Essays about: "thesis in industrial democracy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words thesis in industrial democracy.

  1. 1. The power within social-ecological transformations: a case study of Bristol's food system, UK

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Sophie Laggan; [2016]
    Keywords : social-ecological transformation; power; agency; agents of change; networks; food movement; social movements; grassroots democracy;

    Abstract : Urban civil society and community groups are experimenting with new ways to provide food that could reduce global dependence on industrial agriculture and make the food system more resilient in a time of change. Changing the way cities provide food is conceptualized as a social-ecological transformation because it requires a fundamental shift in the way cities connect to close-by and far away ecologies, but also a rebalancing of power relations in urban food provision. READ MORE

  3. 2. Var unik! : en litteraturstudie kring stadsprofilering som verktyg vid stadsplanering

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Elsa Karlberg; Ylva Hartman Magnusson; [2014]
    Keywords : kommodifiering; entreprenöriellt styre; gentrifiering; Malmö stad; Citytunneln; stadsprofilering; den kreativa klassen;

    Abstract : Denna uppsats behandlar hur städer styrs och marknadsförs idag och vilka konsekvenser detta får för stadens invånare. Ambitionen är att synliggöra maktdiskurser bakom stadsplanering, i ett globalt och lokalt sammanhang. En ökad förståelse för stadsutvecklingsprocesser kan bidra till en demokratisering av desamma. READ MORE

  4. 3. Public Involvement in the London Mining Hearing Process

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Eva Thomsen; [2013]
    Keywords : deliberation; deliberative democracy; public hearing; participation; legitimacy; involvement; consultation; Greenland; inequality; decision-making; inclusion; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Greenland constitutes one of the youngest democracies in the world and is a society characterised by significant social, economic and political inequality. Centuries as a Danish colony have left it with relatively weak institutional structures and with limited tradition for public dialogue. READ MORE

  5. 4. Sweden, the SAP and European integration

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Oscar Rauer; [2013]
    Keywords : negative integration; Sweden; welfare state retrenchment; social democracy; EU; Europeanization; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : European integration has increasingly come to depend on the abolition of national regulations, driven by the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ). According to previous research, this mode of integration effectively undermines the institutional foundations of social democratic welfare states and coordinated systems of industrial relations – something which has not been fully appreciated by social democratic parties in these countries. READ MORE

  6. 5. Development as Social Contract : Political Leadership in Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia

    University essay from IHH, Statsvetenskap

    Author : Karl-Martin Gustafsson; [2007]
    Keywords : Leadership; Politics; Authoritarian; Democracy; Development; Indonesia; Malaysia; Singapore; Lee Kuan Yew; Mahathir; Su-karno; Suharto; Plato; Machiavelli; Social contract;

    Abstract : This thesis will show how authoritarian governments rest legitimacy on their ability to create socio-economic development. It will point to some methods used to consolidate power by authoritarian leaders in Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia. READ MORE