Sökning: "New Zealand"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 65 avhandlingar innehållade orden New Zealand.

  1. 1. Changing the Game : Consociational Theory and Ethnic Quotas in Cyprus and New Zealand

    Författare :Anna Jarstad; Timothy D. Sisk; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Peace and conflict research; consociationalism; game theory; ethnic conflict; divided society; conflict management; constitutional engineering; ethnic quotas; Cyprus; New Zealand; Freds- och konfliktforskning; Peace and conflict research; Freds- och konfliktforskning; Peace and Conflict Research; Freds- och konfliktforskning;

    Sammanfattning : This study addresses the question of what makes ethnic quota systems in parliament work to manage ethnopolitical violence. By a reconstruction of Arend Lijphart’s theory on consociationalism, two causal mechanisms are identified. The first mechanism levels the power balance of contending groups by permanent inclusion in parliament. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Insurance in European VAT : On the Current and Preferred Treatment in the Light of the New Zealand and Australian GST Systems

    Författare :Marta Papis-Almansa; Institutionen för handelsrätt; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; insurance; EU law; tax law; European VAT; value added tax; goods and services tax; Australian GST; New Zealand GST; exemptions from VAT; financial services; comparative tax law;

    Sammanfattning : Whether and how to tax insurance, one of the crucial elements of the modern economy and society, is a complex issue for the design of laws on value added tax (VAT). Exemption from VAT has been the most common international practice, and it is also applied in the harmonized system of European VAT. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Socioeconomic status, attitudes, and educational performance : a comparison of students in England and New Zealand

    Författare :Rodney A. Clifton; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

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  5. 4. Regulation of litter decomposition in forest ecosystems of Sweden and New Zealand

    Författare :Benjamin Jackson; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : Litter decomposition is a core ecosystem process critical for carbon and nutrient cycling, and the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. This thesis explores two contrasting ways by which plants can influence litter decomposition in forested ecosystems. LÄS MER

  7. 5. (Re-)shaping regional economies : Regional innovation system dynamics and new industrial path development

    Författare :Johan Miörner; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; economic geography; new path development; industrial change; regional innovation systems; reconfiguration; innovation policy; Structural change; agency; institutions; digital games; Automotive; IT; Scania; West Sweden; economic geography; new path development; industrial change; regional innovation system; reconfiguration; innovation policy; structural change; agency; institutions; digital games; automotive; IT; Scania; West Sweden;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation explores the complexities of regional economic restructuring. It casts a light on how regional environments are ‘reconfigured’ in relation to the transformation of existing regional industries and the development of new ones. LÄS MER