Browsing by Author "Zirker, Daniel"
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Political reform in US states: Governors, legislators, and struggles over election redistricting law reform
(The University of Waikato, 2021)In the United States, the decentralization of power over redistricting to the states has prevented the emergence of a national compromise between the major political parties to mutually reject election manipulation through ... -
Political parties, strongmen and populism: Why Jair Bolsonaro won the 2018 Brazilian election
(The University of Waikato, 2020)The election of Jair Bolsonaro as President of Brazil in 2018 is an example of the recent global phenomenon of election victories by right-wing populist leaders, such as Donald Trump, Rodrigo Duterte, and Viktor Orbán. ... -
The rise of homicides on the Baja California Peninsula in 2017: A bloody mess
(The University of Waikato, 2019)The Baja California Peninsula (BCP) is situated in the northwest of Mexico and consists of two major Mexican states, Baja California and Baja California Sur. For decades the peninsula has remained relatively quiet in the ... -
The Zapatista rebellion and Mexican reluctance to repress a dissident group
(The University of Waikato, 2018)Mexican dirty wars, the disappearances of thousands, the 1968 Tlatelolco Massacre, the 1971 Corpus Christi Massacre, genocidal plans, kidnappings, tortures and mass graves: Mexico has a long and well-documented history of ... -
Indonesia’s great power and superpower environment in the post Cold War era: A study of Indonesia’s search for a dynamic regional equilibrium
(The University of Waikato, 2018)Against the backdrop of regional transformation, during President Soesilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) period of office from 2004 – 2014, Indonesian officials have frequently expressed an expectation of a peaceful region through ...