Essays about: "bureaucrat"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the word bureaucrat.
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1. Omnia Omnium Sunt – Everything Belongs to Everybody : Knowledge as a Nonpositional Good in an Education System Governed by Human Capital Theory
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för barndom, utbildning och samhälle (BUS)Abstract : Starting from the experience of watching the role of the teacher turn into a bureaucrat, this work examines the factors dominating current education systems. It identies Human Capital Theory as a main inuence on policy and prioritization decisions in education. READ MORE
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2. Bureaucrats’ Willingness-to-Pay for CO2 Emission Reduction Programs
University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för kultur och samhälleAbstract : Aiming at exploring the issue of duality of the Swedish government system and the possible influence of a detached public administration, a study of bureaucrats’ characteristics, potential preferences and consequent willingness to pay (WTP) for certain policies was needed. This research attempts therefore at investigating how acceptance of CO2 emissions reduction programs among public agents is influenced by factors such as the cost of the program, concerns with air quality, impacts on biodiversity, improvements in the fuelling stations infrastructure, the use of electricity as fuel and individual characteristics such as gender. READ MORE
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3. Managing conflicting professionalisms: social assistants work with unaccompanied minors within the Swedish municipal social services
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbeteAbstract : This Masters thesis aimed to explore how social assistants have been impacted by the changes enforced since 2016 in their work with unaccompanied minors. They have worked in an ethically complex situation, of attempting to fulfil the needs of the unaccompanied minors, as this period has seen a restriction of the humanitarian ethos of Swedish migration policies, but also a movement towards new public management policies. READ MORE
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4. The Fighting Man and the Beginning of Professionalism : The East India Company Military Officer 1750–1800
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionenAbstract : Earlier research has claimed that the British officer corps did not go through professionalization until the emergence of institutionalized education for military officers in the 19th century. This study argues that British officers in service of the East India Company in India showed signs of professionalization before 1800, contrary to earlier claims. READ MORE
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5. When attitude matters - A study of the influence of street-level bureaucratic implementation behaviour in the field of conflict-ridden employment policies
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : When street-level bureaucrats implement conflict-ridden policies in the field of cash benefits, attitude matters. This thesis illustrates that through several interviews with caseworkers working in various jobcentres in Danish municipalities and implementing ‘Jobreform fase 1’. READ MORE
