Blar i Master's theses (Noragric) på tittel
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The discursive construction of identity : the case of Oromo in Ethiopia
(Master thesis, 2016-08-23)Identity politics in Ethiopia is not a recent phenomenon. It has been one of the major mobilizing factor in the entire modern history. However, the institutionalization and the establishment of the issue in the policy and ... -
The EU foreign policy architecture after the Lisbon Treaty : the role of the EEAS in empowering the EU as an international actor
(Master thesis, 2016-08-22)The Treaty of Lisbon (ToL) sought to meet the new global challenges by providing the European Union (EU) with the necessary institutional and political tools to strengthen its role in international relations. The European ... -
The European press and the question of Norwegian independence in 1814
(Master thesis, 2013-08-30)The French Revolution, with its alternative legitimating principle of popular sovereignty, challenged and undermined the European old regime’s foundation of dynastic-absolutist divine legitimacy. The constitutional fathers ... -
The female jihadists of Europe
(Master thesis, 2018)This study is concerned with the phenomena of female jihadists in Europe. The role of women in terrorism is a under-researched topic in academia, and women’s participation in terrorism is often dismissed or re-packaged to ... -
The Foreign Other and the Norwegian Self : a discourse analysis of the Norwegian media debate on prostitution policy from 2009 to 2013
(Master thesis, 2015-03-16)This thesis is a discourse analysis of the Norwegian prostitution debates from 2009 to 2013. The study is conducted through text analyses of news articles presented in the three Norwegian national newspapers Dagbladet, ... -
The Future is Nigh: Norwegian waste governance regimes from 1860 to 2010 and an analysis of current waste prevention policies
(Master thesis, 2013-07-03)This study is an analysis of current Waste Prevention (WP) policies in Norway, contextualised in a historical backdrop of development of Norwegian waste governance regimes from 1860 to 2010. By analysing how various regimes ... -
The illegitimacy of the freedom fighter and the terrorist
(Master thesis, 2014-02-19)This thesis explores whether “terrorism” can be defined non-ambiguously based on objective criteria and supplemented with a rules based labeling framework and application methodology. Furthermore, this thesis asks, if it ... -
The impact of devolution of health care systems in Kenya : a case study of Meru County health facilities
(Master thesis, 2019)The Kenyan constitution was promulgated on August 27, 2010, created a major shift from a central mode of governance to a devolved mode of governance. It created 47 county governments that are led by governors and Members ... -
The impact of the International Criminal Court on the reconciliation process : a case study of the post election violence in Kenya
(Master thesis, 2013-04-10)In their endeavor to pursue justice in the post-conflict period, the ICC operations in Africa have been met with significant challenges. While it has been acknowledged in some quarters that the ICC can excel in curbing ... -
The importance of work for highly educated refugees in Norway
(Master thesis, 2017)In 2016, the Ministry of Justice and Public Security highlighted the importance of refugee participation in labor in several reports. The ministry stresses the dependency of the Norwegian welfare model on high tax revenue, ... -
The influence of agribusiness on Brazilian WTO policy
(Master thesis, 2016-08-19)Brazil has been the first developing country challenging and winning an economic dispute on agricultural issue against the United State of America (USA). This thesis is a case study of the Cotton Dispute at the Dispute ... -
The international community´s engagement in gender and community policing in Afghanistan : approaches and challenges
(Master thesis, 2018)Afghanistan has a long history of discriminatory practices against women and distrust in the police. Since 2001, the international community has had a strong presence in Afghanistan. A focus area has been security sector ... -
The Kenyan ban on plastic bags : a study of attitudes and adaptation in Nairobi
(Master thesis, 2018)The attention toward plastic pollution has increased in recent years, especially due to concern over marine pollution and microplastics. Although plastic bags constitute a small share of the total plastic waste, they have ... -
The making of...CSR decisions : behind the scenes of Tullow's CSR Program in Kaiso-Tonya, Uganda
(Master thesis, 2012-08-07)Throughout the last decades, the yet-evolving concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) received a lot of attention from researchers, governments, civil society and businesses. Whereas the rationale for doing CSR ... -
The media and foreign policy : a study of the media's role in the intervention in Libya (2011)
(Master thesis, 2013-08-30)The academic goal of this thesis is twofold: Firstly, to look at the case of the intervention in Libya and better understand the role of the media in this specific international intervention. Secondly, the aim is to provide ... -
The non-coercive road to serfdom : Friedrich Hayek's theory of distributive justice in the context of causal determinism
(Master thesis, 2018)With so many conflicting conceptions of ‘development’, it seems important to find objective criteria to judge them by. The thesis proposes that it should be their alignment with normative ethics, where the question of free ... -
The Norwegian Climate Act : an assessment of the policy-making process and the act's ability to avoid time-inconsistency
(Master thesis, 2018)During the past decades, science has proven the effect of human made climate emissions on climate change. Human’s emissions of greenhouse gases cause a warmer and wilder climate worldwide. Thus, there is a broad, global ... -
The Norwegian International Climate and Forest Initiative : an analysis of the process and motivations of policy making
(Master thesis, 2012-08-20)REDD+ is perceived to be the among the most appropriate measures available for the collective effort to reduce global emissions, due to expectations of cost-efficiency, quick reductions of emissions, and multiple benefits. ... -
The Norwegian petroleum experience : a model for Ghana
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The Palestinian Diaspora in Norway : united by history, divided by politics?
(Master thesis, 2014-02-11)The thesis's main concern is the relationship between Palestinian politics and the Palestinian diaspora in Norway. What is the effect of Palestinian politics within the diaspora, what role does the Palestinian political ...