Essays about: "Good governance and democracy"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 essays containing the words Good governance and democracy.
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1. Climate governance in a well-ordered world : an analysis of Rawlsian climate justice and the goal of climate action
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : The aspiration of normative theory to conceptualise climate justice is a contested endeavour. At best there are certain agreements about what constitutes distributional justice on a surface level, while it remains challenged whether such conceptualisation is helpful in the realisation of climate justice. READ MORE
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2. Catching Up in Times of Crisis? - Understanding the discourses of Normative Power in the European Commission’s 2022 Standardisation Strategy
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Historically being a success to the European Union and its integration processes, technical standardisation has been a dormant policy area low down on the European Commission’s agenda priority list – until now. The increasing international competition has arguably spurred the Commission to push for speedy developments in standardisation to establish the EU once again in a leading position, thus effectively hindering other actors and regions from exerting too much influence over Europe through their development of standards. READ MORE
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3. CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS IN CAMEROON " Assessing the role of CSOs in Development"
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Abstract : With the present level of poverty, growing inequality and the inability to provide public goods, some developing countries to an extent have turned to CSOs as an alternative solution for the much-needed sustenance. This study examines the contribution of CSOs in development and is carried out in Cameroon against the backdrop of inadequate infrastructures, low household income, generalized poverty and tense political atmosphere that could trigger inclusive policies and practices to enable peace and development prevail. READ MORE
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4. Chinese Official Financing in Sub-Saharan Africa - What are its effects on Africans' regime preferences?
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : China's rising development financing activities have attracted considerable attention especially after the announcement of the Belt and Road Initiative in 2013. While Chinese official financing can help fill the infrastructure gap that is seen as an important obstacle to development in most African nations, there is widespread concern for its potentially adverse effects on political norms and good governance. READ MORE
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5. Exploring Determinants of Welfare State Development in Post-Communist States: A Quantitative Comparative Analysis
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Since the collapse of the communist regimes of Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, the welfare regimes in Central and Eastern Europe have been fundamentally transformed in accordance with the process of economic liberalization in these countries. However, the underlying factors behind the diverging paths and trajectories of post-communist welfare states have yet to be understood. READ MORE
