Sökning: "liberals"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 25 avhandlingar innehållade ordet liberals.

1. 21. Essays in Political Economics

   Författare :Jaakko Meriläinen; Torsten Persson; David Strömberg; Toke Aidt; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Class-based voting; close elections; economic policy; ideology; local government; political parties; political promotions; political representation; politician quality; rank effects; regression discontinuity design; voting behavior; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : When Does Regression Discontinuity Design Work? Evidence from Random Election OutcomesWe use elections data in which a large number of ties in vote counts between candidates are resolved via a lottery to study the personal incumbency advantage. We benchmark non-experimental regression discontinuity design (RDD) estimates against the estimate produced by this experiment that suggests that there is no personal incumbency advantage. LÄS MER

3. 22. Why Care About Future People's Environment? : Approaches to Non-Identity in Contractualism and Natural Law

   Författare :Jasmina Nedevska Törnqvist; Ludvig Beckman; Johan Tralau; Clare Heyward; Avner de-Shalit; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Environmental duties; intergenerational duties; non-identity problem; contractualism; natural law; person-affecting; impersonal; Derek Parfit; Thomas Scanlon; John Rawls; Thomas Aquinas; John Finnis; institutional non-identity problem; basic values; common good; intergenerational community; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : The dissertation analyses the capacity of contractualism and natural law to justify environmental intergenerational duties.For three decades, climate change has been a major political concern. As a fundamental threat to environmental sustainability, climate change is believed to threaten the long-term welfare of humankind. LÄS MER

4. 23. Ideologiska mål och utrikesdebatt : Svenska riksdagspartiers argumentation i Vietnam- och Irakfrågan

   Författare :Joakim Norberg; Cynthia Kite; Michael Karlsson; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sweden; foreign policy debate; parties; ideological goals; Vietnam; Iraq; ideational analysis; argument analysis; content analysis; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : It is rather often assumed that Swedish foreign policy debate is largely characterized by consensus and that foreign policy goals often are material (for example security or economic welfare). Despite this, it is possible to identify disagreement among political parties about ideological goals – i.e. LÄS MER

5. 24. Laws, Attitudes and Public Policy

   Författare :Niklas Jakobsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Attitudes; Child care; Economics;

   Sammanfattning : Paper 1: Do laws affect attitudes? An assessment of the Norwegian prostitution law using longitudinal data The question of whether laws affect attitudes has inspired scholars across many disciplines, but empirical knowledge is sparse. Using longitudinal survey data from Norway and Sweden, collected before and after the implementation of a Norwegian law criminalizing the purchase of sexual services, we assess the short-run effects on attitudes using a difference-indifferences approach. LÄS MER

7. 25. Reformvilja eller riksdagstaktik : Junkrana och representationsfrågan 1847-54

   Författare :Staffan Förhammar; Humanistiska fakulteten Stockholms universitet; []
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   Sammanfattning : Until 1866, the Swedish Riksdag (parHament) remained an assembly of four separate Estates, those of the Nobility, Clergy, Burghers and Peasants. Previous research concerning the movement for reforming the composition of the Riksdag at mid-century has primarily dealt with the liberals, while the conservatives have generally been assumed to have defended the status quo. LÄS MER