Sökning: "social cleavages"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 11 avhandlingar innehållade orden social cleavages.
1. Pro-welfare politics : A model for changes in European welfare states
Sammanfattning : This dissertation explores the changing conditions of European welfare states and the underlying driving forces behind these changes. It is broadly based on the recently emphasized notions of dynamic structuring and internal structure of welfare programs, taking into account the new environment of the welfare state. LÄS MER
2. Making sense of Baltic democracy : public support and political representation in nationalising states
Sammanfattning : A chief topic of this book is the advance of democracy in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The three countries belong to the most ‘successful’ cases of transition from communist rule to democracy, demonstrated by the fact that they joined the European Union in 2004. LÄS MER
3. Att välja välfärd : Politiska berättelser om valfrihet
Sammanfattning : Welfare, and the role of social democracy in defining its content and meaning, is often described as one of Sweden’s distinguishing features. However, in the quest for liberalization and marketization, reforms in past decades have substantially changed the political landscape. LÄS MER
4. Mobilising the Lower Castes : The Rise of the Bahujan Samaj Party in India
Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates the rise of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a party that represents the untouchable castes (Scheduled Castes or Dalits) in India. During the 1990s, the BSP emerged as a major political force in Uttar Pradesh, the largest state in India. LÄS MER
5. Rural Income Diversification, Employment, and Differentiation in Kenya and Implications for Rural Change
Sammanfattning : To contribute to contemporary rural development debates, the present thesis conducts a contextual analysis of rural development using Kenya as a case study from the colonial era to today. To perform the analysis, two critical trends in rural Africa are focused on: socioeconomic differentiation and rural income diversification, with a particular focus on large-scale farm employment. LÄS MER