Master theses: Recent submissions
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POLICY FEEDBACK EFFECTS OR RATIONAL CHOICE? Social policy preferences of informal and formal sector workers in Latin America
(2018-06-21)This thesis aims to investigate how informal and formal sector workers in Latin America form their social policy preferences. I contribute to the already existing literature by introducing a new perspective that combines ... -
Master’s Thesis: 30 higher education credits Programme: Master’s Programme in Political Science Date: 05/22/2018 Supervisor: Georgios Xezonakis, PhD Words: 15016 INDIVIDUAL HETEROGENEITY IN CORRUPTION VOTING How External Political Efficacy Shapes Electoral Responses to Corruption
(2018-06-21)Corruption poses a serious challenge to democratic accountability as electoral punishment of corrupt incumbents remains limited and varies considerably across contexts. Moreover, the empirical evidence indicates that ... -
TO FUND OR NOT TO FUND? How and why governments support - and do not support - civil society in different policy sectors
(2018-06-21)The role of civil society organizations (CSOs) as independent agents, aspiring to participate in shaping official policies and the decision-making process, has continued to grow in the recent decades. In order to maintain ... -
EU FIRST? Examining the Promotion of Sustainable Development in EU Trade Agreements with Singapore and Vietnam
(2018-06-21)This dissertation aims to determine why the EU is promoting sustainable development as a value in its Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), but also to examine what kind of an actor the EU is in international relations. Since the ... -
UNDER PRESSURE: DEMOCRATIC MANDATES AND POLICY OUTCOMES IN TURBULENT TIMES. EVIDENCE FROM GREECE
(2018-04-26)To what extent do political parties under conditions of extraordinary pressure manage to fulfill the promises they made at elections? While systematic evidence from an international context points to parties under ‘stable’ ... -
Has the Arab Spring Led toward Democratic Gains? Examining the democratic implications of the recent uprisings in the Arab world using different data sources
(2018-04-26)What happened in the Middle East and North Africa after 2011? Did the millions of people in the MENA-region who demanded democracy experience democratic gains? Approaching seven years on, more than ten Arab countries have ... -
Master‟s Thesis: 30 higher education credits Programme: Master‟s Programme in International Administration and Global Governance Date: 30 January 2018 Supervisor: Kohei Suzuki Words: 11518 IMPORTANCE OF REPUTATION FOR THE HUMANITARIAN NGOS Qualitative Study of the Danish Humanitarian NGOs
(2018-03-19)The issue of reputation has been studied in a variety of contexts such as, for example, educational (Plewa et al. 2016), religious (Nordin 2015) and environmental (Liao 2018), however, most frequently in regards to its ... -
Inequality and democracy A quantitative study of the relationship between different measurements of inequality and democracy level
(2018-03-16)This master’s thesis investigates the relationship between inequality and democracy level. The research question investigated is, does inequality affect democracy? I conclude from previous literature that there is little ... -
Polling accuracy of vote intentions in Sweden using different weighting and sampling strategies
(2018-03-16)Over and over again, vote intention polls have been reported to fail their forecasts of votes such as the UK “Brexit” referendum and the US presidential election of 2016. The trustworthiness of opinion polls are called ... -
PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS? A qualitative study investigating attitudes toward policy aimed at reducing meat consumption, especially a meat tax
(2018-03-07)In order to curb negative externalities from meat production and meat consumption policy measures have been investigated and were elaborated on by the Swedish board of agriculture in 2013. Due to subsequent inaction despite ... -
POLITICAL WILL, NO FREE WILL? A Quantitative Analysis of the Influence of Contextual Factors on Leaders’ Political Will to Fight HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa
(2018-02-20)Political will has become a ‘silver bullet’ in political science to explain the outcomes of public policy reforms. While success is seen as proof of its existence, failure is regularly attributed to a lack of political ... -
Translating Gender Equality - A case study about the EU gender policy's politicising capacity
(2018-02-13)This thesis investigates the politicising capacity of gender equality policy in the European Investment and Structural funds (ESI funds). It takes off from studies on the implementation of the policy, which indicates that ... -
Sustainable Capitalism in the Making? The Marshallian Citizenship Conceptualisation Expanded in a European Circular Economy
(2018-02-07)In contrast to a linear system of take-make-dispose when it comes to production and consumption patterns, a circular economy aims at preserving and using resources to its maximum, promoting a longer durability of products ... -
"We will break the vicious circle" - A study on Swedish prison officers' views on violent extremists and radicalised persons
(2018-02-05)The aim with this study is to find out how prison officers in Gothenburg are identifying violent extremism and radicalisation. The method used to find information regarding this was interviews performed with thirteen prison ... -
Universal Welfare State at Stake? The Changing Political Discourse Regarding Inclusive Welfare for Refugees in Sweden
(2017-12-11)Sweden has for a long time distinguished itself as a major player among few other generous and inclusive welfare states. The Swedish welfare system is characterised by the universal principles based on the idea that all ... -
Effects of Immigration on Public Opinion on the Freedom of Movement
(2017-12-06)The freedom of movement of persons is a fundamental principle of European integration. Public support for EU policy on freedom of movement is essential, as this might influence the overall public support for EU. This thesis ... -
ENABLING IMMIGRANTS TO ENTER THE LABOR MARKET The effect of local government initiatives on immigrants’ labor market participation.
(2017-11-30)It has been shown that there is some variance in immigrants’ level of unemployment in the municipalities that cannot be explained by immigrants’ education level, time living in Sweden or the strength of the local labor ... -
The local-turn critique and its implications: A case study of Cambodia and East-Timor
(2017-11-30)Inspired by recent criticism of liberal peacebuilding and the academic debate revolving around the effect of the local-turn on peacebuilding operations, this thesis aims to leave the general realm of the debate behind and ... -
Searching for the Deliberative Democracy Elements in the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. A case study of the local People’s Political Consultative Conference in Ningbo, China
(2017-11-30)Democratisation is an issue that has been discussed a lot both within and outside China. The Chinese government has generated its own explanation of a socialist democracy that features with the people’s democracy and the ... -
GOVERNANCE AND SOCIAL PROTEST IN THE WAKE OF NATURAL DISASTERS. A Spatial Analysis of Social Protests in Central America and the Caribbean
(2017-11-30)Numerous conflict-studies have explored the link between natural disasters and conflict and have revealed mixed results. In view of this ambiguity, it seems evident that conditions such as the characteristics of the state ...