Search for dissertations about: "social-democrats"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the word social-democrats.

2. 1. Newcomers to Power : How to sit on someone else's throne. Socialists conquer France in 1981, non-socialists conquer Sweden in 1976

   Author : Cecilia Garme; Jean-Pascal Daloz; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political science; France; Mitterrand; Sweden; non-socialists; social-democrats; political parties; ruler; narrative; rationality; legitimacy; Statsvetenskap; Political science; Statsvetenskap; statskunskap; Political Science;

   Abstract : Switching from the role of opposition to the role of ruler is a difficult process for political parties and politicians as collective and individual actors. This change of roles seems to be particularly painful in countries where power shifts are rare. READ MORE

4. 2. Essays on Economic Voting, Cognitive Dissonance, and Trust

   Author : Mikael Elinder; Sören Blomquist; Henrik Jordahl; David Strömberg; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economic voting; Voting; Regional economic conditions; Political attitudes; Cognitive dissonance; Social capital; Trust; Economic growth; Robustness; Applied econometrics; Elections; Self-interest; Election promise; Pocketbook voting; Prospective voting; Retrospective voting; Child care; Local economic conditions; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Essay 1: (with Henrik Jordahl and Panu Poutvaara) We present and test a theory of prospective and retrospective pocketbook voting. Focusing on two large reforms in Sweden, we establish a causal chain from policies to sizeable individual gains and losses and then to voting. READ MORE

5. 3. The Eastward Enlargement of European Parties : Party Adaptation in the Light of EU-enlargement

   Author : Mats Öhlén; Henri Vogt; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Transnational political parties; European Union; Central and Eastern Europe; Christian democracy; social democracy; liberalism; Political Science; Statskunskap;

   Abstract : The aim of the study is to map out and analyse the integration of political parties from Central and Eastern Europe into the main European party families. The prospect of eastern enlargement of the EU implicated opportunities and above all challenges for the West European party families. READ MORE

6. 4. Interpreting Policy Convergence Between the Left and the Right

   Author : Johan Wennström; Elin Wihlborg; Magnus Henrekson; Johan Tralau; Magnus Jerneck; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Hedgehog–fox metaphor; Immigration; Moderate Party; Moral foundations; Policy convergence; School choice; Social Democracy; Thought collectives;

   Abstract : This dissertation is made up of four essays that address major problems in the policy areas of education and immigration in Sweden and an introductory essay that offers an overarching analysis of the results of the four individual studies. The first three essays analyze the significant decline in quality of elementary and secondary education since the late 1990s from three different angles: the decline in teachers’ working conditions and status (Essay I), the deficiencies in the regulatory framework of Sweden’s system of school competition between public and for-profit providers of education (Essay II), and the prescribed view of knowledge in Swedish schools (Essay III). READ MORE

7. 5. Interregional Migration, Wages and Labor Market Policy : Essays on the Swedish Model in the Postwar Period

   Author : Jakob Molinder; Jan Ottosson; Lars Magnusson; Christer Lundh; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Swedish model; postwar period; interregional migration; wages; labor market policy; regional restructuring; economic growth; structural change; solidaristic wage policy; relocation allowances; regional policy; Ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

   Abstract : The Swedish model is perceived as a successful framework for combining rapid labor market adjustment with low inequality. Formulated by Gösta Rehn and Rudolf Meidner and implemented from the 1950s, it has been associated with the peak in economic restructuring and interregional migration during the 1960s. READ MORE