Pitt Political Review
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Title
Pitt Political Review
Subject
Political Science
Description
PPR has ceased publication with the ULS. Editions including and prior to the fall 2017 edition will remain archived with the ULS. For information concerning future issues including the submission of potential articles for new issues, please email pittpoliticalreview@gmail.com.
Publisher
University Library System of the University of Pittsburgh
Collection Items
The Third World War: A Look at the Implications of Climate Change on Global, National Security
President Donald Trump ran to be president of the United States on a platform rife with statements denouncing the credibility of anthropogenic — man-made — climate change. In a separate, but equally important, vein, President Trump also expressed a…
La Nueva Argentina
Argentina's recent default is simply another chapter in a saga that stretches back over the past century. To ensure that default and economic recession don’t continue to be the norm in Argentina, its leaders and its people alike must seriously…
Shahs and Sanctions: The Story of Past, Present, and Future Tensions with Iran
It’s hard to deny that the historically intense distrust between the United States and Iran helps motivate some of the anti-deal sentiment in each country. It’s also, however, this same shared history of suspicion that may hold some of the most…
Political Consumerism and Buycott’s War on Koch Industries: Activism or slacktivism?
A white fist punches the air, grasping tightly to a fluorescent green dollar bill — the Buycott app’s icon pictorially represents the power of consumer decisions. Buycott was developed by freelance programmer Ivan Pardo and released in May 2013 in…
#140ToWinIt
The Internet has transformed from being almost insubstantial in political campaigns to being essential in only ten years. The elections of 2008 and 2010 have revolutionized the way that campaigns reach out to voters, with a new benchmark set by…
Defying Putin: Leaders of the Opposition Movement Against Russian Authoritarianism
Since being named acting president of Russia in 1999, Vladimir Putin has gone from a little-known ex-KGB agent to one of the most powerful men in the world. Handpicked by his ailing predecessor, Boris Yeltsin, Putin came to power following a decade…
Radical Résistance in France: François Hollande’s German Crisis
Friendship between France and Germany, which was one of the primary factors behind the European recovery after World War II, has begun, ever so slightly, to change in the face of a stagnant and far less impressive economic recovery from the most…
Is Free Education Really Free?
The cost of college is remarkable. Shelling out thousands of dollars for some knowledge and a receipt claiming you paid is, in a few words, the modern American college system. Perhaps unsurprisingly, policies have been proposed to reduce the cost of…
The Ethical Implications of the Kafala System
Despite regional and culture differences, Persian Gulf countries such as Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia are bound together by their use of the kafala system. Established in the 1930s, the kafala system came from the Bedouin custom…
How Much Democracy is too Much Democracy?
Despite their widespread use, many rightfully question the prudence of using popular elections to fill state courts. A key difference between federal and state courts is that while federal judges are nominated by the president and confirmed by the…