Master theses: Recent submissions
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THE ROLE OF INTERPERSONAL TRUST IN LARGE-SCALE VOLUNTARY COLLECTIVE ACTION DILEMMAS. New cross-sectional and experimental insights to antibiotics use in Sweden
(2017-11-30)What is the role of interpersonal trust in large-scale voluntary collective action dilemmas? Many of the most pressing issues facing humanity are collective action problems, which require cooperation to be resolved. Previous ... -
CAN UNEVEN WELFARE FUNDING EX-PLAIN THE RISE OF THE POPULIST RADI-CAL RIGHT? A sub-national study of variations in welfare provisions and the change in vote share for the Sweden Democrats in Sweden between 2010 and 2014.
(2017-11-30)In the last few years, the party group defined as the radical right have risen in popularity across the nations of Europe. The research in this field is impressive yet many assume that these party simply represent a ... -
DO REBEL GROUPS THAT RECRUIT CHILD SOLDIERS PERPETRATE MORE SEXUAL VIOLENCE? A quantitative analysis of rebel groups in armed conflicts between 1989-2009.
(2017-11-30)This master thesis explores the relationship between child soldier recruitment and rebel groups’ perpetration of sexual violence. As research has shown that levels of sexual violence not only vary across conflicts, but ... -
LARGE-SCALE COLLECTIVE ACTION OVER WILDLIFE AND NATURAL RESOURCES. Prospects in reaching compliance with conservation rules by resource users: The Case of Kavango Zambezi Conservation Area
(2017-11-30)Many of today’s global environmental problems could be mitigated through large-scale collective action between different actors. Still, most theoretical assumptions on how collective action can be reached over natural ... -
WHAT CREATES TRUST FOR AN AUTHORITY. A qualitative comparative case study between authorities in Sweden
(2017-11-30)The focus of this thesis is how authorities communicate their mission in order to create trust and legitimacy among the citizens. The authorities that have been studied for this reason is the Swedish National Tax Board, ... -
THE IDEATIONAL SOURCES OF POLITICAL WILL TO IMPLEMENT ANTI-CORRUPTION REFORM. Principal-Agent vs. Collective Action in Indian Sub-national States
(2017-11-30)The field work was funded by the Centre for Collective Action Research (CeCAR) at the University of Gothenburg. Thank you for making this project possible. I would also like to thank Martin Sjöstedt for useful feedback ... -
Labour Market Integration of Female Refugees - A comparative study of the Swedish and Norwegian labout markets
(2017-11-24)Despite the considerable attention the labour market integration of female refugees receives from policy-makers and researchers, their employment rates are still the lowest among other population groups across Europe. Many ... -
Solving the Rubik's Cube of European Security Strategy - Strategic Culture in the European External Action Service
(2017-11-14)A rapidly changing, increasingly complex and contentious global security environment has led to the European Union re-assessing its role as a strategic actor through the drafting of 2016’s new security strategy: the European ... -
The Sharing Economy - A Vehicle for Innovation or a Source for More Regulation? A comparative case study on the European Commission versus France and the Netherlands
(2017-11-08)This thesis focuses on the policy-challenges in the sharing economy in relation to innovation and regulatory principles in the European Union. It is a qualitative thesis that takes the form of a comparative case study, ... -
The Forgotten Transfer - A Microeconomic Perspective on the Relevance of Educational Level for Selection of Transaction Channel for Domestic EU Remittances
(2017-11-06)Up until today, academic research in the area of domestic remittances has been overshadowed by research on the globally far more recognized concept of international remittances. The abundance of research has furthermore ... -
Effects of Europeanisation on Rule of Law in Serbia
(2017-09-08)Contrary to the widespread opinion of Europeanisation scholars that the EU transforms states, having transformative power, the theory of the EU’s pathological power argues that in the area of rule of law the EU has negatively ... -
Civil Society and Integration Between Established Habitants and Newly Arrived in Europe
(2017-09-08)The aim of this research is to assess the possibilities in future development of integration in Europe as well as highlighting the importance of civil society in the integration work. The thesis is informed by a postcolonial ... -
The EU - a Normative Power: Understanding the EU's motivations through its use and non-use of sanctions (restrictive measures)
(2017-08-04)The objective is to understand to what extent the EU’s behaviors/reactions, especially the use of sanctions, against the third countries vary in accordance with strategic or normative motivations and secondarily how the ... -
The Impact of Segregation on Failing Labor Market Integration in Sweden – Causal or Not?
(2017-02-07)Labor market integration of immigrants is an important issue in the political debate in many countries. Segregation is one factor often assumed to impact labor market integration negatively – through processes related ... -
The success of the radical right in Western Europe - the effect of mainstream parties' policy positions?
(2016-12-20)The electoral gains of the radical right in Europe have been remarkable during recent years. There is not one single cause explaining the phenomenon but scholars are to a great extent agreeing on the fact that convergence ... -
INFLUENCING DEMOCRACY - The importance of contextual factors for UN peacekeeping missions in post-conflict states
(2016-12-14)Achieving peace and democracy is a declared goal for the United Nations (UN). It is a difficult task concerning the current increase of conflicts and international political challenges. One of the UN’s tools to contribute ... -
UNDER RUSSIAN INFLUENCE? A quantitative study on the effect of euroscepticism on European peripheral parties’ voting behaviour
(2016-12-06)For nearly two decades, Europe was considered a stable and peaceful continent. Following several crises, including the annexation of Crimea and Brexit, the future of European integration is being questioned. Despite being ...