Browsing Faculty of Social Sciences by Subject "social capital"
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Evaluating Adaptive Governance in Northeast Bangladesh: A Case Study of the TRACKS Project
(Master thesis, 2017-09-01)In the face of accelerating environmental issues, such as climate change, new modes of governance have emerged. One such approach is that of adaptive governance, which can be seen as a critical challenge to the conventional ... -
Legacy and survival: Civil society under dictatorship and the survival of post-authoritarian democracies
(Master thesis, 2016-06-01)Why do some democracies fail while others survive? Much research has shown that a vibrant and strong civil society is important for democratic performance and survival. At the same time, the legacy of certain traits and ... -
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
(Master thesis, 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 ... -
Trust in Public Institutions in Zanzibar: Mapping the Influence of Identity and Performance Factors
(Master thesis, 2017-01-30)What explains trust in public institutions in Zanzibar? The study's main objective was to examine the significance of identity and perceptions of performance in explaining citizens' political trust in Zanzibar. Using a ... -
Trust in public institutions, a comparative study of Botswana and Tanzania
(Master thesis, 2016-06-01)This thesis concerns institutional trust in Botswana and Tanzania and seeks to test several variables' importance in determining individuals' trust. African countries have historically been somewhat neglected in trust ...