Sökning: "State Capacity"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 653 avhandlingar innehållade orden State Capacity.

  1. 1. Grasping the Peripheral State : A Historical Sociology of Nicaraguan State Formation

    Författare :Anders Neergaard; Sociologiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; national arena; international arena; integrative capacity; repressive capacity; extractive capacity; international system of states; world capitalist economy; colonial legacy; peripheral state; nation-state; state formation; Historical political sociology; state forms; state arena; infrastructural power; despotic power.; Sociology; Sociologi;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis has two aims. The first one is to contribute to the field of political and historical sociology through an understanding of the processes of state formation in a Third World country. The second aim is to describe and analyze the development of the Nicaraguan state from independence to 1990. LÄS MER

  2. 2. Empowering The State : Support for State Intervention in The Baltic States and Poland

    Författare :Wojciech Szrubka; Elfar Loftsson; Marie-Louise Bergmann-Winberg; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Legitimacy; democratic transition; institutions; political capacity; state trust; Legitimitet; demokratisering; institutioner; politisk kapacitet; förtroende för staten; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : The central question for this study is the popular perception of the state in four Eastern European countries. The democratic transition in this part of Europe has often been marked by deep mistrust towards politicians and sometimes towards the new political system as such. LÄS MER

  3. 3. State Capacity and Development in Francophone West Africa

    Författare :Jens Andersson; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; State capacity; Colonialism; Africa; Economic development; France;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis proposes a unique quantitative investigation of the long-term development of modern states in Sub-Saharan Africa. This is done by measuring and analysing the dynamic history of tax revenue, as a key measure of the capacity of the state, and development in four countries in francophone West Africa – Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Niger and Senegal – over the long 20th century. LÄS MER

  4. 4. Attitudes towards the Market and the Welfare State : Incorporating attitudes towards the market into welfare state research

    Författare :Arvid Lindh; Jonas Edlund; Anne Grönlund; Staffan Kumlin; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Market; welfare state; social policy; political attitudes; public opinion; trust; class; marketization; Sociology; sociologi;

    Sammanfattning : Social policy and its associated institutions are central political arenas for societal compromise and conflict. The capacity to attract strong support from a wide constituency of citizens is, therefore, a defining feature of welfare policy legitimacy. LÄS MER

  5. 5. Styrning bakom kulisserna : Regeringskansliets politiska staber och regeringens styrningskapacitet

    Författare :Anna Ullström; Rune Premfors; Göran Sundström; Patrik Hall; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; core executives; government; government offices; ministerial staff; political advisers; political appointees; political elites; steering; governance; policy capacity; political institutions; state organization; political ethnography; regeringskansliet; regeringen; politiska staber; politiskt sakkunniga; politiskt anställda; politiska eliter; styrning; styrningskapacitet; politiska institutioner; statens organisering; politisk etnografi; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Ethnography; Etnografi; Public sector research; Forskning om offentlig sektor; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis analyses one of the less explored areas of Swedish politics: the political appointees in the ministerial staffs of the Swedish core executive. The study draws attention to the everyday life of the ministerial staff in order to give an idea of their function: What do the political appointees do? How is the work of the ministerial staffs organized? How is policy coordinated at the political level? The main empirical focus of this thesis is the 2002-2006 term of office. LÄS MER