Undergrad: Comparative Politics / Undergrad: Comparative Politics

Buddhism and Support for Democracy - Nathan Hales, Brigham Young University; Amber Hutchinson, Brigham Young University; Elden Griggs, Brigham Young University

Democracy in Crisis: Deep-Rooted Social Conflict & Democratic Backsliding in the 21st Century - Langston C Thomas, Grinnell College

Establishing the Relationship between Buddhism and Democracy - Jacquelyn Smith, Brigham Young University

No Strings Attached? FDI, Ideology, and Levels of Democracy in Latin America - Alexander Tripp, University of Tennessee

So, You Want to Start a Government: Using Federalist #1 to explain why not all governments are successful - Lydia Marie Kotowski, Ball State University; Richard A. Boyd, Georgetown University

Economic Crisis and Its Effect on Political Regime Change: An Examination of Latin American Countries - Caleb Ryan Stewart, Tennessee Technological University

Political Trajectories of Post-Socialist Africa: Intra-Party Competition and Rule of Law in Political Liberalization - Patrick E Conley, Kenyon College

Roya Izadi, Binghamton University

Robert Franzese, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor