Demokraatia ja valitsemise õppekava magistritööd – Master´s theses
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The Brexit effect: the UK citizens’ attitudes in the years following the referendum
(Tartu Ülikool, 2021)According to the rational choice theory, political parties seek to maximise their utility in gaining extensive support of the electorate. Hence, after the Brexit referendum 2016, the Conservative party was supposed to ... -
Societal gaps in attitudes regarding conscription: the case of Estonia
(Tartu Ülikool, 2021)While many countries have replaced conscription with professional voluntary armies, some have retained it. In democratic countries public opinion is essential for policymaking, this applies also for security and defence ... -
The availability of the housing program for internally displaced people in Ukraine: barriers and facilitators
(Tartu Ülikool, 2021)The purpose of this thesis is to research a housing program for internally displaced per-sons (IDPs) in Ukraine and identify factors hindering its successful implementation (suc-cess in this thesis is defined as high rates ... -
Transformation of electoral systems in Russian regions
(Tartu Ülikool, 2021)One of the features of the political environment of modern Russia is the absence of a real separation of powers. Over the past twenty years, the national government has completely subordinated the executive, legislative, ... -
Implementation of patient-centered care in primary medical care reform in Ukraine 2018-2020: an exploratory study of stakeholder perceptions in Kiev and Ivano-Frankivsk
(Tartu Ülikool, 2021)The Master’s Thesis is focused on the perceptions of patient-centered care by different stakeholders on the primary health care level in Ukrainian two cities, Kiev and Ivano-Frankivsk. To improve the quality of primary ... -
COVID 19… 84? The stringency of responses to COVID-19 across the world
(Tartu Ülikool, 2021)In December 2019, the world heard about the COVID-19 virus for the first time. It has been almost two years since the date, yet political science and public policy disciplines cannot predict or explain the stringency level ... -
Punishing voters, accountability, and congruence
(Tartu Ülikool, 2021)When voters ‘punish’ the incumbents, does it affect the ideological congruence between incumbent parties and their voters? This study is an examination of an underlying tension between democratic values of representation ... -
The impact of Cypriot discourses of collective trauma and victimhood on the peace process
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The anti-vaccination movement: framing on Latvian language Facebook
(Tartu Ülikool, 2020)Anti-vaccination movements promote vaccine hesitancy, a significant global threat to public health. In Latvia vaccine hesitancy is of great concern with fears being raised on maintaining vaccination rates at the level ... -
The effects of state support on NGO sustainability in Azerbaijan
(Tartu Ülikool, 2020)Sustainable NGOs fill the gap left by national governments in society. They address social problems that the state cannot, foster dialogue and cooperation among citizens and of the citizens with the state, and boost bridging ... -
Do parties and voters reward parliamentary behavior? Evidence from Estonia
(Tartu Ülikool, 2020)While a wide range of literature has discussed how institutional incentives account for variation in parliamentary behavior of members of parliament (MPs), what is less clear is to what extent the behavioral strategies ... -
Limits and opportunities of the EU conditionality policy in the area of anti-corruption: the case of visa liberalization in Ukraine
(Tartu Ülikool, 2020)The thesis explores the limits as well as the opportunities the EU conditionality policy has beyond the legal borders of the Union. To attain the research objective, the research zeroes in on Visa Liberalization Action ... -
Shifting fortunes: anti-establishment reform parties, the catch-all strategy and the territorial cleavage in Ukraine
(Tartu Ülikool, 2020)This project is intended to examine the how can the impact of an electoral cleavage can be reduced in the absence of changes in its socio-structural element as well as in other factors related to electoral competition using ... -
Transitional justice in multiple transitions: case study of Croatia
(Tartu Ülikool, 2020)The aim of this thesis is to establish a novel framework in the study of transitional justice. It is concerned with cases where there are more transitions that happen in the same country. So far, these cases have mostly ... -
Analysis of two models of secondary education delivery and their impact on Roma integration in Slovakia
(Tartu Ülikool, 2020)The submitted research project is focused on the analysis of two models of secondary education delivery and their impact on socio-cultural integration of Roma students in Slovakia. To improve the educational situation of ... -
Service provision by international non-governmental organizations in areas of limited statehood. An examination INGOs’ impact on sustainability in education provision in the Kingdom of Cambodia
(Tartu Ülikool, 2020)This thesis illuminates the diversity of INGOs’ behaviour as service providers. The study captures how different types of behaviour, working modes, impact the production of sustainability. The author outlines in this thesis ... -
Political party interest in having members: explaining the different party membership levels in Estonia and Latvia
(Tartu Ülikool, 2020)This thesis provides a demand-side explanation on why Estonia and Latvia - countries of similar contemporary historical trajectories and the emerging party systems - have substantially different results in party membership ... -
Should the guardians be independent? Electoral management bodies and electoral integrity
(Tartu Ülikool, 2020)Fair elections are fundamental for democratic governance, they are the result of a complex process, the implementation of which requires the application and responsible execution of all procedures at all stages of the ...
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