Browsing Department of Comparative Politics by Title
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Oceans Apart: Ideologies of Extraterritorial Foreign Policy in Northern Europe and the USA
(Doctoral thesis, 2006-06-23)In the study of international relations, domestic variables have rather seldom been used to explainphenomena on the international level. In comparative politics and historical sociology, explainingdomestic outcomes have ... -
OECD-statenes forsvarsutgifter: En kald krig mot finanskrisen?
(Master thesis, 2016-06-01)Denne oppgaven studerer determinantene for OECD-statenes forsvarsutgifter. Oppgaven ser spesielt på om finanskrisen fra 2008 har bidratt til en endring i effektene til determinantene. Det er tre variabler som er av spesiell ... -
Olje for Utvikling. En analyse av norsk petroleumsbistand
(Master thesis, 2009-12-04)I denne oppgaven skal jeg analysere valget av hovedsamarbeidsland til bistandsprogrammet Olje for Utvikling. Med opprettelsen av Olje for Utvikling (OfU) i 2005 ble all petroleumsbistand samlet under ett program og tillagt ... -
"Om ikke akkurat grasrot, så nesten litt". Miljøverndepartementets bruk av "sivilsamfunnsinitiativer" som virkemidler for økt folkelig miljøengasjement
(Master thesis, 2008)This thesis studies how the Norwegian Ministry of the Environment tries to increase citizeninvolvement in environmental issues by using “grassroot” consumer organizations as a tool. Twosuch organizations are examined, ... -
On studying the unstudyable: a quantitative literature review of proposed causes of corruption and how these have been studied
(Master thesis, 2011-06-01)This thesis is a quantitative review of research on the causes of corruption. The aim is twofold: firstly to establish the degree of agreement between researchers regarding the causal effect of seven different explanatory ... -
"On Thin Ice?" Understanding Sustainable Development in the Arctic Council
(Master thesis, 2016-11-22)The thesis investigates the institutional approach" to sustainable development in the Arctic Council. What has been called the institutional approach is conceived of along two dimensions 1. The institutional dimension; ... -
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 ... -
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 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 ... -
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 ... -
Policy representation in Europe: the 2018 Peter Mair lecture
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)A key challenge of democratic societies is to ensure a continuous flow of information between the people and elites in order to secure representation of citizen preferences. While there may be occasions where deviations ... -
Political (In)tolerance of the Far-Right: The Importance of Agency
(Journal article, 2021-05-04)This paper examines the impact of far-right agency on public political tolerance—what the parties on the far right do to disconnect themselves from accusations of extremism and thus increase their political tolerance by ...