Search for dissertations about: "aid, organizations"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 42 swedish dissertations containing the words aid, organizations.

  2. 1. International organizations and children’s rights : Norm adoption, pressure tactics and state compliance

    Author : Johanna von Bahr; Jonas Tallberg; Lisa Dellmuth; Jean Grugel; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; international organizations; children’s rights; European Union; United Nations; norm adoption; pressure tactics; state compliance; development aid; foreign policy; non-governmental organizations; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : Since the adoption of the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), the attention given by international organizations (IOs) to children’s rights has increased. This dissertation seeks to identify what this means for the global promotion of children’s rights, by addressing three interrelated questions: 1. READ MORE

  4. 2. Operationalizing Industrial Ecology in the Waste Sector : Roles and tactics for circular value innovation

    Author : Graham Aid; Nils Brandt; Monika Olsson; Maria Malmström; Leenard Baas; Stefan Anderberg; Mats Eklund; Anna Björklund; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : The take-make-waste approach to resource management in human production and consumption systems is contributing to a variety of environmental and social problems worldwide. Additionally, as the world’s population and affluence increase, so do the negative impacts of poor resource management. READ MORE

  5. 3. Planning and evaluation in aid organizations

    Author : Kim Forss; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : The success (or failure) of aid programmes in developing countries is difficult to measure in terms of results. In fact international cooperation in development programmes seems to have reached few of its objectives. READ MORE

  6. 4. (Dis)assembling Development : Organizing Swedish Development Aid through Projectification

    Author : David Scott; Malin Rönnblom; Tomas Mitander; Paul Stubbs; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Assemblage; Projectification; Development Aid; Power; Politics; Statsvetenskap; Political Science;

    Abstract : The rolling out of governing arrangements related to marketization and managerialization has characterized contemporary societies over the last decades, signaling a radical change in how governance is organized. A particular form of governing that has been given impetus during this transformation is the project. READ MORE

  7. 5. Improving Risk Analysis Practices in Governmental Organizations

    Author : Sardar Muhammad Sulaman; Institutionen för datavetenskap; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : At the same time as our dependence on IT systems increases, the number of reports of problems caused by failures of critical IT systems has also increased. Today almost every system or service, e.g., water, power supply, transportation, is dependent on IT systems, and failure of these systems has serious and negative effects on society. READ MORE