Search for dissertations about: "Political and administrative sciences"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 103 swedish dissertations containing the words Political and administrative sciences.

  2. 16. Greening the EU : Power practices, resistances and agenda setting

    Author : Annica Kronsell; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; environmental policy; environmental politics; EC; feminism; economism; bureaucracy; agenda-setting; power practices; resistance; garbage-can model; policy process; EU institutions; networks; Political and administrative sciences; EU; feminism; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap;

    Abstract : Between 1970 and 1995, well over 200 directives dealing with environmental problems have been adopted by the European Community. The ambition in this study has been to understand the process whereby environmental concerns have been brought up on the Community agenda and how that agenda has subsequently been shaped. READ MORE

  4. 17. The Politics of Social Networks : Interpersonal Trust and Institutional Change in Post-Communist East Germany

    Author : Astrid Hedin; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; East Germany; PDS; SED; feminism; gender; political party; communicative action; logic of appropriateness; garbage-can decision-making; interpersonal trust; institutional change; social network; new institutionalism; structuration; Giddens; path-dependence; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap;

    Abstract : New institutionalist approaches are inherently weak at accounting for institutional change. In this book, social network analysis is proposed as a key to institutional change. The social network perspective focuses emergent patterns of interpersonal interaction and the resulting ties of interpersonal trust. READ MORE

  5. 18. Transnational Party Alliances : Analysing the Hard-Won Alliance Between Conservatives and Christian Democrats in the European Parliament

    Author : Karl Magnus Johansson; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political and administrative sciences; transnational.; arena; Alliance; autonomy; Christian Democrat; Conservative; constraint; identity; integration; motive; opportunity; process; political party; förvaltningskunskap; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; alliance;

    Abstract : This study examines processes of transnational alliance-building among political parties in the European Union (EU). It is associated with theories of transnational relations, neofunctionalist integration theory and domestic politics approaches to international co-operation and integration. READ MORE

  6. 19. To act as a Union : Explaining the development of the EU's collective foreign policy

    Author : Maria Strömvik; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; common foreign and security policy; European Union; institutionalism; international cooperation; Political and administrative sciences; balance of influence; balance of threat; realism; balance of power; European political cooperation; transatlantic relations; European security and defence policy; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap;

    Abstract : It is difficult for states to cooperate on issues related to international peace and security. Yet, ever since 1970, the EU member states have succeeded to gradually intensify their foreign policy cooperation and increasingly act in unison towards the rest of the world. This PhD thesis seeks an explanation to this trend. READ MORE

  7. 20. The Power of Elections : Democratic Participation, Competition and Legitimacy in Africa

    Author : Staffan I Lindberg; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political and administrative sciences; methodology; Africa; democratization; democracy; Elections; institutions; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap;

    Abstract : This book is about elections and democracy in newly democratizing countries. Building on a new data set of 5,568 observations in 232 elections, it provides evidence elections have a casual impact on improving the quality of democracy in Africa in more than one way. READ MORE