Browsing Department of Comparative Politics by Document Types "Master thesis"
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Abolition of the death penalty. An event history analysis of the political, cultural and socioeconomic determinants of death penalty abolition.
(Master thesis, 2008-09)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 ... -
Achieving justice by starvation: a quantitative analysis of hunger strike outcomes
(Master thesis, 2014-06-02)This thesis analysis hunger strikes as a specific protest tactic and aims to contribute to the understanding of where, when and how hunger strikes are most likely to reach their intended goals. By using a dataset consisting ... -
Adapting to closing space: Human rights NGOs’ strategies in Putin’s Russia
(Master thesis, 2018-06-21)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 ... -
"Addressing the Gender Blindness of Decommodification" - Adapting decommodification of the paradox of female commodification
(Master thesis, 2015-06-01)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 ... -
Affordable Care Act- for better or for worse? - En liten oppsummering
(Master thesis, 2017-06-29)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 ... -
Afrikansk samarbeid i regionale mellomstatlege institusjonar.
(Master thesis, 2009-05-20)The thesis deals with interstate cooperation in African regional institutions, and poses the question: What characterizes African interstate cooperation as opposed to regional cooperation in other world regions. Institutional ... -
An Islamic liberation of Afghan women? A study of the legitimacy of different frameworks for the promotion of women’s rights in Afghanistan
(Master thesis, 2019-08-27)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 ... -
Arctic governance: Understanding the geopolitics of commercial shipping via the Northern Sea Route
(Master thesis, 2015-06-02)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 ... -
Balancing budgets. Political explanations of central government’s budget balance
(Master thesis, 2010-06-02)This thesis tries to identify which political and societal factors influence central governments' fiscal balance. It conducts the analysis using the statistical technique longitudinal multilevel models. 46 electoral ... -
Balancing the thin line between political and ecological protest, A Study of the Shies Protest
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Baltic Corporatist Arrangements. A Comparative Analysis of Tripartite Arrangements in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
(Master thesis, 2003)The subject of this thesis is the development of tripartite arrangements between representatives of the trade union organisations, the employers’ organisations and the government or the state bureaucracy in Estonia, Latvia ... -
«Barnevernet vil de ha fullstendig fjernet» En studie av årsaker til mistillit til barnevernet
(Master thesis, 2021-06-02)This study examines what underlies critical attitudes towards the Norwegian child protection service (CPS) by using quantitative methods and survey data. The CPS`s mandate is to ensure that children in Norway who live under ... -
Between communism and democracy: why postcommunist regimes get "stuck in transition"
(Master thesis, 2010-11-19)The transitions from communist rule throughout Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union have resulted in high regime diversity among the postcommunist regimes. Which factors may explain these differences in the political ... -
Bistand for utvikling. Effekten av handelsrelatert bistand på økonomisk utvikling i land sør for Sahara
(Master thesis, 2015-06-02)The aim of this thesis is to study the relationship between Aid for Trade, and economic development in sub-Saharan Africa. The research question is: Does trade related aid has a positive direct effect on economic development ... -
Bompengeopprøret i Rogaland. Hets, truslar og bompengar
(Master thesis, 2020-08-28)Målet med denne oppgåva var å få økt kunnskap om bompengeopprøret som tok stad frå hausten 2018 til våren 2019 i Rogaland. Problemstillinga forsøkjer og gje eit svar på kva som gjorde at debattklimaet i bompengesaken vart ... -
Brød eller sirkus? En tidsserieanalyse av TV-debatters innflytelse på partioppslutning i stortingsvalgkampen 2005
(Master thesis, 2007)Problemstillingen i denne masteroppgaven er om politikeres opptredener i TV-debatter har effekt på partiers oppslutning i norske stortingsvalgkamper. Bakgrunnen for temaet er analyser som viser at valgkamper blir viktigere ... -
‘Can you really fail to support the one who feeds you?’ - An analysis of female representation in the Ugandan Parliament
(Master thesis, 2003)The Ugandan Parliament has seats reserved for women. According to the 1995 Constitutionone woman shall be elected from each district. Hence, the 56 District WomenRepresentatives are elected in addition to the 214 regular ... -
Causes of regime breakdown in Tunisia and Egypt, economy or hybrity?
(Master thesis, 2011-06-01)This analysis tests regime-related and economical explanations for regime breakdowns in Tunisia and Egypt. Generalizations from four large N-studies are used to find out if the two breakdowns find themselves within the ... -
The challenge from within: A multilevel analysis of ethnic separatist demands, 1990-2003
(Master thesis, 2009-11-19)This thesis aims to identify which factors that explain why ethnic groups raise separatist demands and what factors that are associated with a radicalization or de-radicalization of these demands over time. The topic is ... -
The "Challengers": The driving forces behind the youth's demand for change in the Egyptian Uprising
(Master thesis, 2012-11-20)This study reflects on what were the most important motivational factors for the Egyptian youth to participate in the 25th of January 2011 revolution. By applying a conceptual framework from social movement theory, it ...