Search for dissertations about: "constitutions"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 swedish dissertations containing the word constitutions.

  2. 1. Essays on Debts and Constitutions

    Author : Emanuel Kohlscheen; Torsten Persson; Jonathan Eaton; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; debt; constitution; sovereign risk; federalism; credibility; political institutions; renegotiation; trade credit; international reserves; bailout; revenue sharing; soft budget; Business and economics; Ekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis includes two essays on sovereign debt and one on subnational governments' debts within a federation. In the two first essays, simple constitutional rules - that define how economic interactions unfold - are found to influence the outcome in important ways. READ MORE

  4. 2. The tug-of-war between presidents and prime ministers : semi-presidentialism in Central and Eastern Europe

    Author : Thomas Sedelius; Sten Berglund; Joakim Ekman; Torbjörn Bergman; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; semi-presidentialism; premier-presidentialism; president-parliamentary systems; constitutions; post-communist; intra-executive conflict; president; prime minister; parliament; Central and Eastern Europe; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; Statskunskap;

    Abstract : Presidential power and constitutional issues are at the very core of recent popular upheavals in the former Soviet republics, as demonstrated by the Orange Revolution in Ukraine in 2004, and similar protests in Georgia in 2003 and in Kyrgyzstan in 2005. After the demise of the Soviet Union, these countries opted for a particular form of semi-presidentialism, here referred to as president-parliamentary. READ MORE

  5. 3. Dēmokratia : The Prehistory of a Word in Relation to the Greek Typology of Constitutions

    Author : Fredrik Sixtensson; Ingela Nilsson; David Westberg; Carol Atack; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Democracy; δημοκρατία; ἀρχή; κράτος; Greek democracy; kratos; archē; Greek typology of constitutions; Greek polis; Grekiska; Greek;

    Abstract : This thesis discusses how the term δημοκρατία relates to the classical Greek typology of constitutions. The two other major constitutional terms, μοναρχία and ὀλιγαρχία, have another suffix than δημοκρατία. READ MORE

  6. 4. Supranational and National Constitutions in Shaping Human Rights Jurisprudence : A Comparison of the East African Community and the European Union

    Author : Tom Mulisa; Anna Jonsson Cornell; Etienne Ruvebana; Markus Böckenförde; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Konstitutionell rätt; Constitutional Law;

    Abstract : The study examines the institutional capacity of a supranational polity such as the East African Community (EAC) to impose a rights framework and culture on its member states. This study analyses the designs and contexts for supranational polities such as the EAC and the European Union (EU) with their institutional structures, namely courts and the role they would play in shaping a human rights jurisprudence. READ MORE

  7. 5. Essays in monetary economics and applied econometrics

    Author : Paolo Giordani; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This dissertation collects five independent essays. The first essay is An Alternative Explanation of the Price Puzzle. The most widely accepted explanation of the price puzzle points to an inadequate performance of the VAR in forecasting inflation. READ MORE