Search for dissertations about: "Periphery"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 315 swedish dissertations containing the word Periphery.

2. 1. (Re)producing a periphery : popular representations of the Swedish North

   Author : Madeleine Eriksson; Urban Lindgren; Gunnar Malmberg; Aina Tollefsen; Victoria Lawson; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Representations; internal orientalism; modernity; Norrland; Sweden; news media; popular culture; place marketing; narrative identities; Human geography; economic geography; Kulturgeografi; ekonomisk geografi; Social and Economic Geography; kulturgeografi;

   Abstract : The discourse on Norrland (literally ‘North land’ in English) as essentially ‘different’ has been(re)produced in literature, politics and science for as long as the idea of ‘Norrland’ has existed. Thus,when investigating the discourse that constructs the identity of Norrland in opposition to a Swedishnational identity, it is important to connect these representations to their contemporary (andchanging) political-economic contexts. READ MORE

4. 2. Tourism Development in Resource Peripheries : conflicting and Unifying Spaces in Northern Sweden

   Author : Joakim Byström; Dieter K. Müller; Rikard Eriksson; Anna Dóra Sæþórsdóttir; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Tourism development; labor market transformation; related diversification; path dependence; resource periphery; pleasure periphery; Social and Economic Geography; kulturgeografi;

   Abstract : The northern Swedish inland is a sparsely populated area with a historical dependence upon natural-resource extraction. Therefore, this region has traditionally been defined as a resource periphery for extractive purposes. However, the rise of tourism challenges this narrative by producing a pleasure periphery for touristic purposes. READ MORE

5. 3. Vernacular Buildings and Urban Social Practice - Wood and people in Early Modern Swedish Society

   Author : Andrine Nilsen; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; historical archaeology; early modern; city scape; urbanity; Swedish building practices; building stock; log timber construction; timber-framing technique; post and plank construction; storeyed buildings; mixed techniques; the production of space; social dimensions; centre; periphery; marginality;

   Abstract : Wooden houses were major components of the early modern Swedish townscape. Yet, today these buildings have largely disappeared due to fires, demolition and modernity. The main themes of the thesis are the study of what kind of wooden building techniques were used within the urban environment. READ MORE

6. 4. Income Generation in the African and Coloured Population: Three essays on the origins of household incomes in South Africa

   Author : Sten Dieden; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Africa; South Africa; household incomes; income sources; inequality; labour; unemployment; core; periphery; multinomial logit; endogeneity;

   Abstract : The dissertation comprises three empirical analyses focusing on the origins of South African households? income sources. The income sources are categorized to reflect the households? varying extent of economic core sector integration. READ MORE

7. 5. Managing Distance : Small Firm Networks at the Geographic Margins

   Author : Alexandre Dubois; Brita Hermelin; Andrew Copus; Dimitris Skuras; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; globalisation; periphery; small firms; embeddedness; extralocal networks; proximity; kulturgeografi; Human Geography;

   Abstract : Small businesses located in the most sparsely populated and peripheral parts of Europe are frequently believed to be marginalised with respect to the processes of economic globalisation. This thesis proposes to explore an alternative perspective for understanding how small businesses that are located at the geographical margins engage with the globalised economy. READ MORE