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Why the saddest tragedy is Greek: A comparative study of the financial crisis and its origins in Greece, Spain and Portugal
(Master thesis, 2014-11-20)This thesis explores the financial crisis in Greece, Spain and Portugal in the period of 2007-2012, with the goal of uncovering which explanatory variables that are crucial for determining the level of severity of crisis ... -
Wikipedia as an arena and source for the public: a scandinavian comparison of "Islam"
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)This article compares Wikipedia as an arena and source for the public through analysis of articles on “Islam” across the three Scandinavian languages. Findings show that the Swedish article is continuously revised and ... -
Wikipedia based Query Expansion for Searching in Norwegian
(Master thesis, 2015-06-01)With the rapid increase of information available on the Internet, searching is becoming a daily operation. This thesis address the issue that arises when there is a difference between what the users are typing in the search ... -
Windows Messenger i Statoil ASA
(Master thesis, 2007)Denne oppgaven er en kvalitativ undersøkelse av kommunikasjon i tverrfaglige prosjektarbeid med utgangspunkt i bruk av kommunikasjonskanalen Windows Messenger. De empiriske funnene i oppgaven er basert på en intervju- og ... -
Windows Phone, Doomed or Pushed to fail? A comprehensive analysis of smartphone market with respect to operating systems and scenario analysis for Microsoft to investigate the possibility of better future.
(Master thesis, 2017-08-08)The whole definition of communication has been changed since the time smartphones introduced to the world. Now these small devices play crucial roles in daily life of people around the world and lots of interactions are ... -
Winning Without Fighting: The Art of Nonviolent Action
(Master thesis, 2008)Nonviolent collective action emerged during the last century as a potent tool for democratizationand the pursuit of freedom and human rights. Yet the phenomenon remains somewhatunderstudied, and our understanding of its ... -
‘With a Heavy Heart’: Ethics, Emotions and Rationality in Norwegian Immigration Administration
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-04)This article analyses decision-making processes concerning applications for family immigration to Norway by giving an account of the dilemmas and challenges faced by the employees of the Norwegian immigration administration. ... -
With the camera as a weapon. A Study of Crowd-sourced Imagery in Arab Revolution Documentaries
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With the cards stacked against you. Challenges to a negotiated transition to democracy in Venezuela
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This article uses the political science literature on transitions to democracy to discuss the domestic challenges to a negotiated transition in Venezuela. Whereas a transition to democracy may occur through many different ... -
Within and Beyond the Law: The Ethics of Collective Action in Urban Markets, Peru
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)This article focuses on collective action and leadership in processes of (in)formalizing market work. It examines ways in which semi-legal actors employ ‘modes of administration’ and suggests that market leaders enact a ... -
'A wolf in sheep’s clothing': settler voting rights and the elimination of the Indigenous demos in US Pacific territories
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-04-02)Settler colonialism eliminates Indigenous sovereignty, enthrones itself, and thereby makes Indigenous land ‘ours’. It may do this meta-politically, by absorbing ‘them’ into ‘us’. This article explores three recent lawsuits ... -
Women and Family in contemporary urban China; Contested female individualisation
(Master thesis, 2013-12-15)This thesis describes the lived experience of women in their 20s and 30s in Beijing in 2012 with relation to their families. Family is applied in a broad sense, including both natal and marital families. Through this ... -
Women in economics: Stalled progress
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Women are still a minority in the economics profession. By the mid-2000s, just under 35 percent of PhD students and 30 percent of assistant professors were female, and these numbers have remained roughly constant ever ... -
Women Judges in Fragile States. Insights from the Haitian Judiciary
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-11-10)Denne artikkelbaserte doktorgradsavhandlingen studerer kvinners representasjon i domstolene i sårbare stater gjennom en casestudie av Haiti, et av verdens mest sårbare (og minst likestilte) land. Studien setter søkelys på ... -
Women political recruitment within local councils: The selection of woman polical leaders in Uganda. A case of Bushenyi district local council and Kampala city council
(Master thesis, 2004)Objectives: The study sets to answer questions regarding factors determining women recruitment into local councils’ leadership positions. It was also intended to establish political leadership selection opportunities for ... -
Women who cross borders – black magic? A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Norwegian newspaper coverage
(Master thesis, 2007)In some of Norway’s biggest cities; Oslo, Bergen and Stavanger there has been reported anincreased number of foreign women in prostitution (Pro Senteret 20062). The increase offoreign women in prostitution has led to changes ... -
Women's emotion work on Facebook: Strategic use of emotions in public discourse
(Journal article, 2021)Debates on Facebook are frequently accused of being too emotional, and rational arguments give way to anger, outrage, and polarisation. Emotions are often juxtaposed against reasoning in public deliberation, as they are ... -
Women's substantive representation in parliament: A comparative analysis of legalising abortion in Argentina and Uruguay
(Master thesis, 2014-11-19)This thesis is a comparative study of substantive representation of women in parliament, focusing on the process of abortion legislation in Argentina and Uruguay. Women's representation in parliament has increased across ... -
Women, work, and wages: How family policies continue to shape the gender wage gap
(Master thesis, 2022-06-22)Despite a dramatic convergence in the gender wage gap at the end of the 20th century, there has been a puzzling stability ever since. The thesis addresses this puzzling development by asking: How do family policies intended ... -
Women`s Political Participation in Local Government in Ethiopia: The Case of Two Districts in Amhara Regional State.
(Master thesis, 2017-06-24)Ethiopian women have been excluded from public sphere for a long period. Their absence, especially from politics, has affected their life enormously. Since political participation increases gender equality and empowerment ...