• Gerrymandering v. The Constitution: The case of Gill v. Whitford 

      Sydnes, Ulrik Tallhaug (Master thesis, 2018-06-16)
      In this case study I analyze partisan gerrymandering in the United States with the research question: Does partisan gerrymandering violate the Constitution of the United States of America? With this as a starting point I ...
    • Horizontal Reciprocal Radicalization. A comparative analysis of two cases in a Norwegian context 

      Orban, Philippe Aleksander (Master thesis, 2017-12-13)
      In 2006, Roger Eatwell introduced the concept of “Cumulative Extremism”, after he observed violent clashes between radical right- and radical Islamist groups in Britain. In 2012, their sister groups, Profetens Ummah and ...
    • How the Catholic Church Influences Italian Politics 

      Kjølen, Anders (Master thesis, 2017-12-12)
      The Catholic Church has a unique relationship with Italy, with the location of the Vatican in the heart of Rome. From the time of the Italian unification in 1861, the Catholic Church has used different strategies to influence ...
    • Online Service Providers and the Arab Spring 

      Lemaire, Pauline Margurite (Master thesis, 2018-06-30)
      The role played by internet and mobile phone services – access providers, social media etc – in the Arab Spring has been much discussed, including in academia. Whether these services were instrumental in the wave of ...
    • Roads to Autonomy. Similar paths, different outcomes in two Inuit regions 

      Knapskog, Arild (Master thesis, 2017-12-12)
      The purpose of this study is to analyze and explain why two Inuit regions in Canada, Nunavik and Nunatsiavut, experienced different outcomes after extensive tripartite negotiations for self-government. Although both regions ...
    • A Tale of Two Cities. A comparative study of ISIS in Ramadi and Fallujah 

      Brenna, Anders Gruer (Master thesis, 2017-06-30)
      ISIS attacked Ramadi and Fallujah in the early days of January 2014, and while Fallujah fell at once with no visible resistance, it took protracted fighting and a three-day surge by ISIS before Ramadi fell on May 17 the ...