin A. Thesis Voting Behavior on the Colorado Supreme Court: 1985-1990
1991
Corwin, Margaret Thesis Agenda-Setting in the Case of a Polluted Interstate River: Champion Paper Mill and the Pigeon River
Goonasekera, Upeksha Thesis Regional Politics and Foreign Policy in a Polyethnic Federation: A Case Study of India
Jones, Russell A. Paper Capitalist Dominican Republic Versus Socialist Cuba: A Comparative Analysis of Five Economic Policies in the Dominican Republic and Cuba from 1959 through 1979
1989
Freismuth, David A. Professional Paper Pay For Performance: The Influence and Interaction of Pay, Motivation, Evaluation and Related Factors (a review of the literature with application to the 1986 City of Fort Collins Performance Pay Plan)
1988
Einarsen, Daniel L. Thesis American Evangelical Millions Engaged in International Relief, Development and Agricultural Assistance
Ferguson, Susan Joann Thesis Maquiladoras Women Social Movements
Gheleta, Michael A. Professional Paper Eighty Years and 160 Acres: The Excess Land Law in Federal Reclamation Policy
Lane, Terry A. M. Thesis Regional Wildlife Cooperation in Southern Africa
Wasiecko, Steve Thesis Privatization in Municipal Government
1987
Lindermann, Donald E. Thesis Stewardship of State in the Western United States: A Comparative Analysis
Schleuning, Henry B. Thesis Different Faces of the Arms Race: A Case for Doctrinal Analysis of US/USSR Arms Acquisitions
1986
Crozier, Jeanette A. Professional Paper Implications of Peru's Unprecedented Stance in the International Financial World
DeMott, Janet L. Professional Paper Information Technology and Public Administration
Donner, Larry D. Thesis Fiscal Stress in Local Government
1985
Carroll, Nora Thesis Beyond Equal Pay For Equal Work: An Administrative and Policy Analysis of Comparable Worth
Garvey, Carole G. Professional Paper Intergovernmental Relations in the Adoption of the Fort Collins Urban Growth Area Agreement
Makinen, Christine Thesis Governance of American Indians
1984
Chojnacky, Cindy Professional Paper Socially Responsive Management on the Fishlake National Forest: An Evaluation of Public Participation Effectiveness
Jones, Warren D. Professional Paper The Poudre Fire Authority: An Effort at Metropolitan Reform or Maintenance of the Polycentric System?
Morayta, Fernando Professional Paper The United States Civil Service
Ronayne, Michael K. Thesis Groundwater Quality Problems and Protection Programs in the United States
Stewart, Phyllis M. Thesis Analysis of the Politics of Parking Management
1983
Jones, Matthew K. Professional Paper Colorado's Senate Bill 35 -- County Subdivision Control: A Systems Analysis
Olson, Steven G. Professional Paper National Forest Management Act of 1976: From Conflict to Compromise
Wilds, Leah J. Professional Paper A Systems Analysis: House Bill 1041 Areas and Activities of State Interest
1982
Looft, Thomas J. Professional Paper Groundwater Quality Regulation in Colorado
O'Connor, Kevin Professional Paper Politics of Acid Rain
1981
Maier, Raymond H. Professional Paper Rethinking Corrections Policy
McCully, Timothy P. Professional Paper Political Integration in the Fort Collins Urban Service Area
Olive, Stewart Thesis Protecting Instream Flows in California: An Administrative Case Study
Olson, Steven L. Thesis Federalism and Water Resources Development
Trainer, Aileen C. Thesis Veterans' Preference and Equal Employment Opportunity V: The Merit System
1980
Barros, Nina Professional Paper The Chilean Road to Socialism
Boyd, Guy A. Professional Paper The Limits of Zero-Base Budgeting
Young, Therese A. Professional Paper Comparative Legal Doctrines Allocating Water in the Rocky Mountain States (Colorado, Idaho Montana, Utah, Wyoming)
