During the past 50 years, more and more countries have abolished the death penalty. Today,more than half of the countries of the world have removed capital punishment from theirlaws for crimes such as murder. The use of ...

How do politicians in emerging democracies subvert institutional reforms that are designed to improve accountability? Looking at patron-client relations within political parties, I present a strategy, partisan accountability, ...

This thesis is concerned with investigating two phenomena related to civil society occurring in competitive authoritarian regimes: Closing space for civil society and deliberation in the form of limited pluralism. The study ...

This thesis seeks to resolve the gender blindness of Esping-Andersen's decommodification index and examine which socioeconomic and political forces that explain decommodification when female decommodification is accounted ...

Helse som menneskerettighet er ikke konstitusjonelt forankret i USA, men Obama, som mange presidenter før han satte helse som menneskerettighet på den politiske dagsordenen. Det var hans viktigste innenrikspolitiske ...

This article examines political parties’ approach to trade unions and the role of private and public party finance in contemporary democracies. We suggest that both unions’ direct donations and states’ party finance regimes ...

This thesis addresses the question of what constitutes the basis rights of Afghan woman, in the area of matrimonial law. By covering the narratives of gender promotion in Afghanistan, with the aim to examine the effectiveness ...

The purpose of this study is to examine the implications of the development of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) with regard to governance in the Arctic. This topic is of importance as Arctic waters are getting bluer, more ...

Climate change is often perceived as a distant threat affecting people in distant places and the far future. Such perceptions could dampen public willingness to spend on climate change mitigation. We contribute to the ...