Search for dissertations about: "political opportunity structures"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 swedish dissertations containing the words political opportunity structures.
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1. 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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2. Politicizing Europe : Patterns of party-based opposition to European integration
Abstract : European integration was for a long time perceived as an elite-driven project that received public acceptance through what was coined as the permissive consensus. With the expansion of the domain of community actions and capacities, and the turmoil in the ratification processes following changes of the treaties, an increased public contestation over European integration can be observed. READ MORE
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3. To Levy Taxes on Multinational Corporations : Allocating Rights and Making Them Enforceable
Abstract : Who, if anyone, should have the right to levy taxes on a multinational corporation’s (MNC’s) profits? Using a practice-dependent nonideal theoretical methodology this dissertation seeks to explore how the currently intended distribution of the rights to levy taxes on MNCs’ profits can be defended. That is, why we might value it and, what the goals of it is. READ MORE
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4. Justice and the Prejudices of Culture : On Choice, Social Background and Unequal Opportunities in the Liberal Society
Abstract : Egalitarian liberal theories of justice – so this dissertation argues – fail to take into accountthe full implications of the way citizens’ socio-cultural backgrounds work to undermine theequal opportunities these same theories demand. While egalitarians support extensiveredistribution of income and wealth from the privileged to the less privileged, and advocateequal opportunities for all, they do not properly attend either to how our shared societalcultures structure social esteem and related advantages, or to how our individual socioculturalenvironments structure the very act of choice. READ MORE
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5. Conflicting Logics? : Implementing Capacity and EU Adaptation in a Postcommunist Context
Abstract : It is generally recognized that the EU accession process has profound effects on state transformation in the postcommunist applicant countries. A key problem of postcommunism has been a weak ability to implement public policy. This study explores how efforts to fulfill EU conditionality may influence implementing capacity. READ MORE
