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Dinosaurregimer fanget i tid: To kommunistregimers overlevelse etter Sovjetunionens oppløsning
(Master thesis, 2014-06-01)Store deler av det forrige århundret var preget av en periode som kalles den kalde krigen. Dette var en periode med ideologisk spenningstilstand mellom demokratiske vest og kommunistiske øst. Derfor var verden delt inn i ... -
Disarmament Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) of ex-combatants in Angola. Why did DDR only succeed in the third and last of the three peace processes?
(Master thesis, 2011-11)This thesis is a qualitative case study comparing the three Angolan peace processes, the Bicesse Accords, the Lusaka Protocol and the Luena Memorandum of Understanding. The thesis seeks to explain why Disarmament, ... -
Discrimination, Antiprejudice Norms, and Public Support for Multicultural Policies in Europe: The Case of Religious Schools
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)This study examines public support for a key contested multicultural policy in contemporary Europe: the provision of religious schools. It makes two main contributions, one substantive and one theoretical. Substantively, ... -
Disentangling the Influence of Recommender Attributes and News-Story Attributes: A Conjoint Experiment on Exposure and Sharing Decisions on Social Networking Sites
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-08-17)While news outlets still play an important role as a source of news, people increasingly receive their political information and news from social networking sites (SNSs). This study extends the literature on exposure and ... -
Dissecting Public Opinion on Regional Authority: Four Types of Regionalists Based on Citizens’ Preferences for Self-Rule and Shared Rule
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Although regional governments play vital roles in most political systems, citizens’ perceptions regarding regional authority are only rarely studied. Relying on the International Constitutional Values Survey held among ... -
Dissent, Legitimacy, and Public Support for Court Decisions: Evidence from a Survey‐Based Experiment
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Scholars often argue that whereas unanimous rulings should boost public support for court decisions, dissents should fuel public opposition. Previous studies on public responses to U.S. Supreme Court decisions suggest that ... -
Distribution effects of central bank independence: A panel data analysis of 134 countries between 1980 and 2012
(Master thesis, 2017-06-21)Increasing inequality within countries has been put on the agenda in recent years, much due to the impact of Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century. The distributive effects of central bank independence have ... -
Diversity in Stakeholder Preferences Regarding EU Policy: The Effect of Survey Elements within Processes of Open Public Consultation
(Master thesis, 2022-06-22)Since the "European Governance A White Paper" launched in 2001, the European Union has worked to improve accountability and transparency within the organization. Preferences voiced by the public are one of the most important ... -
Divine Intervention: The Influence of Pentecostal Sermons on Democratic Values Evidence from Zambia
(Master thesis, 2021-07-02)Pentecostalism has grown immensely over the last 20 years in many African states, but we have little systematic understanding of how this growth affects democratic development. Drawing on democratic theories that emphasise ... -
Do citizens make inferences from political candidate characteristics when aiming for substantive representation?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)We elicit citizens' preferences over hypothetical candidates by applying conjoint survey experiments within a probability-based online panel of the Norwegian electorate. Our experimental treatments differ in whether citizens ... -
Do informal Networks Increase Migrants’ Over-Education? Comparing Over-Education for Natives, Migrants and Second Generations in Italy and Assessing the Role of Networks in Generating It
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Whilst migration has become a structural feature of most European countries, the integration of foreigners in the labour market continues to raise concerns. Evidence across countries shows that migrants are more often ... -
Do Polls Influence Opinions? Investigating Poll Feedback Loops Using the Novel Dynamic Response Feedback Experimental Procedure
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Opinion polls may inadvertently affect public opinion, as people may change their attitudes after learning what others think. A disconcerting possibility is that opinion polls have the ability to create information cascades, ... -
Do voters follow? The effect of party cues on public opinion during a process of policy change
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)A large body of literature has demonstrated how citizens use party endorsements when shaping their policy opinions. However, recent studies question the centrality of party cues in shaping public opinion. This study advances ... -
Does administrative capacity matter? The absorption of the European Fund for the integration of migrants
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Empirical evidence of the relationship between administrative capacity and the use of EU funds is plentiful. According to this strand in literature, the complexity of spending rules is key in explaining the implementation ... -
Does executive autonomy reduce second-order election effects?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)The second-order election (SOE) model expects voters to punish parties in national government and reward opposition, small and new parties because there is ‘less at stake’ in an SOE. One key assumption that is rarely studied ... -
Does party identification still matter for political efficacy? A cross-national assessment, 1996–2016
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)It has been argued that party membership has declined in most liberal democracies over the past several decades, and the remaining party members are even more committed to party goals and policies. If partisanship becomes ... -
Does policy context matter for citizen engagement in policymaking? Evidence from the European Commission's public consultation regime
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)The European Commission has shown efforts to strengthen citizens’ participation in its policy formulation processes through public consultation opportunities. However, we currently lack a systematic analysis of the factors ... -
Domestic terrorism and government duration -An event history analysis
(Master thesis, 2013-06-03)There are now several studies investigating empirical relationships between that of terrorism, electoral preferences and electoral accountability. However, very little research has been done on the connections between ... -
"Don't mess with Texas": A Quantitative Study of Party Polarization, and the Constituencies' Effect on Legislators' Ideology within the Congressional Delegation from Texas in the United States House of Representatives
(Master thesis, 2015-05-31)Since the 1980s there has been a significant increase in polarization between the Republican and Democratic parties in the United States Congress. This thesis looks further into the increase in polarization in the United ... -
Du ser det ikke før du tror det: Identifisering av barn som ofre for menneskehandel. En kvalitativ studie av norske etaters arbeid med å identifisere enslige mindreårige asylsøkere som mulige ofre for menneskehandel
(Master thesis, 2014-05-31)Problemstillingene i denne oppgaven omfatter hvordan norske etater arbeider med å identifisere enslige mindreårige asylsøkere som mulige ofre for menneskehandel og hvordan etatene samarbeider. Med etater menes de offentlige ...