Essays about: "political activation"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 21 essays containing the words political activation.

  1. 11. Sending an Active Message

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Erik Haking; [2017]
    Keywords : Benefit Sanctions; Street-Level Bureaucracy; Discretion; Unemployment; Activity Support; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis analyses how social policy in the form of benefit sanctions targeted at the long-term unemployed is made by case workers within the Swedish Public Employment Agency (Arbetsförmedlingen). Since the 1990s, rising unemployment and fiscal pressures on the welfare states made countries more oriented towards policies of “activation”. READ MORE

  3. 12. The nature of conservatism and liberalism : A cognitive neuroscience perspective

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

    Author : Hans Eldblom; [2017]
    Keywords : conservatism; liberalism; amygdala; ACC; political ideology as motivated social cognition; threat; uncertainty; the chicken and the egg problem;

    Abstract : In this essay, the author explores the nature of (1) conservatism and (2) liberalism, through a cognitive neuroscience perspective. Traditionally, political behavior and ideological reasoning have been understood in terms of social forces. READ MORE

  4. 13. The Emotional Politician - An Empirical Study of Effects of Expression on Vote Intention

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategi

    Author : Maria Dellbeck-Rajevski; [2017]
    Keywords : Political Communication; Emotional Display; Gender; Ethicity;

    Abstract : Political campaign spending on marketing has been on the rise since the early 2000s. Simultaneously, campaigns are becoming increasingly focused on individual politicians rather than the parties they represent. READ MORE

  5. 14. Paths, politics and patterns of convergence - A comparative case study of youth unemployment policy change in Sweden, the United Kingdom and France

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Anna Wilson; [2015]
    Keywords : youth unemployment; youth transition regimes; policy convergence; comparative case study; motivation analysis; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The ‘activation’ of labour market policies is a relatively undisputed phenomenon in the concomitant research field. However, welfare regime scholars predict the importance of path dependence in different advanced welfare states’ policy responses to the ever-present problem of mass youth unemployment. READ MORE

  6. 15. Patterns of Nordicity: A case study on the existence of a Nordic profile in the OSCE

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Irina Pavlova; [2012]
    Keywords : OSCE; security cooperation; Nordic identity; Nordic profile; Norden; social power; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the state of regional cooperation, particularly in the field of security, among Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden (Norden). The author examines correlation between a set of socially constructed factors and the creation of a common Nordic profile in a regional security organization, the OSCE. READ MORE