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Legal framework of NGOs : the registration challenges of NGOs in Ghana (a case study of NGOs operating in the greater Accra Region)
(Master thesis, 2022)Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have rapidly expanded in most developing nations, particularly those in Africa, as a result of governments' and the private sector's inability to fulfil socio-economic development ... -
Legal pluralism and differential access to land and forests : implication of REDD+ to women and migrant farmers at Western Region, Ghana
(Master thesis, 2015-08-04)Land is regarded as wealth creating and livelihood sustaining asset to gender and migrant farmers in the high forest zones in Ghana. However, the land tenure regime in Ghana is legally pluralistic and complex. Traditional ... -
Legal sanctioning of returnees : a comparative case study of Norway, Sweden and Denmark’s approach to returnees from Syria and Iraq
(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 ... -
Legitimizing Puntland : exploring Puntland’s hybrid political order
(Master thesis, 2018)In the era of ‘new wars’ and state-failure, the state-building paradigm have shifted from the normative policy discourse towards a more pragmatic one with alternative approaches. In this, the Western ideal of statehood and ... -
Lessons learned form the context of state-building in Afghanistan
(Master thesis, 2018)State-building is a popular approach to help states out of state weakness and state failure. Yet, state-building efforts have a long way to go to achieve desirable results. Reasons for inadequate state-building success ... -
A liberal approach to a not so liberal policy : refugees in international society
(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 ... -
Life at a leisurely pace? : environmental impacts of leisure and work time reduction in Norway
(Master thesis, 2021)Consumption is the single largest contributor to global environmental degradation. Because work drives consumption, scholars have proposed work time reduction (WTR) as a policy to reduce environmental pressure, while ... -
Linguistic rights of the Finland-Swedes : good on paper, but not in practice?
(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 ... -
Linking SSR 2.0, human security & development : community-based approaches to policing and police reform in Afghanistan
(Master thesis, 2014-11-05)The thesis presents the results of an exploratory study of perceptions which examines the debate over community-based approaches to policing in Afghanistan. Putting the security of the Afghan people rather than that of the ... -
Livelihood Challenges (Vulnerability) Among the Datoga Pastoralists in Basutu and Basodesh Ward (Tanzania)
(Master thesis, 2015-08-05)This thesis is about pastoralist’s risks to their livelihoods under scenarios of expected climate changes and non-climate change in resource tenure. The study aimed at exploring the livelihood challenge facing by Datoga ... -
Livelihood vulnerability assessment to the impacts of socio-environmental stressors in Raksirang VDC of Makwanpur District Nepal
(Master thesis, 2015-05-08)This study was conducted to estimate the level of livelihood vulnerability (Livelihood Vulnerability Index- LVI) for the Chepang community of Rakshirang Village Development Committee of Makawanpur district in Nepal and ... -
Living with climate change : vulnerability and adaptation in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
(Master thesis, 2020)The Mekong Delta in southern Vietnam is a region considered to be among the most exposed to climate change hazards in a global context. When the climate and conditions for farming are changing considerably, adaptation ... -
Local institutions responses to climate governance policies in adaptation to climate change : a case of small scale farmers in Alego Usonga-Siaya County in Kenya
(Master thesis, 2016-11-21)Alego Usonga-Siaya County in Kenya can be considered a climate change vulnerable area with larger population dependent on substance and rain-fed farming and other social-economic activities. Drawing on national climate ... -
Local people's perceptions of and participation in a community and state protection forest, West Kalimantan, Indonesia
(Master thesis, 2017)This study explores the relationships between local people and forest protection initiatives in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. The goal of this thesis has been to uncover interactions with and perceptions of local people ... -
Local perspectives on inland fisheries in Kavango River, Namibia : a socio-economic and ecological approach
(Master thesis, 2002-01-01)From ancient time fisheries has been a major source of food for humanity and provider of employment and economic benefits to those engaged in it. Namibia is an arid country and with limited freshwater fisheries, chiefly ... -
Local, livelihoods, community forestry and the REDD+: A case study of a REDD+ pilot project, Ludikhola watershed, Nepal.
(Master thesis, 2014-08-18)REDD+ mechanism is considered as a critical step towards curbing greenhouse gas emission and also to store carbon in the forest of developing countries. Nepal's community forests are benefiting a large number of local ... -
Loved and hated : perception and regulation of invasive Tromsøpalme (Heracleum laciniatum auct. Scand. non. Hornem.) in Tromsø (Norway)
(Master thesis, 2014-02-17)This study investigated how invasive Tromsøpalme (Heracleum laciniatum auct. Scand., non Hornem.) was perceived and regulated by locals on Tromsø Island. Although Tromsøpalme has negative impacts on biodiversity and a ... -
Make yourself at home : makerspaces as a tool for resettlement and reconstruction in conflict-affected settings
(Master thesis, 2022)Millions of people worldwide have had their lives upended by violent conflict. In the last decade, the number of people forcibly displaced by conflict has doubled, reaching current heights of more than eighty million. Once ... -
Making EU trade policy : the power of neoliberalism and the poverty of radicalism in the debate on trade and sustainable development chapters
(Master thesis, 2021)Trade and sustainable development chapters (TSD) are included in the European Unions (EU) free trade agreements as a part of the ‘value-based trade agenda’. However, the purpose of these chapters remains unclear, and the ... -
Making space for agency? : a study of the Norwegian delegation to the 60th session of the United Nations Commission on the status of women
(Master thesis, 2016-08-12)This thesis is a case study of the Norwegian delegation before and during the 60th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. The study has been conducted through data collection in meeting points of ...