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1. Socially Just Provision of Housing? : A comparative case study on notions of social justice and the interpretation of the right to adequate housing for all in the municipal housing provision in Stockholm and Berlin.
University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för fysisk planeringAbstract : This study explores how notions of social justice are reflected in municipal rhetorics on housing provision in Berlin and Stockholm, as well as how they resonate with ensuring the right to adequate housing for all. The study also examines how the interpretation of the justice perspective within housing provision differs among the two cities and how such variances can be understood in relation to the cities’ pursued housing regimes. READ MORE
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2. DEBATING DEMOCRACY. The Effect of Chile’s Democratization on Income Inequality, a Synthetic Control Approach.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : How does democracy affect income inequality? Most would expect democracy to reduce income inequality. There is a general consensus that indeed democratizations in Europe during the nineteenth and early twentieth century did decrease income inequality. READ MORE
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3. The Role of Partisan Politics in Lithuanian Higher Education Policies:How does left-right divide of Lithuanian political parties matter for their higher education preferences and policy output?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Lithuania like other Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries has undergone major changes from the communist socio-economic order to the system based on democratic capitalism. This shift towards market economy and the collapse of communist ideology were also reflected in higher education (HE) reforms. READ MORE
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4. Wealth inequality and redistribution : Possibilities of redistributive policies with an application to Sweden, Germany and the UK.
University essay from Umeå universitet/NationalekonomiAbstract : The aim of the study is to answer what governments can do to work against increasing wealth and income inequalities. In a theoretical part I describe how inheritance and income inequality are important driving factors to wealth inequality and the potential role of the government to counteract increasing monetary inequalities. READ MORE
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5. Organising and translating social sustainability : A study of difficulties in implementing social strategies in municipal urban planning
University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studierAbstract : During the past decade policies and strategies for social sustainability have been developed in order to draw attention to the issue of redistribution of resources in the city and the creation of environments for everyone, and to “enhance social sustainability” is a common policy objective in contemporary Swedish urban planning. It is, however, not clear or predictable what social strategies actually deliver in terms of tangible results. READ MORE
