Sökning: "voting power"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 26 avhandlingar innehållade orden voting power.

  1. 21. Constructing and contesting the legitimacy of private forest governance : The case of forest certification in Sweden

    Författare :Johanna Johansson; Carina Keskitalo; Karin Bäckstrand; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; accountability; corporate social responsibility; eco-labelling; forest certification; forest governance; forest practices; governance; legitimacy; national forest inventory; private governance; Sweden; voluntary standards; statskunskap; political science;

    Sammanfattning : In recent decades, political scientists have devoted substantial attention to the changing role of the state towards more inclusion of non-state actors in policymaking. This deliberative turn, or move towards governance, may signal inability to handle complex problems without cooperation with nonstate actors. LÄS MER

  3. 22. Political Economics of Special Interests and Gender

    Författare :Audinga Baltrunaite; David Strömberg; Torsten Persson; Jordi Blanes i Vidal; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political finance; public procurement; contributing firms; rent-seeking; gender quotas; municipal elections; difference-in-differences; regression discontinuity design; average years of education; age; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Political Finance Reform and Public Procurement:  Evidence from Lithuania. Can political donations buy influence? This paper studies whether firms trade political contributions for public procurement contracts. To answer this question, I focus on the Lithuanian political economy. LÄS MER

  4. 23. On the Political Economy of Municipality Break-Ups

    Författare :Anna Brink; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Municipalities; Secession; Municipality Break-Ups; Local Government; Municipal Council; Public Provision of Private Goods; Public Services; Exploitation;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with politico-economic aspects of municipality break-ups. It consists of an introduction and three self-contained papers. Paper I: The Break-up of Municipalities - Voting Behavior in Local Referenda This paper examines the economic and political conditions that influence people's attitudes regarding a municipality break-up. LÄS MER

  5. 24. Poverty and conflict in Southeast Asia

    Författare :Anders Engvall; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : This is a collection of papers on three Southeast Asian countries, Cambodia, Lao PDR and Thailand. All four studies rely on household survey data for analyzing topics related to poverty and conflicts. Trust and Conflict in Southern ThailandThe insurgency in Thailand’s southern border provinces has caused thousands of casualties since 2004. LÄS MER

  7. 25. Essays on local public finance and intergovernmental grants

    Författare :Eva Johansson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of five self-contained essays on local public finance and intergovernmental grants.Essay I: Two different bootstrap approaches for GMM estimations have recently been suggested for use in dynamic panel data models: Brown & Newey (1995) and Hall & Horowitz (1996). LÄS MER