Essays about: "Redistributive politics"

Found 3 essays containing the words Redistributive politics.

1. 1. Redistribution and the Alignment Effect: Theory and Evidence

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Ludvig Holmér; Axel Granström; [2018]
   Keywords : Redistributive politics; Alignment; Political Economy; Electoral competition;

   Abstract : This paper studies the impact of political alignment on the redistribution of grants between central and local governments. A model, where the central government uses its discretionary power to further the prospects of its constituent parties at all levels of government, is constructed and used to make a prediction regarding the allocation of grants. READ MORE

3. 2. The Role of Partisan Politics in Lithuanian Higher Education Policies:How does left-right divide of Lithuanian political parties matter for their higher education preferences and policy output?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Kristina Saulyte; [2017]
   Keywords : higher education policy; political parties; partisan preferences; redistribution; governance; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Lithuania like other Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries has undergone major changes from the communist socio-economic order to the system based on democratic capitalism. This shift towards market economy and the collapse of communist ideology were also reflected in higher education (HE) reforms. READ MORE

4. 3. Gaining land and gaining ground? The Popular Agrarian Reform by the Landless Rural Workers’ Movement (MST) in Brazil

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Camila Da Cunha Almeida Azevedo; [2015]
   Keywords : agrarian question; agrarian reform; agrarian change; rural development; peasant movements; agrarian social movements; rural politics; territorial disputes; social conflict; land struggle; land occupation; MST; Brazil; Paraná; social change; agroecology; thematic analysis; Social Sciences; Agriculture and Food Sciences;

   Abstract : The Landless Rural Workers' Movement (MST), one of the most important movements in Brazil, known for its land occupations, recently launched proposals to implement a new Popular Agrarian Reform (PAR) project. Consequently, one must ask: is there need for agrarian reform (AR) in Brazil? This question must engage with another discussion, that of the development of capitalism in the countryside and its consequences for the peasantry - the agrarian question (AQ). READ MORE