Sökning: "institutional choice"

Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 99 avhandlingar innehållade orden institutional choice.

  1. 16. Barriers to change? : understanding the institutional hurdles in the Russian forest sector

    Författare :Mats-Olov Olsson; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political Science; Statsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : The ongoing transformation of the Russian society largely consists in changes in the institutional framework constraining actors' behavior in the emerging market economy. While we have a substantial knowledge about the functioning of a market economy we know very little about how to create such a system. LÄS MER

  3. 17. The Governance Gap : Central–local steering & mental health reform in Britain and Sweden

    Författare :Wendy Katherine Maycraft Kall; Shirin Ahlbäck Öberg; Paula Blomqvist; B. Guy Peters; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; mental health; public management reform; governance; hard and soft governance; policy steering instruments; administrative traditions; institutional legacies; professions; social work; policy framing; municipal government; care ideology; medical model; disability; risk; welfare policy; Britain; Sweden.; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Statskunskap; Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : Why do governments choose certain types of governance strategies to steer the lower level agencies such as municipalities, health services and other welfare agencies? This is a problem facing many governments in the era of public management reforms, where policies are decided at national level while service responsibilities are decentralised and implemented by lower levels. Thus the main mechanism for governments to influence the implementation of these national reforms is through its choice of strategies and instruments to fill the governance gap between national policy-making and local government. LÄS MER

  4. 18. De motsträviga kommunerna : En studie av mellankommunal samverkan på regional nivå

    Författare :Freddy Kjellström; Annika Fredén; Mikael Granberg; Gissur Erlingsson; Karlstads universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Municipalities; Inter-Municipal Cooperation; Regions; Institutions; Rational Choice; Institutionalism; Kommuner; Mellankommunal samverkan; Regioner; Institutioner; Rationella val; Institutionell teori; Statsvetenskap; Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : The achievement of more cost-effective welfare production and the improvement of investment coordination at the regional level are prominent topics in public debate in Sweden concerning the promotion of Inter-Municipal Cooperation. In 2002, legislation (SFS 2002:34) made it possible to establish an extended ‘Inter-Municipal Cooperation’ through a self-governing regional body (RSO) for the purpose of creating more space for municipalities to act on the regional level. LÄS MER

  5. 19. What logics drive the choices of public decision-makers?

    Författare :Jens Nilsson; Carina Lundmark; Annica Sandström; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Decision-making; new institutionalism; rational choice; sociological institutionalism; values; public administration; wildlife management; local parliaments; collaborative management; Political Science; Statsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis explores what logics drive the decisions of public decision-makers. More specifically, and drawing on new institutional theory, this topic is investigated from the perspective of how institutions, i.e. the formal and informal patterns of rules and practices, influence public decision-makers. LÄS MER

  7. 20. Privatisation of the IT Sector in Sweden

    Författare :Kent Springdal; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk teori; ekonometri; organisational change; Privatisation; property rights; transformation; Economics; public choice; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; Nationalekonomi; economic policy; management; Företagsledning; Management of enterprises; ekonomisk politik;

    Sammanfattning : The majority of research on privatisation has been driven by, inter alia, economics. Some economists have argued that private ownership introduces capital market pressures into inefficient state bureaucracies. Private property rights are expected to maximise the incentives for management to achieve a high level of production efficiency. LÄS MER