Search for dissertations about: "Political Theories"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 251 swedish dissertations containing the words Political Theories.

  2. 1. Finding a place for green politics : political space-time, globalisation and new environmental policy concepts

    Author : Lovisa Hagberg; Katarina Eckerberg; James Meadowcroft; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political science; space-time; political time; bioregionalism; green political theory; place; river basin management; critical loads; ‘think global; act local’; globalisation; Statsvetenskap; Political science; Statsvetenskap; statskunskap; political science;

    Abstract : The overarching aim of this dissertation is to rethink green ideas for change in political space-time against the background of globalisation. It is based on two avenues of investigation. First, green ideas are contrasted with the analyses of current changes in political space-time found in the globalisation literature. READ MORE

  4. 2. Only women bleed? : a critical reassessment of comprehensive feminist social theory

    Author : Helen Lindberg; Jan Olsson; Richard Wolin; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Catharine M. MacKinnon; Anna G. Jonasdottir; Luce Irigaray; Judith Butler; feminism; political feminism; comprehensive feminism; postfeminism; marxism; social theory; ideology; politcal implications; social science; philosophy of science; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; Statskunskap; Statsvetenskap; Sociology; Filosofi; Gender Studies;

    Abstract : Is there a viable specifically feminist social theory that can serve as heuristic devise in our social research? This thesis is a critical reassessment of the ontological and normative assumptions of four social theories with specific and clear claims of being feminist. These are Catharine M MackInnon’s Radical Feminism, Anna G Jonasdottir’s Theory of Love Power, Luce Irigaray’s Feminism of Sexual Difference and Judith Butler’s Queer Feminism. READ MORE

  5. 3. Isolating the Radical Right : Coalition Formation and Policy Adaptation in Sweden

    Author : Anders Backlund; Ann-Cathrine Jungar; Hanna Bäck; Kaare Strøm; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; radical right; mainstream parties; pariah parties; anti-system parties; cordon sanitaire; party strategy; government formation; anti-pacts; coalition theory; spatial theories of party competition; policy co-optation; policy dimensionality; Sweden Democrats; Sweden; Sverigedemokraterna; högerradikala partier; pariapartier; anti-systempartier; partistrategi; regeringsbildning; koalitionsteori; Politics; Economy and the Organization of Society; Politik; ekonomi och samhällets organisering;

    Abstract : In recent decades, established political parties across Europe have become increasingly challenged by a new party family: the radical right. In terms of how mainstream parties respond to this challenge, Sweden has been a puzzling case both in a comparative European perspective and in light of established theories of party competition. READ MORE

  6. 4. The Political Use of Force : Beyond National Security Considerations as a Source of American Foreign Policy

    Author : Mikael Blomdahl; Jan Hallenberg; Jonas Tallberg; Erik Noreen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; The United States of America; the presidential use of force; foreign policy analysis; realism; domestic politics; the diversionary theory of war; decision-making.; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : In addressing the question of what explains the tendency of the presidents of the United States to use military force on many occasions to solve international problems the realist perspective has been strongly dominant in political science. This study sets out to address and challenge whether what may be called realist privilege still qualifies as an understanding of this American phenomenon. READ MORE

  7. 5. The fall : Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary and Poland in a comparative perspective

    Author : Steven Saxonberg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political science; Political change; democratization; institutional compromise; revolution; social movements; reform implementation; political psychology; Eastern Europe; Statsvetenskap; Political science; Statsvetenskap; statskunskap; Political Science;

    Abstract : The quick collapse of the Communist-led regimes in Eastern Europe caught the worldby surprise. Although much has been written about this monumental historical event,little attention has been paid to the issue of why the processes of collapse were sodifferent. READ MORE