Search for dissertations about: "political and economic reform"

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2. 21. Essays in Political Economy of Development

   Author : Michele Valsecchi; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ethnic diversity; public-private goods; polarization; fractionalization; property rights; land titling; land reform; land inheritance; international migration; political decentralization; political institutions; elections; corruption; natural resource curse; oil; fiscal decentralization; public goods;

   Abstract : Paper 1: Social Conflict, Fractionalization, and Polarization We develop a Conflict model linking Conflict intensity to the distribution of the population over an arbitrary number of groups. We extend the pure contest version of the model by Esteban and Ray (1999: "Conflict and Distribution", Journal of Economic Theory, 87(2): 379-415) to include a mixed public-private good. READ MORE

4. 22. Change and Persistence in a Reformed Landscape : A geographical analysis of land reforms and landscape change in Muhu and Rapla municipalities, Estonia, c. 1840 to 2003

   Author : Peeter Maandi; Göran Hoppe; Michael Jones; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social and economic geography; land reforms; landscape; landownership; Muhu; Rapla; Estonia; Kulturgeografi; Human geography; Kulturgeografi;

   Abstract : A land reform is usually introduced to create conditions for change, either in agriculture or in the character of landownership. Since the middle of the 19th century, numerous radical land reforms have been implemented in rural Estonia, often at times of political and social upheaval. READ MORE

5. 23. Getting Tough on Unemployment : Essays on the politics of unemployment benefit reform in affluent democracies

   Author : Carlo Michael Knotz; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Welfare state reform; Unemployment benefits; Conditionality; Attitudes; Coalitions;

   Abstract : The advanced democracies of Europe, North America, and Australasia have gotten tough on unemployment. Since the mid- to late-1970s, they started to put greater pressure on the unemployed by reducing the time for which unemployment benefits were paid, by imposing stricter job-search requirements, by extending the range of jobs considered suitable for claimants, and by tightening the penalties for non-compliance with these rules. READ MORE

6. 24. Modernisation and marketisation : The Chinese kindergarten in the 1990s

   Author : Limin Gu; Inger M. Andersson; Gunilla Halldén; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Chinese kindergarten; early childhood education; reform; modernisation; marketisation; structure; ideology; change; continuity; progress; conflict; differentiation; Education;

   Abstract : This is a study of changes in Chinese kindergarten education in the era of the post-Mao four modernisations. Based on fieldwork carried out in China in 1997, this thesis examined the changes of Chinese kindergarten education at two levels — changes in system (structural change) and changes in educational activities (curriculum and ideological change), especially for the period of the 1990s. READ MORE

7. 25. Determinants and Effects of Central Bank Independence Reforms

   Author : Mats Landström; Karl-Gustaf Löfgren; Sven-Olov Daunfeldt; Andreas Bergh; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Monetary policy; institutional reform; central banking; price stability; political economy; delegation; institutional economics; inflation; time-inconsistency; accountability; nationalekonomi; Economics; Complex Systems – Microdata Analysis;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four empirically oriented papers on central bank independence (CBI) reforms.   Paper [1] is an investigation of why politicians around the world have chosen to give up power to independent central banks, thereby reducing their ability to control the economy. READ MORE