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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Most countries in the world today use elections as a method of transferring political power and bring legitimacy to ruling incumbents. However, some elections are marred by wide-spread electoral violence, a specific ...

The overarching aim of this thesis is to explore whether traditional welfare politics and the politics of crime and punishment ought to be considered part of the same policy domain — the governance of social marginality. ...

The membership of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway in the European Economic Area (EEA) has often been suggested to entail a democratic deficit. These three European Free Trade Association (EFTA) members have to implement ...

This thesis seeks to develop a thorough understanding of international actors’ influence on democratization processes and democratic consolidation, by conducting a qualitative case study of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This ...