Essays about: "Rational Choice Institutionalism"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 34 essays containing the words Rational Choice Institutionalism.

1. 16. Increased Vertical Coherence of EU's Foreign Policy through Institutional Changes - Desirable but Unachiveable?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Sarah Håkansson; [2014]
   Keywords : Institutional Change; Vertical Coherence; EU’s Foreign Policy; Normative Institutionalism; Rational Choice Institutionalism; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The question of why institutional changes would affect the vertical coherence of the European Union’s foreign policy is addressed in this thesis. In answering the research question propositions on why institutional changes would have an effect on state behaviour, thereby policy outcome, are derived from both the normative and the rational choice versions of institutionalism. READ MORE

3. 17. Conflicting Environmental Management Tools : Grazing of Semi-natural Grasslands vs. Wetland Conservation

   University essay from Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik

   Author : Gunilla Reisner; [2013]
   Keywords : biodiversity; institutionalism; rational choice; environmental support; Agri-Environmental Schemes; environmental objectives;

   Abstract : The study explores the possibility of conflicts between conservation of wetlands and semi-natural grasslands in the county of Stockholm. Both habitats are important to protect from a biodiversity perspective. The species rich semi-natural grasslands have been created by agricultural practices like grazing and mowing. READ MORE

4. 18. Partner up! A study of transnational public-private partnerships variation in effectiveness

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter; Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Sara Andersson; [2013]
   Keywords : global governance; transnational public-private partnerships; effectiveness; institutions; rational choice institutionalism; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The world has during the latest decades seen the rise of transnational public-private partnerships. The political debate about the partnerships’ role in global governance is often polarized. READ MORE

5. 19. Institutional Change - in pursuit of coherence?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Elin Nolin; [2013]
   Keywords : New institutionalism; coherence; competence; EU international security actor; institutional change; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The well-stated fact that institutions matter, according to new institutionalism, is the starting point for this thesis. On this basis, institutional change will be the focus for the three approaches historical institutionalism, rational choice institutionalism and sociological institutionalism. READ MORE

6. 20. How do young people understand voting and voter turnout? : A comparative study of Sweden and the United States of America

   University essay from Institutionen för ekonomi och it

   Author : Camilla Tyllström; [2012]
   Keywords : Voting; Turnout; Rational choice; Norms; Institutions; Identity;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to describe and analyse how young people reason around voting and voter turnout in two different national contexts - Sweden and the United States - and how the reasoning might differ. The material has been gathered in qualitative interviews with students in both countries and ordered according to a typology of four theories, namely rational choice, new institutionalism, social identity and norm theories. READ MORE