The last decades have seen increasing empirical support for the argument that institutional quality has a significant impact on economic growth. However, in these cross-national studies China often seems to be an exception. Despite weak institutions, encroachments on property rights and the rule of law, China has achieved growth rates surpassing all other developing economies. This study asks whet

By addressing an absence of implementation studies, this master thesis aims to examine the implementation of the FRESH health policy in schools in Lombok, Indonesia. The method used is a qualitative field study based on empirical material consisting of interviews with representatives from implementing organizations and teachers designated to be “FRESH coordinators” in schools. By utilizing dimensi

My thesis focuses on the relationship between the local and regional level of Swedish public governance. Since decentralisation has been an ongoing trend in the public sector for at least two decades I assess this subject to be of importance for further discussion and analysis. The dissertation is meant to evaluate a few of the original purposes of decentralisation pronounced by the national admin

This thesis deals with an approach in how to structure global governance, proposed by an Australian political scientist John S. Dryzek, called ‘Discursive democracy’. This thesis presents the approach, goes through the different aspects of it and tries to give the reader a sufficient understanding of the approach. The thesis offer an evaluation of the approach through a process where the approach

Many of the Latin American and Central American countries have had diffuculties with the democratic process. One country that particularly stands out in the Central American region is Costa Rica, a nation that achieved democratic consolidation in the 1950’s. In order to analyze why Costa Rica has been characterized by this success, the researcher Larry Diamond’s theory is used almost as an analysi

Sveriges representativa demokrati behöver understödjas av kompletterande deltagarformer, hävdar flera politiker och forskare idag. Demokratiutredningen från år 2000 argumenterar för att den deliberativa demokratin bör fungera som ett sådant komplement. Denna uppsats undersöker, genom två fallstudier, om de av landsting eller region initierade aktiviteterna för medborgardialog har innehållit delibe

In the present-day world, a state is only one of a number of social actors, each of which has its own identity, functions and structure. The successful functioning and even existential survival of the state is dependent on various factors, including its capacity to face the challenges of the processes of globalisation, including new threats which emerge from the development of communication techno

Over 2400 years ago, Plato discussed who is the most suitable to rule the society. The debate is still alive and some mean that experts are gaining stronger power over the democracies. NGO:s can be seen as important democratic actors, carrying the citizens’ voices. This thesis studies and describes experts influence over the creation of two NGO:s’ policies, i.e., working guidelines. Experts are be

Enligt Lennart Lundquist, professor i statsvetenskap, har förvaltningsreformer under de senaste decennierna gjort att tjänstemän blivit mindre benägna att rapportera om oegentligheter. I vår uppsats prövar vi detta påstående som är en del av ekonomismen. Detta gör vi genom att intervjua tjänstemän inom den offentliga förvaltningen för att undersöka huruvida de skulle rapportera oegentligheter elle

The purpose with this essay was to investigate the characteristics of the organizational culture within the Police in a specific department in Skåne, Sweden. I also examined if this organizational culture had any impact on how to perform organizational changes within the Police. The study is based on interviews that I have made with two officers. Theories about organizational culture and organizat

The North Korean policy of nuclear weapons has always constituted a puzzle for political scientists, media analysts and politicians. The inconsistency permeating this policy area makes it particularly hard to grasp. The aim of this case study is to enhance the cumulative knowledge of the North Korean policy of nuclear weapons by applying three theories of international relations: Realism, construc

This thesis is about Swedish integration policy. The thesis suggests that integration policy inexorably leads to the question of who is to be integrated into what and in that way it holds an immanent categorizing practice. The theoretical points of departure in this thesis proposes that Swedish integration policy, through this categorizing practice, has a productive function as it articulates a di

This paper aims to discover viable ways in which the Global South can effectively challenge the primacy of the Global North, in order to create a more equitable global order. This thesis is premised on a dependency approach to international relations which stipulates that the Global South, or Third World, is underdeveloped because of actions by the Global North, or the First World. The legacy left

With the Lisbon Treaty in place, the EU has the legal basis to accede to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The aim of the accession is to strengthen the protection of human rights in Europe, and give European citizens the same protection vis-à-vis acts of the Union as they presently enjoy from member states. EU’s accession to the ECHR is welcomed, but as great as it is in theory as c

Social ideell sektor utgör en allt mer betydelsefull garant av välfärd för utsatta grupper. Forskning om sociala ideella organisationers roll på integrationsområdet saknas, en lucka som vi har tagit avstamp i. Genom kvalitativa intervjuer med företrädare från ideell och kommunal sektor som verkar på integrationsområdet i Lunds kommun har fyra ideella organisationers roll samt relation till kommune

In 2008 the UN Security Council adopted resolution 1820, where sexual violence in armed conflicts where classified as a crime against humanity and as a war crime. This resolution indicates a norm change, from the idea about sexual vio-lence as a by-product of war, to a serious widespread issue. But what has this change, up to resolution 1820, been and looked like? By dividing the change into three

Switzerland has a tradition of holding a political resistance to international governmental organizations. Under the last decades there has been three referendums regarding whether Switzerland should enter the EU or not, with a view of this I will examine those years. The aim of this essay is to explore if there is a discourse regarding national identity in the Swiss media concerning the EU member

This study aims to explore media representations of political processes in countries that are situated in the geo-political periphery. More specifically, this study examines through a discourse analytical edge articles published by Dagens Nyheter (Sweden), New York Times (US) and Clarín (Argentina), about the political upheavals that threatened the democratic system in Ecuador 2010, Honduras 2009

Social capital is a concept that has gained widespread use and recognition in many academic disciplines. This interest stems from an idea that the social capital produced in the organisations and associations of civil society can be beneficial in the creation and furthering of democratic processes and economic development among many other things. Using normative methods of consequentiality I will