Search for dissertations about: "public good"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 423 swedish dissertations containing the words public good.

2. 1. Green Public Procurement : Legal Instruments for Promoting Environmental Interests in the United States and European Union

   Author : Jason J. Czarnezki; Jan Darpö; Roberto Caranta; Katerina Mitkidis; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; environmental law; procurement law; green public procurement; sustainable public procurement; eco-labels; life-cycle costing; comparative law; Public Sector Directive 2014 24 EU; neoliberal regulation; sustainability; private environmental governance; public procurement; market participant exception; commerce clause; dormant commerce clause;

   Abstract : While public environmental law, regulation and governance have paved the traditional road towards environmental and natural resource protection, the pathway has been expanded to include a broader orbit of interest areas and regulatory tools in an effort to achieve sustainability. Through the lens of comparative law and policy, this thesis evaluates one such expansion of environmental law—attempts to further environmental interests through public procurement in the European Union (EU) and United States (U. READ MORE

4. 2. Costs in Swedish Public Transport : An analysis of cost drivers and cost efficiency in public transport contracts

   Author : Andreas Vigren; Svante Mandell; Johan Holmgren; Statens väg- och transportforskningsinstitut; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Cost; Increase; Efficiency; Contract; Procurement; Public transport; 02 Road: Economics; 02 Road: Economics; Transportvetenskap;

   Abstract : During the last seven years, the total cost for Swedish public transport provision has increased by over 30 percent in real terms according to figures from the government agency Transport Analysis. A similar pattern is found if considering a longer time span. READ MORE

5. 3. Good Guys : A Cultural Semiotic Study of the Print Advertising of the Oil Industry (1900-2000)

   Author : Pamela Vang; Jan Anward; Angelika Linke; Heidrun Kämper; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : Oil industry; brand; print advertisements; communication; cultural semiotics; dialogism; myth; rhetoric; 20th century; Oljeindustrin; branding; tryckta annonser; kommunikation; kultursemiotik; dialogism; myt; retorik; 1900-talet;

   Abstract : Oil is central to our lives and is the source of many of the conveniences that we take for granted. It can bring wealth and prosperity to individuals and to nations, but is also a source of political conflict and the consequences of its impact on the environment are only now beginning to be fully recognised. READ MORE

6. 4. Improving the Efficiency of Public Procurement : Empirical evidence using micro-level contract data

   Author : Ivan Ridderstedt; Hans Lööf; Jan-Eric Nilsson; Kristofer Odolinski; Sofia Lundberg; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Public procurement; public sector efficiency; auction design; award mechanisms; bundling; transport infrastructure; public transport; Nationalekonomi; Economics;

   Abstract : Among OECD countries, close to one-third of government expenditure is allocated using public procurement. This implies that the skill of public authorities in handling the procurement format has a significant impact on how much the public sector accomplish in relation to their goals and responsibilities. READ MORE

7. 5. Reconceiving Public Reason : Neutrality, Civility, and the Self-Defeat Objection

   Author : Johan Elfström; Elena Namli; Lars Lindblom; Dan-Erik Andersson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; John Rawls; Jeffrey Stout; Cécile Laborde; Steven Wall; public reason; social cooperation; neutrality; civility; political legitimacy; Etik; Ethics;

   Abstract : How should we live together? The question is at the heart of social ethics and it is an as urgent political question as ever. In this thesis, one particularly attractive reply to this central issue is analysed—John Rawls’s theory of public reason, and three different objections that have been put against it. READ MORE