Sökning: "Jeffrey Checkel"

Hittade 2 avhandlingar innehållade orden Jeffrey Checkel.

1. 1. Governing Development : The Millennium Development Goals and Gender Policy Change in Sub-Saharan Africa

   Författare :Helena Hede Skagerlind; Jonas Tallberg; Kristina Jönsson; Jeffrey Checkel; Mathias Koenig-Archibugi; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Millennium Development Goals; sustainable development; gender equality; human rights; performance indicators; United Nations; Sub-Saharan Africa; Kenya; Ethiopia; economic conditionality; social influence; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : Recent decades have witnessed an upsurge in the use of different forms of global performance assessments as a means to influence the behavior of states. Within the area of international development, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) reinforced the practice of development governance through global performance indicators (GPIs) and gained considerable agenda-setting power among the international development community. LÄS MER

3. 2. Talking Threats : The Social Construction of National Security in Russia and the United States

   Författare :Roxanna Sjöstedt; Thomas Ohlson; Johan Eriksson; Jeffrey Checkel; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; threat images; security; securitization; norms; ideas; HIV AIDS; Peace and conflict research; Freds- och konfliktforskning; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Peace and Conflict Research; Freds- och konfliktforskning;

   Sammanfattning : Why are some issues seen as threats? This dissertation attempts to explain the dynamics of threat construction by national decision-makers. The theoretical ambition is twofold: first, the dissertation aims at improving the research on threat construction by suggesting a broad approach that analyzes this process in a structured manner. LÄS MER