Sökning: "state agencies"
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1. Motsträviga myndigheter : Sektorsforskning och politisk styrning under 1980-talet
Sammanfattning : The object of study in this dissertation is the public organisation for steering and financing research in Sweden. The design of this organisation is a central issue concerning the relationship between politics and science. LÄS MER
2. Controlling the Swedish state : Studies on formal and informal bodies of control
Sammanfattning : The dissertation aims to develop an understanding of the outcomes and limitations of formal and informal control of the Swedish state, and of the positions and strategies of the social agents involved in this field. The dissertation contributes with new perspectives on controls directed at the state, comparing various control organs (the Parliamentary Ombudsman, the Chancellor of Justice, the United Nations, the European Court of Human Rights and NGOs) and focusing on a wide range of wrongs and harms by the Swedish state. LÄS MER
3. Laboring Through Uncertainty : an ethnography of the Chinese state, labor NGOs, and development
Sammanfattning : This study sets out to understand how international development projects supporting labor activism work in contemporary China. It focuses on the lived experiences of and relationships among a group of grassroots labor NGOs in the province of Guangdong, South China; intermediary NGOs in Hong Kong; and Western funding agencies that try to bring about social change in postsocialist China where the political climate is still highly restrictive and the limits of the state’s tolerance for activism are ambiguous and uncertain. LÄS MER
4. The agencification of Europe: explaining the establishment of European Community agencies
Sammanfattning : Governance in the European Union is being transformed through the increased use of agencies to perform a range of functions in a variety of policy areas. The European Commission believes that agencies can add value but admits that their establishment has not been accompanied with a “common understanding” of their roles and purposes. LÄS MER
5. Marketization in Swedish Eldercare : Implications for Users, Professionals, and the State
Sammanfattning : During the last decades, Swedish policy makers have implemented various marketization reforms into the public welfare sector in order to make it more cost-efficient and to improve its quality. The aim of this dissertation is to investigate what implications this marketization trend has had for the organization of Swedish eldercare. LÄS MER
