Blar i Department of Comparative Politics på emneord "731114"
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Brexit 2016. En empirisk analyse av populistiske trender, historie og kultur.
(Master thesis, 2020-08-28)Background and objectives: In June of 2016 a small majority in the United Kingdom (UK) voted to leave the European Union (EU). This is referred to as Brexit. The purpose of this thesis is to attempt to understand Brexit ... -
Building Trust in Brussels: Lobbying Strategies of Nordic Interest groups
(Master thesis, 2020-08-28)In their pursuit of influencing EU institutions and decision-makers, Nordic interest groups face the choice of directly contacting the decision-makers or generating pressure indirectly through mobilizing and/or changing ... -
Causes of regime breakdown in Tunisia and Egypt, economy or hybrity?
(Master thesis, 2011-06-01)This analysis tests regime-related and economical explanations for regime breakdowns in Tunisia and Egypt. Generalizations from four large N-studies are used to find out if the two breakdowns find themselves within the ... -
The challenge from within: A multilevel analysis of ethnic separatist demands, 1990-2003
(Master thesis, 2009-11-19)This thesis aims to identify which factors that explain why ethnic groups raise separatist demands and what factors that are associated with a radicalization or de-radicalization of these demands over time. The topic is ... -
Challenges in Accessing Humanitarian Spaces in High-Conflict Contexts: ICRC, MSF, and NAC’s practice of Humanitarian Diplomacy in Southeast Afghanistan.
(Master thesis, 2022-06-22)The nature of the practice of Humanitarian Diplomacy makes it a difficult subject for scholars to study and generalize and therefore has resulted in the field being dominated by single case-studies. This is especially true ... -
A changed welfare-state: Sweden through the 1980s
(Master thesis, 2015-06-01)This thesis seeks to contribute to the important debate regarding whether who governs matter, and if the relationship between the government and labor unions affect economic performance. The research question is: "Did ... -
Changing Narratives? An Analysis of the Effects of the European Debt Crisis on the European Integration Narratives of the SPD and the CDU/CSU
(Master thesis, 2016-06-01)With this thesis I aim to investigate the effects of the European debt crisis on the European Integration narratives of political parties. Taking an actor centred view on European integration, a qualitative analysis of the ... -
China in Africa: New colonialism or sustainable development?
(Master thesis, 2014-06-02)This paper examines the criticisms China has received over its involvement in Africa over the past decade. By utilising case studies of two sub- Saharan African countries, empirical data, and economic development theory ... -
Chinese colonialism or south-south cooperation? The case of chinese resources for infrastructure contracts in Angola
(Master thesis, 2011-06-01)This thesis examines the use of Chinese resources for infrastructure contracts in Angola. China has engaged in this mechanism that trades African natural resources for Chinese infrastructure construction with several African ... -
Citizens’ Attitudes toward a System of Responsibility Sharing for Asylum Seekers in Europe: A Replication Study
(Master thesis, 2020-06-24)Four years after the unprecedented influx of refugees to Europe in 2015/2016, Europe still only has temporary solutions for refugee protection. The current regulations of the Common European Asylum System are not capable ... -
Cleavages and party systems in post-communist Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria
(Master thesis, 2008-11-20)This thesis examines the presence of cleavages and their effect on party systems in post-communist Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. By using logistic regression models, operationalisations of cleavages from different surveys ... -
Climate and Conflict: A logistic multilevel analysis of the relationship between climate variability and violent conflict
(Master thesis, 2020-06-24)In this thesis I investigate the link between climate variability and violent conflict. By applying an unconventional way of measuring conflict with regards to death toll based in contemporary climate-conflict literature, ... -
Climate Change and New Approaches to Securing the Arctic: The Case Study of Canada
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Close elections and turnout: The margin of victory and horseshoes in comparative perspective
(Master thesis, 2014-11-20)More people decide to vote when the race is close than when it is not. This is arguably the most consistent finding in aggregate-level research on turnout. However, studies in recent years using multilevel analysis ... -
Community Policing in South Africa - Mission impossible? A qualitative case study of police reform failure in South Africa after the 1994-transition to democracy
(Master thesis, 2014-06-02)Since the 1990s community policing has been promoted as an ideal and pursued though policing reforms in large parts of the developing world, especially in post-transitional societies faced with the twin problem of high ... -
Conflicting Interests in Clean Energy Transitions: A panel analysis of offshore wind deployment in Europe, 2001-2020
(Master thesis, 2022-12-06)Offshore wind has become an increasingly attractive energy source in the ongoing transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources. Until recently, this clean energy technology has primarily been deployed in a handful ... -
Constitutionalising Rights to Water and Sanitation: International Norm Diffusion or Local Politics?
(Master thesis, 2020-08-28)Water constitutes the foundation of human life. Without water, no one survives. In 2010, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 64/292 recognising the Human Right to Water and Sanitation. Subsequently, ... -
Contextual factors and the salience of the immigration issue : An analysis of populist radical right parties' favourite topic
(Master thesis, 2011-03-22)This master thesis seeks to explain how structural factors influence the salience of the immigration issue. Stated more precisely, the research question is: To what extent does immigration influence the salience of the ... -
Crises to die for: a quantitative study of financial crises, political instability, and economic growth
(Master thesis, 2011-05-27)This thesis emphasizes the multidimensionality of political instability when examining whether financial crises may trigger political instability, and how financial crises and instability affect the growth rate of the ...