Blar i Department of Comparative Politics på tittel
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Sentrum-periferi-relasjoner: Kan avstand påvirke holdninger til europeisk integrasjon? Et komparativt casestudium av Tyskland og Romania
(Master thesis, 2012-11-20)Abstract This master thesis is at hypothesis-generating case stadium focusing on center-periphery relations between EU and its member countries. Center-periphery relations between EU as an organization and its member ... -
The settler-rights backlash: understanding liberal challenges to Indigenous self-determination
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)In the archetypal settler-colonial states of the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, Indigenous peoples have joined the ‘rights revolution’, pressing for self-determination. They have been met by a ‘settler-rights ... -
Shifting parties, constant cleavage. Party system formation along the urban-rural cleavage in post-communist Lithuania
(Master thesis, 2006)When studying the party system formation in post-communist Lithuania, the WesternEuropean theoretical framework is a useful, although not sufficient tool to understand thisprocess. Weak alignments between voters and parties ... -
Siblings or distant relatives? A comparison of populist radical right parties in Europe
(Master thesis, 2009-05-19)This thesis has compared which political issues that mobilize voters for populist radical right (PRR) parties in Europe. The research question is Can populist radical right-voting be explained by the same political issues ... -
Sivilsamfunns demokratiske rolle. Er Norge og Danmark så ulike?
(Master thesis, 2007)The starting point of this paper is the reports on power and democracy which were finished in Denmark and Norway in 2003. The paper is an attempt at explaining the reason for the great differences between the conclusions ... -
Skattemoral i en global kontekst: Hvilke faktorer bidrar til høy vilje til å betale skatt? En flernivåanalyse fra 1994-2014
(Master thesis, 2016-05-30)Denne studien undersøker hva som påvirker skattemoral i en rekke land fra 1994 til 2014 . Majoriteten av studier innen skatteetterlevelse og moral benytter en adferds - økonomisk tilnærming. Disse tar gjerne utgangspunkt ... -
Skattereforma av 1992: Nyliberale idear med sosialdemokratiske briller
(Master thesis, 2017-06-22)This thesis analyses the interaction between neoliberal ideas and the political parties Labour (Arbeidarpartiet) and Conservatives (Høgre) in the Norwegian tax reform of 1992. It is a single-case study of Norwegian tax ... -
Social policy responsiveness in multilevel contexts: How vertical diffusion of competences affects the opinion-policy link
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Do multilevel structures of governance affect representation? This study examines how regionalization and globalization are related to social policy responsiveness. It has been argued that the interests of nonpopular actors, ... -
Socially mediated issue ownership
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Given the growing importance of issue competition and the growing use of social media during elections, this study seeks to create a better understanding of how issue dynamics relating to political parties play out on ... -
Sosial kapital -: hvor kommer det fra?
(Master thesis, 2010-10-04)I denne masteroppgaven undersøker jeg ulike antagelser om hvor sosial kapital kommer fra, og hvordan den blir opprettholdt. Jeg jobber ut i fra følgende problemstilling: Hvor kommer sosial kapital fra? Ut i fra eksisterende ... -
Stat, region, union. Flernivåstyre i Den europeiske union
(Doctoral thesis, 2009-06-25)If we study the cultural, economic and political processes of integration taking place in Europetoday and link them to changes in the room for manoeuvre European nation states haveexperienced after the implementation of ... -
State Capacity, Internal Conflict and Democratic Breakdown - A Comparative Study of Mali and Ghana.
(Master thesis, 2014-11-20)The two underdeveloped, West-African states, Mali and Ghana, have been praised for their well-established democratic institutions, and have been said to be good role models when it comes to democracy in an African context. ... -
A State Friendly Court: An Analysis of Norwegian Supreme Court Decisions
(Master thesis, 2012-11-20)The aim of this thesis is to test the state friendly hypothesis by comparing and integrating three different approaches to the study of judicial behavior in a hierarchical regression analysis. Decisions of the Norwegian ... -
Statsvennlighet i Norges Høyesterett. En flernivåanalyse av saksegenskapers påvirkning på dommernes vota i sivilsaker mellom staten og private parter, 1963 - 2014
(Master thesis, 2015-11-20)This thesis examines the influence of case characteristics on the behavior of Norwegian Supreme Court justices when the state appears as a party in civil cases. Acting as the highest court of appeal, the Supreme Court has ... -
The stigmatisation effect of the radical right on voters’ assessment of political proposals
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Despite the continued electoral progress of the radical right, there are reasons to believe that its full electoral potential has yet to be revealed. Previous research suggests that it suffers from a stigmatisation effect ... -
Still indispensable: how modern parties need grass roots activists for campaigning and sustaining democracy
(Doctoral thesis, 2014-06-13)This dissertation argues that modern political parties still need grass roots activists for campaigning and sustaining democracy. Western European parties have lost members at an increasing rate over the last 50 years and ... -
"Strategic Deterrence" in the North. Implications of Russian Maritime Defence Planning and Seapower to Norwegian Maritime Strategy
(Master thesis, 2018-06-22)Aiming to contribute on research cumulation on Russian military affairs in general and maritime defence planning and seapower in general, the thesis objectives are twofold in exploring Russian maritime defence planning and ... -
Structural Disadvantage: Evidence of Gender Disparities in the Norwegian Pension System
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-02-23)Norway is a world leader in gender equality according to sustainable development performance indicators. This study goes beyond these indicators to investigate systemic economic disadvantages for women, focusing specifically ... -
A study of the Nigerian truth commission and why it failed
(Master thesis, 2009)The Nigeria truth commission the Oputa Panel was set up in 1999 to investigate and recommend the appropriate redress of human rights violations committed between 1966 and 1999. Facing several delays and dangers of shut ...