Essays about: "Political reform"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 305 essays containing the words Political reform.

1. 21. Protecting what nature? The (mis)recognition of Sámi traditional knowledge in the Finnish Nature Conservation Act reform

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Elsa Pakkasvirta; [2022]
   Keywords : Sámi; indigenous knowledge; environmental justice; political ecology; just transformations; green colonialism; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The importance of indigenous knowledges has been acknowledged in biodiversity conservation, but practical engagement with them in decision-making is still lacking. In this thesis, I study this contradiction in the context of Finland and the indigenous Sámi. READ MORE

3. 22. The relationship between investors and the Rule of Law-crisis in the EU : A political reform worth lobbying for?

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Carl Oscarsson; [2022]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : The EU is currently in a rule of law-crisis because certain Member States have made political reforms to their judicial institutions which inhibit the independence of national courts and the impartiality of their court rulings. Both surveys and theoretical assumptions suggest that a strong rule of law is important for foreign investors, and even more important to intra-EU investors because of a recent ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union banning alternative means of dispute settlement. READ MORE

4. 23. Categorical inequality in homelessness – How has the Neoliberalisation of housing policies in Sweden affected homelessness in Malmö from social workers’ perspectives?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan

   Author : Yin Leung Lo; [2022]
   Keywords : Neoliberalisation; Housing policies; Social Work; Homelessness; New Public Management; Malmö; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : During the 90s, the Swedish government implemented a series of neoliberal housing policies in search of a wayout for the economic crisis, including demolition of the ministry of housing, deregulations and disincentivising housing construction, which has created decline in housing production and privatisation of municipal housing companies. The neoliberal policy reform was attributed to the shortage in the housing market, which allegedly led to the reemergence of homelessness in Sweden. READ MORE

5. 24. Deng Xiaoping’s Meta-Discursive Ideology for economic development in the Reform Period and the Departure from Mao Zedong Thought

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Sara Bellamqaddam; [2022]
   Keywords : Deng Xiaoping; the rise of China; institutional change; Chinese characteristics; Mao Zedong Thought; economic development; Chinese Communist Party.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The rise of China and 1978-market reforms contrasts other post-socialist economies process of institutional and economic change. President Deng Xiaoping announced China’s continued commitment to socialism, yet his leadership is by some viewed to be the most radical social and economic transformation in contemporary Chinese history. READ MORE

6. 25. A Rebalancing Act? - Human Rights and Environmental Counterclaims in International Investment Arbitration

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Ellen Bisting; [2022]
   Keywords : public international law; international investment law; ISDS; international arbitration; human rights; environment; counterclaims; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : International investment law (IIL) is a highly complex area of law that consists of around 3000 international investment agreements (IIAs) that aim to promote and protect foreign investment. They provide for investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) which gives investors the right to sue host States directly through international arbitral tribunals. READ MORE