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Politikk i sentrum og periferi - en analyse av Arbeiderpartiets kommunepartier
(Master thesis, 2020-12-12)This thesis aims to identify differences in policy and ideology between different levels of the Norwegian Labour Party along the centre-periphery dimension. To do this I combine local election manifestos with data on ... -
Lek eller læring? En kvalitativ studie om somaliske foreldrenes opplevelse av skole-hjemsamarbeid
(Master thesis, 2020-08-29)Sammendrag Dette er en masteroppgave om demokratibygging ved Universitet i Bergen. Den er en kvalitativ undersøkelse av somaliske foreldres perspektiv på skole-hjem samarbeid. Problemstillingen er: Hvordan opplever somaliske ... -
Brexit 2016. En empirisk analyse av populistiske trender, historie og kultur.
(Master thesis, 2020-08-28)Background and objectives: In June of 2016 a small majority in the United Kingdom (UK) voted to leave the European Union (EU). This is referred to as Brexit. The purpose of this thesis is to attempt to understand Brexit ... -
Rising Tide or Skilful Manoeuvring? Comparison of classical theories on elections and parties applied to a novel case: The Green Parties
(Master thesis, 2020-08-28)There has been a steadily increasing interest in the study of the phenomenon of “niche” parties in the last decade. The resulting literature has predominantly focused on populist right-wing parties, and while this is vital, ... -
Skandalepolitikk og medienes rolle: En emnemodellering av mediedekningen av metoo-kampanjen.
(Master thesis, 2020-08-28)Throughout the past decades, political scandals have been increasingly widespread across the world. The key elements of political scandals are typically sex, money, and power. Today these scandals could not have existed ... -
Are Candidate Evaluations Less Susceptible to Partisan Bias than Party Evaluations?
(Master thesis, 2020-08-28)According to the personalization hypothesis, voters’ attention is shifting away from collective entities like political parties to individual candidates. As attitudes towards candidates are growing more consequential in ... -
Local climate adaptation - Identifying opportunities and challenges for using climate knowledge in municipal decision making
(Master thesis, 2020-08-28)The usability of climate knowledge for decision makers has proved problematic. The often discussed usability gap occurs because of a discrepancy of what climate scientist perceive to be useful information and what decision ... -
Regjerende populister: Demokratiske effekter av populistisk styring
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Hvordan kan valgteori forklare holdninger til klimaendringer i Europa? En prediktiv analyse
(Master thesis, 2020-08-28)This thesis identifies various explanations for attitudes towards climate change. My argument is that there are several explanations in the literature on perceptions of climate change that are not elucidated. These ... -
«Vi har egentlig drevet med dette lenge, vi har bare ikke kalt det klimatilpasning» En kvalitativ studie av hvordan klimatilpasning har kommet på agendaen i to mellomstore kommuner.
(Master thesis, 2020-08-28)Adaption to climate change has become a topical issue within public administration. Global temperatures are on course for a 2,3 to 4,6-degree Celsius rise this century. An increasingly wilder and wetter climate will have ... -
Building Trust in Brussels: Lobbying Strategies of Nordic Interest groups
(Master thesis, 2020-08-28)In their pursuit of influencing EU institutions and decision-makers, Nordic interest groups face the choice of directly contacting the decision-makers or generating pressure indirectly through mobilizing and/or changing ... -
The regulation and use of armed guards for protection of merchant vessels transitioning high risk areas
(Master thesis, 2020-08-05)The regulation and use of armed guards for protection of merchant vessels transitioning high risk areas - A comparative study of two Western European states’ approach to the employment of armed security. -
SNMG1s bidrag til NATOs strategiske målsetninger om økt situasjonsbevissthet i Østersjøregionen og avskrekking av Russland
(Master thesis, 2020-08-05)Russlands annektering av Krim og militære intervensjon i Ukraina ble fordømt av NATO i 2014. Etter dette implementerte alliansen NATOs Readiness Action Plan (RAP) som respons på den endrede sikkerhetssituasjonen. Innen det ... -
Dialog på bakrommet vs. krasse enkeltuttalelser: En politisk diskursanalyse av dialogstrategien i norsk utenrikspolitikk
(Master thesis, 2020-08-04)Tema for denne oppgaven er argumentasjonen knyttet til dialogstrategien i norsk utenrikspolitikk. Formålet er å skape et grunnlag for diskusjon om strategien i tilfeller hvor norske interesser og verdier kommer i konflikt. ... -
Årsaker til at eldre er underrepresentert i folkevalgte organer
(Master thesis, 2020-08-04)Antall eldre i Norge øker hvert år og eldre utgjør en stadig økende andel av befolkningen. Stadig flere lever lenger og har bedre helse enn tidligere generasjoner. Eldre har tilsynelatende aldri hatt bedre forutsetninger ... -
Does direct democracy mean more equal democracy? A study of government responsiveness in advanced democracies
(Master thesis, 2020-06-24)As it constitutes a main feature of contemporary democracy, government responsiveness has provided the basis for large a body of literature, usually finding that public policy tends to reflect the preferences of citizens. ... -
The absence of climate change mitigation
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Alle piler peker opp En vekstkurveanalyse av kvinner i de høyeste domstolene
(Master thesis, 2019-12-18)Cross-sectional time-series analysis of women’s representation in states’ legislatures has a rich tradition within social sciences. The same cannot be said about women’s representation on the highest courts. This thesis ...
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