Browsing Master theses by Title
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Gaming Together. When an imaginary world affects generalized trust
(2011-11-03)This thesis, by employing a four month self-selected panel-study of players from the Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) World of Warcraft as well as a control-group of non-players, find that generalized ... -
GENDER SENSITIVE DEMOCRACY AND THE QUALITY OF GOVERNMENT The role of gender equality in lowering corruption
(2016-07-01)The aim of this study is to build on literature on the relationship between gender equality, democracy and corruption, in order to see if gender equality is a key factor for impartiality, which in turn has impacts on the ... -
Gender, Diplomacy and Symbolic Representation
(2022-06-20)For many diplomats, an appointment as ambassador is the highlight of a career, yet women are underrepresented in these career-making appointments. In addition, most existing research on contemporary diplomacy often lacks ... -
GERRYMANDERING THE SLAYING OF AMERICA’S VOTING DRAGON. A Study of Congressional Redistricting in US Elections
(2021-10-13)This Master Thesis through the theoretical construction of depoliticization and public bureaucracy a discussion of US Congressional elections and the role of their redistricting authorities will lead the discussion of ... -
Global Governance and Sustainable Development:An analysis of some examples for global, EU and national policies and strategies
(2012-01-05)This thesis has been motivated by a desire to understand how sustainable development on the national level fits into global relationships. Ideas of sustainable development may affect all countries; play an important role ... -
GOVERNANCE AND DEMOCRACY IN SHAPING PANDEMIC POLICY. A comparative case study of the Covid-19 response in Sweden and Denmark
(2022-01-26)The Covid-19 pandemic proves to be a major crisis with substantial effect on our society and thus projects an important area for academic research. Governments across the globe have taken extraordinary measures to fight ... -
GOVERNANCE AND SOCIAL PROTEST IN THE WAKE OF NATURAL DISASTERS. A Spatial Analysis of Social Protests in Central America and the Caribbean
(2017-11-30)Numerous conflict-studies have explored the link between natural disasters and conflict and have revealed mixed results. In view of this ambiguity, it seems evident that conditions such as the characteristics of the state ... -
GOVERNANCE BEYOND BORDERS The Extraterritorial Reach of OECD National Contact Points for Responsible Business Conduct
(2023-06-20)As increasingly powerful actors in a globalised world, multinational corporations are often able to evade responsibility for human rights violations and other misconduct occurring in their own operations or supply chains. ... -
Gränsdragningsproblemet i luck egalitarianism
(2014-04-10)The purpose of my study is to investigate whether luck egalitarianism can be saved from its inability to draw a line between risks which can reasonably be expected to be avoided, and risk which can not. Such a demarcation ... -
Has the Arab Spring Led toward Democratic Gains? Examining the democratic implications of the recent uprisings in the Arab world using different data sources
(2018-04-26)What happened in the Middle East and North Africa after 2011? Did the millions of people in the MENA-region who demanded democracy experience democratic gains? Approaching seven years on, more than ten Arab countries have ... -
HOW DEMOCRACY BACKSLIDES. Tracing the Pathway in Turkey
(2022-06-17)Democratic backsliding is a gradual process that negatively affects the countries in terms of democracy. The different levels of democracies can face a number of challenges as a result of democratic backsliding and this ... -
HOW HAS THE EUROPEAN IDENTITY BEEN ARTICULATED BY THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION? A case study
(2020-11-13)The concept of European identity is a debatable topic in Europe. There have been several studies about European identity’s function and of its content, whereas the European Commission has tried to protect and maintain its ... -
HOW HAS THE EUROPEAN IDENTITY BEEN ARTICULATED BY THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION? A case study
(2021-02-12)The concept of European identity is a debatable topic in Europe. There have been several studies about European identity’s function and of its content, whereas the European Commission has tried to protect and maintain its ... -
How important is winning? Democratic experience and system support in young democracies
(2016-07-01)Research has shown that there is a sizable difference between new and old democracies in terms of the effect of ‘winning’ on system support. This study traces the development of the winner and loser gap, in relation to ... -
HOW NICHE PARTIES CAN CHANGE MAINSTREAM PARTY STRATEGIES A quantitative content analysis of local parties
(2021-02-12)Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to analyse how niche parties influence mainstream parties’ strategies on the local level. The municipal election of Gothenburg 2018 is used as the case for the study. As material, ... -
HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN EUROPE. A quantitative study on the effect of convicted traffickers on trafficking victim inflow
(2016-11-09)There are several indicators that supposedly influence the trafficking victim inflow in a country: the type of prostitution law, as researched by Jakobsson et al. (2013) and Cho et al. (2013), and additionally, according ... -
Hungering for Governance. The Role of Quality of Government in Access to Food.
(2015-01-27)Over the last years, political science scholars have increasingly questioned the role of democracy in producing human welfare and public goods provision, as many democracies tend to fail in these aspects. In attempts to ... -
IDENTITY IN MULTI-ETHNIC STATES: THE COLLECTIVE IMAGINARIES THAT UNITE - The transformation of the Ukrainian National Identity and the impacts of threats
(2022-06-23)This thesis has studied how nation-building and identity formation better can be understood in settings where the conditions for these phenomena are not seen as self-evident. Identity is linked to how individuals ... -
If Election were Held Today. The temporal proximity-effect and the polls.
(2014-11-21)This thesis tests Franklin & Weber's finding that national elections have a temporal proximity-effect. They find that when a first-order election is closer in time, voters in second-order elections behave more similar to ... -
Impact of China’s Aid on Economic Development in Africa: The Case of Cameroon
(2013-10-23)China’s continuous development aid to Africa over the last few decades has being one of the most contentious developments within the region. Saddled on a spirited economic expansion towards enhancing self reliance capability ...