Search for dissertations about: "state institutions"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 220 swedish dissertations containing the words state institutions.

2. 1. Empowering The State : Support for State Intervention in The Baltic States and Poland

   Author : Wojciech Szrubka; Elfar Loftsson; Marie-Louise Bergmann-Winberg; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Legitimacy; democratic transition; institutions; political capacity; state trust; Legitimitet; demokratisering; institutioner; politisk kapacitet; förtroende för staten; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

   Abstract : The central question for this study is the popular perception of the state in four Eastern European countries. The democratic transition in this part of Europe has often been marked by deep mistrust towards politicians and sometimes towards the new political system as such. READ MORE

4. 2. Values and welfare state attitudes : The interplay between human values, attitudes and redistributive institutions across national contexts

   Author : Joakim Kulin; Mikael Hjerm; Stefan Svallfors; Michael Shalev; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Basic human values; attitudes; welfare state; institutions; Europe; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : While there is much research aiming to assess the determinants of welfare state attitudes, there are not many studies focussing on how human values influence attitude formation. This thesis explores the relationship between values and welfare state attitudes across national contexts. READ MORE

5. 3. An indirect route to equality : taxing consumers to build the Swedish welfare state

   Author : Gunnar Lantz; Thomas Pettersson; Lena Andersson-Skog; Svante Prado; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Taxation; progressivity; economic history; consumption taxes; VAT; tax incidence; regressive taxation; inequality; income distribution; equity; distributive justice; fairness; household budget surveys; tax policy; welfare state; postwar era; institutions; corporatism; EEC; EFTA; ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

   Abstract : The question of who paid for the welfare state in postwar Sweden has been subject to extensive debate. Many have focused on the comparatively high, and steeply progressive, taxes on income. READ MORE

6. 4. Ghana in search of development : The challenge of governance, economic management and institution building

   Author : Dan-Bright S. Dzorgbo; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; Ghana; State; Development; Governance; Economic Management; Institutions; Praetorianism; Neopatrimonialism; Socioeconomic and Political Environment; Sociologi; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : Why did Ghana, a country that was favourably endowed in its economic and social life, and judged to have considerable head start over other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa in the 1950s, and for which all predictions pointed to a bright future, come to experience a classic socioeconomic decline and is now struggling to survive?This study endeavours to explain how and why this happened. Combining sociological, economic and political, as well as institutional perspectives at the methodological level, the study focuses on the interplay between state politics and socioeconomic development. READ MORE

7. 5. Voices from the welfare state. Dissatisfaction and political action in Sweden

   Author : Maria Solevid; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; political action; dissatisfaction; welfare state; policy feedback; institutions; empowerment; political participation; Sweden;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between citizens’ dissatisfaction with the welfare state and political action on welfare state issues, and to what extent institutional arrangements affects this relationship. The point of departure for this study is the policy feedback perspective, which acknowledges that the design of institutions shape and constrain citizens’ political preferences and behaviors. READ MORE