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Europas byer: Økonomisk vekst fra 1979 til 1994
(Master thesis, 2001)I løpet av de siste tiårene har de største europeiske byene hatt en ujevn økonomisk utvikling. Fra Europas gamle industriområder hører man om nedleggelse av kjernebedrifter og fraflytting. Fra andre områder hører man om ... -
The Executive Revolving Door: New Dataset on the Career Moves of Former Danish Ministers and Permanent Secretaries
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Concerns have been raised that transfers of bureaucrats and politicians into the private sector might create unfair advantages for their future employers and even lead to distrust in government. Not surprisingly, the study ... -
Explaining compliance: what makes the pollutor turn green? an event history analysis of the member state compliance with the Montreal Protocol
(Master thesis, 2010-10-04)This thesis seeks to explore which structural factors that move member states into compliance with International Environmental Agreements (IEAs). The research question is: under what conditions do members to an international ... -
Explaining Cross-National Variation in Voter Turnout: Aggregate and Temporal Patterns
(Master thesis, 2007)Over the last 25 years, cross-national variation in voter turnout has received increased attention from social science researchers. The dominant view in the field is that existing research on voter turnout has established ... -
Explaining Membership Growth in the Norwegian Progress Party from 1973 to 2008
(Master thesis, 2008)This thesis is concerned with explaining the membership growth in the Norwegian Progress Party, Fremskrittspartiet, from its founding in 1973 to 2008. Two major studies, Katz and Mair (1992) and Mair and van Biezen (2001), ... -
Explaining Scandinavian Immigration Policy 1985-2010. Parties, Press, and Public Opinion
(Doctoral thesis, 2012-11-30)This thesis is concerned with explaining Scandinavian immigration policy from 1985- 2010. The overarching research question – what determines immigration and immigration policy in Scandinavia – is approached from three ... -
Explaining Scottish and Catalan Secessionist Mobilization in the Framework of the EU. A Comparative Case Study of Minority Nationalist Mobilization in Scotland, Catalonia, Wales, and the Basque Country
(Master thesis, 2015-06-02)The purpose of this thesis is to compare and assess the mobilization processes leading up to the referendum bids for independence in Scotland and Catalonia. Minority nationalist regions have over the latter decades emerged ... -
Explaining the Cooperative Nature of Norwegian-Russian Petroleum Relations in the High North: A Game Theoretical Analysis
(Master thesis, 2018-06-20)In this thesis, I consider the following research question: Why have Norwegian-Russian petroleum relations in the High North remained cooperative? Petroleum cooperation between these two states in the High North has not ... -
Explaining variation in indigenous mobilisation - A comparative study of the Ecuadorian and Peruvian Andes
(Master thesis, 2001)This thesis seeks to answer the question of why ethnic identity has served as a basis for mobilisation among the indigenous peoples of the Ecuadorian highlands, but not among the indigenous peoples of highland Peru. Ecuador ... -
Exploring the relationship between socio-economic inequality, political instability and economic growth: Why do we know so little?"
(Master thesis, 2008-05)This thesis investigates the contention that socio-economic inequality has a detrimental effect on economic growth by breeding political instability. This hypothesised causal pattern has been subject to academic interest ... -
Farewell note: a decade as RFS Editor
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)This farewell note reflects on a decade of editorship for Regional & Federal Studies (RFS). It draws on this experience to highlight some areas of change and continuity in the journal’s life, the publishing industry, and ... -
Federalism: Searching for the processes behind Canada's ability to survive challenges
(Master thesis, 2010-02-25)The purpose of this master thesis is to look into what gives federations better abilities to survive challenges, with a focus on the survival of the Canadian Federation.There are several theories in chapter two that provide ... -
Felles makt - felles ideologi? En sammenlikning av lovgivning i Stortinget og rettsutvikling i Høyesterett
(Master thesis, 2014-06-01)The aim of this paper is to examine the relationship between the parliament and the Supreme Court in Norway. First, by studying the relationship between these two institutions on an institutional level, and secondly, try ... -
« Fight for your right to » - Explaining social movement outcomes in France: a case study of four movements
(Master thesis, 2011-06-01)This thesis concerns the outcome of social movements and why do some social movements succeed and others fail. By using various types of social movement literature I present a set of factors that have been known to influence ... -
The Financialization of Capitalism and the Rise of Populism in the United States
(Master thesis, 2018-12-14)This paper seeks to make sense of the rise of populism in the United States, as evidenced by Donald Trump's election victory in 2016. It takes as its starting point that many of the current explanations circulating in the ... -
Finanskrisen og de europeiske velferdsstatene
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FN Sikkerhetsråds resolusjon 1325, er visjonen en realitet?
(Master thesis, 2015-05-31)FN innehar en viktig rolle i forhold til å sikre fred og sikkerhet i konfliktområder, men organisasjonen er ikke bedre enn de 193 medlemslandene som representerer det. Verdens fredsbevarende styrker gjennom FN har ikke ... -
For ein neve dollar: Effekten av korrupsjon på respekten for menneske sin fysiske integritet
(Master thesis, 2009-05-20)Denne undersøkinga studerer samanhengen mellom korrupsjon og statar sin respekt for individa sin rett til fysisk integritet, også kalla fysiske menneskerettar. Oppgåva spør for det første kva for verknad korrupsjon har på ... -
Forankring av forebygging av radikalisering og voldelig ekstremisme i politidistriktene. En kvalitativ studie av politiets radikaliseringskontakter. Fra ideal til realitet.
(Master thesis, 2017-07-04)Studien tar for seg tiltak 13 i regjeringens handlingsplan mot radikalisering og voldelig ekstremisme 2014. Tiltak 13 omhandler forankring av ansvar for forebygging av radikalisering og voldelig ekstremisme i politidistriktene. ... -
Foreign Direct Investment and Corruption. An econometric analysis of the multidimensional effects of corruption upon FDI inflow
(Master thesis, 2016-06-01)The goal of this thesis is to estimate the effect of corruption upon the levels of FDI inflow and it poses the following research question: What effect does corruption have upon the level of foreign direct investment inflow ...