Search for dissertations about: "privatisation"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 29 swedish dissertations containing the word privatisation.

  2. 11. Property fragmentation : Redistribution of land and housing during the Romanian democratisation process

    Author : Karin E. K. Dawidson; Göran Hoppe; Iréne Nilsson; Örjan Sjöberg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social and economic geography; Romania; restitution; re-privatisation; democratisation; political geography; Kulturgeografi; Human geography; Kulturgeografi;

    Abstract : In the context of democratisation in the early 1990s, the governments in Central and East Europe (CEE) had to decide how to deal with property that had been confiscated under state socialism. Nationalised housing and collectivised land were to a varying extent returned to former owners and their heirs by means of restitution, as well as being distributed to other citizens who were in possession of the users’ rights to such properties. READ MORE

  4. 12. Hegemony and the Intellectual Function : Medialised Public Discourse on Privatisation in Sweden 1988-1993

    Author : Liv Sunnercrantz; Sociologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Hegemony; Intellectuals; Discourse; Welfare State; Privatization; Neoliberalism; Hegemony; Intellectuals; Discourse; Welfare State; Privatization; Neoliberalism;

    Abstract : This dissertation offers a theorisation of the ways in which the intellectual function is performed through various subject positions. In the thesis, a post-Marxist approach to discourse theory is used to address questions of discursive shifts, hegemony and the intellectual function. READ MORE

  5. 13. Making a Market out of a Welfare State : Swedish Local Politicians’ Perspectives on Elderly Care Marketisation

    Author : Ming Guo; Sam Willner; Patrice Bourdelais; Maria Oskarsson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Elderly care; Politicians; Preference; Welfare state; Marketisation; Privatisation; Sweden; Äldreomsorg; politiker; preferens; välfärdsstat; marknadsanpassning; privatisering; Sverige;

    Abstract : Market reforms have quite notably been used as a solution to increase the quality of public services and efficiency since the 1990s. Sweden has also introduced marketisation in the field of elderly care since 1992 to cope with increasing care needs while maintaining costs at a reasonable level. READ MORE

  6. 14. European Banks and the Rise of International Finance after Bretton Woods (1973–1982)

    Author : Carlo Edoardo Altamura; Mats Larsson; Richard Roberts; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Commercial banks; Euromarket; Financialisation; Oil Crisis; Petrodollars; Ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

    Abstract : The 1970s is a crucial decade for understanding the modern financial landscape but it is still relatively unexplored in financial history. It was marked by the end of the Bretton Woods regime, the gradual liberalisation of finance, the return of banking crises and two massive energy crises. READ MORE

  7. 15. Framing the water and sanitation challenge : A history of urban water supply and sanitation in Ghana 1909 - 2005

    Author : Anna Bohman; Lena Andersson-Skog; Urban Strandberg; Björn-Ola Linnér; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Ghana; urban water supply; sanitation; institutional change; policy development; frames; private sector participation; economic history; Economic history; Ekonomisk historia; ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

    Abstract : This thesis analyses the development of urban water supply and sanitation services in Ghana from 1909 to 2005.  Special focus is put on institutional arrangements with regard to networked, large scale and centrally managed water and sewerage services. READ MORE