Search for dissertations about: "partisan"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 swedish dissertations containing the word partisan.
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1. How partisan emotions and negativity shape our politics : examining affective polarization in the Nordic region
Abstract : Political polarization has become one of the buzzwords of the 21st century political vocabulary. Several political and societal developments, such as the success of populist parties, negative discord on social media, and the smearing of political opponents, to name just a few, all get lumped together under the umbrella term of increased political polarization. READ MORE
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2. Incumbency, divided government, partisan politics and council size : Essays in local political economics
Abstract : This thesis comprises four empirical papers, each devoted to a specific topic in local political economics. Paper one and two evaluate the importance of the mayor position to the future electoral success of the mayor’s party. READ MORE
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3. After Asylums and Orphanages
Abstract : In this dissertation, I investigate the effect of partisan politics on the types of care policies that replaced asylums and orphanages between 1950 and 2015. Combining insights from the historical-sociological literature on party formation and theories of welfare politics, I formulate a theory of the partisan politics of care and apply it to two uniquely old care policy areas. READ MORE
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4. Old and Unequal? : An Institutional Analysis of Pension Systems' Driving Forces and Outcomes in Affluent OECD Countries
Abstract : The growing privatization of old-age pension systems in many high-income countries in the late 20th century has raised serious concerns regarding their social sustainability. Compared to public pensions, private pensions tend to be associated with greater income inequality and less economic well-being. READ MORE
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5. All Interventionists Now? : On the Political Economy of Active Labor Market Policy as Micro-Interventionist Multi-Tools
Abstract : As recent decades have seen a growing interest in reforming advanced welfare states to promote employment, active labor market policy (ALMP) has emerged as a major topic of inquiry among comparative political economists. Whereas the literature to date disagrees on, and mostly downplays, the role of partisan politics in the development of ALMP, this dissertation shows that political actors systematically use ALMP programs in different ways to achieve distinct political aims. READ MORE