Search for dissertations about: "Statsvetenskap"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 773 swedish dissertations containing the word Statsvetenskap.

2. 16. Growth without Democracy : Challenges to Authoritarianism in Vietnam

   Author : Eva Hansson; Björn Beckman; Olle Törnquist; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; party-state; economic liberalisation; authoritarianism; democratisation; civil society; labour strikes; trade unions and democratisation; industrial zones; Foreign Direct Investment; Vietnam; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

   Abstract : Vietnam today can clearly be counted as a case of economic success. At a party congress in the mid-1980s, the formal decisions were made on a reform program under the name of Doi Moi (renovation), which aimed at liberalising and reforming the economy. READ MORE

4. 17. Kind words, cruise missiles and everything in between : A neoclassical realist study of the use of power resources in U.S. policies towards Poland, Ukraine and Belarus 1989–2008

   Author : Barbara Kunz; Jan Hallenberg; Hans E. Andersson; Ronnie Hjorth; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; neoclassical realism; foreign policy; power; U.S. foreign policy; Central and Eastern Europe; Poland; Ukraine; Belarus; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

   Abstract : This study intends to explain why the United States led entirely different policies towards Poland, Ukraine and Belarus under circumstances where realist theory would predict otherwise. Realism being an “environment based theory”, it would indeed predict a state to lead highly similar foreign policies under identical conditions. READ MORE

5. 18. Explaining Civil Society Core Activism in Post-Soviet Latvia

   Author : Tove Lindén; Anders Uhlin; Jonas Tallberg; Lars Johannsen; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Civil society activism; post-Soviet Latvia; NGO activism; women; Latvian citizenship; high education; empathy; civic literacy; role model s ; positive support; organizational competence; organizational leadership experience; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

   Abstract : Civil society activism in traditional non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is seen as one of the cornerstones of a vibrant participatory liberal democracy in most Western democratic states. Whereas this issue has been explored from a variety of perspectives in a Western context, only limited research has been carried out in a post-Soviet context. READ MORE

6. 19. "Nationalising" Foreign Conflict : Foreign Policy Orientation as a Factor in Television News Reporting

   Author : Kristina Riegert; Jan Hallenberg; Tom Olsson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; foreign news coverage; foreign policy; international news; national journalist cultures; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

   Abstract : This study explores the notion that national television news covers foreign conflicts in ways that reflect a country's foreign policy orientation and its stance towards that particular conflict. Sweden and Britain were chosen for comparison since both are European countries with similar public service broadcasting systems, but with different foreign policy orientations and positions in the international system. READ MORE

7. 20. Between Militarism and Technocratic Governance : State Formation in Contemporary Uganda

   Author : Anders Sjögren; Björn Beckman; Abdul Raufu Mustapha; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; state formation; civil society; militarism; governance; regimes; informalisation; public sector reform; health care; local politics; Masaka; Uganda; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

   Abstract : State-civil society relations in Africa have during recent decades been transformed in the context of economic liberalisation and state reform. This study explores state-civil society relations in contemporary Uganda, from 1986 to the present, in order to illustrate and explain the scope for and capacity of different social forces to create access to and democratise the state. READ MORE