Essays about: "austerity"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 41 essays containing the word austerity.
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16. Civil Society Participation in EU Social Policy: A More Social EU with the Civil Society? A Case Study on the European Pillar of Social Rights
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Traditionally, the role of the civil society in the EU policy-making has been week in comparison with the business associations and trade unions who are the social partners of the EU. However, this weakness forced the civil society to unite under a common network, which became to be known as Social Platform. READ MORE
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17. PUBLIC SPACE AND THE BANNING OF HOMELESSNESS IN COPENHAGEN. EVERYDAY SPATIAL PRACTICES AGAINST THE COMMODIFICATION OF LIFE
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografiAbstract : Since April 2017, legislation fining people in ‘encampments’ in public spaces was enacted in Copenhagen. This regulation was tightened by July 2018 be-coming an effective ban, where the subject of the fine was expelled from the administrative limits of the municipality. READ MORE
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18. Policy matters: The gendered impact of welfare systems and gender job segregation on unemployment during the EU recession and austerity, 2004-2018
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : Previous literature on the gendered impact of the 2008 recession and subsequent austerity on unemployment in the EU found that male unemployment is particularly affected by the recession, whereas female unemployment increases disproportionately during periods of austerity. Welfare systems and gender job segregation have been discussed as underlying mechanisms of these effects. READ MORE
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19. Convergent or Unresponsive? : The effect of austerity and mainstream party positioning on the electoral success of left-wing populist parties in Western Europe
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : While several populist parties with ties to the left side of the ideological scale have become more prominent in the electoral arenas across Western Europe, the literature on populism still has a disproportionate focus on the right. To enhance the existing research on explanatory factors to the electoral fortunes of left-wing populist parties, this study tests two competing theories using multivariate regression analysis. READ MORE
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20. The Austerical City. : London at the crush test of austerity
University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studierAbstract : In the UK, the unprecedented cuts to local budgets, implemented by the national governments from 2010 to the present day, have pushed local authorities to reconsider their scope, their role and their action. The ever decreasing budgets have de facto transformed local councils from service providers to territorial entrepreneurs, as the pressing pursuit of revenues has placed the economic profit at the core of the local policy-making. READ MORE
