Search for dissertations about: "the 1970’s"

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  2. 1. Mobilising the Lower Castes : The Rise of the Bahujan Samaj Party in India

    Author : Magdalena Inkinen; Anders Westholm; Hans Blomkvist; Anirudh Krishna; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political science; Voting Behaviour; Party Competition; Political Cleavages; Caste Mobilisation; Scheduled Castes; Bahujan Samaj Party; Uttar Pradesh; India; Statsvetenskap; Political science; Statsvetenskap; statskunskap; statskunskap;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the rise of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a party that represents the untouchable castes (Scheduled Castes or Dalits) in India. During the 1990s, the BSP emerged as a major political force in Uttar Pradesh, the largest state in India. READ MORE

  4. 2. The Exhibitionary Complex : Exhibition, Apparatus, and Media from Kulturhuset to the Centre Pompidou, 1963–1977

    Author : Kim West; Sven-Olov Wallenstein; Helena Mattson; Felicity D. Scott; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Modern and contemporary art exhibitions; modern and contemporary art museums; apparatus; dispositif; exhibitionary complex; exhibition history; museology; media archaeology; aesthetics; Moderna Museet; Kulturhuset; Centre Pompidou; Museum Computer Network; Filialen; Kritisk kulturteori; Critical and Cultural Theory; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

    Abstract : This dissertation traces the history of a diagram. The diagram shows four circles of gradually diminishing sizes, lodged one inside the other, like the layers of a circular or spherical body. READ MORE

  5. 3. The Incentive to Abate : The Swedish Pulp and Paper Industry and the 1969 Environment Protection Act

    Author : Lars Karlsson; Peter Hedberg; Lars Magnusson; Lennart Schön; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; environmental regulation; pollution abatement; pulp and paper; structural change; corporatism; Sweden; Ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

    Abstract : The Swedish Environment Protection Act (SEPA) was implemented in 1969 and constituted the first comprehensive Swedish regulation of industry-induced environmental externalities. In keeping with a longstanding corporatist tradition, Swedish policymakers aimed to establish a cooperative climate with industrial producers and instructed the regulatory authorities to strive to reach consensual agreements with affected firms. READ MORE

  6. 4. Making Corporate Social Responsibility an International Concern : Norm Construction in a Globalizing World

    Author : Lisbeth Segerlund; Ulf Jonsson; Elisabeth Abiri; Jan Aart Scholte; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; corporate social responsibility; norms; constructivism; civil society; human rights; Economic history; Ekonomisk historia; Economic History; ekonomisk historia;

    Abstract : Since the mid-1990s the issue of corporate social responsibility has become an interest of various actors in the international system and an important item on the international agenda. In spite of the absence of a common definition, the concept generally involves claims on transnational corporations to take responsibility for the promotion and protection of human and labour rights in countries where they operate or otherwise conduct business. READ MORE

  7. 5. The Dynamics of Firm and Industry Growth : The Swedish Computing and Communications Industry

    Author : Dan Johansson; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; The experimentally organised economy; Competence blocs; Industrial Dynamics; Industrial Transformation; Firm age; Small-firm growth; Turnover of firms; Computing and Communications industry; IT industry; Institutions;

    Abstract : The growth of the Swedish Computing and Communicationsindustry is studied in this thesis. Growth is seen as a dynamicprocess moved by the entry, expansion, contraction and exit offirms.The analysis is founded on the theory of the ExperimentallyOrganised Economy, which views the economy as an experimentalprocess. READ MORE