Sökning: "Political Decision-making"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 245 avhandlingar innehållade orden Political Decision-making.

1. 1. The Political Use of Force : Beyond National Security Considerations as a Source of American Foreign Policy

   Författare :Mikael Blomdahl; Jan Hallenberg; Jonas Tallberg; Erik Noreen; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; The United States of America; the presidential use of force; foreign policy analysis; realism; domestic politics; the diversionary theory of war; decision-making.; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : In addressing the question of what explains the tendency of the presidents of the United States to use military force on many occasions to solve international problems the realist perspective has been strongly dominant in political science. This study sets out to address and challenge whether what may be called realist privilege still qualifies as an understanding of this American phenomenon. LÄS MER

3. 2. Arenas for Democratic Deliberation : Decision-Making in an Infrastructure Project in Sweden

   Författare :Hans Wiklund; Jönköping University; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; deliberative democracy; swedish democracy; democratic deliberation; multi-level decision-making; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : Democracy today faces challenges in the form of declining levels of electoral participation, dwindling membership in and attachment to political parties, decreasing involvement in established non-governmental organisations and diminishing citizen trust in politicians, political institutions and systems. This study elucidates the democratic status of the Swedish formal political system through an analysis of the decision-making process related to the first power transmission link between Sweden and Poland. LÄS MER

4. 3. Safety and decision-making

   Författare :Niklas Möller; Sven Ove Hansson; Nils-Eric Sahlin; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; conceptual analysis; safety; risk; epstemic uncertainty; epstemic values; values in risk assessment; risk analysis; risk management; safety engineering; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen;

   Sammanfattning : Safety is an important topic for a wide range of disciplines, such as engineering, economics, sociology, psychology, political science and philosophy, and plays a central role in risk analysis and risk management. The aim of this thesis is to develop a concept of safety that is relevant for decision-making, and to elucidate its consequences for risk and safety research and practices. LÄS MER

5. 4. On Consumed Democracy : The Expansion of Consumer Choice, Its Causal Effects on Political Engagement, and Its Implications for Democracy

   Författare :Johan Wejryd; Kåre Vernby; Eva Erman; Pär Zetterberg; Johan Martinsson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; democracy; consumer choice; survey experiment; responsiveness; political equality; political participation; political engagement; marketization; political consumption; political consumerism; citizen-consumer.; Statskunskap; Political Science;

   Sammanfattning : This is a thesis about expansions of consumer choice, their causal effects on political engagement, and the democratic implications that follow. For material and ideological reasons alike, consumer choices have expanded over the last decades and are likely to become even more present in citizens’ lives in the future. LÄS MER

7. 5. Demokrati eller fåtalsvälde? : Om beslutsfattande i partiorganisationer : [on intraparty decision making]

   Författare :Jan Teorell; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Political science; Statsvetenskap; statskunskap; statskunskap;

   Sammanfattning : Robert Michels's so called "iron law of oligarchy" has nurtured a long-standing interest in the internal life of party organizations. Yet there has been few systematic investigations of intraparty decision making. LÄS MER