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1. 11. Konsten att upprätthålla löneskillnader mellan kvinnor och män : En rättssociologisk studie av regler i lag och avtal om lika lön

   Författare :Lena Svenaeus; Rättssociologiska institutionen; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Rättssociologi; Kollektivavtal; Löneskillnader mellan kvinnor och män; Lika lön för likvärdigt arbete; Intervenerande normer; Arbetsmarknadens parters värderingar; Marknadskrafter; Collective agreements; Equal pay for work of equal value; Gender pay gap; Intervening norms; Market forces; Social partners;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation, entitled “The Art of Preserving the Gender Pay Gap,” is a study in the sociology of law. It examines the obstructions to the principle of equal pay that persist in the face of international conventions and EU legislation that have mandated changes to legislation and collective bargaining agreements. LÄS MER

3. 12. The Microfundations of Flexicurity : Employees’ well-being and attitudes to labour market policy in a Swedish and Nordic welfare state setting

   Författare :Patrik Vulkan; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Flexicurity; job insecurity; mental well-being; mentemployment security; income security; cognitive and affective insecurity; insider outsider divide; labour market policy; labour market paradigms; policy preferences;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the microfoundations of flexicurity, an arrangement of policies that proponents claim can deliver a ‘win-win’ situation in the labour market. These policies include lax employment protection legislation (EPL) to provide employers the flexibility to hire and fire with ease, and others supposed to provide employees with a high level of ‘employment security’ (high ability to find new quality jobs if they lose their current job) and ‘income security’ (low likelihood of suffering economically during periods of transition between jobs). LÄS MER

4. 13. Public Procurement and the Development of the Swedish Telecommunications Market

   Författare :Helena Lindskog; Staffan Brege; Per-Olof Brehmer; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Public procurement; telecommunications; telecom market development; electronic procurement; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis describes and analyses public procurement and its processes in general against the framework of industrial marketing and purchasing. In particular, it focuses on the public procurement of telecommunications (“telecom”) and its effects on the de-monopolization and development of the Swedish telecom market based on empirical material from three case studies, interviews and publicly available written sources. LÄS MER

5. 14. Improved Energy Efficiency and Fuel Substitution in the Iron and Steel Industry

   Författare :Maria Johansson; Mats Söderström; Henrik Saxén; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; iron and steel industry; energy efficiency; CO2 emissions; fuel substitution; fuel switch; excess heat; biomass gasification; bio-syngas; synthetic natural gas; SNG; energy market scenarios; energy management; barriers; driving forces; järn- och stålindustrin; energieffektivisering; CO2-utsläpp; bränslebyte; överskottsvärme; restvärme; förgasning; bio-syntesgas; syntetisk naturgas; SNG; energimarknadsscenarier; energiledning; hinder; drivkrafter;

   Sammanfattning : IPCC reported in its climate change report 2013 that the atmospheric concentrations of the greenhouse gases (GHG) carbon dioxide (CO2), methane, and nitrous oxide now have reached the highest levels in the past 800,000 years. CO2 concentration has increased by 40% since pre-industrial times and the primary source is fossil fuel combustion. LÄS MER

7. 15. Mobilization or Abstention? : Economic Inequality and Labor Market Experiences as Foundations of Political Behavior

   Författare :Jan Szulkin; Karl-Oskar Lindgren; Olle Folke; Zohreh Khoban; Francesc Amat; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economic inequality; political behavior; political inequality; labor market transformation; political parties;

   Sammanfattning : The distribution of economic resources has long been a central tenet of politics. In recent decades, Western democracies have experienced rising economic inequality and a structural transformation of the labor market. This dissertation studies how these broad societal changes have affected political mobilization and abstention in Sweden. LÄS MER