Essays about: "public policymaking"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 35 essays containing the words public policymaking.

  1. 11. Economic Preference and Attitudes Towards Alternative Ways to Finance Public Transport

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Ellinor Bernsro; Jimmy Sandgren; [2021-08-17]
    Keywords : economic preferences; travel behavior; public policy; fare-free public transport; Västra Götaland;

    Abstract : The public transportation system in the region of Västra Götaland elicits quick and efficient travel, while, simultaneously, decreasing the negative effects of driving. However, the system suffers from various problems, mainly fare-evasion. READ MORE

  3. 12. Right-wing populism and climate change-related policymaking : A Quantitative Content Analysis of Discursive Influence on Global Governance

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Paul Vater; [2021]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the link between right-wing populist discourse and climate change-related policymaking in the European Union. Accordingly, it first reviews and examines previously conducted literature and theories regarding this research focus. READ MORE

  4. 13. What Makes the EU Tick? : Understanding the Role of Ideas in the Design of the European Institutions in a Novel Way

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling

    Author : Alice Framba; [2021]
    Keywords : European Union Institutions; Organizational Research; European Integration Theory; Adaptation; Historical Institutionalism; Ideas;

    Abstract : This Research is aimed at becoming a theoretical contribution to the field of European Integration Theory and IR for two reasons. Firstly, this Research proposes the theoretical perspective of Talcott Parsons from sociology and organizational research to scholars within IR Theory. READ MORE

  5. 14. Swimming Women : Discursive struggles over women's hours at municipal pools

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Magda Bergkvist Andersson; [2021]
    Keywords : Women s hours; frame analysis; swimming; new institutionalism; discursive institutionalism; feminist institutionalism; pools; multiculturalism; gender equality; Kvinnotider; frameanalys; damtider; badhus; institutionalism; multikulturalism; jämställdhet;

    Abstract : This thesis explores constructions of meaning, or frames, surrounding the policy of women’s hours in public debates and municipal settings, using newspaper articles and municipal documents as main empirical sources. Departing from the puzzle of how women’s hours are depicted as both gender equitable and gender inequitable in the debate, the thesis draws on previous research of how gender equality and multiculturalism relates to each other, potentially producing tensions in policymaking and discourse. READ MORE

  6. 15. Is this a country? The Candlelight movement protests as a force impacting democracy in Korea

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Elsa Ström; [2021]
    Keywords : social movements; democracy; South Korea; Candlelight protests 2016-2017; corruption; Park Geun-Hye; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : South Korea has gone from a military dictatorship to being the highest-ranking Asian country in terms of democracy over the last 35 years. In 2016, massive social movement protests broke out after media uncovered accounts of widespread corruption by then President Park Geun-Hye. READ MORE