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Gen(d)eralized Trust: An Experimental Approach to Interpersonal Trust and Gender Sensitivity
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)In this research note, the authors examine the extent to which one gender is more trusted than the other, relying on between-subjects survey experiments fielded in Germany, Norway and the United States. The authors’ findings ... -
Gender in the Supreme Court of Norway - Judicial behaviour in child custody cases, 1968 - 2011
(Master thesis, 2013-06-03)This thesis explores how gender affects the votes of Norwegian Supreme Court judges in cases of disputed child custody in the period from 1968 to 2011. A typology of four common approaches to the study of gendered behaviour ... -
Gender Parity and the Symbolic Representation of Women in Senegal
(Master thesis, 2016-06-01)In 2010, Senegal adopted a 50/50 gender quota law called the “Law on Parity”, which led to a dramatic increase in the number of women elected to the National Assembly in the following legislative election from 22,7% to ... -
Gender, Governance, and Education: Is there Intra-Autocratic Variation in Women’s Influence on Education Outcomes?
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Geografisk konflikt i det politiske landskapet: En fortelling om to dimensjoner
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)I denne artikkelen undersøker vi geografiske og territorielle skiller i dagens norske politiske landskap der innbyggerne i bygd og by, i sentrum og periferi har kommet nærmere hverandre på grunn av teknologisk og ... -
Gerrymandering v. The Constitution: The case of Gill v. Whitford
(Master thesis, 2018-06-16)In this case study I analyze partisan gerrymandering in the United States with the research question: Does partisan gerrymandering violate the Constitution of the United States of America? With this as a starting point I ... -
"Gimme Shelter": How Can States and the World Community Protect "Climate Refugees"?
(Master thesis, 2012-08-02)The aim of this paper is to look at how the world community can offer protection to climate refugees". Although migration in the face of natural or human made disasters is not a new trend, there are signs of increases in ... -
Global Visions, Regional Realities: EU Migration and Asylum Policy in light of the UN Compacts on Migration and Refugees
(Master thesis, 2024-06-03)This thesis examines the development of the European Union’s migration and asylum policy post-2018, focusing on its alignment and misalignment with the United Nation’s Global Compacts on Migration and Refugees. It explores ... -
Globalisation and democracy - friends or foes? Examining the effects of economic globalization on the quality of democracy in established democracies.
(Master thesis, 2021-07-16)This thesis examines whether economic globalisation has any general effects on the quality of democracy in established democracies. Globalisation is considered a crucial contemporary challenge to modern democracies. While ... -
Globalisation and the welfare state - A meta-regression analysis
(Master thesis, 2014-06-02)The effect of economic globalisation on the welfare state is a widely polarised debate in the scholarly literature. In essence, there are three possible effects of this relationship: economic globalisation increases welfare, ... -
Glocal politics: Local political parties and GHG emissions in Norwegian municipalities, 2009-2021
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Going Regional: Regional and Multilevel Electoral Democracy in Western Europe in Times of Decentralization (1945-2019)
(Doctoral thesis, 2024-10-31)I vest-europeiske land har regionalforvaltning opplevd en betydelig forandring siden andre verdenskrig. Denne forandringen involverer etableringen av nye regioner, forsterkning av mange eksisterende regioner og innføringen ... -
Golpes con adjetivos: ¿presición o confusión?
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The Government Deference Dimension of Judicial Decision Making: Evidence from the Supreme Court of Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Past research has revealed conflicting findings regarding the degree to which judges on European apex courts enact their policy preferences or instead disagree on the basis of divergent legal views. We investigate disagreement ... -
Grant or deny? Gatekeeping on the Norwegian Supreme Court
(Master thesis, 2024-06-03)Interest in the Supreme Court has grown within political science. The rapidly expanding research on the United States Supreme Court has inspired scholars worldwide to study their own national courts. This field is expanding ... -
Growing Despite the Odds - How NGOs Shift Scale in an Authoritarian Regime
(Master thesis, 2016-06-01)Similar non-governmental organizations in a similar context should, according to structural analysis have the same outcome. Why can we then observe differences in scale shift between similar organizations that are active ... -
Hardstyret held fram. Ein etterrøknad i strukturelle vilkòr for framvoksteren av nye slag autoritære regime i Sentral-Asia etter uppløysingi av Sovjetsamveldet
(Master thesis, 2009-05-20)Denne masteruppgåva presenterer etnonasjonal demografisk samansetnad og innkomor frå eksport av råvareressursar som dei avgjerande strukturelle vilkòri for framvoksteren av nye autoritære regimeslag i dei sentralasiatiske ... -
Hele laget? En kvalitativ studie av mangfold blant tillitsvalgte i Fagforbundet
(Master thesis, 2023-06-15)Fagforbundet har over 407 000 medlemmer på laget sitt. En del av Fagforbundets identitet er at det er bygget opp av medlemmer med svært ulik bakgrunn. Medlemmene kommer fra rundt 200 ulike yrker i både privat og offentlig ... -
Heller filantropi enn demokrati. Statoils CSR i utlandet.
(Master thesis, 2012-05-15)Multinasjonale selskaper opplever stadig høyere forventninger til å ta ansvar for sosial og politisk utvikling i de landene de opererer i. Statoil, som er i ferd med å utvide sin virksomhet i land utenfor Norge, har satt ... -
Hierarchies of Representation: The Re-distributive Effects ofGender and Youth Quotas
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)This article investigates how paired electoral quotas re-distribute parliamentary seats between majority and minority groups. Focusing on gender and youth quotas, we use the concept of Hierarchies of Representation to ...