Sökning: "Legislatures"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 10 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Legislatures.
1. Authoritarianism Constrained : The Role of Local People’s Congresses in China
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2. Death Penalty in Decline : Brakes and Accelerators in U.S. State Legislatures
Sammanfattning : After reaching a peak during the 1990s, death sentences and executions havedeclined throughout the states. During this time, a steady stream of states havetaken the step to join a growing group of abolitionist states, or alternatively, have a moratorium on executions in place. In a parallel development, supportfor the death penalty among the U.S. LÄS MER
3. Politiker med karriärambitioner – en omöjlig självklarhet: En studie om karriärambitionernas betydelse i den representativa demokratin
Sammanfattning : This book studies the role of individuals’ personal ambitions in politics. Swedish Members of Parliament, especially those who express an interest in reaching higher up the political ladder, are in focus. LÄS MER
4. From feminism to class politics : the rise and decline of women's politics in Reykjavík 1908-1922
Sammanfattning : The main objective of this dissertation is to seek answers to three questions: 1) Why did it take so much longer for women than men to win the vote? 2) Why did it take women so long to be elected in any numbers to national legislatures?, and 3) What has been the political significance of women's entry into national legislatures? The answers are sought by examining an aspect of the development of parties ignored by most political scientists, namely the relationship between women's suffrage, party politics and patriarchal power. An empirical study on Iceland is used to examine this aspect in detail. LÄS MER
5. Excess of Mandate in International Commercial Arbitration Law : A Comparison of the US Federal Arbitration Act and the Swedish Arbitration Act
Sammanfattning : This study analyzes the concept of “excess of mandate” as a ground for set-aside in International Commercial Arbitration Law. In particular, it compares the US courts’ application of the concept in US law with Swedish courts’ application under Swedish law.The study employs a standard comparative model. LÄS MER