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Building climate justice : an analysis of how the nexus between climate change and human rights shapes public policy agendas and alternatives
Cameron, Edward (Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 04.03.2016)This thesis provides an analysis of how the nexus between climate change and human rights shapes public policy agendas and alternatives. It draws upon seminal work conducted by John Kingdon, whose landmark publication ... -
Cleavages in contemporary Finland : a study on party-voter ties
Westinen, Jussi (Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 11.12.2015)Cleavages have been central in understanding the relationship between political parties and voters but the credibility of cleavage approach has been increasingly debated. This is because of decreasing party loyalty, fewer ... -
Continuity and Change in post-Cold War Maritime Security : A Study of the Strategies Pursued by the US, Sweden and Finland 1991-2016
Lundqvist, Per Stefan (Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 30.11.2017) -
Direct Democracy and Policies : Mapping Out Practices and Success Factors
Silagadze, Nanuli (Åbo Akademi University, 02.07.2021)There is an increased interest in democratic innovations as a way to foster citizens’ direct participation in the decision-making process and counteract the ‘democratic malaise’. Governments around the globe have adopted ... -
Egenmakt och välfärdens praktik : En jämförande studie av brukarens inflytande inom olika organisationer som anordnar personlig assistans i Finland och Sverige
Westin, Anna M. (Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 26.11.2021)Empowerment and the practice of welfare -A comparative study of the user's influence within different organizations that organize personal assistance in Finland and Sweden. The doctoral dissertation is written in Swedish ... -
Governing the Baltic Sea : a study of the functionality of contemporary environmental governance
Grönholm, Sam (Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 31.01.2020)The research interest of this thesis is outlined by the concept of governance. Governance is used to describe, understand and explain the development of governing styles applied to solve complex societal problems. Governance ... -
New threats - old routines : bureaucratic adaptability in the security policy environment
Nicander, Lars (Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 27.11.2015)Within the framework of state security policy, the focus of this dissertation are the relations between how new security threats are perceived and the policy planning and bureaucratic implementation that are designed to ... -
Public attitudes towards the European Union : a study explaining the variations in public support towards the European Union within and between countries over time
Karv, Thomas (Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 27.09.2019)Public attitudes towards the European Union (EU) have become increasingly important over time. This especially since the process of European integration has become widely considered as a political process affected by ... -
Reinventing the third way : towards new forms of economic and democratic conduct
Nordberg, Kenneth (Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 08.05.2015) -
Shaking Hands with the Past : Origins of the Political Right in Central Europe
Hellén, Tomas
Commentationes Scientiarum Socialium : 50 (The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters and The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, 1996) -
The rotting fish? Institutional trust, dysfunctional contexts, and corruption tolerance : a multilevel study of the justification of low-level corruption in a global perspective
Malmberg, Fredrik (Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 13.12.2019)Tolerance of bribery, tax evasion, and other forms of what can be considered a type of low-level (societal) corruption or an indicator of civic morality, or rather the lack thereof, has been a much-debated phenomenon within ... -
The tree we heard fall : analyzing the societal processes following focusing events
Lindholm, Jenny (Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 12.05.2016)Fokuserande händelser är plötsliga, ovanliga och för med sig negativa konsekvenser för ett stort antal människor. Det handlar om det vi i vardagligt tal kallar kriser och katastrofer. En intensiv medierapportering i ... -
Trickle Through Democracy : Studies on Democratic Diffusion in China
Sundqvist, Gustav (Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 17.05.2019)Since the early 2000s, democratic diffusion has increasingly attracted the attention of democratisation scholars. Previous research has been characterised by a dominance of quantitative studies investigating cross-state ... -
Vem styr regionutvecklingen? : Om förutsättningar för regionalpolitiskt ledarskap i de nordiska länderna
Sundqvist, Emily Ingrid Birgitta (Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 04.02.2022)Most European countries have established a regional government level with elected political representatives during the 20th century. This is one of the largest institutional changes in modern days. However, the authority ... -
Young people, democracy and political participation : Four perspectives on younger citizens’ democratic engagement in Finland
Huttunen, Janette (Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 25.05.2022)Young people’s political participation has been a cause of concern for a long time. In this political science dissertation, contemporary young people’s relationship with democracy and political participation in Finland is ...