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Commonalities and Differences in Methods and Patterns of Torture and Ill-treatment of Political Prisoners in Iran and Why Torturing?!
(The University of Bergen, 2018-07-13)This thesis aims to explore how political prisoners are treated in the places of detention and prisons in Iran. In doing so, it targets to specifically find answers to three main questions: 1) What are those common methods ...Master thesis -
Power and Arms: The Diffusion of Military Innovations and Technology. A Comparative Historical Analysis of the Spread of Military Power After the Cold War and Consequences for the Norwegian Navy in the NATO Alliance
(The University of Bergen, 2018-07-07)This thesis investigates the extensive puzzle of various influences on the diffusion of military power, meaning the spread of certain innovations, through the international system and the implications for international ...Master thesis -
Hva lå bak Arbeiderpartiets nyorientering på 1980-tallet?
(The University of Bergen, 2018-07-03)Arbeiderpartiet konsoliderte den foreløpige seieren i ideologikampen på begynnelsen av 1950-tallet. Slik Francis Sejersted ser det, ble kampen om den politiske agendaen lagt på is fram til 1970-årene. Det var i perioden ...Master thesis -
Hvem vil vel ikke ha en muslim til nabo? Hvor viktig er høyrepopulisme for motstand mot islam
(The University of Bergen, 2018-07-03)Forskningsspørsmålet i denne oppgaven er å finne ut hvor viktig høyrepopulisme er for motstand mot islam. Dette er interessant fordi høyrepopulistiske partier har hatt økende oppslutning de siste 20 til 30 år. Denne økningen ...Master thesis -
Framstegspartiet i 2017 - moderate høgrepopulistar? Ei analyse av nativistiske og populistiske trekk i partiprogrammet før, og etter fire år i regjeringa.
(The University of Bergen, 2018-06-30)Våren 2017 bles det sterke høgrepopulistiske vindar over Europa. I Noreg skulle det vere stortingsval hausten same år, og vi skulle få svaret på om Frp, det norske høgrepopulistiske partiet, ville klare attval saman med ...Master thesis -
Cyberhendelser i Norge ved en krise eller konflikt: Science fiction eller virkelighet?
(The University of Bergen, 2018-06-30)I et demokrati er det viktig med ytringsfrihet og pressefrihet. Denne friheten er også nedfelt i de universelle menneskerettighetene og ytterligere presisert i Den Norske Grunnloven. I dag er mye av disse ytringene flyttet ...Master thesis -
Online Service Providers and the Arab Spring
(The University of Bergen, 2018-06-30)The role played by internet and mobile phone services – access providers, social media etc – in the Arab Spring has been much discussed, including in academia. Whether these services were instrumental in the wave of ...Master thesis -
Hva er partienes motivasjon for å delta i arrangementer for demokratistøtte? En sammenliknende studie av de politiske partienes deltakelse i Finland og Sveriges arrangementer for demokratistøtte 2014–2017
(The University of Bergen, 2018-06-30)Oppgaven omhandler offentlige tilskuddsarrangementer for demokratistøtte gjennom politiske partier i Finland og Sverige. Tilskuddsordninger med politiske partier som målgruppe gir grunnlag for prinsipielle spørsmål om ...Master thesis -
Samvirke politi og Forsvar; et samvirke som fungerer men som krisen utfordrer.
(The University of Bergen, 2018-06-30)I denne oppgaven har jeg forsøkt å belyse at kompetanse har en innvirkning på samvirke mellom Forsvaret og politiet i krisehåndtering. Utallige meldinger og proposisjoner fra Storting og regjering omhandler de fire ...Master thesis -
Nødhjelp i konfliktsoner. Et casestudium av Kirkens Nødhjelp i Sør-Sudan
(The University of Bergen, 2018-06-23)Denne oppgaven tar for seg Kirkens Nødhjelp i Sør-Sudan. Siden Kirkens Nødhjelp er en del av det humanitære systemet kan organisasjonen sees som et eksempel på en systemenhet i endring. Det er interessant å se på endringer ...Master thesis -
Adapting to closing space: Human rights NGOs’ strategies in Putin’s Russia
(The University of Bergen, 2018-06-21)This thesis is concerned with investigating two phenomena related to civil society occurring in competitive authoritarian regimes: Closing space for civil society and deliberation in the form of limited pluralism. The study ...Master thesis -
Regionale endringer - nøkternhet, pragmatisme og status quo: En kvantitativ studie av holdninger til regionreformen blant fylkesadministrasjonenes ansatte
(The University of Bergen, 2018-06-16)This thesis seeks to understand the regional administrative employees' attitudes to the ongoing regional reform in Norway. The reform consists of two elements – the merge, both voluntary and by force, of counties, and the ...Master thesis -
From secessionism to regionalism: Intra-organizational change and ideological moderation within armed secessionist movements
(Elsevier, 2018-05)Secessionist movements rarely succeed in their quests for separate statehood. Hence, conflict resolution efforts in secessionist wars tend to focus on making autonomy frameworks acceptable to both sides. This article posits ...Journal article -
A broad alliance of civil society organizations on climate change mitigation: political Strength or legitimizing support?
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)One hundred and one very different organizations joined together prior to the election for the Norwegian parliament in 2013 in order to make climate change mitigation the most important issue in the election campaign. The ...Journal article -
Horizontal Reciprocal Radicalization. A comparative analysis of two cases in a Norwegian context
(The University of Bergen, 2017-12-13)In 2006, Roger Eatwell introduced the concept of “Cumulative Extremism”, after he observed violent clashes between radical right- and radical Islamist groups in Britain. In 2012, their sister groups, Profetens Ummah and ...Master thesis -
Roads to Autonomy. Similar paths, different outcomes in two Inuit regions
(The University of Bergen, 2017-12-12)The purpose of this study is to analyze and explain why two Inuit regions in Canada, Nunavik and Nunatsiavut, experienced different outcomes after extensive tripartite negotiations for self-government. Although both regions ...Master thesis -
How the Catholic Church Influences Italian Politics
(The University of Bergen, 2017-12-12)The Catholic Church has a unique relationship with Italy, with the location of the Vatican in the heart of Rome. From the time of the Italian unification in 1861, the Catholic Church has used different strategies to ...Master thesis -
Rough Aid? An econometric analysis of Chinese development aid`s effect on good governance in Sub-Saharan Africa
(The University of Bergen, 2017-12-09)This thesis attempts to estimate the effect of Chinese development aid on good governance in Sub-Saharan Africa over time. The motivation of this thesis is the growing importance of China as a donor, and the many assumptions ...Master thesis -
Systems Engineering Applied to Evaluate Social Systems: Analyzing systemic challenges to the Norwegian welfare state
(The University of Bergen, 2017-12-01)The Norwegian welfare state is one of the most generous in the world providing social security through universal healthcare, education and childcare. Elderly Norwegians also face a relatively secure retirement with a ...Doctoral thesis -
Quality of Government Sustains News Media Trust: A Cross-Country Comparative Study on The Effect of Quality of Government and Media Systems on News Media Trust in Europe
(The University of Bergen, 2017-07-04)The news media play important roles in consolidated democracies as a source of information, watchdog over the powerful and curators of the public sphere. In regimes undergoing democratic transition, news media can be ...Master thesis
