Sökning: "political opportunity structure"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 22 avhandlingar innehållade orden political opportunity structure.
1. Education, Stratification and Reform : Educational Institutions in Comparative Perspective
Sammanfattning : The main argument of this thesis is that research has to take the institutional character of education seriously. Educational institutions carry considerable weight for outcomes of education and their design is a matter of intense political debate. LÄS MER
2. Strategies and Actions in Swedish Mining Resistance – Mapping Anti-Extraction Movements and Exploring How Their Interpretations of Socio-Political Context Shape Mobilization Against Mining Projects
Sammanfattning : Across the world the demand for mineral production steadily increases. In Europe, the push for mining has coincided with rising mobilization against extraction projects and mining-related conflicts will likely be a continuing feature of Europe’s foreseeable future. LÄS MER
3. Making their way home from Brussels. New Political Parties in European and National Elections
Sammanfattning : This thesis studies new political parties in the context of both European and national elections. It argues that the study of new political parties should not focus only on the national level. This is particularly true for new parties in Europe, since these can also aim for representation in the European Parliament. LÄS MER
4. Justice and the Prejudices of Culture : On Choice, Social Background and Unequal Opportunities in the Liberal Society
Sammanfattning : Egalitarian liberal theories of justice – so this dissertation argues – fail to take into accountthe full implications of the way citizens’ socio-cultural backgrounds work to undermine theequal opportunities these same theories demand. While egalitarians support extensiveredistribution of income and wealth from the privileged to the less privileged, and advocateequal opportunities for all, they do not properly attend either to how our shared societalcultures structure social esteem and related advantages, or to how our individual socioculturalenvironments structure the very act of choice. LÄS MER
5. Climate Policy as a Window of Opportunity. Sweden and Global Climate Change
Sammanfattning : Because of their social dilemma character, global environmental problems are difficult to successfully manage. States have few incentives to contribute to the common good because doing so would imply costs but not guarantee that others will contribute. Without a global government that can maintain order states do not want to act the sucker. LÄS MER
