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16. ORDINARY PEOPLE LEADING EXTRAORDINARY LIVES The Personalization of Politics on Swedish Party Leaders’ Instagram
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik, medier och kommunikationAbstract : The results showed that personalization was an integral part of how Instagram was used. The two main dimensions of personalization, individualization and privatization, proposed by Van Aelst, Sheafer and Stanyer, could be found in the respondents’ answers about how their respective party leader’s account was managed. READ MORE
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17. Tourism and Development An Ideational Analysis of a Grassroots Environmental Movement in Corfu, Greece
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development StudiesAbstract : Tourism as an economic activity has been on the rise for the last decades. For that reason, it is labeled as a vehicle for development and for generating economic growth. While the sector is benefiting local societies it is also the root of societal and environmental problems. READ MORE
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18. Private equity ownership in the Swedish secondary healthcare sector and its impact on financial performance, availability and quality of care
University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : As New Public Management reforms began to be implemented in Sweden in the 1990s, a greater degree of private involvement was introduced in the provision of services in the welfare sector, and some of the companies operating in the sector soon came to be acquired by private equity firms known for their aggressive strategies to increase profits. This study examines the extent to which two major providers in the Swedish secondary care sector owned by private equity firms achieved better results in financial terms, quality of care, and availability of services compared to other forms of ownership. READ MORE
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19. Women of Rivers - Feminist Political Ecology of Hydropower Development in Eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : Hydropower projects have rapidly increased in Eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey, putting local women’s socio-environmental engagements with rivers in danger. This thesis examines the hydropower projects in the aforementioned region, from the Feminist Political Ecology perspective, with an intersectional look, and thus explores how the hydropower projects have resulted in reproducing social inequalities by impairing women’s identities. READ MORE
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20. "Only seeing the numbers and forgetting the people behind" - The influence of New Public Management on elderly care : A country comparison between Germany and Sweden
University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för hälsa, vård och välfärdAbstract : The elderly care sector is facing high demands in the context of demographic change. In regard to the high potential of efficiency increase, the area has been restructured particularly strongly based on principles of the New Public Management (NPM) since the 1970s. READ MORE
