Department of Political Science / Statsvetenskapliga institutionen: Recent submissions
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DECENTRALIZATION AND COVID-19 OUTCOMES. Investigating the relationship between levels of decentralization and COVID-19 excess mortality rates.
(2022-11-07)The COVID-19 pandemic created far reaching societal disruptions around the globe, forcing governments to respond to protect the wellbeing of their citizens. Because of a large variation in conditions – between geography, ... -
PARTISAN ELECTORAL CYCLES AND GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. A quantitative study of subnational governments in the US and Canada
(2022-11-07)Although decisive government response to the COVID-19 pandemic have been critical to keep down infection rates such policies have also brought with it substantial social and economic costs. Much scholarly attention has ... -
POLITICAL INTEGRATION OF REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS IN SWEDEN… DO DOCUMENTS AFFECT INTEGRATION? Case study of Arab refugees and asylum seekers who arrived in Sweden during the period between 2013 and 2017.
(2022-11-07)Political integration of refugees and asylum seekers in host countries is an area of research that has interested political scientists for a long time. However, little attention has been given to how the type of documents ... -
SVERIGES VÄNSTERLUTANDE EUROSKEPTIKER
(2022-10-06)During the last 15 years the Swedish Left Party (Vänsterpartiet) has gone from demanding Sweden’s immediate exit out of the European Union to no longer demanding Sweden's departure from the EU at all. This paper investigates ... -
THE IMPORTANCE OF MEMORY IN POLITICS
(2022-10-03)The aim of this thesis is to analyse how the collective memory narrative of a country with a fascist past influences the way society views far-right populist parties today. I employ a comparative approach of Germany and ... -
THE IMPLICATION OF POLITICAL KNOWLEDGE ON AGGREGATE ELECTION RESULTS
(2022-10-03)Political knowledge is a key concept in research on democracy, elections, and political behavior.1 While several studies that examine political knowledge’s effects on the aggregate election results have been conducted, ... -
PROTECTIVE MASCULINITY’ AND THE POPULIST RADICAL RIGHT
(2022-10-03)Although the gender gap in populist radical right electoral support has been examined extensively over the last decades, little scholarly attention has been paid to the role that gender – as opposed to sex – plays in shaping ... -
SOCIAL IDENTITIES, VOTING BEHAVIOUR AND DEFECTION IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT A quantitative study of plenary roll-call votes during the Common Agricultural Policy reform (2020-2021)
(2022-09-26)The aim of this thesis is twofold. First, it investigates analytically whether social identities and financial interests influenced voting behaviour during the reform of the CAP, precisely the percentage of defection of ... -
WHAT DRIVES ETHNIC PARTY MOBILISATION? Empirical Evidence from the Sorbs and Danish Minority in Germany
(2022-09-20)The victory of the Südschleswigsche Wählerband (SSW) in the 2021 federal elections in Germany highlighted a striking gap in German politics – while some recognized national minorities are represented by an ethnic party in ... -
KLIMATORON OCH KOSTNADERNA FÖR DEN GRÖNA OMSTÄLLNINGEN - En studie om skillnaden mellan stad och landsbygd inom EU
(2022-09-07)The world is in crisis. Climate change is steadily heating up our planet and it’s a race against time. Research suggests that it’s urgent that we act now in order to provide a sustainable planet for the future generations. ... -
Hårdkokta ägg i handväskan & lågklackade skor. En medial textanalys av svenska nyhetstidningars gestaltning av Sveriges första kvinnliga statsminister Magdalena Andersson utifrån könsstereotyper
(2022-09-06)This research study analyzes how Sweden´s first female prime minister, Magdalena Andersson, is portrayed in Sweden´s biggest newspapers. The study aims to expand existing research on women's success in politics, which is ... -
IS DELIBERATION THE DESTINATION? Analysing the effects of internet access on deliberative democracy
(2022-09-05)The extant literature on the connection between the internet and democracy has so far been limited to liberal and electoral democracy. Studying how it affects deliberative democracy is crucial to understand public and ... -
LIBERAL FRIHET ELLER LIBERAL HEGEMONI? USA:S TILLBAKADRAGANDE FRÅN IRAK 2011 En teoriprövande studie av liberalismen och realismens förklaringskraft vid hänsynstagande till utrikespolitiska målsättningar
(2022-09-05)Global säkerhetspolitik och strävan efter hegemoni förefaller än idag styra stormakters utrikespolitiska agerande trots att den globala världsordningen vilar på liberala principer som demokrati och frihet. Vi kan se hur ... -
EUROPEISKA KOMMISSIONENS RELATION TILL MAROCKO: PARTNERSKAP ELLER HIERARKI? - En kvalitativ textanalys om Europeiska kommissionens utvecklingssamarbete med Marocko utifrån ett postkolonialt perspektiv
(2022-09-05)Among the southern partners of the European Union, Morocco is one of the countries with the most developed relations with the EU. France and Spain were two of the countries that colonized Morocco. Today, the mentioned ... -
Social Identity with Multiple Citizenship of First-Generation Immigrants in the European Continent and the European Union
(2022-08-25)Over the decades, the European continent and the European Union accepted more than a million immigrants from different parts of the world. However, many non-European heritage immigrants may face challenges in their social ... -
WOMEN´S POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT AND LOWERED SOCIO-ECONOMIC BARRIERS UNDER THE CONTEXT OF CORRUPTION. A quantitative cross-country study of the effect of women´s political empowerment on socio-economic barriers moderated by corruption
(2022-08-11)This thesis theorizes that higher levels of women’s political empowerment (WPE) lower socio-economic barriers to development across countries and that this is moderated by countries’ level of corruption. Using cross-sectional ... -
THE EU’S RESPONSE TO CHINA AS A GROWING ACTOR ON THE AFRICAN CONTINENT - Text analysis on the EU-Africa strategies of 2007 and 2021
(2022-08-11)Aim: This thesis aims at examining the EU's power usage on China's role on the African continent. In particular, this thesis aims at synthesising the EU's role as a normative actor in the international system through ... -
COOPERATOR OR DEFECTOR? A qualitative study of a superpower’s policy efforts on collective environmental issues
(2022-08-11)The thesis studies whether and how China, as an emerging superpower, cooperates on collective environmental issues through complying with international agreements, taking the management of chemical fertilizer and pesticide ... -
MYNDIGHETERNAS OCH POLITIKERNAS AGERANDE UNDER CORONAPANDEMIN Jämförande fallstudie mellan Sverige, Norge och Danmark
(2022-08-11)During the covid-19 pandemic the Scandinavian countries chose to handle the crisis differently. There is an uncertainty what has affected Sweden, Norway and Denmark to act the way they did. Sweden is a country that has ... -
KAN JÄMSTÄLLDA NORMER ÖKA MANLIGT VALDELTAGANDE? En statistisk undersökning i Europa
(2022-08-11)Syftet med detta arbete är att undersöka om jämställdhet har haft en positiv påverkan på männens valdeltagande. Kvinnans framfart inom politiken kan kopplas till en större tillgång till resurser och normer som stödjer ...