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When Democracy has a Fever: States of Emergency as a Symptom and Accelerator of Autocratization
(2019)
States of emergency grant chief executives the power to circumvent democratic constraints in order to combat existential threats. As such they are ideal tools to erode democratic institutions while maintaining the illusion ...
REACHING OUT WITH UNIVERSAL PARENTAL SUPPORT
(2019-04-30)
The overarching aim of this thesis was to explore the general interest in universal parental support, the circumstances under which this interest is stronger, and how universal support groups for parents of adolescents ...
Agency Design, Favoritism and Procurement in the United States
(2019-05)
The
U.S.
federal government spend
s
huge sums buying goods and services
from
outside
of
the public sector.
Given the sums involved, strategic government purchasing can have electoral consequences.
In this ...
Children with Congenital Heart Defects. Intellectual Functioning and Family Impact
(2019-05-13)
The purpose of the present doctoral thesis was to investigate intellectual functioning and the influence of the children with congenital heart defects in their families. We analyzed how the severity of the heart defect, ...
Determinants of Guilty Suspects’ Behavior in Investigative Interviews: Evidence-Disclosure Tactics and Question Content
(2019-09-18)
Research in the Strategic Use of Evidence (SUE) paradigm has shown that guilty suspect’s verbal behavior is a product of the counter-interrogation strategies suspects employ based on the prior knowledge they believe ...
När hjärtat skriker av glädje och sorg. Hur faddrar påverkas av sitt frivilliga engagemang för ensamkommande flyktingbarn
(School of Public Administration/Förvaltningshögskolan, 2019)
I samband med flyktingkrisen 2015 har ett antal olika initiativ och åtgärder vidtagits i Europa för att hantera mottagande och integration av flyktingar. I Sverige driver frivilligorganisationen Räddningsmissionen i Göteborg ...
The Focal Power of Anticorruption Law: Insights from Italian State-Building
(2019-01)
Until recently, it has been taken for granted that laws play an important role in the fight against corruption. However, a recent debate casts doubt on the influence of laws to curb corruption in societies with systemic ...
Identity: Understanding Aspects of Process, Content, and Structure in Context
(2019-10-16)
The overall aim of this thesis was to broaden our knowledge of identity by using an integrated theoretical approach to understanding multidimensional aspects of identity process, content, and structure. Specifically, in ...
Corruption as a Self-Reinforcing “Trap”: Implications for Reform Strategy
(2019-06)
Corruption is widely believed to be a self-reinforcing phenomenon, in the sense that the incentive to engage in corrupt acts increases as corruption becomes more widespread in the relevant community. Leading scholars have ...
Ömsesidigt förtroende eller rättsstatsprincipen? Vilket grundläggande värde prioriteras av EUdomstolen i förhandsavgöranden angående den europeiska arresteringsordern?
(School of Public Administration/Förvaltningshögskolan, 2019)
Såväl rättsstatsprincipen som ett ömsesidigt förtroende mellan EU:s medlemsstater framhålls som grundläggande värden för EU-samarbetets fortlevnad. Men vad händer när dessa värden hamnar i konflikt och ett värde prioriteras ...