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6. Familjen i kronans tjänst : Donationspraxis, förhandling och statsformering under svenskt 1600-tal
Sammanfattning : This dissertation investigates what the early modern donation system in Sweden reveals about the Crown’s expectations of the social group that served the state, and what these individuals expected from the Crown. The author shows how the Crown used donations of land rents to remunerate and reward individuals in its service. LÄS MER
7. The Money of Monarchs : The Importance of Non-Tax Revenue for Autocratic Rule in Early Modern Sweden
Sammanfattning : According to a venerable argument about the formation of political regimes in historical Europe, taxation goes hand in hand with representation, as financial needs forced rulers to trade rights for revenue. In this dissertation I explore the reverse assumption, asking whether it is the case that non-taxation went hand in hand with non-representation? I argue that early modern rulers who had access to what I conceptualize as ‘proprietary revenue’—including profits from landownership, natural resource extraction, state-owned enterprise, and colonial plunder—could use such revenue to concentrate political authority in their own hands and rule as autocrats. LÄS MER
8. Staten, företagen och arbetskraftsinvandringen : - en studie av invandringspolitiken i Sverige och rektryteringen av utländska arbetare 1960-1972
Sammanfattning : This dissertation investigates the labour migration from Southern Europe to Sweden, and the changes in Swedish immigration policy between 1960 and 1972. The first part of the dissertation examines the role of the state in shaping the migration streams from Southern Europe to Sweden. LÄS MER
9. Inför högsta instans : Samspelet mellan kvinnors handlingsutrymme och rättslig reglering i Justitierevisionen 1760–1860
Sammanfattning : The aim of this dissertation is to illuminate the interplay between female agency and legal regulation in Sweden during the period 1760-1860. The material chosen for the study relates to matters concerning women that were brought before the Judiciary Inspection, the highest legal authority in Sweden. LÄS MER
10. Ett vidunder i sitt sekel : Retoriska studier i C.J.L. Almqvists kritiska prosa 1815-1851
Sammanfattning : The subject of this dissertation is Carl Jonas Love Almqvist’s critical prose and the status of rhetoric in 19th-century Sweden. Almqvist (1793–1866) was a leading author in Sweden during the first half of the 19th century, a controversial writer of fiction as well as argumentative essays. LÄS MER