Essays about: "policy dilemma"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 63 essays containing the words policy dilemma.

  1. 1. Opposing Attitudes Towards Environmental Taxes: A Price Dilemma? A Case of the Swedish Attitudes on Gasoline Emission Taxes

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Ignacio López Casanueva Arturo; Bergström Martin; [2023-06-29]
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    Abstract : This thesis investigates how people’s attitudes toward environmental taxes are shaped and whether changes in end-consumer prices of gasoline have a direct effect on carbon tax perception. A theoretical model is constructed to represent the individual’s choice problem using a utility function. READ MORE

  2. 2. UNDERSTANDING THE WEAK LINK BETWEEN EU’S FARM TO FORK STRATEGY AND THE REALITY - A case study in the Netherlands

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Sharon Wilts Jansen; [2023-05-05]
    Keywords : Food transition; Farm to Fork; planetary boundaries; IPCC; sustainable development; Climate Change; EU; Sustainable Food Systems; The Netherlands;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to understand how the Farm to Fork Strategy is being implemented in the Netherlands, what dilemma’s are being discussed on national level and what role the government and MP’s play. The research is done through the lens of Multi Level Perspective in socio-technical transitions. READ MORE

  3. 3. China’s Crisis Governance and Evolving State-Society Relations during the COVID-19 Pandemic

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Ning Ao; [2023]
    Keywords : China; zero-COVID policy; state-society relations; civil rights; interest alignment; evolutionary governance; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Existing studies on China’s COVID-19 response have gravitated to a macro-level, formal institutional analysis, focusing either on the effectiveness of the policy in early-stage virus containment or on the growing negative impacts of COVID policy practices on China’s socio-political landscape at the late stage. Using serial interviews accompanied by online observations and documents, this thesis redirects its attention to the micro-level, individual response to China’s crisis governance and COVID policy practices. READ MORE

  4. 4. Behind Closed Doors : Analysing the Ethical Dilemma of Swedish Arms Export to Saudi Arabia

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Anna Wikner; [2023]
    Keywords : Swedish arms trade; Saudi Arabia; international ethics; Swedish foreign policy; security policy; military equipment; human rights; democracy;

    Abstract : This study aims to shed light on the ethical implications of Sweden’s arms export to Saudi Arabia. It compares the compatibility of such exports with fundamental human rights standards and analyses the Swedish Government's justification of arms trade to Saudi Arabia in relation to international and local ethics, considering the principles of human rights, conflict resolution, states’ responsibility in promoting peace and conflict resolution and the recognition of people’s shared responsibility for the well-being of all people. READ MORE

  5. 5. Values against Interests? Or Both? : A Case Analysis of Germany's Feminist Foreign Policy and Trade Relations with Saudi Arabia from 2021 to 2023

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Angela Bösen; [2023]
    Keywords : foreign policy; Germany; Saudi Arabia; role theory; feminist;

    Abstract : "Values and interests are not contradictory” is the approach of Germany’s current coalition government of the SPD, Greens, and FDP. However, German politicians from all parties narrate the role of the state in international affairs differently. READ MORE