Essays about: "power and corruption"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 68 essays containing the words power and corruption.

1. 21. The Curse of Corruption - A quantitative analysis of the association between Administrative Capacity and Violence

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Jonathan Lövgren; [2019]
   Keywords : Administrative capacity; Corruption; Governmental effectiveness; Violence; Non-state actor violence; Marginalized groups; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : It is not uncommon that states repress and oppress its citizens by exerting violence upon them. Sometimes this violence leads to cases where states abuse their power. This abuse can lead to terrible consequences which several historical and contemporary cases shows. READ MORE

3. 22. Swedish Iron Law of Oligarchy : Swedish social networks and strategical positions in Russia, the transitional period of 1991-1994

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Sociologi

   Author : Mattias Alvarsson; [2019]
   Keywords : Sweden; power; social network analysis; qualitative; flex net; power position; iron law of oligarchy; power law; business; military; government; Sverige; makt; social nätverksanalys; kvalitativ; flex net; maktposition; oligarkins järnlag; potenslag; näringslivet; militär; staten; politiker;

   Abstract : This study examines the configurations of power positions in the perspective of social networks in the context of Sweden and Swedish actors around the initiation of privatization in Russia 1991-1994. The study aims to increase the knowledge on the subject of power and social networks through the use of a combination of theoretical concept, taking off in Janine Wedel’s flex net. READ MORE

4. 23. Right to Collective Bargaining and to Strike in Cambodia’s Apparel Industry: A Legal Implication of the Labour Law and Law on Union of Enterprises

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Sopanha Mao; [2018]
   Keywords : Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This paper is designed to examine the implications of Cambodia’s labour legislation, namely the Labour Law and the newly adopted Law on Union of Enterprises on the exercise of the rights to collective bargaining and to strike in Cambodia’s apparel industry. Both laws are adopted by the Cambodian government in order to purportedly provide an effective and efficient safeguarding umbrella for workers in particular to exercise their fundamental labour rights, among others, including rights to form and join trade union, rights to function freely and bargain collectively, rights to stage a legal strike, and right to organise their activities without state’s interference, in a manner that is in line with international human rights law and international labour standards. READ MORE

5. 24. Disciplining Rural Cadres: Anti-corruption and Party Building in North China, 1979-1981

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

   Author : Long Yang; [2018]
   Keywords : Anti-corruption; Rural Cadres; Party Building; State Building; Institutional Change; North China; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s reestablishment of disciplinary organs from the central to township/commune levels in the early post-Mao era (1979-1981). It set out to show why such organs came into being and how, with their help, the party attempted to strengthen its infrastructure and adopt specific measures to prevent the abuses of power at the grassroots level. READ MORE

6. 25. Opportunities for Kenyans to fight corruption

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Fredrik Stedtjer; [2018]
   Keywords : Kenya; corruption; devolution; decentralization; norms; power structures; accountability; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In 2013 Kenya implemented their devolution, which is the process of devolving political functions, fiscal resources and administrative responsibilities to sub-national units. The central reason behind this constitutional change was to address the chronic ethnic conflicts of Kenya. READ MORE