Sökning: "post-socialist studies"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 11 avhandlingar innehållade orden post-socialist studies.

  1. 1. Parks, Policies and People : Nature Conservation Governance in Post-Socialist EU Countries

    Författare :Natalya Yakusheva; Björn Hassler; Magnus Boström; Annica Kronsell; Stacy Vandeveer; Södertörns högskola; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; national parks; Carpathians; Poland; Slovakia; Europeanization; Central Eastern Europe; multi-level governance; Environmental Studies; Miljövetenskapliga studier; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

    Sammanfattning : The national parks in the Carpathian Mountains along the Polish and Slovak border represent encompassing policy agendas that strive to balance biodiversity conservation and social welfare tasks. These countries have, during the last 25 years, undergone rapid transformation from socialist regimes to liberal democracies, and this transformation has affected the political, social and economic spheres. LÄS MER

  2. 2. The Emergence of the Post-Socialist Welfare State - The Case of the Baltic States : Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

    Författare :Jolanta Aidukaite; Sven Hort E O; Joakim Palme; Stein Kuhnle; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Post-Socialist Welfare state; Social Policy; Baltic States; Eastern Europe; Sociology; Sociologi; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation takes a step towards providing a better understanding of post-socialist welfare state development from a theoretical as well as an empirical perspective. The overall analytical goal of this thesis has been to critically assess the development of social policies in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania using them as illustrative examples of post-socialist welfare state development in the light of the theories, approaches and typologies that have been developed to study affluent capitalist democracies. LÄS MER

  3. 3. Om vi nu ska bli som Europa : Könsskapande och normalitet bland unga kvinnor i transitionens Polen

    Författare :Karin S. Lindelöf; Sören Jansson; Birgitta Svensson; Lena Martinsson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; femininity; normality; cultural identity; gender construction; intersectionality; discursivity; courtliness; gender equality; transition; Poland; Europe; gender studies; post-socialist studies; fieldwork; interviews; Ethnology; Etnologi;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this dissertation is to highlight the discourses surrounding the creation of gender in relation to a number of young, well-educated city women in Poland in the early 21st century. It is my intention to show which “ways of being a woman” that are culturally feasible in Poland in a time of transition – politically, economically, and socially. LÄS MER

  4. 4. Saga och verklighet : Barnboksproduktion i det postsovjetiska Lettland

    Författare :Makiko Kanematsu; Mats Lindqvist; Oscar Pripp; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; field of cultural production; children’s book production; post-socialist studies; post-Soviet transformation; Latvia; nation-building; globalization; Ethnology; Etnologi; Ethnology; etnologi;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of the dissertation is to examine the production of children’s books for the Latvian-speaking population in Latvia and attempt to illustrate how the post-Soviet transformation has affected the conditions surrounding its development. To this end, the study investigates how the economic, political, and cultural aspects of the transformation are perceived and dealt with by actors active in children’s book production. LÄS MER

  5. 5. The Dynamics of Innovation in Eastern Europe -Lessons from Estonia

    Författare :Per Högselius; CIRCLE; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Economics; förvaltningskunskap; Statsvetenskap; Political and administrative sciences; Ekonomisk och social historia; Social and economic history; Vetenskapshistoria; History of science; case studies; inherited competencies; proximity; Estonia; telecommunications; systems of innovation; Eastern Europe; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Management of enterprises; Företagsledning; management; systems of innovation;

    Sammanfattning : The overall interest pursued in this thesis is how the former socialist economies of Central and Eastern Europe can build strong and dynamic systems of innovation. The purpose of the thesis is to investigate the dynamics and evolution of the telecommunications system of innovation in Estonia from the late Soviet period to Estonia's EU accession, and to provide an in-depth explanation of how innovation has been enabled to occur in the system. LÄS MER