Search for dissertations about: "policy actors"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 469 swedish dissertations containing the words policy actors.

2. 11. The Policy of Law : A Legal Theoretical Framework

   Author : Mauro Zamboni; Jes Bjarup; Bruce Anderson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; law-making; politics; policy; jurisprudence; law; Jurisprudence; Allmän rättslära;

   Abstract : This work aims at framing, from a normative perspective, a field in which to locate one of the means of allowing politics to become law: the policy of law. The first part is devoted to the exploration of the relationship between law and politics as considered by major current schools of legal theory, such as legal positivism (Kelsen), analytical jurisprudence (Hart), Finnis’ natural law theory, American and Scandinavian legal realism, Critical Legal Studies and Law and Economics. READ MORE

4. 12. Hybrid Research Policy : How to Organize Research Funding

   Author : Marta Cocos; Monika Berg; Jan Olsson; Joachim Åström; Jarmo Vakkuri; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Institutional hybridity; research funding policy; institutional logic; sociological institutionalism; research funding organizations; handling of institutional tensions; research excellence; research utility; new public management;

   Abstract : Science and innovation are crucial parts of societal prosperity. Yet managing scientific activities is challenging because, even before the implementation of any give n policy starts, policy makers have to overcome the fact that there areprofoundly different views on what the role of science in society should be and hence how the state could intervene to shape or increase the research outputs. READ MORE

5. 13. Governance of Career Guidance : an enquiry into European policy

   Author : Anki Bengtsson; Klas Roth; Maria Olson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; governmentality; governance; career guidance; career management; Michel Foucault; entrepreneurial; policy; active citizenship; civic competence; self-management; Europe; pedagogik; Education;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis is to enquire into and problematize the governance of career guidance and how individuals’ career management is constructed within EU policy. The empirical material consists of European policy documents produced during 2000-2015. READ MORE

6. 14. The Wealth of Urban Regions : On the Location of Creative Individuals and Firms

   Author : Charlotta Mellander; Charlie Karlsson; Börje Johansson; Maryann Feldman; Jönköping University; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : This doctoral thesis consists of four individual chapters and an introduction to the thesis. The common feature of the four separate chapters is their focus on the location patterns of creative individuals and firms, the inter-relation between those actors and the regional development and how those actors in the end shape the wealth of urban regions. READ MORE

7. 15. Who is in the driver's seat? : Insights into the mixed outcomes of renewable policy instruments in the electricity industry

   Author : Anna Darmani; Niklas Arvidsson; Tobias Schmidt; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Electricity from renewable energy sources; sustainability transitions; actors; institutions; dynamic capabilities; energy policy; investors; technological innovation system; Energy Technology; Energiteknik; Industriell ekonomi och organisation; Industrial Engineering and Management;

   Abstract : There is consensus about a need to reduce the amount of green-house gas emission in the electricity industry to be able to deal with the probable consequences of climate change. This necessitates extensive investments in technologies used to generate electricity from renewable energy sources (RES-E). READ MORE