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  1. 1. Governing Universities: How the Swedish Government has attempted to govern the universities between 1999 and 2021, and how it can be understood

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Oskar Kindberg; [2021]
    Keywords : govern; higher education and research; functionalist governance; public universities; government – university relation; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Knowledge about how the Government governs its agencies is important to ensure legitimacy of the public exercise of power, and to further develop governing methods suitable for diverse types of agencies. This study focuses on a type of agency that is perceived as particularly difficult to govern – the university. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Moral Economy of Swedish Labour Market Co-operation and Job Security in the Neoliberal Era

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : James Fleming; [2021]
    Keywords : Moral economy; embedding; industrial relations; Sweden; corporatism; co-operation; job security; ne- oliberalism; labour market negotiations; unions; employer organisations; anthropology; political econ- omy; de-commodification; social peace; Inbäddning; Sverige; samarbete; arbetssäkerhet; nyliberalism; arbetsmarknadsparter; arbetsmarknadsrelationer; arbetsmarknad; förhandlingar; fackförbund; facket; arbetsgivarorganisation; antropologi; social fred; kommodifiering; Svenskt näringsliv; LO; anställningskydd; Las;

    Abstract : In the neoliberal era, there has been a global trend towards increased labour market insecurity and inequality, even in countries traditionally emblematic of union strength and socio-economic security such as Sweden. In this study, I present the first ethnographic research conducted in anthropology of negotiations between the central Swedish union and employer peak bodies (known as the ‘labour market partners’). READ MORE

  4. 3. Every Body in its Place : The reproduction of inequality by way of education in Metropolis and Snowpiercer 

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Lärarutbildningen

    Author : Ebbe Bjelkendal; [2020]
    Keywords : Ideology; ideological state apparatuses; pedagogic action; pedagogic authority; science fiction; corporatism; neoliberalism;

    Abstract : With increasing inequality in the world, having knowledge about the apparatuses maintaining unequal social structures is important. Utopian and dystopian science fiction films are a good source for analysis of social structures, due to their inherent interest in social critique and the role of semiotics in the spreading of ideology. READ MORE

  5. 4. Compensation & Corporatism: Trade Openness, Risk and Social Policy in Mid 20th Century Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Alexander Dannerhäll; [2019]
    Keywords : Economic integration; Social Policy; Corporatism; Qualitative Content Analysis; Preference Formation; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This study will consider the link between trade openness and the preferences for social policy of key actors. In so doing, the findings will contribute to better understanding the qualitative link between globalization and social policy expansion (the compensation hypothesis) and complement previous quantitative findings. READ MORE

  6. 5. Investigating media’s change of attitude towards lobbyism in Sweden : A quantitative content analysis study between the years 1970-2014 and based on theories from the disciplines of politicalscience and sociology

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Ziad Sirafi; [2018]
    Keywords : Lobbying; lobby; lobbning; lobbyism; media’s change of attitude; Swedish context of lobbyism; democracy; interest group theory; elite theory; infotainment; news evaluation; news selection; pluralism; corporatism; political system; the mass media; Robart A dahl; David Truman; Karl Marx; Friedrich Engels; Robert Michels and C. Wright Mill; Kanol; David Lowery; Marc Trussler; Stuart Soroka; Herbert P. Kitschelt;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to examine why the media has a more negative attitude towards lobbyism in 2014 compared to earlier years since the 1970s in Sweden. This study examines first if a change of attitude has occurred between the given years and whether the attitude is more positive, negative or neutral towards lobbyism in recent years compared to earlier years and lastly if the media are comparing different contexts in which lobbying takes place. READ MORE