Search for dissertations about: "bureaucracy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 72 swedish dissertations containing the word bureaucracy.

  2. 1. Threat Construction inside Bureaucracy : A Bourdieusian Study of the European Commission and the Framing of Irregular Immigration 1974-2009

    Author : Monica Svantesson; Jan Hallenberg; Magnus Ekengren; Johan Eriksson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; Threat Construction; Securitization; Bureaucracy; European Commission; Irregular Immigration; Bourdieu; Framing; Field; Capital; Habitus; Political Science; statsvetenskap; Threat construction; securitization; bureaucracy; irregular immigration; Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot strategi och säkerhetspolitik; Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot strategi och säkerhetspolitik;

    Abstract : This dissertation examines how we construct security threats. Theoretically, it contributes to the literature on securitization and threat construction, which has hitherto overlooked how influential bureaucracies that – in contrast to the police and the military – have little to gain from widened threat perceptions, may still contribute to threat construction. READ MORE

  4. 2. Market Bureaucracy : Neoliberalism, Competition, and EU State Aid Policy

    Author : Linda Alamaa; Sweden Lund Lund University; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; governmentality; neoliberalism; competition; state aid; European Union;

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  5. 3. Bureaucracy, Informality and Taxation : Essays in Development Economics and Public Finance

    Author : Anders Fredriksson; Jakob Svensson; Ragnar Torvik; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Bureaucracy; Informality; Taxation; Corruption; Red tape; Investment; Formalization; Laffer effects; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of three self-contained essays.Essay 1, "Dispatchers", is a study of a specialized service sector that has arisen in many developing countries.It is a well-established fact that the government bureaucracy in many developing countries is large, difficult to understand, non-transparent and time-consuming. READ MORE

  6. 4. Essays on entrepreneurship and bureaucracy

    Author : Fredrik Svensson; Lars-Erik Wolvén; Roine Johansson; Elisabeth Sundin; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; Entrepreneurship; bureaucracy; development; economic growth; agency; structure; Sociology; Sociologi;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis is to explore the theoretical and empirical relationship between entrepreneurship and bureaucracy, and to examine the cause and effect of entrepreneurship. From this overall aim, four specific questions are investigated. READ MORE

  7. 5. Planning contexts : Bureaucracy and rule relations in French urbanism

    Author : Jenny Lindblad; Jonathan Metzger; Maria Håkansson; Simone Abram; KTH; []
    Keywords : urban planning; bureaucracy; plans; interpretative practices; contextualization; France; Planering och beslutsanalys; Planning and Decision Analysis; Urbana och regionala studier; Urban and Regional Studies;

    Abstract : This thesis examines practices of contextualization in urban planning in Bordeaux. While planning theorists have established the importance of attending to the diversecontexts that shape urban planning, few studies have inquired about the ways urbanplanning activities shape contexts. READ MORE