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Online censorship and young people’s use of social media to get news
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The increasing adoption of social media across Africa has raised hopes that they represent a new locus of youth political agency. However, as social media has become more ubiquitous, so has its control by African regimes. ... -
The online hostility hypothesis: representations of Muslims in online media
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Using a large data set of online media content in eight European countries, this paper broadens the empirical investigation of the online hostility hypothesis, which posits that interactions on social sites such as blogs ... -
Online Service Providers and the Arab Spring
(Master thesis, 2018-06-30)The role played by internet and mobile phone services – access providers, social media etc – in the Arab Spring has been much discussed, including in academia. Whether these services were instrumental in the wave of ... -
Organised interests in the media and policy congruence: The contingent impact of the status quo
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)While a multitude of studies have investigated the link between opinion and policy, we have little knowledge of how and when organised interests affect this linkage. We argue that the alignment of organised interests affects ... -
Out of work and out of office: The golden mix for left bloc support in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)Across established democracies, the relationship between the economy and party choice is robust. In efforts to test the relationship further, forecasting models based on economic and political variables have been constructed ... -
Outsourcing Peace? The United Nations' Use of Private Security and Military Companies
(Master thesis, 2005-09)Private companies provide security and military services to states, international organizations, international non-governmental organizations, and individuals. This thesis addresses the United Nation’s use of private ... -
Parti, velgere, media og politikk. Innflytelse på Stortingets dagsorden gjennom representasjon og agendasetting 1985-2001
(Master thesis, 2004)I denne oppgaven analyseres partienes, velgernes og medienes innflytelse på Stortingets dagsorden i perioden 1985-2001. To ulike prosesser for innflytelse på offentlig politikk, politisk representasjon og politisk ... -
Participation in Indigenous Democracy: Voter Turnout in Sámi Parliamentary Elections in Norway and Sweden
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-11-05)This article compares and analyzes voter turnout in the 2013 elections to the Sámi parliaments in Norway and Sweden, using data from voter surveys. Is voting in these elections motivated by the same factors that explain ... -
Party Competition as an Explanation for New Parties’ Decision to Reenter Elections and Electoral Success: A Heckman’s Selection Model of New Parties in Central and Eastern Europe
(Master thesis, 2020-08-28)This thesis investigates the determinants of reentry and electoral success among new parties that encounter ideological competition from established parties in Central and Eastern Europe. In this part of Europe there is a ... -
Party Responsiveness to Public Opinion in Young Democracies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Are political parties in young democracies responsive to the policy preferences of the public? Compared to extensive scholarship on party responsiveness in established democracies, research on party responsiveness in young ... -
Party roles in young democratic regimes - Challenging dynamics in a modern political environment
(Master thesis, 2009-12-03)The democratic situation for young regimes in Eastern Europe is one hallmarked withchallenges. This master thesis focuses on three young democracies, Hungary, Latvia andSlovenia, in order to shed on these challenges. The ... -
Past and Present Sources of European Union. A Comparative Historical-Institutionalist Analysis
(Doctoral thesis, 2010-06-11)This study sets out to explain why continental and southern Europe has beensignificantly more favourable to post-1945 European integration than the north. I arguethat this is an important problem for two reasons. First, ... -
Patterns of Financialisation: A Multimethod Study of Banking Regulation in Canada
(Master thesis, 2021-07-02)In this thesis I ask if financialisation – the increasing influence of the financial sector – may cause a dual effect of increased economic growth and decrease wage share of total income. I operationalise financialisation ... -
På gata for å skape data? En casestudie av SIAN sin gate- og nettaktivitet
(Master thesis, 2022-06-22)It has been argued that the far-right has moved their street activism to online platforms. While the radical right and the extreme right were active in the streets 20 years ago, they have primarily shifted their activism ... -
Påvirker innvandringsscenarier nordmenns holdninger til innvandrere? Et surveyeksperiment
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Er nordmenns forventninger om størrelsen på fremtidig innvandring med på å påvirke deres holdninger til innvandrere? Eksperimenter fra USA viser at eksponering for framskrivninger der den hvite delen av befolkningen ender ... -
Påvirkning i korrupsjonens gråsoner
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Perspectives on human rights in a local context. A case study of Belarus.
(Master thesis, 2019-07-06)The present research makes several noteworthy contributions to the theme of perspectives on human rights in a local context by examining the case of Belarus. Its major objective is to examine the interrelation between the ... -
A Platform or Partner: Engaging the Media in Advocacy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)What are the roles of media actors in relation to civil society actors in advocacy campaigns, and what factors shape these roles? Interested in media strategies of civil society actors, the paper examines the advocacy for ... -
Platform work in a Coordinated Market Economy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)To investigate whether platform work can grow even in political economies with an adverse institutional environment, we examine Germany as a least likely case. We assess what constrains the growth of platform work in Germany ... -
Policy positions, power and interest group-party lobby routines
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Prior literature points to the importance of party power and ideology for interest group-party contacts in the legislative arena. But interest groups do not often have ideologies – they are typically active in a small ...