Faculty of Social Science / Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten: Recent submissions
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Managers in Human Service Organizations and their interaction with the Media - the managers´ experiences
(2019-01-07)The combination of three forces; the Human Service Organizations’ (HSOs) desire for visibility, the citizens’ interest in the HSOs and the increasing pressure upon media actors to attract the interest of the audiences have ... -
Sex, crime and politics. How organized crime influences and adapts to political institutions, with a particular focus on sex trafficking
(2018-12-19)The trafficking in women and girls for the purpose of sexual exploitation worldwide has startled policy makers. Despite efforts to tackle this crime, the magnitude of victims remains. Simultaneously, the dimension of sex ... -
Estimating Latent Traits from Expert Surveys: An Analysis of Sensitivity to Data Generating Process
(2018)Models for converting expert-coded data to point estimates of latent concepts assume different data-generating processes. In this paper, we simulate ecologically-valid data according to different assumptions, and examine ... -
(R)evolutionära idéer: Förändring i svensk sjukförsäkringspolitik 1995-2015
(2018-12-12)Since the post-war period, the Swedish welfare state has largely been based on the principles of emancipation and economic security for individuals. Some refer to this as the idea of progressive individualism. However, ... -
Strengthening the Rubber Stamp: Comparing Legislative Powers across Regimes
(2018)In research on authoritarian institutions, legislatures are portrayed as capable of resolving dilemmas between the leader and opposition members. Nevertheless, repeated interactions between a leader and their ruling coalition ... -
Brott eller passion? Myndighetsdiskurser om manlig sexhandel från 1930- till 2000-tal
(2018-11-26)Abstract Title: Crime or Passion? Discourses about Male Sex Trade in Official Investigations from the 1930s- to the 2000s Author: Annelie de Cabo Y Moreda Key words: Male ”prostitution”, heterosexual ”prostitution”, ... -
Global Democracy for Europeans: A Demographic Story
(2018)Insofar as democracy is a product of long-term diffusion, scholars generally focus on colonialism (especially English) or religion (especially Protestant). Here, we focus on a third pathway from Europe – Europeans. We show ... -
Autocracy and Variation in Economic Development Outcomes
(2018)I discuss and analyze the vast variation in development outcomes among autocracies, focusing on economic growth. I highlight plausible explanations of this variation pertaining to features of the leader, institutions, or ... -
Electoral Violence Prevention: The Role of Brokers in Kenya's 2013 General Elections
(2018-11-12)This research explores initiatives believed to have played a role in the prevention of electoral violence in Kenya’s 2013 general elections. Intending to contribute to ongoing debates on electoral violence prevention, the ... -
Making Room for Complexity in Group Collaborations: The Roles of Scaffolding and Facilitation
(2018-11-09)This thesis has a dual objective: the theoretical aim is to analyse how developmental scaffolding influences the way that group participants’ conceptions about societal issues of concern, appropriate goals and courses of ... -
Psychological perspectives on alcohol use among young adolescents: Mental health and personality
(2018-11-09)Alcohol use is an important risk factor in psychosocial development through adolescence that has been incompletely examined among the youngest adolescents. The aim of this doctoral thesis is to investigate how mental health ... -
Imagined Independence. Institutional Conditions and Individual Opportunities in European Labour Markets
(2018-11-06)The studies presented in this thesis examine perceived labour market opportunities and conditions for labour market mobility for European employees. The European labour market strategy has created an opportunity-oriented ... -
Successful and Failed Episodes of Democratization: Conceptualization, Identification, and Description
(2018)What explains successful democratization? Answering this requires that researchers identify not only countries that successfully transitioned to democracy, but also those that began to liberalize—that initiated institutional ... -
There was nothing but her story: Prosecution of alleged child sexual abuse of preschoolers
(2018-10-26)Investigating and prosecuting cases of alleged sexual abuse against young children is a challenge for legal practitioners worldwide. In Sweden, a prosecutor is in charge of both the preliminary child sexual abuse (CSA) ... -
The private life of a nation in crisis: A study on the politics in / of Greek television fiction
(2018-10-24)The private life of a nation in crisis offers in-depth studies of the fictional reconstruction and negotiation of moments of heightened societal tension that take place throughout the life of a nation. Its constituent ... -
Rethinking Consensus vs. Majoritarian Democracy
(2018)Arend Lijphart's distinction between two dimensions of consensus and majoritarian democracy has been an influential concept. However, several scholars have reported that the distinction does not travel well to other regions ... -
Blaming victims of rape: Studies on rape myths and beliefs about rape
(2018-10-17)Rape is a crime characterized by low reporting and conviction rates. Many victims who do report, drop out during the justice process. This is a problem both for the victims themselves and for the legal certainty of societies. ...