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The Early Modern Origins of Contemporary European Tax Systems
(2016-03)
What explains variation in tax outcomes? Many studies emphasize the role played by institutions, focusing on those of relatively recent times. We argue that contemporary tax systems have deeper institutional origins in the ...
How corruption shapes the relationship between democracy and electrification
(2016-11)
One of the central questions in research on the drivers behind public good provision is how political
regimes and institutions impact the provision of public goods. Previous research within this
field has shown that ...
Making Sense of Corruption Perceptions: Who to Ask (and About What?) - Evidence from Iceland
(2016-10)
The extent of corruption in Iceland is highly contested. International corruption measures indicate a relatively small amount of corruption, while domestic public opinion suggest a serious corruption problem. Thus, uncertainty ...
Minoritarian Activism – Judicial Politics in the European Union
(2016-11-07)
Abstract
Is the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) best described as a run-away
agent, free to influence the EU according to its own preferences, or as an
obedient servant of EU member state governments? In this ...
Local Democracy and Economic Growth
(2016)
Theoretical work on the institutional sources of economic growth regards decentralization and democracy in a positive light. Despite this, empirical work shows that neither fiscal decentralization nor national democracy ...
Corruption, Gender Equality and Feminist Strategies.
(2016-07)
The following arguments are presented. 1) Corruption in its various forms is a serious social ill. 2) Democracy is not a safe cure against corruption. 3) Increased gender equality seems to be one im-portant factor behind ...
Strategies of Validation: Assessing the Varieties of Democracy Corruption Data
(2016)
Social scientists face the challenge of determining whether their data are valid, yet they lack prac- tical guidance about how to do so. Existing publications on data validation provide mostly abstract information for ...
Eliciting admissions from suspects in criminal investigations
(2016-08-12)
The psycho-legal literature is scarce with respect to specific interviewing tactics aimed at eliciting
new and critical information (admissions) from suspects in criminal cases. The first major aim of this
thesis was to ...
The Microfundations of Flexicurity
(2016-01-21)
This thesis examines the microfoundations of flexicurity, an arrangement of policies that proponents claim can
deliver a ‘win-win’ situation in the labour market. These policies include lax employment protection ...
Bruised by the Invisible Hand. A critical examination of journalistic representations and the naturalization of neoliberal ideology in times of Industrial crisis.
(2016-09-12)
Abstract
This dissertation revolves around questions that are central to the field of media and journalism research, questions about journalism and ideology, about journalistic agency and autonomy, and the room for maneuver ...