Blar i Brage NMBU på forfatter "Hansen, Stig Jarle"
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Inside, outside or in-between? External Europeanisation in the EU's eastern neighbourhood
Stabbetorp, Anniken (Master thesis, 2016)The ways of promoting European values beyond Europe has changed. Instead of enlarging, the European Union (EU) now offers partnerships to its neighbours. Theories of European integration tend to focus on integration within ... -
Insurgent order-making : militant Islamist rule and kinship-based communities in Somalia's Lower Jubba Province, 2006-2012
Skjelderup, Michael Weddegjerde (PhD Thesis;2021:54, Doctoral thesis, 2021)This PhD project is about order-making outside the purview of the central state. It aims to increase our understanding of the complex political and social processes of order-making by Islamist insurgents who serve as de ... -
Islamization of social identity in East Jerusalem : a response to identity threat
Al Ja'bari, Shahd Hamad Abdelmo'Ti (Master thesis, 2018)The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been one of the most debated political cases. However, usually the focus is on the physical, political and economic views of the conflict. This research focuses on the psychosocial ... -
Jihadism in Kosovo : islamized radicalism or radical Islam?
Steurenthaler, Alexander Konrad (Master thesis, 2017)No other war in the Muslim world has mobilized as many jihadists so quickly as the Syrian Civil War. In France, the European country that exhibited the largest contingent of fighters, the shockwaves of jihadist terrorist ... -
Kenya's foreign policy towards Somalia : a contribution to insecurity
Okwany, Clifford Collins Omondi (Master thesis, 2016-11-22)The study seeks to explain and give an understanding of Kenya’s foreign policy towards Somalia. In order to understand the increased security situation; it explains how Kenyan government decisions lead to more al-Shabaab ... -
Legal sanctioning of returnees : a comparative case study of Norway, Sweden and Denmark’s approach to returnees from Syria and Iraq
Oldertrøen, Oda (Master thesis, 2020)From 2011 to 2016, about 560 foreign fighters travelled from Scandinavia to Syria and Iraq to participate in the Islamic State (IS) (Bjørnland, 2017; Säkerhetspolisen, 2017; Justisministeriet, 2019). Today, about 40 of the ... -
A liberal approach to a not so liberal policy : refugees in international society
Hansen, Rolf Åsmund Bjørk (Master thesis, 2020)The rising number of refugees, and (civil) conflicts, especially after the end of the cold war and the apparent triumph of liberalism poses a challenge to liberalism both as a theory and as a policy agenda. This thesis ... -
Linguistic rights of the Finland-Swedes : good on paper, but not in practice?
Bamberg, Tara Helena (Master thesis, 2021)The Swedish language is one of two national languages in Finland and is spoken by 5,2 percent of the population. Despite having the status of a national language, the Finland-Swedes are sometimes referred to as a linguistic ... -
Mapping the Somali media : an overview
Gaas, Mohamed Husein; Hansen, Stig Jarle; Berry, David (Noragric report;65, Report, 2012) -
The meaning of the self-determination norm
Lazarevic, Ugljesa (Master thesis, 2020)The self-determination is quite confusing norm to comprehend. The confusion around the norm arises because on one hand the norm entails a universe of human rights and values of freedom and equality and on the other, it has ... -
Offense/defense balance and Kashmir issue between India and Pakistan
Saeed, Nasar (Master thesis, 2019)This study is conducted to determine the impact of Offense/defense balance (ODB) on the conflict between India and Pakistan. The dissertation consists of four different cases: the 1962 War between India and China, the 1971 ... -
Opposition in the Ethiopian diaspora in Norway : mobilizing supporters abroad
Laache, Fredrik Brogeland (Master thesis, 2017)Over the past two decades, the Ethiopian opposition diaspora in Norway has increased their mobilizing efforts and civic participation. With a steady influx of Ethiopian migrants and refugees to Norway, the scope of diasporic ... -
Order in chaos : understanding governance in Somalia
Gaas, Mohamed Husein (Doctoral thesis, 2018)This thesis explores how governance has been established in Somalia, a country that lacks a functioning state and, thus, is considered as an ungoverned space. By combining theoretical frameworks from political sciences, ... -
PEGIDA : fearful patriots or right-wing radicals?
Glasmeier, Ruth Katharina (Master thesis, 2016-08-08)Right-wing movements have become more popular in recent years. This shows in the increase of right-wing populist or right-wing radical parties in different European governments. Despite this European wide trend, Germany ... -
Performance of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) as a regional economic development partner in West Africa
Adarkwah, Gilbert Kofi (Master thesis, 2016-08-08)This thesis examines the performance of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) as advisor to African governments on Economic policy and planning. The thesis focuses on countries within the Economic community of West ... -
Police corruption, radicalization and terrorism attacks in Mogadishu
Egal, Adam Yusuf (Master thesis, 2016-11-10)Recently, the emergence al Shabaab combined with weak state structures has created a challenging environment dazzled by a rampant police corruption, radicalization, and terrorism. Much so, most of these issues has been ... -
Political science students’ perspectives on the UN : different universities, different perspectives?
Gabrielsen, Ragnhild (Master thesis, 2020)This study maps how the UN as an organization is perceived by students of political science at universities in Norway. Through examination of students at different universities, we can achieve an understanding of students’ ... -
Private maritime security companies in Nigeria : a tale of public-private relationships in the fight against piracy
Tetenborg, Marie (Master thesis, 2021)This thesis examines the regulations governing Private Maritime Security Companies in Nigeria. The piracy in the Gulf of Guinea has become a larger focus in the recent years. Countermeasures to piracy have to be taken from ... -
Radicalization and lone wolf terrorism : a case study of right-wing terrorists
Endal, Lars (Master thesis, 2018)The lone wolf terrorism issue is a difficult problem to understand and the tactic has gained increased attention in the last decade. It is, however, a less researched field compared to other kinds of terrorism research. ... -
Regional hegemony in South Asia : a study of Nepal-India relation
Amgain, Sujan (Master thesis, 2016)India, by virtue of its geographic location and size, population, economy and other power attributes, in South Asia, is widely perceived to have regional dominance and hegemonic aspirations. It is very well known fact that ...