Browsing Institutt for statsvitenskap by Title
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(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2013)
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)Cabinet reshuffles happen on a regular basis, but can they be affected by civil uprisings? Protest movement's impact on autocratic regimes has been a subject of interest for political science scholars for decades. Ordinary ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)This thesis examines how mobile phones affect political activity. In a number of cases, the mobile phone as a uniquely easy-to-use and personal communication device has been a key tool to facilitate mobilization and ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)The background for the analysis has been the recent democratization in Indonesia that has led to impressive and extensive freedoms, and the successful holding of elections. On the other hand, recent research on the state ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2013)More than two decades of climate change negotiations have produced a series of global climate agreements, such as the Kyoto Protocol and the Copenhagen Accords, but have nevertheless made very limited progress in curbing ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)According to luck egalitarianism it is bad or unjust if someone is worse off than another through no fault or choice of her own. This article argues that there is a tension in standard luck egalitarian theory between ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)This thesis takes a closer look at the suggested connection between rents from oil and gas, and the failure to complete democratic transition. Michael Ross claims in his book "The Oil Curse: How Petroleum Wealth Shapes the ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)The main argument of this thesis is that positions on single issues explain only a proportion of the actual voting behaviour in the Council of Ministers. By employing a simple spatial model the thesis tests whether the ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)Scholars of social movements recognize the threat that opposition protests pose to the stability of an authoritarian regime. Extensive research has been done on how mass protests can induce regime change, and in turn, ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Although the management school has been highly influential in the international cooperation literature, the explanatory power of Chayes and Chayes’ three explanations of noncompliance with international environmental ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)Can transparency enhance the legitimacy of international institutions? As transparency has become a widely applied procedural standard in international politics, a range of institutions have implemented transparency reforms ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)In recent years, several democracies have experienced episodes where democratically elected incumbents undermine core democratic rights, norms, and institutions. The phenomenon of why citizens continue to vote for these ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)This thesis seeks to explore strategies of candidate self presentation in the American presidential election of 2008 by analysing speeches given and interviews participated in by Barack Obama and John McCain. It further ...
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Capability Aggregation in the U.S.-Japan Alliance : An assessment of Japan’s impact on U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) capabilitiesRestricted Access (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)As part of its unprecedented military modernization campaign, China’s development of advanced anti-access capabilities is driving a competition between offensive and defensive missile capabilities in the Asia-Pacific region. ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2005)This thesis explores one type of public anti-poverty policy that has become predominant in Latin America – conditional cash-transfer (CCT) programs. Further, it discusses if and how a school of thought called the capability ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)The income farmers receive from production fluctuates from year to year. The fragility of this income is why protectionist policies are implemented in developed countries, making agriculture on of the most distorted economic ...
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The Caravan of Jihad: Are we witnessing a transnationalization of al-Shabaab in East Africa?Restricted Access (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)Fossil fuel dependency, conceptualized by the theory of carbon lock-in, is an often cited explanation for resistance to change in the study of sustainable energy transitions. Although the concept of carbon lock-in provides ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)What motivates politicians to engage in legislative activities? In multilevel systems politicians may be incentivized by ambitions to advance their careers either at the state or federal level. This article argues that the ...