Search for dissertations about: "international adoption"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 62 swedish dissertations containing the words international adoption.

2. 1. International organizations and children’s rights : Norm adoption, pressure tactics and state compliance

   Author : Johanna von Bahr; Jonas Tallberg; Lisa Dellmuth; Jean Grugel; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; international organizations; children’s rights; European Union; United Nations; norm adoption; pressure tactics; state compliance; development aid; foreign policy; non-governmental organizations; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

   Abstract : Since the adoption of the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), the attention given by international organizations (IOs) to children’s rights has increased. This dissertation seeks to identify what this means for the global promotion of children’s rights, by addressing three interrelated questions: 1. READ MORE

4. 2. Explaining Early Adoption : National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights

   Author : Ian Higham; Jonas Tallberg; Thomas Sommerer; Mark Rhinard; David Vogel; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; early adopters; diffusion of innovations; business and human rights; regulation; human rights; international norms; public policy; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

   Abstract : Diffusion of innovations theory concerns the process by which innovations are communicated through the members of a social system. Previous research has shed significant light on how public policies diffuse across governments over time, but there is little understanding of why they diffuse. The answer may lie in the motivations of early adopters. READ MORE

5. 3. Overrepresentation of Internationally Adopted Adolescents in Swedish §12-institutions

   Author : Anna Mi Ra Elmund; Torsten Tuvemo; Lennart Melin; Anne-Liis von Knorring; Lemm Proos; Malin Irhammar; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Psychology; transnational adoption; international adoption; intercountry adoption; intelligence; adolescent; delinquent; neuropsychological; cognitive; attachment; relations; adoptive parents; personality; self-perception; residential care; foster care; Psykologi;

   Abstract : In order to study internationally adopted delinquents, internationally adopted controls, delinquent controls and an additional group of healthy non-adopted, non-delinquent controls, the following tests were used: WISC/WAIS, TOL, WCST, a questionnaire, I think I am, ISSI, an attachment test, KSP, and SCL-90. In the register study, data were obtained from the registers of The National Board of Health and Welfare and Statistics Sweden and multivariate analyses were performed using logistic regression models. READ MORE

6. 4. National Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards : The case of China

   Author : Maria Bengtsson; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; IFRS; Adoption; National; Policy; Accounting;

   Abstract : In the past few decades, there has been a global trend of international harmonization of accounting standards, with many countries having either partially or completely replaced their national accounting standards with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The intended goal is to remove the barriers that hinder investors when comparing accounting information of companies from different nations, while simultaneously reducing the transaction costs for firms. READ MORE

7. 5. Comforting an orphaned nation : Representations of international adoption and adopted Koreans in Korean popular culture

   Author : Tobias Hübinette; Staffan Rosén; Lars Lindström; Koen De Ceuster; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Korean studies; international adoption; adopted Koreans; postcolonial studies; cultural studies; nationalism; diaspora; representation; popular culture; reconciliation; Koreanology; Koreanologi;

   Abstract : This is a study of popular cultural representations of international adoption and adopted Koreans in Western countries. The study is carried out from a postcolonial perspective and uses a cultural studies reading of four feature films and four popular songs as primary sources. READ MORE