Search for dissertations about: "policy drive"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 49 swedish dissertations containing the words policy drive.
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1. Agents of change and policies of scale : A policy study of Entrepreneurship and Enterprise in Education
Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to describe and understand the introduction of entrepreneurship and enterprise projects in primary and secondary schools in the North of Sweden and to identify and analyse the driving forces and actors behind this process. In particular the influence and significance of education policy at supranational, national and subnational level for the introduction of entrepreneurship and enterprise in education are analysed. READ MORE
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2. The drive for change : putting the means and ends of sport at stake in the organizing of Swedish voluntary sport
Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to create knowledge on processes of change in the contemporary organizing of Swedish voluntary sport and the systems of meaning at work in these processes. The thesis proceeds from the assumption that the contemporary public sport policy climate is characterized by a pressure on organized sport to change in order for sport to better serve as an implementer of non-sport goals. READ MORE
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3. Ideals and Interests in Swedish Foreign Policy : Explaining the South African Gripen Deal
Abstract : This dissertation explores ideals and interests (and their interrelation) in foreign policy. An in-depth case study of this issue examines Sweden’s 1999 JAS-39 Gripen fighter aircraft deal with South Africa. READ MORE
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4. Composing Policy Interventions for Antibiotic Development
Abstract : Antibiotic resistance is eroding the efficacy of the drugs we have and, unless future science dictates otherwise, bacteria will eventually become resistant to whatever new antibiotics we discover. We must therefore plan for a continuous stream of innovation. Unfortunately, pharmaceutical firms have left the scene to pursue more profitable areas. READ MORE
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5. Understanding interest politics in social-ecological systems : Mechanisms behind emergent policy responses to environmental change
Abstract : Environmental policymaking is embedded in social-ecological systems (SES) that continuously evolve and change, often in unexpected and non-linear ways. Such challenges call for responsive policymaking that adjusts policy when new information and knowledge about social-ecological change is available. READ MORE