Sökning: "private governance"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 119 avhandlingar innehållade orden private governance.

1. 1. Constructing and contesting the legitimacy of private forest governance : The case of forest certification in Sweden

   Författare :Johanna Johansson; Carina Keskitalo; Karin Bäckstrand; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; accountability; corporate social responsibility; eco-labelling; forest certification; forest governance; forest practices; governance; legitimacy; national forest inventory; private governance; Sweden; voluntary standards; statskunskap; political science;

   Sammanfattning : In recent decades, political scientists have devoted substantial attention to the changing role of the state towards more inclusion of non-state actors in policymaking. This deliberative turn, or move towards governance, may signal inability to handle complex problems without cooperation with nonstate actors. LÄS MER

3. 2. Critical Infrastructure at the Dawn of a Techno-Organizational Shift : Accountability and Public-Private Governance

   Författare :Lindy Newlove-Eriksson; Thomas Sandberg; Jan Hallenberg; Staffan Furusten; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Accountability; Critical Infrastructure; Public-Private Governance; Industriell ekonomi och organisation; Industrial Economics and Management;

   Sammanfattning : How public-private governance affects accountability for safety in the realm of critical infrastructure is the focus of this doctoral thesis. Case studies of previously under-researched crises and their cascading affects across infrastructures and governance systems, comparative analysis of public-private governance (PPG) of infrastructures such as space and urban rail junctions, and analysis of wider sets of policies and doctrine pertaining to critical infrastructures and their governance are presented. LÄS MER

4. 3. E-government and e-governance : Swedish case studies with focus on the local level

   Författare :Irene Bernhard; Hans Westlund; Agneta Ranerup; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; governance; e-government; e-governance; New Public Management; municipal contact centres; planning; policy entrepreneurship; networks; implementation; translation; Sweden; Public administration; Political science;

   Sammanfattning : The concepts of e-government and e-governance are used interchangeably in most research and there is no single definition of these terms. The objective of this licentiate thesis is to provide a deeper understanding of these concepts through empirical studies in a Swedish context. LÄS MER

5. 4. Towards Systemic Governance of Critical Infrastructure Protection : State and Relevance of a Swedish Case

   Författare :Christine Große; Aron Larsson; Olof Björkqvist; Pär M. Olausson; Alexander Fekete; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Systemic Thinking; Infrastructure; Governance; Critical Infrastructure Protection; Complex Systems; Soft Operations Research; design-oriented Information Systems Research; Integrative System Analysis; KISA; STYREL; Multi-level Planning; Adaption; Emergence; Entropy; Systemic Governance;

   Sammanfattning : The protection of infrastructure that is critical to society’s functionality, survival and progression has gained significance for both national security and research because of its large-scale and interdependent nature. Critical infrastructure can be viewed as a complex, socio-technical system-of-systems that imposes extensive requirements on governance efforts to foster critical infrastructure protection (CIP), regardless of whether it involves public organisations, private organisations or both. LÄS MER

7. 5. Hybrid Governance in Practice : Public and Private Actors in the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism

   Författare :Emma Lund; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; effectiveness; private actors; multilateral environmental agreements; hybrid governance; global governance; climate regime; UNFCCC; Kyoto Protocol; CDM; Clean Development Mechanism;

   Sammanfattning : It is commonly argued that the private sector needs to become actively involved for society to stand a chance of solving the most pressing global problems. This thesis, consisting of five articles previously published in refereed journals and an introductory essay, studies one case of private actor participation in global environmental governance: the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). LÄS MER