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Does aid save infants lives? A geospatial impact evaluation of aid effectiveness in Uganda
(Master thesis, 2019-06-21)While there are many studies of how official development aid (ODA) affects economic growth, there are far fewer studies of how aid affects health outcomes. Also, most of the studies of aid effectiveness have been cross-country ... -
Does direct democracy mean more equal democracy? A study of government responsiveness in advanced democracies
(Master thesis, 2020-06-24)As it constitutes a main feature of contemporary democracy, government responsiveness has provided the basis for large a body of literature, usually finding that public policy tends to reflect the preferences of citizens. ... -
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 ... -
Economic crises and the electoral resilience of dominant parties: A paired comparison of Mexico and Malaysia
(Master thesis, 2013-06-03)This thesis investigates the electoral resilience of dominant parties in electoral authoritarian regimes under conditions of economic crises. In the field of comparative politics, it is widely assumed that poor economic ... -
Economic Inequality and Political Power in Norway
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-03-03)Så lenge demokratiske styreformer har eksistert har folk diskutert om økonomisk ulikhet undergraver det demokratiske idealet om politisk likhet. Har borgere med vidt forskjellige økonomiske ressurser i virkeligheten lik ... -
Economics, Politics and Young Males. Root Causes of Terrorism on the Aggregate Level in Europe
(Master thesis, 2015-06-01)The research question posed in this thesis is: what are the root causes of terrorism on the aggregate level in Europe. There is little convergence on the root causes of terrorism in the field of terrorism research, and ... -
Economy, territory, and identity: A Rokkanian analysis of Indigenous self-determination in Canada and Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Indigenous peoples throughout the circumpolar north have made significant progress in terms of securing self-determination through greater political autonomy. Although such change is important, it must be accompanied by ... -
Education at a standstill: how the consociational school of thought has perpetuated ethnic conflict in post-war Bosnia
(Master thesis, 2016-06-01)This study set out to explore why the consociational prescription to have cultural autonomy in education contributes to perpetuating ethnic conflict instead of conflict resolving, in post-war societies like Bosnia and ... -
Effects of the Refugee Crisis on Perceptions of Asylum Seekers in Recipient Populations
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)This article examines the effects of the refugee crisis on perceptions of asylum seekers. Previous research has demonstrated that asylum seekers are perceived in terms of deservingness—either as deserving refugees in need ... -
Effekten av autokratisering på økonomisk vekst. En analyse av regimeoverganger etter den kalde krigen
(Master thesis, 2023-06-02)What impact does autocratization have on economic growth? This thesis examines this question by considering that autocratization has taken various forms since the Cold War, and resulted in different types of regime transitions ... -
Effekten av bistand - vellykket demokratipromotering eller olje til autokratiets maskineri?
(Master thesis, 2011-06-01)The primary aim of this thesis is to contribute to the understanding of the question: Which effect does aid have on democratization? The answer to this has been remarkably diverse, ranging from arguments regarding how aid ... -
Effektiv QUANGO for partnerskap i nord? en hypotesegenererende casestudie av Barentssekretariatets rolle i Barentssamarbeidet
(Master thesis, 2011-06-03)Formålet med denne casestudien har vært å beskrive hvilken rolle Barentssekretariatet spiller i Barentssamarbeidet, og hvorvidt Sekretariatets rolle har implikasjoner for det regionale og nasjonale politiske nivå på norsk ... -
Electoral Alliances in a Multilevel Perspective
(Master thesis, 2023-11-20)This thesis investigates the strategic dynamics of Electoral Alliances (EAs) in multilevel electoral systems, focusing on Western European democracies. EAs, defined as joint party lists, can be a critical tool for political ... -
Electoral competition after party splits
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)While party splits are a relatively frequent phenomenon in many new and established democracies, the systematic empirical research on electoral competition after schisms is limited. The analysis of more than 200 splits ... -
Eleven som demokratisk medborger En kvalitativ studie av demokrati- og medborgerskapsforståelsen hos videregående elever
(Master thesis, 2022-06-22)The research questions for this thesis seeks to understand more about high school pupils understanding of democracy and citizenship and to see if this understanding changes after the pupils participates at an educational ...