Browsing Department of Comparative Politics by Title
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Decent Work: Principles, policies and programmes of the International Labour Organisation
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Decision-Shaping From the Outside: Measuring and explaining the degree of preference attainment in the EEA EFTA Comments
(Master thesis, 2020-08-21)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 ... -
Defining the playing field: A framework for analysing fairness in access to resources, media and the law
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-02)The playing field is a concept often used to describe level of fairness in electoral competition. With Levitsky and Way’s definition of the playing field as a case in point, this paper takes a critical look at existing ... -
Democratic Reflections : To what extent do representatives mirror their constituents, and how does it affect the challenges modern, representative democracy are facing?
(Doctoral thesis, 2022-02-18)This thesis addresses the important challenges that contemporary, representative democracies are facing, and shows how (better) representation can contribute to tackling them. In doing so, I limit the scope to one specific ... -
Demokrati for folket, men av hvem? – En casestudie av Bosnia Hercegovina for å forstå internasjonale aktørers påvirkning på demokratiseringsprosesser og demokrati
(Master thesis, 2018-12-15)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 ... -
Demokrati og uvitenhet
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Denne artikkelen diskuterer først den såkalte «ignoranseinnvendingen» mot demokratiet som hevder at det store flertallet av velgere vet forsvinnende lite om politikk, og at epistokrati derfor er å foretrekke. Vi konkluderer ... -
Den femte Bølgen? En komparativ studie av den arabiske våren og demokratibølger
(Master thesis, 2012-06-07)I denne oppgaven har målet vært å forsøke og forklare hvorfor fenomen som den arabiske våren oppstår igjennom et strukturelt perspektiv. Oppgavens problemstilling er hvilke strukturelle faktorer forklarer transisjonsbølg ... -
Den koreanske chaebolen: En kvalitativ studie som undersøker økonomiske konglomeraters påvirkning på korrupsjon
(Master thesis, 2018-06-22)This thesis seeks to compare South Korea and Taiwan regarding the issue of corruption. Korea and Taiwan are both previous Japanese colonies; they share a strong military legacy; and both have recently experience rapid ... -
Den stille revolusjonen møter ungdommelig reaksjon
(Master thesis, 2020-08-28)En undersøkelse av politiske og verdimessige holdninger til landets yngste stemmeberettigete generasjoner sett i lys av Ronald Ingleharts teorier om “The silent revolution” -
«Den store demokratidebatten» – da og nå
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Det personlige vinklingspress - En innholdsanalyse av norske og svenske avisers dekning av politiske valgkamper i tidsrommet 1953-1998
(Master thesis, 2004)Målet med oppgaven har vært å undersøke hvordan personfokuseringen har utviklet seg i norsk og svensk presse fra begynnelsen av 1950-tallet og fram til slutten av 1990-tallet. I tillegg har det blitt undersøkt hvordan den ... -
Det regionale nivåets framtid - En komparativ studie av holdninger til forvaltningsordningen blant fylkestingspolitikere på Vestlandet
(Master thesis, 2013-02-21)Målet med denne studien er å få økt kunnskap om hva regionalpolitikere på Vestlandet mener om fremtidig forvaltningsordning. Problemstillingen forsøker å gi svar på hvilken forvaltningsordning politikerne ønsker, og hvilke ... -
Det samiske sivilsamfunnet i Sametinget og i samepolitikken
(Chapter, 2021)A vibrant civil society is important in a democratic system, and society’s contact with, opposition to and control of the political system is crucial for the democratic system to survive. In this chapter we look at the ... -
Determinants of active labor market policy: A spatial and multilevel analysis of ALMP expenditures in 29 OECD countries between 1985 and 2010
(Master thesis, 2013-06-03)In recent years, a growing field of research, known as policy diffusion, has investigated the idea that policy choices affect each other across geographic units. However, the distinction between direct and indirect diffusion ... -
Diaspora Mobilization for Justice During Conflict : The Case of Syria
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-12-15)This dissertation asks how diaspora mobilization for transitional justice evolves during conflict. Mobilization for transitional justice typically “deals with the past” and focuses on retrospective attempts to deal with ... -
Diaspora Mobilization in the Wake of the Syrian Civil War. The Syrian Anti-Regime Diaspora’s Struggle for Influence in the US and the UK
(Master thesis, 2016-11-21)This thesis seeks to analyze the Syrian diaspora's political mobilization emerging in the United States and the United Kingdom after the inception of the 2011 uprising. Despite extensive mobilization, the diaspora has been ... -
Dinosaurregimer fanget i tid: To kommunistregimers overlevelse etter Sovjetunionens oppløsning
(Master thesis, 2014-06-01)Store deler av det forrige århundret var preget av en periode som kalles den kalde krigen. Dette var en periode med ideologisk spenningstilstand mellom demokratiske vest og kommunistiske øst. Derfor var verden delt inn i ... -
Disarmament Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) of ex-combatants in Angola. Why did DDR only succeed in the third and last of the three peace processes?
(Master thesis, 2011-11)This thesis is a qualitative case study comparing the three Angolan peace processes, the Bicesse Accords, the Lusaka Protocol and the Luena Memorandum of Understanding. The thesis seeks to explain why Disarmament, ... -
Discrimination, Antiprejudice Norms, and Public Support for Multicultural Policies in Europe: The Case of Religious Schools
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)This study examines public support for a key contested multicultural policy in contemporary Europe: the provision of religious schools. It makes two main contributions, one substantive and one theoretical. Substantively, ... -
Disentangling the Influence of Recommender Attributes and News-Story Attributes: A Conjoint Experiment on Exposure and Sharing Decisions on Social Networking Sites
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-08-17)While news outlets still play an important role as a source of news, people increasingly receive their political information and news from social networking sites (SNSs). This study extends the literature on exposure and ...