Master theses: Recent submissions
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Mapping the security networks - And the role of private security companies
(2014-11-21)This thesis examines the local occurrence of two global trends on a local level in Sweden, the increased privatisation of security services and the increasing tension and security problems in urban areas. The local ... -
Remittances and Gender Equality. The role of remittances in reducing gender inequality in migrants’ countries of origin
(2014-11-21)The current thesis attempts to address an existing gap in the academic literature on the potential role of remittances in reducing gender inequality in migrants’ countries of origin with the use of quantitative ... -
The Effect of Intergenerational Social Mobility on Tolerance to Corruption. An Analysis for OECD Countries.
(2014-11-21)This study aims to provide the answer to the question if intergenerational social mobility has an effect on tolerance to corruption. By merging together two fields of literature in social science – corruption and equality ... -
The Dual Effects of Media on Corruption. A Cross-Country Study.
(2014-11-21)This paper brings to the spotlight a topic which has been overlooked so far: the dual effects of media on corruption. Research has focused primarily on highlighting the positive effects of media in tackling corruption, ... -
Anti-immigration Parties Impact on Immigration Policies. Fact or Fiction? -A Study on the Sweden Democrats effect on immigration policies in the Swedish Municipalities
(2014-10-07)The electoral success of Anti-Immigration parties in Europe raises many questions. Even if the research on whether Anti-Immigration Parties has an impact on policy has been sparse, it is a questions that researchers have ... -
Political Participation of Young People: A Comparison between Swedish Students and International Students in Gothenburg
(2014-09-11)A vast amount of literature has been dedicated to political participation of young people. How do young people perceive the political participation? Some argue that the decreasing participation of young people is balanced ... -
The Complex Curse. Examining conditions for the resource curse.
(2014-09-11)According to the resource curse hypothesis, natural resource abundance can lead to lower growth. The literature has mainly focused on economic explanations, but some scholars have suggested that the curse can be turned ... -
The effect of the shadow economy on social development. A comparative study on advanced and least developed countries
(2014-08-13)The shadow economy remains one of the slowdown evidences for achieving economic and social development. An analysis of the extensive literature enables to consider a level of the shadow economy as one of the obstacles of ... -
EU Funds Assistance and the Quality of Institutions in the Member States: The twofold relationship
(2014-08-13)A question how effective European Union Cohesion Fund and Structural Funds are in promoting economic growth and speeding up the process of convergence has attracted an interest of international community and a broad circle ... -
Results-Based Management & Swedish Development Cooperation. The Pursuit of Measurable Results
(2014-07-28)The overall objective of this thesis is to bring forward the discursive struggle that exists between the research community and Sweden’s development initiative. This is done by mapping out the discursive contents of the ... -
The Inequality of Fraud. Exploring the effect of societal inequality on electoral misconduct.
(2014-07-21)The relationship between inequlity and democracy has been a subject to many academic studies. Yet no rigorous explanation has been offered about the connection between them. The present thesis engages in this debate by ... -
On the Road to Better Governance. The “Middle Class Particularism” and Quality of Government
(2014-07-04)This thesis merges two large bodies of literature – that concerned with the effect of regime type on institutional quality, and research on the middle classes’ effects on economy and society at large. With the purpose of ... -
The political relationship between the EU member states and the European Court of Justice. A statistical analysis of the credibility of the governments’ threats of non-compliance
(2014-07-04)This thesis focuses on two main theories about the shape and power of the EU and the role of the European Court of Justice: intergovernmentalism, which claims that the ECJ is too restrained by the members in order to make ... -
The Responsibility to Protect in Syria. A Motive Analysis of "GIBSA"
(2014-07-01)The purpose of this paper is to analyze the motives of emerging global powers in decision-making processes concerned with humanitarian crises, and whether the principle of “Responsibility to Protect” has influenced the ... -
Gränsdragningsproblemet i luck egalitarianism
(2014-04-10)The purpose of my study is to investigate whether luck egalitarianism can be saved from its inability to draw a line between risks which can reasonably be expected to be avoided, and risk which can not. Such a demarcation ... -
Enighet om Europa Applicering av diffusionsteorin på utvecklingen av attityden till Europeisk policyintegration 1999-2009
(2014-03-13)Public opinion has increasingly become a political force in the European integration process. At present, it appears that the people’s attitude towards the European integration is relatively skeptical. How can we expect ... -
What about the Roma? - Analysis of EU's current policy regarding the situation of Roma in Europe
(2014-03-13)In Europe, Roma are marginalized, treated unequally, live in poverty and face exclusion on daily basis. Apart from the EU falling short in Roma integration, Roma continue to be subject of misconceptions and unfitting ideas ... -
Kulturen bakom kulturen - En komparativ studie av kultursynens inverkan på tyska och svenska kulturpolitiska strukturer
(2014-01-29)This thesis aims to develop a theory in the under researched field of international comparative cultural policy studies. lt does so by combining theories from the fields of political science and cultural studies, researching ... -
Det bästa för miljön, det bästa för Europa?- Europeiska kommissionens argumentation i frågan om EU-harmonisering av miljöskatter The best of the environment, the best for Europe?- European Commission' s official arguments on EU hormonisotian of environmental taxes
(2014-01-29)This thesis tackles the subject concerning arguments as a conceptual basis for understanding the general strategy of the European Union Commission on issues concerning EU-harmonized environmental taxes, politically ... -
Mapping the security networks - And the role of private security companies
(2013-12-10)This thesis examines the local occurrence of two global trends on a local level in Sweden, the increased privatisation of security services and the increasing tension and security problems in urban areas. The local ...