Search for dissertations about: "Political opportunity structures"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 18 swedish dissertations containing the words Political opportunity structures.

2. 11. Reframing and Resolving Conflict : Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations 1988-1998

   Author : Karin Aggestam; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; conflict; Palestine; Political and administrative sciences; PLO; Israel; negotiations; peace process; Middle East; resolving; reframing; resolution; transformation; diplomacy; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap;

   Abstract : The mutual recognition between Israel and the PLO in 1993 signalled a major shift in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This study examines, both theoretically and empirically, the basic question of how meaning of conflict may change and how conflict may be resolved. READ MORE

4. 12. Voices for Change : Hopes and costs for empowerment - a study on women's claims in the Egyptian revolution

   Author : Christine Bendixen; Klas Roth; Margareta Aspan; Mina O'Dowd; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Women; empowerment; agency; structure; functionings; capability; social conversion factors; narrative imagination; opportunity costs; societal change; Egypt; pedagogik; Education;

   Abstract : This study investigates women’s possibilities to actively participate in societal change in Egypt. It aims at enhancing the understanding of structural conditions for women’s agency and how these enables and/or restrains women’s participation in the aspiration for societal change as well as their aspiration to live a ‘full life’. READ MORE

5. 13. The power of framing : A new-institutional approach to interest group participation in the European Union

   Author : Johan Nylander; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; European Union; lobbying; interest groups; new institutionalism; framing; social mechanisms; policy making; case study; energy; pharmaceuticals; alcohol; biotechnology; Sociologi; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : This dissertation develops a theory of interest group inclusion and exclusion in policy-making processes at the European level. The theory includes three major components: the European Union as a political opportunity structure for interest groups, the role of the European Commission as policy formulator, and patterns of inclusion and exclusionof interest groups in policymaking processes. READ MORE

6. 14. Making waves : A study of the patterns and consequences of non-state actor participation in global fisheries governance

   Author : Matilda Petersson; Henrik Österblom; Lisa Dellmuth; Robert Blasiak; Megan Bailey; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Global fisheries governance; regional fisheries management organizations RFMOs ; non-state actors; non-governmental organizations NGOs ; transnational partnerships; participation; influence; effectiveness; process tracing; Sustainability Science; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling;

   Abstract : States have established regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) to manage transboundary fish stocks. However, the effectiveness of these bodies has been questioned. Problems with overfishing, illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, and bycatch remain persistent and difficult to solve. READ MORE

7. 15. Sweet Battlefields : Youth and the Liberian Civil War

   Author : Mats Utas; Ovesen Jan; Alcinda Honwana; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Cultural anthropology; Liberia; anthropology; civil war; youth; children; child soldiers; street children; conflict; violence; women in war; West Africa; liminality; Kulturantropologi; Cultural anthropology; Kulturantropologi; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

   Abstract : This dissertation presents an ethnography of youth in Liberia and of how their lives became affected by a civil war which raged in the country between 1990 and 1997. The focus is on the experiences, motivations, and reflections of young combatants who fought for a variety of rebel factions. READ MORE