Blar i Department of Comparative Politics på emneord "VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Statsvitenskap og organisasjonsteori: 240::Sammenlignende politikk: 241"
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Stat, region, union. Flernivåstyre i Den europeiske union
(Doctoral thesis, 2009-06-25)If we study the cultural, economic and political processes of integration taking place in Europetoday and link them to changes in the room for manoeuvre European nation states haveexperienced after the implementation of ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Understanding the Uneven Playing Field. The Multifaceted Role of Unfair Electoral Competition in a Non-Democratic Regime
(Doctoral thesis, 2017-06-15)If you are running as an opposition candidate in an election in a non-democratic regime, you know that you are running against a candidate who has better access to the state than you. As a result, you are likely to have ... -
The urban poor as citizens and clients. Enacting political agency through political parties and social movements in Kenya and Zambia
(Doctoral thesis, 2016-05-27)How has political pluralism and increasingly more competitive elections affected the political agency of the urban poor in Kenya and Zambia, and why? This thesis compares the political mobilization of the urban poor by ... -
Winning Without Fighting: The Art of Nonviolent Action
(Master thesis, 2008)Nonviolent collective action emerged during the last century as a potent tool for democratizationand the pursuit of freedom and human rights. Yet the phenomenon remains somewhatunderstudied, and our understanding of its ... -
Work, Pension and Reform: A Comparative Analysis of Norway and Denmark in light of OECD Recommendations
(Master thesis, 2003)The thesis addresses the subject of ageing societies resulting from demographic trends of population, individual and active ageing. Societies are aging across the world, but the focus of this study is the OECD area in ... -
Å donere demokrati – en casestudie av donorstøttet sivilsamfunnsutvikling i Serbia
(Master thesis, 2010-06-03)Civil society support in democratizing countries has become a central focus of international donors during the last two decades. Yet, our understanding of the phenomenon and the possible consequences remains incomplete. ...