Political Science (Theses and Dissertations): Recent submissions
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The role of environmental issues in European elections. Assessing whether European elections establish an electoral connection based on these issues
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Political Science, 2023)This thesis investigates whether European elections establish an electoral connection based on the environment, a relevant EU-policy issue, at three different stages: the electoral campaign, election day, MEPs' vote in the ... -
The Exit Option: How ethnopolitical exclusion influences emigration desire from sub-Saharan Africa
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Political Science, 2023)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, ... -
Promoting peace or inciting violence? Explaining how decentralisation systematically affects the propensity of regional ethnic conflict
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Political Science, 2023)This thesis investigates the varying effects of decentralisation on ethnic conflict. It seeks to offer a unified theory explaining why the outcomes of decentralisation reforms differ. More specifically it studies how these ... -
Fossil Fuel Interests in Environmental and Climate Policy: Evidence of Influence and Institutionalised Participation
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Political Science, 2023)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? ... -
Explaining and predicting the adoption, timing and location of terrorism in civil conflicts
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 ... -
Europeanising Healthcare: The Effects of European Integration on Domestic Systems
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Political Science, 2022)Over recent decades, the structure and role of the European Union has developed and evolved. Scholars claim that EU jurisdiction and policy have expanded in many areas, such as agriculture, monetary, and competition policy, ... -
Essays on Forced Migration and Civil Conflict
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Political Science, 2021)This thesis examines the effect of conflict dynamics and rebel groups on forced migration. More specifically, it analyzes how insurgent groups impact displacement flows, decisions to flee, and attitudes toward refugees. ... -
Just Peace and Presumptive Benefit: Using Fair Play Theory to Explain Political Obligation to Provisional Authority Arrangements
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Political Science, 2021)In March 2003, a coalition of western military powers invaded Iraq. By 9 April 2003, the government of Iraq, led by Saddam Hussein, had been deposed. As a result, from April 2003 through June 2004, Iraq was not a truly ... -
Electoral Incentives to Cultivate a Personal Vote and Political Particularism: a Text Analysis Approach
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Political Science, 2020)In this dissertation, I examine the impact of electoral rules on political particularism. I study the legislative behaviour of Italian members of parliament (MPs) as a case study of how this causal mechanism works. To ...