Browsing Department of Comparative Politics by Title
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A Tale of Two Cities. A comparative study of ISIS in Ramadi and Fallujah
(Master thesis, 2017-06-30)ISIS attacked Ramadi and Fallujah in the early days of January 2014, and while Fallujah fell at once with no visible resistance, it took protracted fighting and a three-day surge by ISIS before Ramadi fell on May 17 the ... -
The absence of climate change mitigation
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The Effect of Voter ID Laws on Turnout: A Counterfactual Analysis
(Master thesis, 2021-07-02)In the United States, laws requiring voters to show ID in order to vote are both a novel and highly controversial policy intervention. Disagreement over these laws largely centers on their expected effect on turnout, with ... -
The EU as a democracy promoter in the Maghreb - A crystallization of the European dilemma?
(Master thesis, 2021-07-02)In 2021, High Representative of the EU, Josep Borrell, stated that; “25 years after the Barcelona Declaration and 10 years after the Arab Spring, challenges in the Mediterranean – many of which resulting from global trends ... -
The impact of REDD+ on environmental governance and deforestation: A comparative case study of Peru and two subnational Units
(Master thesis, 2019-07-06)Peru adopted a “nested approach” to REDD+ in 2008. The nested approach can teach us a lot about environmental governance and deforestation, because Peru develops REDD+ the on local, regional and national level. The ... -
The regulation and use of armed guards for protection of merchant vessels transitioning high risk areas
(Master thesis, 2020-08-05)The regulation and use of armed guards for protection of merchant vessels transitioning high risk areas - A comparative study of two Western European states’ approach to the employment of armed security. -
The value of human values for understanding attitudes towards the EU: A multi-country and longitudinal study
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The Winner Takes it All: Investigating the incumbency effect for the Progress Party on the Norwegian municipal level
(Master thesis, 2019-06-28)With this thesis I explore the incumbency effect for the Progress Party in local Norwegian politics. While there seems to be wide-ranging agreement that incumbency indeed has an effect, whether this is an advantage or ... -
Thirty years of Regional and Federal Studies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Regional and Federal Studies' 30th anniversary offers an opportunity to take stock of the state of the discipline and of the journal. We make four claims. First, the multi-level nature of the political world has intensified ... -
Three approaches to labor-market vulnerability and political preferences
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This contribution starts by presenting the three main approaches that political scientists use to analyze labor market vulnerability. We proceed to discuss various operationalizations of labor market vulnerability. We ... -
The Three Mahapacs: a game theoretical analysis of power changes and democracy-building in Israel
(Master thesis, 2009-05-27)Since independence, Israel has passed through the phases of democratic transition from the non-democratic British Mandate Authority of pre-independence Palestine to the democratic confirmation of peaceful transfers of ... -
To comply or not to comply? Building an index for constitutional compliance
(Master thesis, 2021-07-02)There are limited, but increasing, attempts at quantitatively measuring the distance between de jure provisions and their de facto adherence. Such attempts seem mostly concerned with rights provisions, but some also concern ... -
To sider av same sak: Ein kvantitativ casestudie av haldningar til kommunesamanslåing og politisk legitimitet
(Master thesis, 2013-06-06)Oppgåva studerer årsaker til haldningar til kommunesamanslåing og korleis desse heng saman med legitimitetsgrunnlaget for kommunesamanslåingar. To kommunar, Hareid og Ulstein, utgjer casen for analysen. Analyseeiningane ... -
Tracking trust - Investigating how social capital influences economic development in Latin America.
(Master thesis, 2009-12-04)This thesis investigates how social capital can lead to enhanced economic development through lowering transaction costs and promoting labour productivity and investment. The research question is: How does social capital ... -
Trade liberalization: The right engine of growth? A quantitative analysis
(Master thesis, 2007)Do lower barriers to international trade induce a positive effect on economic growth? This has been a highly debated issue within the field of economics for more than a century. Several studies find a positive relationship ... -
Trust and credibility: a study of Norwegian asylum practice in sexual orientation claims
(Master thesis, 2013-06-01)This thesis looks at the Norwegian asylum process in cases where the claimant's sexual orientation is their grounds for seeking asylum. Semi- structured interviews with gay asylum seekers, asylum caseworkers, lawyers and ... -
Trust beyond borders: The Norwegian welfare state, social coordinated security schemes and the free movement of labour
(Master thesis, 2014-11-20)Will the increase in the number of labour immigrants after the EU enlargements in 2004, 2007 and 2013, in the context of having to comply with the regulation of coordinated social security from EU, harm levels of general ... -
Tuning in to formal politics: Mock elections at school and the intention of electoral participation among first time voters in Norway
(Journal article, 2016)The aim of this study is to investigate the relation between political education in schools and the willingness of students to vote in parliamentary elections. Empirically tested through the case of mock elections at schools ... -
TWEED Code Book
(Book, 2006)The data set Terrorism in Western Europe: Events Data, TWEED, contains information on events related to internal (or domestic) terrorism in 18 West European countries (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, ... -
'Two Bulls in a Kraal' - Recognising cultural difference in post-Apartheid South Africa
(Master thesis, 2002)This thesis addresses the dilemmas that might occur when one introduces liberal strategies for accommodating difference in a society with deep cultural cleavages. In the last few decades there have been an exhaustive debate ...