Search for dissertations about: "Symbols of power"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 35 swedish dissertations containing the words Symbols of power.
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1. The Power of Being : A Study of Poverty, Fertility and Sexuality among the Kuria in Kenya and Tanzania
Abstract : The study is concerned with power based on ‘being’, which is the thread running through the entire thesis. The extended family is the focal point and three themes, interrelated in Kuria society, are explored, namely, poverty, sexuality and fertility. READ MORE
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2. The Power of Symbolic Power : An Application of O'Neill's Game of Honour to Asymmetric Internal Conflict
Abstract : Powerful states can lose wars to militarily weaker opponents. This can only be understood by moving away from an over-simplified traditional definition of power and by incorporating the symbolic dimensions of power. READ MORE
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3. Normaliseringspraktiker i det moderna samhället : en diskursanalys av åtta sociala ungdomsprojekt
Abstract : This study deals with the problem of socialization/re-socialization within modern society and how social workers deal with deviant youth. The empirical study is a stratified case-study including eight different projects within social work with youth. READ MORE
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4. The Kakure Kirishitan of Ikitsuki Island : The End of a Tradition
Abstract : The organization of the Kakure Kirishitan of Ikitsuki Island remained relatively intact until the end of the 1990s. Today it seems that this tradition is approaching its end. The Kakure Kirishitan have become a rapidly vanishing minority since much of the organized activities on the island have ceased to take place during the last decade. READ MORE
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5. Tradition as Resource : Transnational Somali Women Traders Facing the Realities of Civil War
Abstract : This dissertation is an analysis of interviews with and observations among transnational Somali women traders, located in Somaliland (northwest Somalia) and Dubai. Since the outbreak of the Somali civil war an increasing number of women have become the sole providers of their families. READ MORE