Why do states refuse to recognize the spoils of war? In previous eras concessions imposed on a defeated state were considered to be valid by the international community, i.e. 'to the victor go the spoils'. Now states accept the principle that they cannot legally obtain territory…
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This is a study of institutional variation, differentiation, and evolution in natural resources management in two post-conflict African states. A historical analysis of community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) in Ethiopia and Namibia, the dissertation examines how and…
This thesis consists of three chapters. The first two chapters offer game theoretical models for different linkages between political parties and the citizens: programmatic linkage and clientelistic linkage. Empirical implications of these models are discussed using real world d…
This dissertation examines the way village landscapes are formed and changed over time in Rajasthan, India. By tracing environmental effects upwards from individual behaviors and into the realm of social relations, the study highlights the parallel roles of agropastoral ecology …
The establishment of the European External Action Service (EEAS) was the latest organisational innovation aimed at bridging the disjuncture between EU external relations and foreign policy structures. Almost immediately after its creation, it attracted wide-spread criticism of i…
This research investigates the institutional implications of co-production as a strategy for development. The study is located within international debates on global development targets beyond 2015 and how cities of the Global South meet the challenges of urbanisation and inform…
This research has analyzed how the institutions of the merit-based bureaucratic system in the Korean Government changed from 1948 to 1963, applying the gradual institutional change theory of Mahoney and Thelen (2010). Though copious research has been produced on Korean economic …
The recent rediscovery of institutions in the study of international development has drawn considerable attention to macro arrangements, but sparked much less interest in mid-range, sectoral institutions and how they are reshaped under dynamic domestic and nondomestic constraint…
This dissertation consists of two essays that address two distinct topics concerning the land tenure institutions of Bulgaria. The first essay studies the evolution of land tenure institutions, focusing on the period 1839-1944 during which the country experienced two distinct la…
Recent attention given to the role of institutions in explaining differences in economic outcomes often relies on implicit assumptions about the nature of institutions and institutional change that demand empirical confirmation. This dissertation constitutes a step towards devel…
A historical imbalance in the prestige structure of the profession was identified by a small group of sociologists in the 1970s, who undertook efforts to improve the quality of instruction in the undergraduate classroom. Using a combination of qualitative methods including semi-…
This dissertation examines an Islamic movement called Al-Huda which has become popular amongst urban educated Pakistani women over the last decade and a half. Al-Huda runs a network of schools in which women study the Quran and other religious texts as interpreted by the leader …
The evolution of property rights continues to concern scholars of institutions in particular and of economic development more generally. This study investigates why (and how) group ranch members in Kajiado District, Kenya, supported the subdivision of their collective landholdin…