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Challenges in Accessing Humanitarian Spaces in High-Conflict Contexts: ICRC, MSF, and NAC’s practice of Humanitarian Diplomacy in Southeast Afghanistan.
(Master thesis, 2022-06-22)The nature of the practice of Humanitarian Diplomacy makes it a difficult subject for scholars to study and generalize and therefore has resulted in the field being dominated by single case-studies. This is especially true ... -
Climate Change and New Approaches to Securing the Arctic: The Case Study of Canada
(Master thesis, 2021-12-06) -
Complex Relationships: Income Inequality, Trust and Corruption
(Master thesis, 2019-06-28)The goal of this thesis is to investigate the link between income inequality and corruption and poses the following research question: Is there a positive relationship from income inequality to corruption and is this effect ... -
Conflicting Interests in Clean Energy Transitions: A panel analysis of offshore wind deployment in Europe, 2001-2020
(Master thesis, 2022-12-06)Offshore wind has become an increasingly attractive energy source in the ongoing transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources. Until recently, this clean energy technology has primarily been deployed in a handful ... -
Dangerous Elections: Causes of Electoral Violence in Unconsolidated Regimes
(Master thesis, 2019-12-10)Most countries in the world today use elections as a method of transferring political power and bring legitimacy to ruling incumbents. However, some elections are marred by wide-spread electoral violence, a specific ... -
Dealing with the great unknown: A qualitative study on how representatives justify their decision-making
(Master thesis, 2023-06-02) -
Demokratiet i Tsjekkia i perioden 2008 til 2023: Et robust demokrati eller begynnende avdemokratisering?
(Master thesis, 2024-06-03) -
Det norske arbeidsmarkedet, et likestillingsparadoks?
(Master thesis, 2021-06-02)Masteroppgaven utforsker hvorvidt det finnes noe hold i påstanden om at Norge er del av et «likestillingsparadoks». Ofte er dette illustrert ved å vise til at Norge er et av verdens mest likestilte land, samtidig som 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. ... -
Do Electoral Systems Influence Political Equality? - A Multimethod Thesis on the Relationship Between Electoral Systems and Political Equality
(Master thesis, 2024-06-03)In this thesis I look at the relationship between political equality and electoral systems. While I mention several different aspects of electoral systems in the thesis, mostly I focus on the effects of district magnitude ... -
Does aid save infants lives? A geospatial impact evaluation of aid effectiveness in Uganda
(Master thesis, 2019-06-21)While there are many studies of how official development aid (ODA) affects economic growth, there are far fewer studies of how aid affects health outcomes. Also, most of the studies of aid effectiveness have been cross-country ... -
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. ... -
Effekten av autokratisering på økonomisk vekst. En analyse av regimeoverganger etter den kalde krigen
(Master thesis, 2023-06-02)What impact does autocratization have on economic growth? This thesis examines this question by considering that autocratization has taken various forms since the Cold War, and resulted in different types of regime transitions ... -
Electoral Alliances in a Multilevel Perspective
(Master thesis, 2023-11-20)This thesis investigates the strategic dynamics of Electoral Alliances (EAs) in multilevel electoral systems, focusing on Western European democracies. EAs, defined as joint party lists, can be a critical tool for political ... -
Eleven som demokratisk medborger En kvalitativ studie av demokrati- og medborgerskapsforståelsen hos videregående elever
(Master thesis, 2022-06-22)The research questions for this thesis seeks to understand more about high school pupils understanding of democracy and citizenship and to see if this understanding changes after the pupils participates at an educational ... -
End of the World vs. End of the Month: A cross-national multilevel study of climate concern
(Master thesis, 2022-06-22)The aim of this thesis is to assess some of the factors that might influence concern about climate change among people in different countries and over time. As part of this, I have analyzed whether the “finite pool of ... -
Engaged Citizens: A Tale of Status, Satisfaction or Structure? A Study of Citizens’ Willingness to Participate in Mini-Publics
(Master thesis, 2021-07-02)Based on the reported participatory shift from traditional political channels to non-traditional channels, scholars are emphasising the importance of continuously developing the political channels through which individuals ... -
Et grenseløst arbeidsliv? En case-studie av EØS-avtalens effekt på norsk arbeidsliv.
(Master thesis, 2022-06-22) -
EU membership effect on interest group access to the European Commission
(Master thesis, 2021-07-23) -
European allygnment: Civil society and political inclusion of the LGBTI community – a mixed methods approach.
(Master thesis, 2023-12-04)The quest for political inclusion of the LGBTI community is complicated. In the last decades, more queer electoral candidates have been elected, queer rights have increased, and general discrimination decreased. Simultaneously, ...