Search for dissertations about: "Mafia"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the word Mafia.

2. 1. Criminal Organizing : Studies in the sociology of organized crime

   Author : Amir Rostami; Fredrik Liljeros; Christofer Edling; Petter Gottschalk; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Organized crime; Criminal organizing; Social order; Mafia; Gang; Network; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : What organized crime is and how it can be prevented are two of the key questions in both organized crime research and criminal policy. However, despite many attempts, organized crime research, the criminal justice system and criminal policy have failed to provide a shared and recognized conceptual definition of organized crime, which has opened the door to political interpretations. READ MORE

4. 2. Geological development of the East African coastal basin of Tanzania

   Author : Samson Mpanda; Ole Veibaeck; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Marine Geology; seismic methods; seismic stratigraphy; multichannel seismic recordings; tectonic development; Karoo; Mesozoic; Tertiary; East Africa; Tanzania; Earth sciences; Geovetenskap; allmän och historisk geologi; General and Historical Geology;

   Abstract : The East African coastal basin of Tanzania, which is characterised by an extensional tectonic style, is located along the passive continental margin of the western Indian Ocean. The present study is concerned with the Mafia Island and the Mafia Channel which together form a subbasin within the north-south elongated coastal sedimentary basin of Tanzania. READ MORE

5. 3. Ecological connectivity in East African seascapes

   Author : Charlotte Berkström; Nils Kautsky; Susan S. Bell; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; fish; functional group; food-web interactions; nursery; coral; seagrass; mangrove; landscape ecology; marin ekotoxikologi; Marine Ecotoxicology;

   Abstract : Coral reefs, seagrass beds and mangroves constitute a complex mosaic of habitats referred to as the tropical seascape. Great gaps exist in the knowledge of how these systems are interconnected. This thesis sets out to examine ecological connectivity, i.e. READ MORE

6. 4. Reclaiming Territory from Below : Grassroots Environmentalism and Waste Conflicts in Campania, Italy

   Author : Salvatore Paolo De Rosa; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; grassroots movements; popular environmentalism; territory; waste management; environmental conflicts; Organized crime; southern Italy; political ecology; socioecological metabolism;

   Abstract : In the course of 2000s, the region of Campania in southern Italy and its capital city Naples became global icons of waste mismanagement after the images of piles of rubbish occluding their urban areas hit the headlines. Conventional explanations, in Italy and elsewhere, pointed to administrative failure, cultural backwardness and mafia infiltration as the main causes of waste mishandling. READ MORE

7. 5. Causes and consequences of spatial genetic variation in two species of scleractinian coral in East Africa : Levels of genetic differentiation and intraspecific diversity of Pocillopora damicornis and Platygyra daedalea

   Author : Petra Souter; Mats Grahn; Bertil Borg; Karen Miller; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; population genetics; corals; Kenya; Tanzania; Functional Zoomorphology; funktionell morfologi;

   Abstract : The work presented in this thesis is a study of the spatial genetic structure of two species of scleractinian corals, Pocillopora damicornis and Platygyra daedalea. The overall objective was to investigate the current capacity of MPAs to preserve and restore coral reefs and to contribute information to improve management decisions. READ MORE