Faculty of Social Science / Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten: Recent submissions
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On Revolutions
(2018)Sometimes the normal course of events is disrupted by a particularly swift and profound change. Historians have often referred to such changes as "revolutions" and, though they have identied many of them, they have rarely ... -
Hedonic, neural, and autonomic responses to prolonged gentle touch
(2018-02-26)Physical contact among individuals, such as caressing and cuddling, is connoted by a strong emotional value, and is usually perceived as a pleasant and rewarding experience. C tactile (CT) afferents are a class of fibres ... -
Fishing from the Shore: Exploring coastal transformations and changing life opportunities in an urban fishing community of India
(2018-02-22)This thesis explores changing life opportunities in an urban fishing community in the Global South, based on a case study of a village situated on the periphery of Mangalore, a swiftly growing, middlesized city in Karnataka ... -
Generationer om skador och risker Hem- och boendemiljöer för personer med funktionsnedsättningar och kroniska sjukdomar
(Chalmers tekniska högskola och Göteborgs Universitet, 2018-02)Att undersöka risker och skador i hem- och boendemiljöer för utsatta grupper i samhället är angeläget och intressant. Samtidigt visar denna studie att det är komplext och omfattande att studera riskutsatthet och ... -
“THE STORY ABOUT ME” Psychological perspectives on young men who sexually offended in adolescence
(2018-02-21)In this thesis I aimed to study, from a psychological viewpoint, what adult life is like for young men who sexually offended in adolescence. Data had previously been gathered from a group of 45 adolescents who had sexually ... -
Att säga sitt och höra till – En internationell studie om barns delaktighet i familjen
(2018-02-20)Opportunities to participate are seen by many as a keystone of a good life and a well-functioning society. Participation by children has primarily been equated with the perception that children should have a ‘voice’, while ... -
Democracy, Quality of Government, and Public Goods Provision: The Case of Water Management
(2018)A large strand of research has argued that democracy with its broad representation and electoral accountability is beneficial for the provision of public goods to the general population. However, there is a large variation ... -
"Everybody gets a little bit loco”: Interactions between psychotic experiences and substance use as dimensional phenomena
(2018-02-02)A large amount of persons with psychosis experience problems related to substance use; and many persons with substance use disorders develop psychiatric symptoms, including psychotic experiences (PEs). The co-existence of ... -
Utveckling av medborgardialog – ett samarbete mellan Ale kommun och Ghanzi District i Botswana
(School of Public Administration/Förvaltningshögskolan, 2018)Rapporten Utveckling av medborgardialog är en berättelse om ett utvecklingsarbete i Ale kommun i samverkan med Ales internationella partnerskapskommun Ghanzi i Botswana. I Botswana finns en gammal tradition av att fatta ... -
The Use of Hope: Biopolitics of Security During the Obama Presidency
(2018-01-25)Through a compilation of four research articles, this PhD thesis investigates ‘hope’ as a biopolitical technology. It interrogates the use of hope by the United States security apparatus, on the one hand, to pre-empt ... -
The large-scale collective action dilemma of recycling: Exploring the role of trust
(2017-12)Household recycling contributes to environmental sustainability goals by limiting the extraction of natural resources. Previous literature has mapped out several factors, mainly at the individual level, that tend to increase ... -
An Interactive Model of the Democratic Peace: Revisiting the Theory with Elastic Measures
(2018)Democracies do not take up arms against each other. This axiom has attained the status of a mantra in the field of international relations. As previous research has shown, however, the truth of this statement is highly ... -
Do Political Finance Laws Reduce Corruption?
(2018)Most countries regulate political finance and many offer public subsidies to political parties or candidates. Proponents of political finance regulations claim that public money reduces corruption in politics, while opponents ... -
Kommun- och landstingsfullmäktigeundersökningen
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Let’s play: Bribery Games in the U.S. and Germany
(2017-12)This article focuses on behavioral differences across cultures in an experimental bribery game that contributes to cross-country comparisons. To answer the question “What affects an individual’s propensity to engage in and ... -
Campaigning in Poetry, Governing in Prose: Pre- and Post-Election Effects of Election Pledge Rhetoric
(2017-12-18)In election campaigns, parties often use value-laden words such as freedom and competitiveness, to reach out to voters with their election pledges and policy proposals. While it is well known that the presence of such words ... -
64 % män Kvinnor och män i kurslitteraturen vid Förvaltningshögskolan
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Using social norms in energy conservation interventions
(2017-12-07)When designing interventions to promote pro-environmental behaviors, practitioners may choose between techniques based on, for example, education, incentives, or social norms. These intervention techniques may, however, ...