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The resource curse. Who is blessed or cursed by resource abundance? A comparative analysis
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The Role of Guidance Techniques on the Player Experience in Virtual Reality Games
(Master thesis, 2024-06-03)How the player is guided through the video game, through guidance techniques, such as tutorials and highlighting of important objects (i.e., visual salience), can influence their experience. Establishing the effect of these ... -
The Role of Third Countries in the Effectiveness of Economic Sanctions With a case study of sanctions against Russia
(Master thesis, 2023-06-02)This thesis examines the role of third countries on the effectiveness of sanctions imposed on Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Despite the implementation of sanctions by numerous economically powerful ... -
The Shadow of the Future: A Qualitative Study on Norwegian Young Adults’ Motivations for Starting, Maintaining, and Quitting Substance Use
(Master thesis, 2024-06-03)Narrative biographical interviewing of six respondents revealed a plethora of motivations for starting, continuing and ending substance use with a focus on cocaine and cannabis. For initiated use, these are tied to health, ... -
“The Streets Will Always be Ours:” Collective Action and Protest Practices in Barcelona
(Master thesis, 2021-12-15)By focusing on collective action in public space, and how it is used to organise collective actions, this thesis explores the streets in Barcelona's role in maintaining the political struggle between the Spanish State and ... -
The Switching Cost Puzzle
(Master thesis, 2020-07-03) -
The transformation of union power and politics: a case of COSATU and the textile industries in South Africa’s post-apartheid regime.
(Master thesis, 2018)This research explores the transformation of union power and politics using COSATU in South Africa as a case Study. The argument is that, the political, economic and global conditions under which COSATU operated in erstwhile ... -
The Use of Distinct Frames by the Netherlands in Relation to EU Foreign Policy Coordination. A Case Study of the Enhanced Accession Methodology of the European Union.
(Master thesis, 2022-06-15)This thesis examines when, how, and why the Netherlands uses distinct frames during internal and external coordination in relation to European Foreign Policy. Building on an extensive discussion on the theoretical ... -
The value of human values for understanding attitudes towards the EU: A multi-country and longitudinal study
(Master thesis, 2019-12-12) -
«The way Bordwell tells it»: om klassisk og post-klassisk Hollywoodfilm
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2006)Intervju med filmforskaren David Bordwell. -
The Winner Takes it All: Investigating the incumbency effect for the Progress Party on the Norwegian municipal level
(Master thesis, 2019-06-28)With this thesis I explore the incumbency effect for the Progress Party in local Norwegian politics. While there seems to be wide-ranging agreement that incumbency indeed has an effect, whether this is an advantage or ... -
Theories and theorizing in public administration: A systematic review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Theories and theorizing are central to scholarship on public administration (PA). Only a few attempts have been made to review the theories applied in PA broadly and systematically, to take stock of the theoretical repertoire, ... -
Theory as guide to the analysis of polygyny and conflict: A response to Ash (2022)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Ash (2022, "Ash" hereafter), in this journal, re-assesses our 2020 article “Polygynous Neighbors, Excess Men, and Intergroup Conflict in Africa.” The article analyzed the relationship between polygyny (one man marrying ... -
There is a Spy on the Campus: Academic Freedom Under Zimbabwe's Watchful Government
(Master thesis, 2020-08-11) -
"There's no love here". Beach boys in Malindi, Kenya
(Master thesis, 2011-05-27)Although there has been various suggestions as to what would be the correct term to use on a phenomenon where Western female tourists travel to Third World countries; engaging in romantic relationships with local beach ... -
“They say we have peace”: Perceptions and practices of peace in Northern Cameroon
(Master thesis, 2016-09)The research question that this thesis sets out to answer is: “What are the perceptions and practices of peace found amongst the population in Northern Cameroon?”. Much research on war and peace has focused on the state ... -
“They treat us as machines”: The gig economy and the value of labor in Berlin.
(Master thesis, 2023-06-16) -
Thirty years of Regional and Federal Studies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Regional and Federal Studies' 30th anniversary offers an opportunity to take stock of the state of the discipline and of the journal. We make four claims. First, the multi-level nature of the political world has intensified ...