Essays about: "Rational Choice Institutionalism"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 34 essays containing the words Rational Choice Institutionalism.

  1. 11. A Post-Mortem Analysis of China’s Township Elections

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Patrik Andersson; [2016]
    Keywords : China; Township elections; Rational Choice Institutionalism; Principal-Agent model; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Since the late 1990s county party committees in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) have experimented with semi-competitive township elections. The central government in Beijing encouraged such initiatives, hoping to use township elections to restrict the power of the county party secretary in appointing township leaders. READ MORE

  3. 12. Integrated or Comprehensive sharing? : Drivers, enablers and barriers to civilian-military information sharing

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Adam Waller; [2016]
    Keywords : integrated approach; comprehensive approach; information sharing; MINUSMA; ISAF; institutional analysis and development framework;

    Abstract : The UN and NATO have implemented separate approaches to civilian-military cooperation. Central in both approaches is a need for information sharing between civilian and military actors. Without shared information, cooperative planning becomes impossible. READ MORE

  4. 13. A Principal's Homework: A study of principals' reactions to the Swedish School Inspectorate's auditing process

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Patrik Andersson; [2016]
    Keywords : principals; school; inspection; inspectorate; audit; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis attempts to study and explain Swedish school principals’ reactions to and perceptions of the auditing process of the Swedish School Inspectorate. Guided by two strands of institutional theory, rational choice and sociological institutionalism, the author identifies certain factors that can potentially affect how principals react and think about the auditing process. READ MORE

  5. 14. Why do not African countries trade with one another? A qualitative study of factors affecting the intra-African trade

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Johanna Grönbäck; [2014]
    Keywords : Africa; Mali; Zimbabwe; regional trade; trade; institutionalism; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : An increased regional trade in Africa is often defined as a key tool for a continued development of the continent, but although a numerous of policies aiming at increasing the trade have been adopted, the intra-regional trade remains stubbornly low. Why is that so? In this thesis some of the factors that potentially are affecting the trade are studied in a qualitative design. READ MORE

  6. 15. Path dependence and gradual change : Exploring the relationship between formal and informal institutional change in the European Parliament

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper

    Author : Michaela Lööf; [2014]
    Keywords : institution; formal; informal; change; institutionalization; new institutionalism; European Parliament;

    Abstract : This thesis addresses the relationship between formal and informal institutions in the European Parliament from a new institutionalist perspective. This is done in order to fulfill the aims of the thesis, which are: (1) to broaden our understanding of informal institutions and institutional change in the EP as well as (2) develop our understanding of the new institutionalist approaches: rational choice institutionalism, sociological institutionalism and historical institutionalism. READ MORE