Search for dissertations about: "membership decline"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words membership decline.

2. 1. Party membership and state subsidies : a comparative study

   Author : Fredrik Bonander; Sten Berglund; Svante Ersson; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; political parties; parties; party membership; state subsidies; membership decline; decline; subsidies; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; Statskunskap;

   Abstract : This thesis tests the hypothesis that increasing state subsidies to political parties cause a declined party membership. The theory that predicted this development was constructed by Epstein in 1967 and presented in his book Political Parties in Western Democracies. READ MORE

4. 2. From Pioneers to Target Group : Social Change, Ethnicity and Memory in a Lithuanian Nuclear Power Plant Community

   Author : Kristina Sliavaite; Sociologiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Ignalina nuclear power plant; Deindustrialization; post-socialism; East Central Europe; ethnicity; collective memory; social change; Russian speaking population; decline; modernization; migration; enclave; risk; social insecurity; uncertainty; national insurance; Social problems and welfare; Cultural anthropology; ethnology; Sociala problem; migration; risk; social välfärd; socialförsäkring; Kulturantropologi; etnologi;

   Abstract : This thesis focused on an examination of human agency and strategies for responding to rapid social and economic change. Fieldwork was carried out in the community of Visaginas town that was built during the Soviet period in Lithuania. The town is situated next to the Ignalina nuclear power plant. READ MORE

5. 3. There is power in a union : Trade union organization, union membership and union activity in Sweden

   Author : Johanna Palm; Magnus Bygren; Tomas Berglund; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; union organization; union density; union activity; social class; ideology; structural change; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates what factors affect union organization and, to some degree, union activity in the face of declining union density in the majority of Western countries. Union structures have been changing in recent decades, not only in terms of declining membership but also because women and white-collar workers are becoming a more stable part of the membership base, whereas previously highly organized groups, such as blue-collar workers, are in decline. READ MORE

6. 4. Oral health and olfactory function : what can they tell us about cognitive ageing?

   Author : Christina Silvia Dintica; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : The objective of this thesis was to advance our understanding of whether oral health and olfactory function may predict accelerated cognitive ageing. Data from two Swedish study populations and one from the United States were applied to investigate the relationship of oral health and olfactory function with cognitive decline and brain ageing in late life. READ MORE

7. 5. Union mergers in times of restructuring: A psychological approach

   Author : Stephan Baraldi; Magnus Sverke; Victor M. Catano; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Organizational change; representation restructuring; union merger; change-related attitudes; commitment; communication; democracy; Psychology; Psykologi; psykologi; Psychology;

   Abstract : With globalization and economic competition on the rise, the very nature of work has been changing, and many organizations are turning to restructuring as a means of facing the developing external and internal demands for change. Unions, being no exception, are often ready to undergo fundamental restructuring in order to meet challenges, such as an increasingly heterogeneous work force and membership declines. READ MORE