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Empowering cities of migration, new methods for citizen involvement and socio-spatial integration - Findings from the EMPOWER project
(Department of Sociology and Work Science, University of Gothenburg, 2023-11-17)This report presents findings from the EMPOWER research project. It provides new gender-aware insights into the integration challenges and opportunities - and housing experiences - of individuals living in three different ... -
Journalist '18. Huvudresultat från den svenska journalistundersökningen
(Göteborgs universitet, 2023-11-16)Journalist ’18 är den sjunde nationella journalistundersökningen som sedan 1989 har genomförts vid institutionen för journalistik, medier och kommunikation vid Göteborgs universitet (JMG). Undersökningen genomfördes som ... -
Buying Quiescence: The Influence of Resource Reliance on Citizens’ Demand for Democracy
(2023-11)Revenues from oil, minerals and gas are important to many states around the world. Some countries rely so heavily on these revenues that they have received the epithet “resource-reliant states.” Controversy remains ... -
Are different types of corruption tolerated differently?
(2023-11)In the past two decades, abundant research on corruption has established its negative impact on human well-being. Indeed, general scholarship finds that it is appropriately shunned across contexts, with citizens in ... -
Beyond the Party’s Realm - The Consequences of Variation in Candidate Selection
(2023-11-10)In the last two decades, Western European parties have introduced various methods to select candidates for executive public office. A process that before was mainly the privilege of a narrow elite was opened to party members ... -
Dimensions of State Capacity and Modes of Democratic Breakdown
(The Quality of Government Institute (QoG), 2023-10)State weakness is often emphasized as a key determinant of democratic breakdowns. However, previous studies have failed to appreciate how different aspects of state weakness pose different challenges. Against this backdrop, ... -
The Dynamics of Emotions in Protests
(The Quality of Government Institute (QoG), 2023-10)This paper investigates the role of emotions during protest participation. While multidisciplinary research considers negative triggers a crucial factor for protesting, few studies causally test whether negative emotions ... -
Accountability in Swedish Political Parties? Survey evidence of misconduct and whistleblowing
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What Can We Know about the Effects of Democracy Using Cross-National Data?
(The Quality of Government Institute (QoG), 2023-10)More than 1100 studies have been published that examine the effects of democracy using cross-national data since 2000. This research note examines whether these analyses have sufficient statistical power to detect an effect ... -
Working life of people with disabilities during the Covid-19 pandemic – An interview study conducted in Sweden
(2023)This report presents the results from an interview study carried out as part of the research project "Working life during the Covid-19 pandemic: learning experiences, design opportunities and future working life for ... -
Arbete, plats och identitet: Om landsbygdsungdomars orientering mot framtiden
(2023)The aim of this dissertation is to explore how rural lower secondary school youth orientate themselves towards future occupational life as part of their identity process. The study investigates what ideas about occupations ... -
Säker ledare – ett samverkansprojekt för att förbättra säkerhetsledarskap och säkerhetskultur i bygg- och anläggningsindustrin
(2023)Syftet med forskningsprojektet Säker ledare var att undersöka hur byggplatschefer påverkas av, och själva påverkar, säkerhetskulturen i svensk bygg- och anläggningsindustri, samt hur platschefers ledarskap kan utvecklas ... -
Electoral Clientelism and Redistribution: How Vote Buying Undermines Citizen Demand for Public Services
(2023-09)Does electoral clientelism limit public demand for programmatic redistribution? While recent studies suggest that distribution of pre-electoral clientelist transfers can divert resources from post-electoral programmatic ... -
News Publishers’ Innovation of Practices Amid Platform Dominance
(2023-08-30)To news publishers, digital platform companies (or “platforms”) such as Google and Meta present both benefits and risks. Platforms offer publishers certain functionalities and services that may be beneficial, but they have ... -
Säker ledare: En handbok för individualiserad träning i beteendebaserat säkerhetsledarskap
(Psykologiska institutionen / Göteborgs universitet, 2023)Denna handbok har som syfte att bidra till säkrare beteenden på byggarbetsplatser. Den riktar sig till platschefer, arbetsledare och andra personer i ledande positioner inom byggsektorn. Handboken utgör ett praktiskt ... -
Aid by Democratic Versus Autocratic Donors: Democratization Processes and Citizens’ Perceptions in Recipient Countries
(2023-08-21)OECD countries are no longer the sole major providers of financial flows abroad. Authoritarian countries such as China, Russia, Iran, and Saudi Arabia, with their distinct practices and implementation processes, are ... -
Political Trust – More Personal Than We Thought? Explaining How and When Personality Traits Affect Political Trust.
(2023-08-16)Political trust is crucial for a well-functioning society. Yet few countries enjoy the benefits of high political trust. This makes people wonder how trust in institutions is built. While trust in political institutions ... -
The impact of organized crime on decent jobs for youth. Evidence from Italy
(2023-08)Young people face enormous difficulties in finding decent jobs both in developed and developing countries. The estimates indicate that 68 million young people globally are looking for a job; 123 million are working but ... -
Public Attitudes Towards Environmental Taxation: The Interplay Between Values, Trust, and Quality of Government
(2023-06-16)Environmental problems are commonly understood to be rooted in collective action dilemmas where the rational course of action for individuals is to engage in polluting activities to receive short-term benefits, while the ... -
Här, där eller överallt? – Tabellbilaga
(Göteborgs universitet och Umeå universitet, 2023)
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