Search for dissertations about: "national interest"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 231 swedish dissertations containing the words national interest.
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11. A pluralist state? : civil society organizations’ access to the Swedish policy process 1964-2009
Abstract : Including civil society organizations in the policy process is a distinctive trait of democratic governance. But, while being highly valuable from a democratic point of view, not all civil society organizations are represented in the policy process. READ MORE
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12. Essays on Economic Voting, Cognitive Dissonance, and Trust
Abstract : Essay 1: (with Henrik Jordahl and Panu Poutvaara) We present and test a theory of prospective and retrospective pocketbook voting. Focusing on two large reforms in Sweden, we establish a causal chain from policies to sizeable individual gains and losses and then to voting. READ MORE
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13. Approaching transformative futures : Discourse and practice in Swedish national transport policy and planning
Abstract : This thesis concerns the need to transform the transport system to meet climate mitigation objectives. It provides insights into how specific approaches and practices in transport policy and planning affect prospects for transformation. READ MORE
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14. Stories of masculinity, gender equality, and culinary progress : On foodwork, cooking, and men in Sweden
Abstract : The general aim of this thesis is to use foodwork and cooking in Sweden as a way to better understand theoretical questions about men and masculinities. Paper I discusses how an increased public interest in elaborate cooking and gastronomy in Sweden, a country with a cultural idealization of gender equality, could explain why men in Sweden assume responsibilities for domestic cooking without feeling emasculated. READ MORE
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15. Unconventional Monetary Policy at the International, National and Local Level
Abstract : This thesis is based on four essays. The first investigates time-variation in the relationship between short interest rates and consumption in the USA and Sweden. Results based on Bayesian VAR models indicate that the short rate ceased to respond to consumption shocks when constrained by the zero lower bound. READ MORE