Search for dissertations about: "power asymmetry"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 45 swedish dissertations containing the words power asymmetry.

2. 1. Power Asymmetry Revisited : Reconciling EU Foreign Policy Goals and Enlargement Conditionality in the Western Balkans

   Author : Jessica Giandomenico; Li Bennich-Björkman; Anna Jarstad; Andreas Bågenholm; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; EU enlargement; EU foreign policy; EU conditionality; power asymmetry; historical institutionalism; path dependence; institutional layering; Western Balkans; Macedonia; elections; Statskunskap; Political Science;

   Abstract : The EU is assumed to have a strong top-down transformative power over the states applying for membership. This leverage is based on a power asymmetry where the applicant states want to join the EU more than the EU wants to enlarge, and that the applicant states gain more than the member states from the enlargement. READ MORE

4. 2. Violence, power, and justice : A feminist contribution to Christian sexual ethics

   Author : Sólveig Anna Bóasdóttir; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; male battering; male violence against women; intimate relationship; marriage; asymmetry of power; social construction of sexuality; sexual ethics; Christian sexual ethics in intimate relationships; feminist theories; feminist ethics: social contract theories; human nature; women s oppression; women s experiences; social control; equality; justice; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Etik; Ethics;

   Abstract : This study discusses how male battering of women can be understood through due attention to contemporary psychological and sociological interpretations and concludes that a critical feminist perspective offers the most adequate explanation of the problem. Feminist theories on the function of male violence in patriarchal societies coupled with theories on power and the social construction of sexuality as well as feminist theories about the institution of heterosexual marriage are then discussed; the result is a serious critique of marriage as an institution which is not safe with regard to women, reproducing and reaffirming as it does the patriarchal power relations of the sexes. READ MORE

5. 3. Purchasing in power asymmetry - A study of vaccine procurement for developing countries

   Author : Ala Pazirandeh; Teknisk logistik; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Purchasing; Power; buyer-supplier relationships; humanitarian logistics; global health;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study was to increase the understanding of, and develop a model to explain, interrelations between purchasing strategies carried out by buyers within vaccine supply chains for developing countries and their buyer-supplier power structure. In the humanitarian aid context, availability of required goods (e.g. READ MORE

6. 4. Geometric Models of Similarity

   Author : Mikael Johannesson; Kognitionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; symmetry; similarity; separable dimensions; prominence; multidimensional scaling; Minkowski metric; machine learning; integral dimensions; familiarity; geometric models; distance metric; asymmetry; conceptual spaces; Computer science; numerical analysis; systems; control; Datalogi; numerisk analys; system; kontroll; Geometry; algebraic topology; Geometri; algebraisk topologi;

   Abstract : This dissertation examines and discusses some phenomena related to the geometric representation of similarity. It takes its inspiration from the existing body of empirical research within the fields of perceptual and cognitive psychology, but also connects to certain areas of machine learning. READ MORE

7. 5. Modelling Bidding Behaviour in Electricity Auctions : Supply Function Equilibria with Uncertain Demand and Capacity Constraints

   Author : Pär Holmberg; Nils Gottfries; Chuan-Zhong Li; Mats Bergman; David Newbery; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business and economics; supply function equilibrium; asymmetry; uniqueness; oligopoly; capacity constraint; uniform-price auction; pay-as-bid auction; discriminatory auction; wholesale electricity market; Ekonomi; Business and economics; Ekonomi;

   Abstract : In most electricity markets, producers submit supply functions to a procurement uniform-price auction under uncertainty before demand has been realized. In the Supply Function Equilibrium (SFE), every producer commits to the supply function that maximises his expected profit given the bids of competitors. READ MORE