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  1. 11. Quality of Democracy Around the Globe : A Comparative Study

    Författare :John Högström; Ingemar Wörlund; Svante Ersson; Joakim Ekman; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; quality of democracy; stable democracies; political institutions; political participation; political competition; political equality; rule of law; demokratikvalitet; stabila demokratier; politiska institutioner; politiskt deltagande; politisk konkurrens; politisk jämlikhet; rättsstatens principer;

    Sammanfattning : This study deals with the quality of democracy, and its purpose is to examine which factors affect the varying levels of the quality of democracy in the stable democracies in the world. The research question posited in the study is: what explains the varying levels of the quality of democracy in the democratic countries in the world, and do political institutions matter? Theoretically, the quality of democracy is distinguished from other similar concepts employed in comparative politics, and what the quality of democracy stands for is clarified. LÄS MER

  3. 12. Till vilken nytta? : Om det lokala politiska deltagandets karaktär, komplexitet och konsekvenser

    Författare :Tom Nilsson; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social sciences; The welfare state; The Swedish model; Discourse analysis; Conflicts; Institutions; Power; New forms of participation; Sweden; Democratic theory; Local democracy; Political participation; Political equality; Political and administrative sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap;

    Sammanfattning : Political participation is promoted as a central component in a democracy. But what specifically is it that makes participation valuable and how do different forms of participation differ in regard to outcomes? A central aim of this study is to understand why different forms of participation produce different kinds of effects. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Striderna i Rosenbad : Om trettio års försök att förändra Regeringskansliet

    Författare :Magnus Erlandsson; Rune Premfors; Shirin Ahlbäck Öberg; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; bureaucratic politics; political institutions; institutional change; institutional stability; public administration; government; political executive; state organisation; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation examines the last thirty years of internal reforms in the Swedish Government Offices. Analysis of the evolution of personnel politics, the formation of one agency and the attempts to introduce a collective activity planning model, show that the immediate problems of the early 1970’s – an over dimensioned staff, territory battles and unclear division of responsibility for personnel and organisation – remains to this day, notwithstanding the many reforms to approach them. LÄS MER

  5. 14. Voices from the welfare state. Dissatisfaction and political action in Sweden

    Författare :Maria Solevid; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; political action; dissatisfaction; welfare state; policy feedback; institutions; empowerment; political participation; Sweden;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between citizens’ dissatisfaction with the welfare state and political action on welfare state issues, and to what extent institutional arrangements affects this relationship. The point of departure for this study is the policy feedback perspective, which acknowledges that the design of institutions shape and constrain citizens’ political preferences and behaviors. LÄS MER

  7. 15. Market forces and communist power : Local political institutions and economic development in China

    Författare :Maria Edin; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political science; Developmental State; New Public Management; Accountability; Decentralisation; Privatisation; Rural Development; Township Enterprises; China; Statsvetenskap; Political science; Statsvetenskap; statskunskap; Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : A new bureaucratic model is taking shape at the local level in China. This new bureaucraticmodel is an important explanatory factor behind local government behaviour in rural areas.Local governments have actively promoted the development of township enterprises,which contributed to China's economic success. LÄS MER