In this thesis, I examine the use of victimhood narratives by legislators in the United States Congress and the Northern Ireland Assembly. Collective victimhood is a form of highly emotive and moral rhetoric which depicts ...

This dissertation analyzes the relationship between freedom and justice. More specifically, this dissertation identifies two rivaling approaches to this relationship in the works of John Rawls and Ian Carter. The key ...

This thesis analyses socialisation patterns within rebel groups in order to explain conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV). Researchers have dedicated extensive studies on the violent behaviour of rebel groups, investigating ...

This thesis is primarily motivated by a perceived gap in the literature on human rights in how that literature deals with the duties associated with human rights. I argue that we do not have a clear and coherent understanding ...

What explains authoritarian nostalgia in post-communist Europe? My introduction justifies the selection of East Central Europe and the timeframe for study. In the second chapter, I define authoritarian nostalgia as the ...

International Courts interact with each other, especially by referring to each other's rulings, and the consequences of these interactions often assumed to be a progressive and stable convergence of their respective ...

To what extent and in what ways does politicized ethnicity drive migration desire in sub-Saharan Africa? This question matters because migration from Africa has received much attention in the media and by policy makers, ...

Do fossil fuel interest groups and companies engage in systematic participation in institutions of state-society relations such as public consultations in pursuit of policy influence in the area of environment and climate? ...

This thesis examines the adoption, timing and location of terrorism in civil conflicts. It analyzes the effect of territorial advances on the timing and location of state-based and one-sided violence, the effect of battlefield ...

Why do some people believe in political conspiracy theories and others do not? Why, for instance, do 60 percent of Americans believe that the CIA killed President John F. Kennedy while 25 percent believe that Barack Obama ...