Search for dissertations about: "western"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 1635 swedish dissertations containing the word western.
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1. Western esoterism : Ultimate Sacred Postulates and Ritual Fields
Abstract : The greater part of Western Esoterism holds beliefs in five important matrices. This branch of esoterism, rooted in a Hermetic milieu, is labelled dialectical esoterism because of the dialectical relationship between the ‘lower’ (man, earth) and the ‘higher’ (heaven, the divine, God). READ MORE
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2. The Development of Parliamentarism in Western Europe
Abstract : This dissertation describes and explains the development of parliamentarism in Western Europe. Defining parliamentarism as an institutional solution in which the government is politically responsible to parliament only, I use country historiography to map out a tug-of-war between parliament and the head of state over the ability to make governments resign or maintain them in office in 11 West European countries since the establishment of national parliaments. READ MORE
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3. Transformative Power Challenged : EU Membership Conditionality in the Western Balkans Revisited
Abstract : The EU is assumed to have a strong top-down transformative power over the states applying for membership. But despite intensive research on the EU membership conditionality, the transformative power of the EU in itself has been left curiously understudied. READ MORE
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4. "At Least There is Something!" : Strategic decision-making by female farmers in Western Kenya
Abstract : In rural sub-Saharan Africa women are often described as the most important farmers, producing the bulk of subsistence food. In this study it is shown that female farmers in the four visited villages of Western Kenya are much more than farmers. READ MORE
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5. From Darkness to Light. Western Esoteric Rituals of Initiation
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