Search for dissertations about: "Institutional reform"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 77 swedish dissertations containing the words Institutional reform.

2. 1. Rule of law after war : ideologies, norms and methods for legal and judicial reform

   Author : Richard Zajac Sannerholm; Joakim Nergelius; Veronica L. Taylor; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; rule of law; legal and judicial reform; administrative reform; war-torn societies; state-building; constitutional reform; law reform; institution-building; access-creation; LAW JURISPRUDENCE; RÄTTSVETENSKAP JURIDIK; Juridik; Law;

   Abstract : This study concerns itself with rule of law assistance in the aftermath of war. Over the past decade, rule of law has emerged as an essential objective in state-building missions. This has led to a host of programmes and projects on law reform, constitutional development, judicial training, and institutional establishment. READ MORE

4. 2. Ownership reform and corporate governance : The Slovak privatisation process in 1990-1996

   Author : Mikael Olsson; Mats Larsson; Lars Magnusson; Peter de Souza; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economic history; privatisation; ownership reform; corporate governance; the Slovak Republic; restructuring; property rights; financial sector development; economic transition; communist economies; path dependence; institutional economics; investment funds; transformation; Ekonomisk historia; Economic history; Ekonomisk historia; Ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

   Abstract : Since 1989, there has been a period of rapid change of the economies of the former Eastern bloc. Within a few years, the majority of the formerly centrally administered economies had begun restructuring their economic systems, including the privatisation. of formerly state-owned enterprises. READ MORE

5. 3. The Terms of Involvement : A study of attempts to reform civil society's role in public decision making in Sweden​

   Author : Karin Gavelin; Göran Sundström; Lars Trägårdh; Felténius David; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; civil society; governance; reform; organisational behaviour; new institutionalism; institutional logics; institutionalisation; decoupling; interpretation; interpretive policy analysis; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

   Abstract : For the better part of a century, a distinguishing feature of the Swedish democratic model has been the close relationship between organised interests and public decision makers. Yet the first decade of the twenty-first century saw a number of attempts to reform Swedish civil society’s role in decision making, purportedly to make involvement activities more inclusive, reciprocal, flexible and consequential. READ MORE

6. 4. Education, Stratification and Reform : Educational Institutions in Comparative Perspective

   Author : Marcus Österman; Joakim Palme; Karl-Oskar Lindgren; Jan Teorell; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Detracking; Education; Educational institutions; Educational inequalities; Education policy; Educational reform; Educational systems; Equality; Political economy; Political Parties; Social Trust; Tracking; Vocational education; Vocational training; Varieties of Capitalism; Statskunskap; Political Science;

   Abstract : The main argument of this thesis is that research has to take the institutional character of education seriously. Educational institutions carry considerable weight for outcomes of education and their design is a matter of intense political debate. READ MORE

7. 5. Determinants and Effects of Central Bank Independence Reforms

   Author : Mats Landström; Karl-Gustaf Löfgren; Sven-Olov Daunfeldt; Andreas Bergh; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Monetary policy; institutional reform; central banking; price stability; political economy; delegation; institutional economics; inflation; time-inconsistency; accountability; nationalekonomi; Economics; Complex Systems – Microdata Analysis;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four empirically oriented papers on central bank independence (CBI) reforms.   Paper [1] is an investigation of why politicians around the world have chosen to give up power to independent central banks, thereby reducing their ability to control the economy. READ MORE