Search for dissertations about: "suffrage"
Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the word suffrage.
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1. One coin - One vote : the rural political power shift that pushed Sweden towards industrialization
Abstract : The Causal Effect of Political Power on the Provision of Public Education: Evidence from a Weighted Voting SystemWe estimate how political power affects the provision of public education in local governments, using data from a nondemocratic society where voters received votes in proportion to their taxable income. This was the system used in Swedish local governments during the period 1862–1909. READ MORE
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2. From feminism to class politics : the rise and decline of women's politics in Reykjavík 1908-1922
Abstract : The main objective of this dissertation is to seek answers to three questions: 1) Why did it take so much longer for women than men to win the vote? 2) Why did it take women so long to be elected in any numbers to national legislatures?, and 3) What has been the political significance of women's entry into national legislatures? The answers are sought by examining an aspect of the development of parties ignored by most political scientists, namely the relationship between women's suffrage, party politics and patriarchal power. An empirical study on Iceland is used to examine this aspect in detail. READ MORE
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3. Vår fana röd till färgen : Fanor som medium för visuell kommunikation under arbetarrörelsens genombrottstid i Sverige fram till 1890
Abstract : The aim of this dissertation is to analyse banners as means communicating visual messages of the early Swedish labour movement. The theoretical basis is a communication-ethnographical point of view and a historical and a cultural scientific perspective. READ MORE