Search for dissertations about: "political regime"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 146 swedish dissertations containing the words political regime.

  2. 1. Doubting democrats? : A comparative analysis of support for democracy in Central and Eastern Europe

    Author : Jonas Linde; Sten Berglund; André-Paul Frognier; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Statsvetenskap; political support; Central and Eastern Europe; democracy; democratisation; democratic consolidation; political culture; regime principles; regime performance; regime institutions; public opinion; European Union; statskunskap; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; Statskunskap;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with public support for the democratic political system in the new Central and East European member states of the European Union. The main aim of this study is to analyse democratic consolidation on the attitudinal level. READ MORE

  4. 2. Regime Stability and Foreign Policy Change : Interaction between Domestic and Foreign Policy in Hungary 1956-1994

    Author : Tomas Niklasson; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; WTO; comecon; CMEA; gorbachev; antall; kádár; ethnic minorities; hungarian politics; hungary; political opposition; authoritarian regime; reference society; two-level game; stabilisers; foreign policy change; foreign debt; economic reform; democratisation; coercion; legitimacy; regime stability; political stability; warsaw pact; CSCE; OSCE; EU enlargement; NATO enlargement; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap;

    Abstract : Domestic and foreign policy cannot always be kept apart. A change of Government at national level may impact on foreign policy, and foreign policy adventures sometimes translate into consequences at home. READ MORE

  5. 3. The Challenge of ‘Stateness’ in Estonia and Ukraine

    Author : Olena Podolian; Joakim Ekman; Fredrika Björklund; Thomas Sedelius; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; post-communism; regime change; state-building; stateness; the international actors; post-kommunism; regimförändring; stats- och nationsbyggande; stateness; internationella aktörer; Politics; Economy and the Organization of Society; Politik; ekonomi och samhällets organisering; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

    Abstract : The aim of this dissertation is to examine the influence of the international actors i.e. the OSCE, Council of Europe, EU and Russia, on policy and legislative adaptation in two post-Soviet countries since 1991. These are Estonia and Ukraine. READ MORE

  6. 4. Gatekeepers of democracy? : a comparative study of elite support for democracy in Russia and the Baltic States

    Author : Linda A. Åström; Sten Berglund; Lars Johannsen; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political support; Russia; the Baltic states; democracy; democratic consolidation; political culture; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; Statskunskap;

    Abstract : This study deals with the consolidation of democracy in general and with political support for democracy, in particular. The theoretical reason for observing support for democracy rests on the assumption that this kind of support is a vital factor that will foster (or its absence will obstruct) the development of democracy in the countries analysed in this study, i. READ MORE

  7. 5. National identity in divided and unified Germany : continuity and change

    Author : Joakim Ekman; Sten Berglund; Hans-Dieter Klingemann; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; national identity; German unification; inner unification; nation-building; Germany; GDR; FRG; Eastern Germany; Western Germany; political culture; national community; statskunskap; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; Statskunskap;

    Abstract : This dissertation deals with the construction, maintenance and change of national identities in divided and unified Germany. Following World War II, Germany was divided in two parts. READ MORE