1979
Curry, Timothy Thesis U.S. Foreign Aid and Inter-American Relations Since World War II
Phillips, EugeneS. Thesis The Cold War/Kennedy/PeaceCorps Connection
Smiley, Cynthia K. Thesis The Political and Regulatory Aspect of the Racing Industry
Smith, R. Bruce Thesis Municipal Response to the Water Pollution Act Amendments of 1972: The Case of Pueblo, Colorado
1978
Hawksworth, Margaret Professional Paper Medicare: Promises and Reality
Marcum, Larry L. Thesis Institutional Arrangements for Effective Water Management in Colorado
Nazaryk, Paul Professional Paper Public Policy and the Colorado Coal Industry: A Case Study
Perri, Karla Professional Paper Growth and Development in Boulder County, Colorado: 1970-1977
Ward, Cynthia A. Thesis The Colorado Sunset Law: The 1977 Experience
1977
Hamilton, Michael S. Professional Paper Intergroup Conflict and Coordination of Planning and Operations in the Electric Power Industry of the United States
Marasco, Amy L. Professional Paper The Federal Flood Insurance Program: Implementation since 1973 and Evaluation
Sheridan, Gretchen K. Thesis Revenue Sharing: An Assessment of the New Fiscal Federalism
Snodgrass, Robert W. Thesis The Roles of Water Conservation Values in Community Policy
Stefanec, Kharol E. Professional Paper Federal Water Recreation in Colorado: Comprehensive View and Analysis
Van Why, Samuel E. Thesis Community Cognizance of Police Performance
1975
Koller, Roger W. Thesis The Origins of Sino-American Detente
Young, David E. Thesis Judicial Administration and the Criminal Justice System
1974
Brown, Dan G. Thesis Metropolitan Reform: The Denver Experience
Cawley, R. McGreggor Thesis Environmental Quality Control: A Motivational Model
Davis, Richard Thesis Politics of Judicial Selection
Emmett, Joan Professional Paper Water: A Small Town Problem
George W. Sherk, Jr. Profesional Paper Land Use Decision Making at the County Level
Spence, John A. Thesis Implementation of the Federal Water Project Recreation Act in Colorado
Wharton, Bailey F. Thesis The Mekong Committee: An Organization of Synthesis
1973
Rickson, Stephen E. Thesis Political Socialization in Zambia
1972
Sachs, Ann C. Thesis Planning and the Communication Process
1971
Hogge, Fred M. Thesis Government Reorganization in Colorado
Kelly, Paul L. Thesis Decision-Making and Community Issues
Moncure, Adolf Thesis U.S. and Guatemala 1944-1954
Peterson, Donald H. Professional Paper Japan's Defense Policy
1970
Bastian, Stanley J. Thesis The Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District: A Political System
Pineda, Julian Thesis Planning in Local Water Organizations
Schmidt, Robert F. Thesis Water Management in West Pakistan
1969
Anderson, Jerald H. Thesis A Theory of Wars of National Liberation: Vietnam, a Case Study
Brady, Roger A. Thesis Complaints as Political Acts: A Cross-Community Comparison
Edwards, Gregory A. Thesis Television and Political Socialization
Yurosek, Michael D. Thesis The United Nation's Role in the Cuban Missile Crisis
1968
Bitting, James T. Thesis United States-Panama Relations
Daftary, Mariam Thesis The Issue of Chinese Representation in the United Nations
Mlambo, Eshmael Thesis Rhodesia at the United Nations
1967
Dempsey, John C. Thesis Isolation of the Police Officer
Tjersland, Thorfinn Thesis Organizational Adaptations of the Pebble River System
Tripp, Charles J. Thesis Toward a Political Information Model
Warren, Kenneth F. Thesis Symptoms of Organizational Stress
1966
Pouttu, Bent John Thesis Toward an Ideological Differential
Rader, Brian F. Thesis Happy Valley: The Politics of Rural-Domestic Water Agencies