Search for dissertations about: "Daniel Nohrstedt"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words Daniel Nohrstedt.

  1. 1. Crisis and Policy Reformcraft : Advocacy Coalitions and Crisis-induced Change in Swedish Nuclear Energy Policy

    Author : Daniel Nohrstedt; Barry Holmström; Eric Stern; Bertjan Verbeek; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political science; Crisis; policy change; advocacy coalitions; Swedish nuclear energy policy; learning; strategic action; Statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : This dissertation consists of three interrelated essays examining the role of crisis events in Swedish nuclear energy policymaking. The study takes stock of the idea of ‘crisis exceptionalism’ raised in the literature, which postulates that crisis events provide openings for major policy change. READ MORE

  2. 2. Vulnerability and Power : Social Justice Organizing in Rockaway, New York City, after Hurricane Sandy

    Author : Sara Bondesson; Daniel Nohrstedt; Elin Bjarnegård; Annica Kronsell; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social vulnerability; Disaster risk reduction; Social movements; Power; Empowerment; Hurricane Sandy; Rockaway; Statskunskap; Political Science; Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot krishantering och internationell samverkan;

    Abstract : This is a study about disasters, vulnerability and power. With regards to social justice organizing a particular research problem guides the work, specifically that emancipatory projects are often initiated and steered by privileged actors who do not belong to the marginalized communities they wish to strengthen, yet the work is based on the belief that empowerment requires self-organizing from within. READ MORE

  3. 3. No environmental problem is an island : Aligning networks of transboundary collaboration to complex policy issue interdependencies

    Author : Johanna Hedlund; Örjan Bodin; Daniel Nohrstedt; Erik Andersson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; complex environmental problems; policy issues; policy issue interdependencies; transboundary governance; networks; collaborative governance; policy issue interdependency networks; Sustainability Science; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling;

    Abstract : In recent times, societal and environmental problems have been exhibiting a growing interconnectedness and interdependency. Based on the idea of institutional fit, interdependency on a problem level should be preferably matched with governance arrangements for effective problem-solving. READ MORE

  4. 4. The environment knows no borders : Investigating the collective challenge of governing policy issue interdependencies

    Author : Johanna Hedlund; Örjan Bodin; Daniel Nohrstedt; Erik Andersson; Michele-Lee Moore; Jale Tosun; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; policy issue interdependencies; collaborative governance; networks; environmental problems; policy issues; policy actors; boundary-spanning; water governance; cross-border climate impacts; food trade systems; Sustainability Science; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling;

    Abstract : Many of today’s most pressing environmental problems cross-cut jurisdictional, geographical, and administrative boundaries, creating interdependencies between different locations and between policy issues that no single actor can address alone. In practice, however, environmental policy is still often contained within the traditional responsibilities of the public sector and frequently judged ineffective, particularly in the European context. READ MORE

  5. 5. Centralized Disaster Management Collaboration in Turkey

    Author : Helena Hermansson; Daniel Nohrstedt; Charles Parker; Annica Sandström; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; collaboration; disaster management; collaborative disaster management; cross-sector collaboration; trust; power balance; legitimacy; integration; local knowledge; local actors; civil society; interdependence; pre-existing relations; political affiliation; natural disaster; disaster response; damage assessment; aid distribution; search and rescue; decentralization; central-local collaboration; political-administrative system; Turkey; Van; Erciş; Statskunskap; Political Science; Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot krishantering och internationell samverkan;

    Abstract : Following unprecedented earthquakes in 1999, highly centralized Turkey initiated reforms that aimed to improve disaster management collaboration and to empower local authorities. In 2011, two earthquakes hit the country anew affecting the city of Van and town of Erciş in Turkey’s southeast. READ MORE