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Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 41 avhandlingar innehållade orden Challenges to the Welfare State.
11. Från lokal välfärdsstat till stadspolitik : politiska processer mellan demokrati och effektivitet: vision Mälarstaden och Östra hamnen i Västerås
Sammanfattning : The main aim of the thesis is to analyse the preconditions of contemporary Swedish city politics. The aim is reached through the answering of three questions; 1), what characterises contemporary Swedish city politics? 2), what contributes to the shaping and organisation of urban political processes in Sweden? 3), what problems and challenges are central to Swedish city politics? Based on interviews, documents and articles an empirical study of a Swedish city (Västerås) in its historical, national and international context is taken as a point of departure for reflections and conclusions with regard to the development of city politics and planning in Sweden. LÄS MER
12. Tryggheten inför rätta : Om rätten till förtidspension enligt förvaltningsdomstolarna under tre decennier
Sammanfattning : The Swedish disability pension program has been a recurring topic for political debate. Through the years the need for an adjusted and financially stable insurance has been commented on by politicians and by scholars. Numerous government reports have tackled both the costs of the program and the growing number of people granted disability pensions. LÄS MER
13. In the name of safety : power, politics and the constitutive effects of local governing practices in Sweden
Sammanfattning : In a time of uncertainty and risk, safety has become an increasingly significant concern. In Sweden, a powerful discourse around public safety has developed in recent years, moving it to the top of the political agenda. LÄS MER
14. Folkhemmets styvbarn : Humanioras legitimitet i svensk kunskapspolitik 1935–1980
Sammanfattning : This study investigates how the legitimacy of the humanities was renegotiated in the context of Swedish politics of knowledge 1935–1980, a period that saw the establishment of a new regime of legitimacy based on rational planning. While higher education and research in general expanded and were turned into prioritised sectors of the welfare state, the humanities were not successfully integrated into the new regime. LÄS MER
15. Samhällets oregerlighet : organisering och policyproduktion i näringspolitiken
Sammanfattning : The welfare state and the multi-actor-society have co-developed. In such a society political authority is fragmented. The process of policy making is not merely a result of the primacy of formal political institutions, political decisions and coherent administrative procedures. LÄS MER
