Search for dissertations about: "domestic politics"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 45 swedish dissertations containing the words domestic politics.
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21. The Emergence of the Crime Victim in the Swedish Social Services Act
Abstract : This study sought to explain how crime victims emerged as a target group in the Swedish Social Services Act in 2001. The findings, derived from legislative documents, a literature review, and focus group interviews with social workers, showed that the 2001 provisions both duplicated and undermined pre-existing provisions of the Social Services Act. READ MORE
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22. Battlefields of memory : The Macedonian conflict and Greek historical culture
Abstract : In 1991, a diplomatic controversy arose between Greece and the newly independent Republic of Macedonia, regarding naming, minority rights and the use of historical symbols. The claims of the new state to the name Macedonia and the historical heritage associated with it were perceived as a threat against Greek national identity and history itself. READ MORE
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23. Does Anybody Care? : Public and Private Responsibilities in Swedish Eldercare 1940-2000
Abstract : Since the 1980s, practically all of the western welfare states have developed social policies, which aim at shifting the responsibilities for welfare services from the state to the family, the civil society or to the market. In Sweden, this political transformation has particularly hit the public eldercare. READ MORE
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24. The martial politics of biodiversity protection: Wildlife conservation practices in northern Kenya
Abstract : Wildlife conservation is entangled with broader conflict dynamics in pastoral and semi-arid northern Kenya and tackles livestock theft, road banditry and inter-communal conflict. The thesis aims to better understand this ‘war by conservation’, in which conservation and military-like practices address and tie into wider security issues. READ MORE
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25. The Politics of Foreign Policy Change : Explaining the Swedish Reorientation on EC Membership
Abstract : This study addresses the problem of foreign policy change. While the 1990s has been characterized by remarkable changes in world affairs, political scientists have been slow to study the processes through which such changes take place. READ MORE