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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 ... -
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 ... -
«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 ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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. ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Korrupsjon i Norge: Hva kan domfellelser fortelle oss?
(Master thesis, 2019-12-03)Corruption has received increased attention from scholars and international organizations over the last 25 years. They have emphasized the importance of reducing corruption because of its detrimental consequences to society. ... -
Amerikansk bruk av etterretningskontraktører - En utfordring for de statlige kjerneoppgavene og voldsmonopol?
(Master thesis, 2019-07-02)Bruken av etterretningskontraktører i den amerikanske forsvarssektoren har siden angrepene 11. september 2001 hatt en voldsom oppblomstring. Manglende ressurser, store personellkutt og tungrodd byråkrati er noe av forklaringen ... -
Hit ‘em where it hurts: Measuring and testing the impact of economic nonviolent strategies on democratization
(Master thesis, 2019-06-29)The literature on nonviolent political action has found that nonviolence far outpaces violence when it comes to winning political conflicts. Yet which actions nonviolent movements may perform to achieve success has rarely ...