Browsing Department of Comparative Politics by Title
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Lehman Brothers - A Casualty of Constructive Ambiguity?
(Master thesis, 2009-10-05)This thesis seeks to explain the US Government's role in the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers in September 2008. It asks why Lehman did not find a solution in the market before it was too late, and why the Government did not ... -
Like problem - ulike valg. En studie av Norges nei til heroinassistert behandling i lys av Sveits sitt ja
(Master thesis, 2013-11-20)Most countries in the world have problems related to drug use. The use of heroin especially have from the 1960s and onwards led to gatherings of drug addicts in public spaces (often referred to as open drug scenes), overdose ... -
Litigating the Right to a Healthy Environment. Assessing the Policy Impact of "The Mendoza case"
(Master thesis, 2010-06-03)This thesis enquires into the policy consequences of the Mendoza case, a public interest litigation case in Argentina, in which several non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the National Ombudsman demanded action from ... -
Living in a material world: political funding in electoral authoritarian regimes in Sub-Saharan Africa
(Master thesis, 2011-05-27)This thesis investigates the role of political funding in two electoral authoritarian regimes in Sub-Saharan Africa. The issue of political funding has been investigated thoroughly in developed democracies in the West, but ... -
Lobbying on Behalf of God: Religious Interest Groups and the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
(Master thesis, 2003)The purpose of this dissertation is to ascertain the role and effect religious interest groups have on the policy process in the United States. The study looks at the Association of Christian Schools International, the ... -
Local Ownership in Funding mechanisms’ Support to Civil Society Organizations’ Peacebuilding efforts
(Master thesis, 2021-06-15)With the purpose of delivering “clarity through specificity” (Uphoff and Cohen 1980), this thesis explores the vaguely defined concept of local ownership in the area of international funding mechanisms support to “local” ... -
"Lord, here comes the flood": Investigating the chains of climate change discourses in Kiribati
(Master thesis, 2012-06-04)This thesis is aimed at uncovering the chains of climate change discourses in Kiribati. Building a theoretical and analytical framework from literature on accountability and responsiveness, I separate between four dimensions ... -
Macroeconomy and macropartisanship: Economic conditions and party identification
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)“It's the economy stupid”—is the phrase that captures the ubiquity of economics in determining election outcomes. Nevertheless, while several studies support the premise of economic voting, a constant critique of valence ... -
The Making and Unmaking of the Politics of Exceptionality. Studying Processes of Securitisation and Desecuritisation in the Orange and Okavango River Basins
(Master thesis, 2006)This study acknowledges the shortcomings of, on the one side, keeping the concept ofsecurity in international relations limited and confined to state protection by military meansfrom perceived internal and/or external ... -
Making the government accountable: rethinking immigration as an issue in the European Union
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)In the last decades, European countries have experienced two relevant waves of immigration. These ‘immigration shocks’ have contributed to increase dramatically public attention on immigration issues but also to structure ... -
Maktfordeling og beslutningsprosesser i flernivåstyringssystem: En analyse av kommunesammenslåingsprosessen mellom Ballangen, Hamarøy, Narvik og Tysfjord.
(Master thesis, 2024-06-03)Denne oppgaven tar for seg en kommunesammenslåingsprosess hvor Tysfjord kommune er hovedaktøren. Temaet i oppgaven er hvordan interessekonflikt og ulikt maktforhold påvirker politiske beslutningsprosesser på lokalt, regionalt ... -
Mange politiske mål på få mål jord - ein analyse av partipolitikkens rolle i forvaltinga av norske jordressursar
(Master thesis, 2017-06-15)The point of departure for this thesis is the inconsistency between national goals to conserve farmland, and the local management of this natural resource, which prevents Norway from complying with its national goals. The ... -
Marinejegerkommandoens evne til militær rådgivning. Crisis Response Unit 222 Special Operations Advisory Team i Afghanistan, 2015-2018
(Master thesis, 2019-07-26)Hvordan har Forsvarets Spesialstyrker (FS) lykkes med militær rådgivning av Crisis Response Unit (CRU) 222 når de står overfor komplekse utfordringer som tilsynelatende hindrer vellykket statsog demokratibygging i Afghanistan? ... -
Massesamfunnet Redux. En universell modell som forklarer endringer og utfall i demokratiseringsprosessen
(Master thesis, 2007)Dette er en teoretisk oppgave hvis formål er å vise hvordan generelle teorier ikke nødvendigvis er avgrenset til bestemte tidspunkt og geografiske regioner. Ved å kombinere ulike teorier kan en skape en ny teoretisk modell ... -
Med evne og vilje til å være upartisk? En analyse av den internasjonale straffedomstolens legitimitet ved behandlingen av anmodningene om etterforskning i Uganda og Sudan
(Master thesis, 2009-05-20)This master thesis explores preconditions for the legitimacy of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The foundations for the Court's legitimacy will be investigated by researching the selection process in two cases ... -
Med én fot innenfor: hvordan norske interesseaktører jobber i Brussel
(Master thesis, 2011-05-31)Denne masteroppgaven er et hypotesegenererende casestudium, foretatt innenfor et hovedsaklig uutforsket område. Oppgavens hovedmål er å forklare hvorfor interesseaktører i EU-systemet velger ulike lobbystrategier når de ... -
Media effects on opinions about climate change mitigation and the Norwegian petroleum industry
(Master thesis, 2015-06-05)With this thesis I aim to investigate the media influences on Norwegian public opinions on climate change mitigation policies, with a particular emphasis on mitigation policies that target the Norwegian petroleum industry. ... -
Mellom ord og krig: Ein komparativ casestudie av EU og USA sin bruk av GSP-sanksjonar mot Kviterussland
(Master thesis, 2012-06-03)This thesis aims to reveal the nature of the European Union as a sender of sanctions compared with the United States. The question I ask is; is the European Union less united as sender of GSP-sanctions than the US, and ... -
Mellom pietistisk fundamentalisme og kommunalistisk interessepolitikk. En komparativ analyse av interaksjon mellom religion og politikk i India, Sri Lanka og Pakistan
(Master thesis, 2001)Temaet i denne hovedoppgaven er forholdet mellom religion og politikk. Enhetene er India, Sri Lanka og Pakistan. Tidsmessig er analysen hovedsakelig avgrenset til landenes periode som selvstendige stater. Oppgavens teoretiske ... -
Messy Issues, Policy Conflict and the Differentiated Polity: Analysing Contemporary Policy Responses to Complex, Uncertain and Transversal Policy Problems
(Doctoral thesis, 2006-04-07)At present, a surprisingly wide variety of commentators and observers seem toagree that Europeans are failing to tackle urgent policy challenges. As a result,so the argument does, Europeans are falling further and further ...