Search for dissertations about: "Central and East European countries"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words Central and East European countries.

  2. 1. Political institutions and government performance : Central and Eastern Europe in a comparative perspective

    Author : Sebastian Stålfors; Sten Berglund; Torbjörn Bergman; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political institutions; institutional arrangements; government performance; political system; majoritarian democracy; consensus democracy; quality of democracy; macroeconomic management; kinder and gentler democracy; Central and Eastern Europe; post-communist countries.; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; Statskunskap;

    Abstract : Central and Eastern Europe was strongly affected by the most recent wave of democratisation. Here, successful transition to democracy and market economy was sometimes perceived as a matter of choosing the ‘right’ institutional framework, presumably institutions employed in mature democracies. READ MORE

  4. 2. Parks, Policies and People : Nature Conservation Governance in Post-Socialist EU Countries

    Author : Natalya Yakusheva; Björn Hassler; Magnus Boström; Annica Kronsell; Stacy Vandeveer; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; national parks; Carpathians; Poland; Slovakia; Europeanization; Central Eastern Europe; multi-level governance; Environmental Studies; Miljövetenskapliga studier; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

    Abstract : The national parks in the Carpathian Mountains along the Polish and Slovak border represent encompassing policy agendas that strive to balance biodiversity conservation and social welfare tasks. These countries have, during the last 25 years, undergone rapid transformation from socialist regimes to liberal democracies, and this transformation has affected the political, social and economic spheres. READ MORE

  5. 3. The Dynamics of Innovation in Eastern Europe -Lessons from Estonia

    Author : Per Högselius; CIRCLE; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Economics; förvaltningskunskap; Statsvetenskap; Political and administrative sciences; Ekonomisk och social historia; Social and economic history; Vetenskapshistoria; History of science; case studies; inherited competencies; proximity; Estonia; telecommunications; systems of innovation; Eastern Europe; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Management of enterprises; Företagsledning; management; systems of innovation;

    Abstract : The overall interest pursued in this thesis is how the former socialist economies of Central and Eastern Europe can build strong and dynamic systems of innovation. The purpose of the thesis is to investigate the dynamics and evolution of the telecommunications system of innovation in Estonia from the late Soviet period to Estonia's EU accession, and to provide an in-depth explanation of how innovation has been enabled to occur in the system. READ MORE

  6. 4. Writing History in a Propaganda Institute : Political Power and Network Dynamics in Communist Romania

    Author : Francesco Zavatti; Per Bolin; Heiko Droste; Kim Salomon; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; historiography; history-writing; Romania; history and power; sovereignty; communism; national-communism; resources; narrative canon; networking; Historical Studies; Historiska studier; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

    Abstract : In 1990, the Institute for Historical and Socio-Political Studies of the Central Committee of the Romanian Communist Party was closed, since the Party was dissolved by the Romanian Revolution. Similar institutions had existed in all countries belonging to the Soviet bloc. READ MORE

  7. 5. The Challenge of ‘Stateness’ in Estonia and Ukraine

    Author : Olena Podolian; Joakim Ekman; Fredrika Björklund; Thomas Sedelius; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; post-communism; regime change; state-building; stateness; the international actors; post-kommunism; regimförändring; stats- och nationsbyggande; stateness; internationella aktörer; Politics; Economy and the Organization of Society; Politik; ekonomi och samhällets organisering; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

    Abstract : The aim of this dissertation is to examine the influence of the international actors i.e. the OSCE, Council of Europe, EU and Russia, on policy and legislative adaptation in two post-Soviet countries since 1991. These are Estonia and Ukraine. READ MORE