Search for dissertations about: "coalitions"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 33 swedish dissertations containing the word coalitions.

2. 1. Explaining Coalitions : Evidence and Lessons From Studying Coalition Formation in Swedish Local Government

   Author : Hanna Bäck; Jörgen Hermansson; Jan Teorell; Michael Laver; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political science; Coalition formation; government formation; coalition theory; bargaining; political parties; local government; Swedish politics; Statsvetenskap; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to better understand coalition formation. To date, a vast number of theories have been presented with the goal to explain coalition outcomes. READ MORE

4. 2. Organising Regional Innovation Support : Sweden's Industrial Development Centres as Regional Development Coalitions

   Author : Marie-Louise Eriksson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; lnnovation support organisations; lnnovation policy; Learning organisations; Development coalitions; Partnership; Organisationai capabilities; Economic geography of innovation; Learning regions; Socio-cultural and institutional context; Path-dependency; Sweden; Finspång; Gnosjö; Tekniska innovationer; regional utveckling; regionalpolitik; innovation; Sverige; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

   Abstract : This PhD dissertation examines the issues of institutional and policy learning often referred to in discussions about innovation policy in the literature on economic geography of innovation, systems of innovation, and learning regions. A central argument is that in order to enhance OUTknowledge of this learning dimension in innovation policy we need to focus on the level at which much innovation policy is organised and implemented, i. READ MORE

5. 3. Technological Change in an International Industrial System

   Author : Leif Linnskog; Ulf Johanson; Peter Söderbaum; Hans Hasselbladh; Mälardalens högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; technology; technological change; industrial networks; business relationships; strategic intention; power; negotiations; social capital; coalitions; structural inertness; Industrial organisation; administration and economics; Industriell organisation; administration och ekonomi; Industriell ekonomi och organisation;

   Abstract : Industrial systems resist change, more often, because heavy production facilities and industrial constructions are expensive and have long economic lives, but also because people tend to defend ingrained conceptions of how things are and how activities ought to be performed. Starting out from the question: “How does technological change come about in an international, industrial system?” the thesis investigates the interplay between technological, social, and economic factors. READ MORE

6. 4. Strategic Voting under Coalition Governments

   Author : Annika Fredén; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; strategic; voting; coalitions; PR-systems; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; strategic; voting; coalitions; proportional representation;

   Abstract : If a voter defects from preference under the consideration of policy outcomes and others' behavior, it is a "strategic vote". This thesis relates voters' strategic considerations to the government formation process: the chances for a party to gain seats, enter office, and affect overall policies. READ MORE

7. 5. Getting Tough on Unemployment : Essays on the politics of unemployment benefit reform in affluent democracies

   Author : Carlo Michael Knotz; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Welfare state reform; Unemployment benefits; Conditionality; Attitudes; Coalitions;

   Abstract : The advanced democracies of Europe, North America, and Australasia have gotten tough on unemployment. Since the mid- to late-1970s, they started to put greater pressure on the unemployed by reducing the time for which unemployment benefits were paid, by imposing stricter job-search requirements, by extending the range of jobs considered suitable for claimants, and by tightening the penalties for non-compliance with these rules. READ MORE