Essays about: "Path-dependency"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 75 essays containing the word Path-dependency.

1. 21. Path Dependency in European Defense : Case study on decision-making regarding domestic military sectors in light of simultaneous NATO and EU memberships

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Jan Philipp Fritsche; [2021]
   Keywords : defense; international defense cooperation; NATO; European Union; historical institutionalism; path dependency; military sector;

   Abstract : After decades in which NATO epitomized the central forum towards the pursuit of European defense, a progressing integration and enlargement process of the European Union’s defense sector has catalyzed a debate about the future of the European defense and security architecture. The implementation of collective EU defense structures like the Permanent Structured Cooperation in 2017 aggravated concerns about a duplication of needs for military and defense capabilities and consequently a diminishing role of NATO, particularly among non-EU NATO states. READ MORE

3. 22. Overcoming Lock-In and Path Dependency : Hydrogen Energy Transitions

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

   Author : Ferhat Kaya; Rezhin Kader; [2021]
   Keywords : Fossil fuels; hydrogen; carbon; lock-in; path dependency; sustainability transitions; Fossila bränslen; vätgas; lock-in; path dependency; hållbarhetsövergångar;

   Abstract : Through the historic usage of fossil fuel, climate impacts have been severe and threaten to disrupt global economies and biological diversity. Hydrogen has emerged as a technology which can enable the productionand storage of renewable energy with no carbon emissions. READ MORE

4. 23. Rolling the DICE: Incorporating Long-Lived Emissions Abatement into a Simple Integrated Assessment Model

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Alexander Campbell; [2020]
   Keywords : Integrated assessment model; Climate change mitigation; Path dependence; Emissions abatement;

   Abstract : This thesis presents a new integrated assessment model for assessing optimal strategies for addressing climate change, based on Nordhaus' well-known DICE model. The new model makes simple but fundamental adjustments to the nature of emissions abatement and the specification of abatement costs, giving rise to a powerful path dependency mechanism. READ MORE

5. 24. Homeownership, the production of urban sprawl and an unexpected Nightingale

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Marvin Sommer; [2020]
   Keywords : housing studies; path dependency; critical junctures; historical institutionalism; gradual change; urbanisation; suburbanisation; Australia; Melbourne; Nightingale Housing;

   Abstract : Homeownership and suburbanisation are two sides of the same coin in the context of Australia. This thesis explores the housing system that facilitates homeownership under a framework of institutional path dependence and how that has facilitated spatial patterns of suburbanization in contemporary Melbourne. READ MORE

6. 25. "Fully Acceptable" : Policies on Homosexuality in the Swedish Parliament between 1933-2010

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Markus Sjölén Gustafsson; [2020]
   Keywords : LGBT-rights; Swedish Parliament; homosexuality; frame analysis; path-dependency; critical junctures; policy; harmonization; HBTQ-rättigheter; Riksdagen; homosexualitet; ramanalys; stigberoende; critical junctures; policy; harmonisering;

   Abstract : This study looks at the development in policy towards homosexuals in Sweden from criminalization to constitutional protection. A study on the ideational development in parliament has yet to be conducted. READ MORE