Essays about: "Impact of privatisation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words Impact of privatisation.

  1. 1. Othering Heights : A critical urban approach to the narratives embedding the proposed Österskans development in Halmstad, Sweden

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Anna Stohr; [2022]
    Keywords : Urban studies; conviviality; convivial urbanism; Halmstad; Österskans; Sweden; critical urbanism; socio-spatialisation; placemaking; urban design; social sustainability; the built environment; segregation; urbanisation; public space; cityscape; neoliberal planning; densification; social mobility; spatial theory; uneven geographical development; the right to the city; David Harvey; thinking spatially; discourse;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the proposed Österskans development in Halmstad, Sweden from the approach of critical urbanism. With a steady increase of population growth for the past decades and despite the income level of the municipality's population being above the national average - the socio-economic segregation in Halmstad is prevalent. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Impact of Water Privatisation on the Indigenous Mapuche in the South of Chile. A Qualitative Content Analysis from a Human Rights Perspective

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Anna-Lena Wissmüller; [2021-09-27]
    Keywords : Chile; water privatisation; neo-liberalism; indigenous communities; Mapuche; human rights;

    Abstract : This study aimed to investigate the impacts of water privatisation on Mapuche communities in the South of Chile. The effects and the resulting demands and actions were examined from a human rights perspective. READ MORE

  4. 3. Policy Feedback and Public Opinion : The impact of Swedish welfare reforms on public attitudes to privatisation

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Rebecca Eriksson; [2021]
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    Abstract : The concept policy feedback is the idea that policies themselves may be political forces. Instead of the traditional approach of analysing policy as the conclusion of a political process, policy feedback suggests that the relationship between policy and public opinion is reciprocal. READ MORE

  5. 4. Can national inspections support professional discretion? : A case study of the Swedish national school inspection

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Anton Modigh; [2019]
    Keywords : Professionalism; new public management; auditing; national inspection; Swedish national school inspection; teacher profession;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the professional discretion in relation to national inspections by focussing on the Swedish national school inspection (SNSI) and how the inspections made can affect the professional discretion. During the last decades the Swedish welfare sector has gone through a remarkable shift towards using new public management (NPM) reforms, implementing market solutions with the aim to increase cost efficiency and quality. READ MORE

  6. 5. Reasons and consequences of foreign farmland acquisitions in Latvia : a case study of Aluksne municipality

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Elina Apine; [2016]
    Keywords : land acquisition; foreign investors; Latvia; Aluksne municipality; colonisation of lifeworlds;

    Abstract : This thesis describes farmland acquisitions by foreign investors in Latvia and explores the historical land reforms and regulations of the land market. Furthermore, the study explores what has caused Latvian farmland to become an attractive investment target for foreign companies, and how these investments affect the countryside and the Latvian farmers. READ MORE