Essays about: "least-likely case study"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 14 essays containing the words least-likely case study.

  1. 6. The Left-Right Scale : An analysis of its connection to preferences on economic issues

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Statsvetenskap

    Author : Anton Karlsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Party Linkage Model; Left-Right Scale; GAL-TAN; Ideology-Voting; Voting-Behavior; Political Parties; Japan; Sweden; Netherlands; France;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with the nature of the Left-Right scale. Theories and ideas about the Left-Right scale have been tested by a mixture of quantitative and qualitative methods. READ MORE

  3. 7. Perspectives on Development and Diplomacy : A Case Study of Swedish Foreign Relations with Mozambique

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Joel Westerlund; [2020]
    Keywords : development and diplomacy; Sweden and Mozambique; international political economy; post-development theory; case study; theory testing;

    Abstract : This thesis presents a case study of Sweden’s foreign relations with Mozambique. It has been conducted in a deductive way departing from Arturo Escobar’s post-development theory, and with qualitative textual and content analysis combined with a semi-structured interview as methods. READ MORE

  4. 8. Building a Railway to Europe. Consequences of Chinese Investment to Serbia’s EU-Association Process.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Johan Ericsson; [2019]
    Keywords : Belt and Road Initiative; European Union; dependency; process-tracing; Serbia; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The issue addressed in this study is the consequences of China’s investments in Serbia. The purpose of this topic is to examine the development of Serbia’s alignment to the European Union (EU) association reforms. The theoretical framework comes from the diffusion and the dependency theory, which both build on previous research. READ MORE

  5. 9. The (In)visible Hand of the EU : How the EU has affected changes in Turkey's Asylum and Refugee Policy?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ugur Amber Deniz; [2019]
    Keywords : European Union; Turkey; Europeanization; asylum and refugee policies; conditionality; misfit; socialization; external incentives; social learning; logic of consequences; logic of appropriateness;

    Abstract : Previous literature on the Europeanization of candidate countries has lacked careful empirical investigations into how the process drives domestic policies to change in line with the EU acquis. Selecting on the least-likely case of Turkey and its refugee and asylum policy, I identify that previous work has assumed that Turkey’s policy shifts have been driven by rationalist cost- benefit calculations of its government. READ MORE

  6. 10. Bad or even worse : Exploring the critical decisions of Japan in 1940 and 1941, in the light of contemporary neoclassical realism

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Statsvetenskap

    Author : Oskar Johansson; [2017]
    Keywords : Security curve; unipolarity; Japan; neo-realism;

    Abstract : Several contemporary theories in the neo-realist corpus, modifies earlier assumptions about unit level behavior. The explanatory value of these theories has to be tested. The aim of this research, was to test the explanatory value of Davide Fiammenghis theory about the security curve, and Nuno P. Monteiros theory about unipolarity. READ MORE