Search for dissertations about: "cohesion policy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the words cohesion policy.

2. 1. Struggling Against Exclusion : Adibasi in Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh

   Author : Mashiur Rahman; Sociologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social exclusion; national minority; cohesion; multiculturalism; forced migration and displacement; ethnic conflict management; social policy; poverty; ethnicity; nationalism;

   Abstract : This study provides an overview of social policy and poverty among ethnic minorities (Adibasi)in Bangladesh,with a special focus on the Chakma people belonging to the Sonai and Mayni localities,situated in the Chittagong Hill Tracts(CHT).The main argument in this thesis concerns their struggle against exclusion which is an indispensable part of policy studies. READ MORE

4. 2. Symbols and emotions in Swedish crime policy discourse

   Author : Klara Hermansson; Anita Heber; Felipe Estrada; Peter Scharff Smith; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Crime policy; Sweden; symbols; emotions; Nordic exceptionalism; welfare state; elections; political parties; kriminologi; Criminology;

   Abstract : The general public has assumed an increasingly prominent position in crime policy discourse, both in Sweden and internationally. Nowadays crime policy initiatives often acknowledge and respond to the presumed concerns of the general public, for instance through the promise of safety. READ MORE

5. 3. Institutional Capacity for Territorial Cohesion

   Author : Lisa van Well; Folke Snickars; Mats Johansson; Peter Ache; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Territorial cohesion has its legal basis in the Treaty of Lisbon and is one of the overarching goals in the 2007-2013 Cohesion Policy instruments. Still the definition of territorial cohesion can be characterized as a ‘moving target’ - each EU Member State and region conceptualizes the policy goal in as befits the specific regional challenges and opportunities of the territory. READ MORE

6. 4. What’s in a Line? : Making Sovereignty through Border Policy

   Author : Johanna Pettersson; Peter Strandbrink; Karin Borevi; Torsten Svensson; Jussi Laine; Södertörns högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; borders; sovereignty; border politics; international relations; border studies; Norway; centre-periphery relations; local border traffic permit; Russia; grenseboerbevis; Politics; Economy and the Organization of Society; Politik; ekonomi och samhällets organisering; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies; Statskunskap;

   Abstract : The role of borders as dividers between states and markers of territorial sovereignty is central to modern statehood. Whereas the voluntary opening of a state border could therefore appear puzzling, this thesis argues that state sovereignty can be manifested either when states allow borders to become more open or more closed. READ MORE

7. 5. The Emergent Politics of Geoengineering

   Author : Ina Möller; BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Norms; Policy emergence; Agenda setting; Climate change; political community; sociological institutionalism; Science policy interface; vetenskap och politik; politisk process; politisk opinionsbildning; klimatförändring; nätverk; institutionalism; normer;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the role of science in the earliest stages of the political process. It does this by studying the emergence of ‘geoengineering’ on the political agenda. READ MORE