Essays about: "ideational factors"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 11 essays containing the words ideational factors.

  1. 6. China and non-alignment : An intertextual discourse analysis of relationality within China’s official statements on military alliances

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Simon Edholm; [2021]
    Keywords : China; alliances; Confucian relationality; discourse; context; ideas;

    Abstract : Conventional realist expectations on great power behaviour in a perceived threatening security environment calls on these nations to balance against the threats in the form of military alliances with other states. China is perceiving security policies by USA and its allies to constitute threats to its national sovereignty, yet has chosen to adhere to a policy of nonalignment, making it an outlier among other great powers and calling into question positivist inspired inferences on Chinese security cooperation. READ MORE

  3. 7. Governing the emerging sociotechnical imaginary of a climate-positive Sweden : an exploration of the political discussion on negative emissions technologies as a climate change solution

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Kirstine Lund Christiansen; [2020]
    Keywords : sustainability science; bioenergy with carbon capture and storage; climate governance; carbon dioxide removal; climate recovery; elite interviews; polluter pays principle; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In recent years, negative emissions technologies (NETs) have gained attention as a strategy to tackle climate change. While the academic debate on NETs has been heated, international and national governance frameworks for regulating and incentivising the technologies largely remain unseen. READ MORE

  4. 8. Normative Power China: Process Tracing the Dynamics Behind the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Pedagogik; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Iman Khan; [2018]
    Keywords : AIIB; normative power; ideational factors; material factors; China; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In the midst of a global shift in world politics induced by the rise of emerging powers, the outdated and unequal international financial institutions (IFIs) that were set up after World War II are increasingly being challenged and scrutinized. International actors can use IFIs in numerous ways to enhance their position in the world system. READ MORE

  5. 9. Pension Reform in Continental Europe : A comparative study of pension reform in Germany and France during the years ofausterity 1990-2010.

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Per Grönroos (fd. Johansson); [2018]
    Keywords : Political science; pension policy; institutionalism; Germany; France; Europe; conservative welfare states; continental welfare states; retrenchment; comparative; welfare state regimes; Gerhard Schröder; Alain Juppé; unions; Bismarckian welfare states; veto player; reform capacity; Statsvetenskap; pensionspolitik; institutionalism; Tyskland; Frankrike; Europa; konservativa välfärdsstater; kontinentala välfärdstater; åtstramningspolitik; komparativ; välfärdsregimer; Gerhard Schröder; Alain Juppé; fackförbund; vetospelare; reformkapacitet;

    Abstract : As demographic and economic contexts have shifted, the need for pension systems to reform has increased. Often, however, these systems have proved difficult to change – especially in continental Europe. READ MORE

  6. 10. What Triggers Change in Asylum Policy? - A comparative study of policy change

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Lina Matulovic; [2016]
    Keywords : Asylum Policy; Policy Change; Asylum Seekers; Public Opinion; Party Ideology; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis has the ambition to provide an answer to why governments’ asylum policy changes. Previous research suggests that changes in policy lay within ideational and material sources of preference. READ MORE