Essays about: "Beetham"
Found 5 essays containing the word Beetham.
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1. Revisit ownership. An assessment of how Swedish foreign aid promotes National ownership of recipient countries; A case study of International development partnership between Tanzania and Sweden
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Abstract : The subject of ownership is one of the most important topics under discussion in the realm of international development cooperation. After the introduction of structural adjustment programmes in Africa in the 1980s, the debate began. READ MORE
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2. Legitimation and the Masses
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : No state can do very well without perceived as legitimate. While the state’s efforts to legitimate its power is well covered in the literature, the ordinary people’s role in legitimacy is less investigated. This study is informed by the notion that legitimacy is a relational concept. READ MORE
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3. Wasted energy : unlocking the biogas potential in Trinidad and Tobago : a transition theory perspective
University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUSAbstract : Trinidad and Tobago is heavily dependent on fossil fuels and the attendant challenges from its consumption have sparked a growing interest in the capacity of renewable energies to remedy some of these issues. Biogas has been earmarked as one possible alternative, particularly in light of the problems with waste management however, efforts to initiate its usage have been negligible. READ MORE
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4. Analysis of working practices in the forthcoming BonD era : - How will the new IT system affect the field of delivery coordination?
University essay from Institutionen för teknik och naturvetenskapAbstract : This master thesis has been carried out at Billerud AB in Skärblacka and Gruvön and at the Department of Science and Technology, University of Linköping. The purpose of this thesis work is to evaluate the new standardised IT system in comparison to the old systems in reference to create routines, models and working practices and to see how the daily work will be affected for the delivery coordinators. READ MORE
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5. Why Unpopular? An Analysis of the Relative Low Level of Popularity toward the European Union by Its Citizens
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : While the huge success of the European Union have, without doubt, drawn new attentions to several other exercises in regional integration in other parts of the world, the public popularity toward the European Union by its citizens is, ironically, at a relative low level - the support level of the membership is around 50 per cent with some yearly fluctuation as indicated by the Eurobarometer. Thus, considered the unpopularity of the EU among its citizens as a 'huge' case, this study is aimed to give an answer to the benchmark question - in spite of the fact that the European Union is largely viewed as the most successful regional integration exercise/experiment in the world, why is it unpopular among its citizens? Based on Beetham and Lord's three irreducible dimensions of legitimacy - performance, democracy, and identity, it is argued that successful performance, by itself, does not guarantee the legitimacy of, and thus the popularity toward, the EU - democracy and identity are, if not more important than, of equal importance. READ MORE
