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2. 1. Experimental Governance : Capacity and legitimacy in local governments

   Author : Erica Eneqvist; Andrew Karvonen; Hans Westlund; Kersti Karltorp; Annica Kronsell; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Experimental governance; legitimacy; municialities; democracy; organisational capacity; capacity-building; local government; public sector innovation; Urbana och regionala studier; Urban and Regional Studies;

   Abstract : Contemporary planning and governance of cities involves practices of experiments and trials in urban experiments, collaborative platforms, and urban development projects with high ambitions for sustainability and innovative solutions. These practices of experimental governance can be seen as new policy instruments that include actors from all sectors of society in collective problem-solving. 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. E-government and e-governance : Swedish case studies with focus on the local level

   Author : Irene Bernhard; Hans Westlund; Agneta Ranerup; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; governance; e-government; e-governance; New Public Management; municipal contact centres; planning; policy entrepreneurship; networks; implementation; translation; Sweden; Public administration; Political science;

   Abstract : The concepts of e-government and e-governance are used interchangeably in most research and there is no single definition of these terms. The objective of this licentiate thesis is to provide a deeper understanding of these concepts through empirical studies in a Swedish context. READ MORE

6. 4. Comparing No-Party Participatory Regimes : Why Uganda Succeeded and Others Failed

   Author : Mose Auyeh; Sten Widmalm; Magdalena Inkinen; Anirudh Krishna; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; democracy; Uganda; stability; No-Party Participatory Regimes; Ghana; Libya; Pakistan; governance; responsiveness; effectiveness; legitimacy; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

   Abstract : The objective of this dissertation is to evaluate the performance of the no-party participatory regime (NPPR) model in a few selected countries. Such a regime, it was claimed, would give rise to a real and true democracy, would serve the people better, and would protect them against what many leaders saw as divisive party politics. READ MORE

7. 5. Challenging Adaptability : Analysing the Governance of Reindeer Husbandry in Sweden

   Author : Annette Löf; Camilla Sandström; Susan Baker; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; adaptability; adaptation; climate change; governance; Indigenous; interactive governance; reindeer herding; reindeer husbandry; Sami; transformation; statskunskap; political science;

   Abstract : We live in a complex, interconnected and constantly changing world. Human driven global climate change is now a local reality that reinforces the inherent need for adaptability in human systems. READ MORE