Sökning: "political shocks"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 38 uppsatser innehållade orden political shocks.

  1. 1. Economic Distress and the Demand for Gender Equality Policies

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Författare :Rebecca Cardebring; [2023]
    Nyckelord :gender equality; economic distress; demand for gender equality policies;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis explores the causal relationship between economic distress and the demand for gender equality policies using survey data from Sweden and the EU. By employing Bartik instru- ments to address endogeneity concerns, the study estimates the effect of economic distress on the demand for gender equality policies. LÄS MER

  3. 2. How Global Shocks Affect Small-Scale Farmohlders: A Case Study of Access to and use of Fertiliser in Morogoro, Tanzania

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Nils Riby; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Fertiliser; Global Shocks; Covid-19; Ukraine war; Small-scale Farmers; Law and Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis is a qualitative case study on how global shocks, specifically COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine, affect small-scale farmholders, and their use of and access to, fertiliser. The study aims to explore how the global affects the local, and what factors may ameliorate or exacerbate farmholders’ situation. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Organized Crime and Government Trust under the Covid-19 pandemic. The case study of Sicily.

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Författare :Andrea Cavallo; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Sicilian Mafia; organized crime; government trust; Covid-19; vaccination campaign.; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science; Business and Economics;

    Sammanfattning : Do municipalities in which organized crime is strongly established present lower Covid-19 vaccination rates, as a proxy for government trust? This paper aims to answer this question in the specific case of the Italian region of Sicily. Specifically, the analysis exploits a panel dataset of 390 Sicilian municipalities over 107 weeks (between the 27th of December 2020 and the 1st of January 2023) to study if areas with a higher presence of the Mafia, measured through historical sources and more recent data, negatively correlate with the cumulative weekly percentage of Covid-19 vaccinations per municipality. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Hur upprätthålls livsmedelsproduktion under samhällskriser? : en studie om kvantifiering av resiliensaspekter inom REKO-ringsproduktion

    Kandidat-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of People and Society

    Författare :Idun Hjalmarsson; [2023]
    Nyckelord :resiliens; absorptionskapacitet; adaptiv kapacitet; transformativ kapacitet; livsmedelsberedskap; försörjningsberedskap; livsmedelskedja; sårbarhet;

    Sammanfattning : Frågan om Sveriges självförsörjningsgrad har aktualiserats i samband med en ökad orosnivå i samhället, till följd av krig, pandemier, extremväder och efterföljande distributionskriser i samhället. Dagens globala och komplexa försörjningskedjor innebär att Sverige kan drabbas kraftigt av störningar som sker långt ifrån landets gränser. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Beyond Traditional Hierarchies: Co-Creation of Urban Resilience through Transdisciplinary Approaches : An exploratory case study of the city of Dresden

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik

    Författare :Charlotte Martha Sprengel; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Urban Resilience; Participatory Urban Planning; Integrated Urban Development; Community Engagement; Sustainable Cities;

    Sammanfattning : Urbanization and the growth of populations in cities have led to increased exposure and vulnerability to social and environmental changes, such as natural disasters like floods and climate change uncertainties creating complex social dynamics. Cities as tourist destinations are especially susceptible to such disruptions, as their infrastructure and overall aesthetic contribute significantly to their value, ensuring employment opportunities and public well-being. LÄS MER