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‘Can you really fail to support the one who feeds you?’ - An analysis of female representation in the Ugandan Parliament
(Master thesis, 2003)The Ugandan Parliament has seats reserved for women. According to the 1995 Constitutionone woman shall be elected from each district. Hence, the 56 District WomenRepresentatives are elected in addition to the 214 regular ... -
Canada - en innvandringspolitisk suksesshistorie?
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Candidate selection and informal soft quotas for women: gender imbalance in political recruitment in Zambia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)What does it take for a female aspirant to win a party nomination in a candidate-centered electoral system in an emerging democracy? Three decades after the third wave of democratization hit Africa, we still know little ... -
Capital flows to developing countries: Essays on the behavior of aid donors and official creditors
(Doctoral thesis, 2014-06-02)The capital flows from bilateral and multilateral donors to developing countries have increased considerably since the start of foreign aid in the 1950s. During the same period, the policies of aid allocation have changed, ... -
Capturing agency in different educational settings: A comparative study on youth perceptions of mobility-framing structures
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The geographical mobility of young Europeans takes place within institutional realms that frame young people´s educational and vocational situations. These institutional framings provide unequal preconditions for going ... -
Capturing the Dynamics of Panic Disorder. A System Dynamics Translation of the Contemporary Biological and Psychological Conceptualization of Panic Disorder
(Master thesis, 2008-11-23)The present study undertakes a full system dynamics (SD) translation of the contemporary biological and psychological conceptualizations of panic disorder (PD). It makes explicit the dynamic processes implicit in the ... -
Carbon capture utilization and storage market dynamics: Matching CO2 supply and demand for enhanced oil recovery
(Master thesis, 2014-08-15)This thesis describes the project, which is a part of a wider collaboration between the University of Bergen, Norway and the University of North Dakota (UND) and the Institute for Energy Studies (IES), US established in ... -
Carbon Leakage: The Case of Norway
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Carbon Pricing and Induced Small Business Innovation in California: How the Global Warming Solutions Act Impacted Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Green Energy
(Master thesis, 2021-06-01)This is a study of the California Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA) and the related laws passed to support it. The GWSA established a whole-economy cap on greenhouse gas emissions and established a series of emissions ... -
Carbonscapes and beyond - Conceptualizing the instability of oil landscapes
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)Geographers tend to see energy systems as intricately interwoven with society and relatively resistant to change. We argue that there is a danger of exaggerating the permanence and stability of the energy–society relationship. ... -
Care or Cash? The Effect of Child Care Subsidies on Student Performance
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-12)Given the wide use of child care subsidies across countries, it is surprising how little we know about the effect of these subsidies on children's longer-run outcomes. Using a sharp discontinuity in the price of child care ... -
Care order cases in the European Court of Human Rights - Parents' vs. children's rights
(Master thesis, 2019-06-20)At present date, 47 States have committed to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The Convention aims to give all humans some basic human rights. Children are however not explicitly mentioned. The European Court ... -
The Care/Security Nexus of the Humanitarian Border: Assisted Return in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-08-25)While Assisted Return and deportation are frequently viewed as two different return policies, the first represented as humanitarian and the latter as enforcement, this article argues that there is a continuum between these ... -
Casanova og Tinderella En moderne kjærlighetshistorie? En kvalitativ studie av dating apper og deres påvirkning
(Master thesis, 2020-07-03)Sammendrag Denne studien tar for seg dating apper og hvilken påvirkning disse appene kan ha, på forhold og på personer. Verden blir mer og mer digitalisert og teknologien er over alt rundt oss. Vi tar med oss teknologien ... -
Causes of regime breakdown in Tunisia and Egypt, economy or hybrity?
(Master thesis, 2011-06-01)This analysis tests regime-related and economical explanations for regime breakdowns in Tunisia and Egypt. Generalizations from four large N-studies are used to find out if the two breakdowns find themselves within the ... -
A century of Public Administration: Traveling through time and topics
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Public Administration (PA) has been a unique witness and protagonist of scholarship in the field of public administration over the course of an entire century. On the occasion of the journal's 100th anniversary, we conduct ... -
Chad-Cameroon petroleum development and pipeline project. Impact assessment of the project to the local community: Case study of the Ocean Division of Cameroon
(Master thesis, 2010-05-18)The Chad-Cameroon petroleum development and pipeline project was received with great expectations. Though the project presented negative effects to the environment, with the pro-posed mitigation strategies, many people saw ... -
The challenge from within: A multilevel analysis of ethnic separatist demands, 1990-2003
(Master thesis, 2009-11-19)This thesis aims to identify which factors that explain why ethnic groups raise separatist demands and what factors that are associated with a radicalization or de-radicalization of these demands over time. The topic is ... -
The challenge of transboundary coordination: The case of the Norwegian police and military
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)This article examines how the transboundary coordination capacity between the military and the police has changed since the terrorist attacks in Norway in 2011. We address changes in the arrangements that regulate how the ... -
The "Challengers": The driving forces behind the youth's demand for change in the Egyptian Uprising
(Master thesis, 2012-11-20)This study reflects on what were the most important motivational factors for the Egyptian youth to participate in the 25th of January 2011 revolution. By applying a conceptual framework from social movement theory, it ...