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Tactical voting: A study of voters' tactical considerations in the 2010 Swedish general election
(2011-06-10)Most studies on tactical voting in proportional representation system focus on voting to help a party pass the threshold to the parliament. This study extends and develops the definition of tactical voting. The theoretical ... -
TENSIONS AND INTERPLAY BETWEEN LOCAL AND GLOBAL ACTORS IN PEACEBUILDING. Case study and grassroots subjects’ perspectives on the situation in Kosovo
(2020-11-13)The international community intervened in Kosovo in 1999 to put an end to the devastating conflict. Since then the Kosovar population has lived under the United Nations’ administration, went through a partially recognized ... -
THE #METOO MOVEMENT AND WOMEN’S MOBILIZATION: WHY HAS SWEDEN OUTPERFORMED DENMARK? A Qualitative Study of Sweden and Denmark
(2018-09-14)Although Sweden and Denmark are often viewed as being part of “egalitarian Scandinavia”, the recent #MeToo movement has revealed a conflicting reality of a high prevalence of sexual violence in both countries. However, as ... -
THE ANTI-IMMIGRANT EMIGRANT Explaining radical right party voting among expatriate Swedes
(2019-03-28)What can explain the radical right party voting of citizens that have emigrated abroad? Results from the 2014 SOM survey of Swedish expatriates show that 7% of the expatriate population voted for the radical right party ... -
The Border is not the End - The geostrategies of the European Council, the European Commission and the European Parliament towards the Turkish border
(2016-10-26)When it comes to Turkey, facts show that sometimes the European Commission, the European Council and the European Parliament have preferred other forms of cooperation along with accession. These have entailed different ... -
The Canary in the Coal Mine Governance and Security Discourses in the EU’s Arctic Policy
(2014-12-18)The Arctic Ocean is experiencing an un-preceded melting caused by climate change, affecting the socio-economic, geopolitical, and environmental context in the Arctic region. The ongoing developments in the Arctic have ... -
The Complex Curse. Examining conditions for the resource curse.
(2014-09-11)According to the resource curse hypothesis, natural resource abundance can lead to lower growth. The literature has mainly focused on economic explanations, but some scholars have suggested that the curse can be turned ... -
THE CONTRADICTORY ROLE OF THE INTERNET IN AUTOCRACIES Exploring differences between reactive and proactive online repression
(2021-07-20)Ever since the early days of the Internet the “freedom of the Internet” has been a subject for debate. Is it characterized by an anti-authoritarian ideology that fosters public dissent and challenges the authoritarian rule? ... -
THE CRITICAL ROLE OF A NON-HEALTHCARE APPROACH TO MATERNAL MORTALITY REDUCTION Qualitative insights from Rwanda’s success
(2019-02-12)Maternal mortality is one of the most critical contemporary development challenges as it accounts for a substantial number of deaths every year, despite the fact that we today have the medical knowledge to prevent it. ... -
The Dual Effects of Media on Corruption. A Cross-Country Study.
(2014-11-21)This paper brings to the spotlight a topic which has been overlooked so far: the dual effects of media on corruption. Research has focused primarily on highlighting the positive effects of media in tackling corruption, ... -
THE EDUCATION EFFECT – GENERATIONAL DIFFERENCES IN DISGUISE? A longitudinal comparative study examining reasons for the liberalizing effect of education on socio-cultural attitudes
(2021-07-20)The rise of a socio-cultural political dimension in post-industrial societies has substantially changed former patterns of political conflicts. Prior research has established that the level of education is the most predictive ... -
THE EFFECT OF CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC INSECURITY ON AUTHORITARIAN ATTITUDES A study on the effect of cultural and economic insecurity on authoritarian attitudes depending on level of post-materialism
(2019-08-08)This thesis explores the relationship between cultural and economic insecurity in post-materialist and materialist countries. This is done using OLS regression to test whether the effect of different forms of insecurity ... -
The Effect of Intergenerational Social Mobility on Tolerance to Corruption. An Analysis for OECD Countries.
(2014-11-21)This study aims to provide the answer to the question if intergenerational social mobility has an effect on tolerance to corruption. By merging together two fields of literature in social science – corruption and equality ... -
The effect of the shadow economy on social development. A comparative study on advanced and least developed countries
(2014-08-13)The shadow economy remains one of the slowdown evidences for achieving economic and social development. An analysis of the extensive literature enables to consider a level of the shadow economy as one of the obstacles of ... -
The EU - a Normative Power: Understanding the EU's motivations through its use and non-use of sanctions (restrictive measures)
(2017-08-04)The objective is to understand to what extent the EU’s behaviors/reactions, especially the use of sanctions, against the third countries vary in accordance with strategic or normative motivations and secondarily how the ... -
THE EU AS AN ARCTIC POWER - Narratives from Norway and Russia
(2018-08-08)In recent years, the Arctic region has gained much attention as an area of new opportunities and challenges. This has attracted the interest of non-regional players, including the European Union (EU). The EU has explicitly ... -
The EU-Turkey Foreign Policy Relationship: A Security Approach - An analysis of Turkey’s orientation to the European Security Strategy and human security and its impact on the EU-Turkey relationship
(2011-07-04)The slowing down of Turkey‘s accession negotiations with the EU has led to an increased emphasis of the foreign and security policy relationship. This thesis argues that this develop-ment, while merging with the EU enlargement ... -
The European Union As A Global Counter-Terrorism Actor - Normative or Selfish Power
(2018-10-29)Based on its self-identification, as a normative power and ‘force for good’ in the world, this analysis explores the role of the European Union (EU) as an international counter-terrorism actor. A major part of the EU’s ... -
THE EU’S ALLOCATION OF DEVELOPMENT AID – NORMATIVE OR STRATEGIC? - An analysis of aid distribution to African countries in relation to the inflow of Chinese FDI
(2021-06-22)Based on the European Union’s self-image of being a normative power and a ‘force for good’ in the world, this thesis examines the EU's role as an international aid donor. The EU’s development policy has developed during ... -
THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION? THE EFFECTIVENESS OF EFFORTS TO MITIGATE GRAND CORRUPTION IN THE HEALTHCARE AND MINING SECTORS IN TANZANIA
(2021-11-26)The efforts to fight against corruption portrayed by international and domestic actors are crucial in addressing measures to alleviate corruption in the mining and healthcare sectors. Several experts in social science ...