Search for dissertations about: "state capacity"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 622 swedish dissertations containing the words state capacity.

2. 21. Corruption, Distortions and Development

   Author : Sebastian Jävervall; Niklas Bengtsson; Eva Mörk; Jakob Svensson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Accountability; Corruption; Economic Development; Information Disclosure; International Trade; Meritocracy; Political Distortions; Social Unrest; State Capacity; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Essay I: Does increased government transparency make bureaucracies more meritocratic? I study the impact of politician disclosure requirements on the assignment of bureaucrats to public posts. I collect detailed information on bureaucrats' qualifications and construct a novel measure of bureaucratic mismatch—an index measuring the extent to which a bureaucrat is under- or overqualified to perform a specific task. READ MORE

4. 22. Desirable Victims: Systems of Refugee Selection in Swedish and Canadian Migration Governing

   Author : Andreas Lundstedt; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; state capacity; migration; refugees; classification; categorization; historical institutionalism; judicialization; administrative courts; target populations; people processing;

   Abstract : This thesis explores how states try to govern refugee migration by classifying and ordering its subjects. It argues that a unifying construct of state migration control is selection: to maintain a system that offers protection to wanted people and keeps out unwanted people. READ MORE

5. 23. Rehabilitation in light of different theories of health : Outcome for patients with low-back complaints - a theoretical discussion

   Author : Lena Grönblom-Lundström; Urban Janlert; Karin Harms-Ringdahl; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Low-back complaint; self-report; sickness absence; social class; education; occupation; physical capacity; work capacity; work environment; social support; ADL; perceived health and smoking; Epidemiology; Epidemiologi; sjukgymnastik; Physiotherapy;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to investigate if the outcome of rehabilitation efforts is depending on what view health care has in relation to what need of care people have and if the outcome for different groups of patients with low-back complaints (specific versus non-specific complaints) is various successful. The outcome is measured in length of sick leave, number of spells and granted sickness and disability pensions. READ MORE

6. 24. Towards Large-Capacity and Cost-Effective Main Memories

   Author : Dmitry Knyaginin; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Fairness; Energy Efficiency; Hybrid Main Memory; Performance; Design-Space Exploration; Parallel Memory Protocols; Large-Capacity Local Memory; Hardware-Based Hybrid Memory Management; Cost-Effectiveness;

   Abstract : Large, multi-terabyte main memories per processor socket are instrumental to address the continuously growing performance demands of domains like high-performance computing, databases, and big data. It is an important objective to design large-capacity main memories in a way that maximizes their cost-effectiveness and at the same time minimizes performance losses caused by cost-effective tradeoffs. READ MORE

7. 25. Governing Decarbonisation : The State and the New Politics of Climate Change

   Author : Roger Hildingsson; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; climate politics; the environmental state; decarbonisation; low-carbon transition; energy transformation; authoritative steering; enabling; orchestrating; Sweden;

   Abstract : This dissertation examines the “new climate politics of decarbonisation” and the role of the state as a site for progressive climate action. This new politics concerns transformative social change aimed at moving society away from its current dependence on fossil carbon energy. READ MORE