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1. 1. Against all odds : local economic development policies and local government autonomy in Sweden and Britain

   Författare :Christine Hudson; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; local government; autonomy; local economic development policies; comparative perspective; policy area approach;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis makes a comparative study of local government autonomy in Britain and Sweden within the local economic development policy area. It argues for local government autonomy to be viewed in terms of both a vertical dimension concerning local government's autonomy vis-à-vis national government (national context) and a horizontal dimension relating to its autonomy vis-à-vis local social and economic forces (local context). LÄS MER

3. 2. Andrahandskontrakt i folkhemmet : närmiljö och kvinnors förändringsstrategier

   Författare :Katarina Larsson; Thord Strömberg; Ann-Sofie Ohlander; Ulla Ekström von Essen; Örebro universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Historia; Women´s organisations; municipal planning; local environment; reproductive work; laundry; collective service flats; child care; political influence; regime theory; gender relations; historia; History subjects; Historieämnen; Historia; History;

   Sammanfattning : The thesis consists of three studies of problem areas from the 1940s and 1950s, in which women’s organisations in Örebro - a middle-sized Swedish town – demanded that municipal planning of the local environment should ensure that reproductive work, i.e. housework and care work, was organised in a way deemed satisfactory by women. LÄS MER

4. 3. Deliberation, against all odds? : The critical prospects of mini-publics

   Författare :Zohreh Khoban; Nils Hertting; Markus Holdo; Olle Folke; Kaisa Herne; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Sammanfattning : In recent decades, the theory of deliberative democracy has encountered multiple challenges. In this thesis, I explore the prospects of a particular type of deliberative democratic institution – deliberative mini-publics – in three essays. LÄS MER

5. 4. Lyckas mot alla odds : Protektiva faktorer i upphörandeprocessen vid brottslig verksamhet

   Författare :Birgitta Rydén-Lodi; Britt af Klinteberg; Håkan Stattin; Viveka Sundelin Wahlsten; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; kriminell karriär; upphörande med brott; protektiva faktorer; riskfaktorer; Psychology; Psykologi; psykologi; Psychology;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of the present study was to investigate the criminal career, focusing on factors of importance for quitting an ongoing severe criminal career. First a pilot study was performed on 15 young male criminals, for which an interview guide concerning life situation and background characteristics was applied and revised for further developing into a questionnaire (Study I). LÄS MER

7. 5. Methodological Studies on Models and Methods for Mixed-Effects Categorical Data Analysis

   Författare :Maria C. Kjellsson; Mats O. Karlsson; Siv Jönsson; Gordon Graham; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Pharmacodynamics; Categorical data; Markov model; Modelling; NONMEM; NLMIXED; Laplace; Gaussian quadrature; Back-Step Method; Proportional odds model; Differential odds model;

   Sammanfattning : Effects of drugs are in clinical trials often measured on categorical scales. These measurements are increasingly being analyzed using mixed-effects logistic regression. However, the experience with such analyzes is limited and only a few models are used. LÄS MER