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School shootings in seven countries: Testingand developing the theory of five necessary conditions
(Égalité, 2017)
To test and further develop Newman and collaborators’ 2004 theory of the five
necessary conditions for school shootings to occur, this chapter investigates 14 school
shootings in seven countries. Using case-based comparison ...
The Autocratic Trust Bias: Politically Sensitive Survey Items and Self-censorship
(2017)
Because of the perceived risk of repression some survey questions are likely sensitive in more autocratic countries while less so in more democratic countries. Yet, survey data on potentially sensitive topics are frequently ...
Institution building in challenging contexts – energy for development in Tanzania
(2017-04)
The Sustainable Development Goal 7 includes achieving universal electricity access, which will require the deployment of renewable energy sources for small-scale and decentralized electricity provision. However, rural ...
The Wicked Nature of Social Systems – A Complexity Approach to Sociology
(2017-02-15)
This thesis investigates how the interdisciplinary field of Complexity Science can inform both sociological theory and methodological practice. Non-linearity and complexity dynamics such as emergence and positive/negative ...
Are Carbon Dioxide Emissions Decoupled from GDP Growth in Well-functioning Democracies?
(2017)
Empirical studies of the relationship between GDP per capita and country-level CO2 emissions tend to focus on the direct effect of per capita GDP growth, rarely taking political institutions into consideration. This paper ...
Agency Problems and the Politics of Administrative Reorganization
(2017-05)
While scholars have long argued that political uncertainty leads governments to enact organizational structures that insulate agencies from future control by opposing groups, they have paid less attention to what governments ...
If they only knew. Bullying victimization among children and youth in the Nordic countries
(2017-05-05)
Bullying is a social and public health problem recognized across the globe. The aim with this thesis is to describe and understand bullying victimization of children and youth in a social-ecological perspective with the ...
State Capacity, Incumbent Turnover and Democratic Change in Authoritarian Elections
(2017)
Under what conditions do elections lead to democratization or conversely, sustain authoritarianism? State capacity may be a crucial intervening variable affecting the democratizing power of elections in authoritarian ...
Funktionshinderspolitik? - röster från den organiserade funktionshinderrörelsen om olika politikområden
(Institutionen för socialt arbete, Göteborgs universitet, 2017)
Denna rapport beskriver röster ur funktionshinderrörelsen i Sverige och deras
upplevelser av två myndighetsrapporter som publicerades år 2016 av Myndigheten för
delaktighet (MFD). Undersökningen har genomförts vid ...