Search
Now showing items 91-100 of 102
The Structure of the Executive in Authoritarian and Democratic Regimes: Regime Dimensions across the Globe, 1900-2014
(2015)
This paper attempts to integrate the literatures on authoritarian regime types and democratic forms of government. Based on different modes of executive appointment and dismissal, I propose a parsimonious theory of five ...
Socialt hållbar stadsutveckling? Stadsdelsnämnderna, stadsutvecklarrollen och sociala konsekvensanalyser i planeringen av Göteborgs stad
(School of Public Administration/Förvaltningshögskolan, 2015)
Evolving identities: Contents and processes of identity development among people in their late twenties
(2015-05-11)
The overall aim of this thesis was to study contents and processes of identity development among people in their late twenties. The studies are based on identity status interviews and surveys performed with participants ...
An Inquiry into Satisfaction and Variations in User-Oriented Elderly Care
(2015-11-13)
The foundation for this thesis is an ongoing discussion about quality in Swedish elderly care: Which are the most important factors that contribute to elderly care in terms of satisfaction among older persons, and what are ...
Party Strength and Economic Growth
(2015-09)
This study argues that strong parties play a critical role in fostering economic development. The theory explores how parties broaden the constituencies to which policy makers respond and help politicians to solve coordination ...
Does Good Auditing Generate Quality of Government?
(2015-08)
Despite the large focus in research and practice on audit, inspections and oversight activities there
has been few empirical studies showing the effects of auditing on public sector performance.
Hence, we have little ...
Vote Buying Is A Good Sign: Alternate Tactics of Fraud in Africa 1986-2012
(2015)
Over 90 percent of the world’s states currently select their national leaders through multi-party elections. However, in Africa the quality of elections still varies widely, ranging from elections plagued by violence and ...
Changing Gender Relations? Women's Experiences of Land Rights in the Case of the Land Tenure Reform Program in Rwanda.
(2015-03-04)
This thesis is a compilation of a kappa, a binding text of six chapters, and four related papers. The overall aim is to explore women’s experiences of land rights in the context of the Land Tenure Reform Program (LTRP) in ...
The Importance of Electoral and Judicial Trust For Regime Support
(2015-04)
What kind of institutions is most essential to be trustworthy in order for a society to function well? To the extent that previous research has addressed the problem, trust in electoral, judicial, public administration and ...
The Elders and the Hills. Animism and Cosmological Re-Creation among the Q’eqchi’ Maya in Chisec, Guatemala
(2015-08-20)
This thesis is based on fieldwork conducted in the municipality of Chisec in the depart-ment of Alta Verapaz in Guatemala. Within the context of post-war Maya cultural emergence and the recent introduction of non-indigenous ...