Essays about: "gradual institutional change"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words gradual institutional change.

  1. 1. Reversing Roe - A Case Study of Institutional Change of Abortion Rights in the United States

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ellinor Ackefors; [2023]
    Keywords : abortion; Roe v. Wade; United States; historical institutionalism; gradual institutional change; gender-inequitable change;

    Abstract : Building on historical institutionalism, this paper explores gradual institutional change. As previous research on institutional change has focused on shifts towards gender equality, there is less known about gender-inequitable changes. The reversal of abortion rights in the United States by overturning Roe v. READ MORE

  3. 2. Samhällsplanering i klimatförändringarnas era : en studie av översiktsplanerna i Laholms Kommun 1987–2014

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Anna Welandson; [2022]
    Keywords : översiktsplaner; översiktsplanering; klimatförändringar; hållbar utveckling; klimatanpassning;

    Abstract : Kommuner har blivit utsedda till de viktigaste enheterna att driva åtgärder för att minska utsläpp av växthusgaser och för att anpassa samhället till klimatförändringarna. Samhällsplanering anses vara ett av kommunernas viktigaste verktyg i processen. READ MORE

  4. 3. Change and Continuity in Welfare States: A qualitative approach to examine the German cash-benefit “Kosten der Heizung und Unterkunft“ from the perspective of Incremental Institutional Change

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan

    Author : Angelika Demski; [2021]
    Keywords : incremental institutional change; Kosten der Unterkunft und Heizung; Unemployment Benefit II; Change and Continutity; Welfare State; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : What drives change and continuity in welfare states? This master thesis contributes to the debate by examining the German cash-benefit “Kosten der Unterkunft und Heizung”. This cash-benefit is a component of the means-tested unemployment benefit II in Germany which was introduced by the Hartz-IV-Reform in 2005. READ MORE

  5. 4. Centre-peripheral regional development and human capital distribution: peripheral experience within functional region of Stockholm

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Johan Ovsiannikov; [2021]
    Keywords : centre-periphery; regional development; knowledge economy; spatial sorting human capital; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Studying knowledge-intense regional development from the perspective of classified periphery fills an identified gap in analysis and practice. It illustrates challenges, possibilities, and nuances current trajectory of centre-peripheral development. READ MORE

  6. 5. Homeownership, the production of urban sprawl and an unexpected Nightingale

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

    Author : Marvin Sommer; [2020]
    Keywords : housing studies; path dependency; critical junctures; historical institutionalism; gradual change; urbanisation; suburbanisation; Australia; Melbourne; Nightingale Housing;

    Abstract : Homeownership and suburbanisation are two sides of the same coin in the context of Australia. This thesis explores the housing system that facilitates homeownership under a framework of institutional path dependence and how that has facilitated spatial patterns of suburbanization in contemporary Melbourne. READ MORE