Essays about: "elite control"

Showing result 36 - 40 of 44 essays containing the words elite control.

  1. 36. Affect, Engagement and Reaction time in Swedish elite Athletes : A randomized control study regarding the effects of a Self-regulation training log

    University essay from Institutionen för idrotts- och hälsovetenskap

    Author : Cecilia Åkesdotter; [2014]
    Keywords : Affect; engagement; Reaction time; Self-regulation; elite athletes;

    Abstract : Aim The study had the aim to increase knowledge of characteristics possessed by Swedish elite athletes. More specific the level of affect, athlete engagement and reaction time were investigated. A second aim was to test if a reflective training log based on principles from self-regulation could influence these variables. READ MORE

  3. 37. Communication for Development in “Mithilanchal”

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Tanushree Sandilya Jha; [2013]
    Keywords : Communication for Development; Mithilanchal; Bihar; India; Role of Media;

    Abstract : ABSTRACT “There are many ways of conceptualizing development, ways that foreground economics, politics, culture, or a combination, and within each of those realms, ways that emphasize processes or structures or both and their relationships. Further, in some perspectives development is geographically inclusive, whereas in others the focus is the so-called Third World or developing countries and their aid needs”. READ MORE

  4. 38. Opportunistic Political Cycles in Belarus: An explanation to why dictatorship works

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Madeleine Fredelius; Emil Gelebo; [2012]
    Keywords : political economy of dictatorship; opportunistic political cycles; political business cycle; political budget cycle; Belarus;

    Abstract : The study of the prevalence of dictatorial regimes has long been at the forefront of political science, but it is only recently that it has risen to prominence also within economic research. To date, the main economic explanations of dictatorship center on the distributions of economic rents across groups, i.e. from an autocrat to a societal elite. READ MORE

  5. 39. Explaining differences in educational spending in rural Sweden in the 1870’s

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Jens Andersson; [2012]
    Keywords : history; franchise; human capital; education; primary schools; school finance; Sweden; Business and Economics; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis gives a historical perspective on current debates on growing inequalities in Swedish schools, by analysing explanations to differences in educational spending between rural municipalities in Sweden in the 1870s using a multi-variate regression model. The results indicate that both absolute wealth and the size of the middle-class are good predictors of school spending at local level. READ MORE

  6. 40. Asymmetry in Elite Snowboarders : A Study comparing Range of Motion in the Hip and Spine, Power in Lower Extremities and Circumference of Thigh

    University essay from Sektionen för ekonomi och teknik (SET); Biomekanik och biomedicin

    Author : Tommy Danielsson; [2010]
    Keywords : Snowboard; asymmetry; range of motion; goniometry;

    Abstract : Snowboarding is a relatively young sport and has grown since the birth in the 1960-70. Today, snowboarding still is a lifestyle to many, but also an accepted mainstream sport and has been an Olympic sport since the Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, Japan 1998 (18,35,36). READ MORE