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Drivers of Climate Change? Political and Economic Explanations of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
(2017-04-28)
This PhD dissertation examines if social scientific theories can explain historical trajectories of greenhouse gas emissions. The manuscript includes an introductory chapter and four articles that consider annual emissions ...
Gender and Emotions in Family Care – Understanding masculinity and gender equality in Sweden
(2017-05-17)
This thesis addresses care responsibilities in families as an arena for gender reproduction and change, primarily in the Swedish context, which includes a long history of gender equality policies, and broad public support ...
Democracy Aid Effectiveness: Variation Across Regime Types
(2017)
Large-N studies suggest that democracy aid is effective, while multiple small-N investigations call such findings into question. This paper accounts for this contradiction and significantly improves our understanding of ...
The large-scale collective action dilemma of recycling: Exploring the role of trust
(2017-12)
Household recycling contributes to environmental sustainability goals by limiting the extraction of natural resources. Previous literature has mapped out several factors, mainly at the individual level, that tend to increase ...
From exclusion to inclusion : Young people’s trajectories from home to street to reintegration in the Kagera region, Tanzania.
(2017-05-18)
This thesis examines what causes children and young people to leave their homes, how they experience their situation on the streets and as domestic workers, and what facilitates them to reintegrate into their local community. ...
“It is better to have tried, no matter what” : Psychological perspectives on pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD)
(2017-04-24)
Couples with the risk of transmitting a genetic disease face different diagnostic options when they wish to become parents. Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) combines in vitro fertilization (IVF) with biopsy of the ...
A Mechanism Approach to the Sociology of Teachers’ and Students’ Actions: Teaching Practice, Student Disengagement and Instructional Materials
(2017-04-21)
The overall purpose of this dissertation is to describe and explain teachers’ and students’ actions related to instruction in
compulsory education classrooms in Sweden.
In order to approach these issues, I will focus on ...
Party Institutionalization and Welfare State Development
(2017)
We propose that the extent to which political parties are institutionalized shapes welfare state development. Institutionalized parties allow politicians to overcome coordination problems, avoid capture by special interests, ...
Governing the Grey Zone: Why Hybrid Regimes in Europe’s Eastern Neighborhood Pursue Partial Governance Reforms
(2017-12-04)
Every year the European Union, as well as numerous other international organizations, states, and
transnational networks wield ample resources to promote democratic governance in the developing
countries. However, the ...
Seven dimensions of consumption
(2017-05-02)
This thesis presents the development of the integrative, context-sensitive, and multi-dimensional Consumer Motivation Scale (CMS). The CMS is based on the three higher-order master goals of goal-framing theory: the gain ...