Search for dissertations about: "China travel"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words China travel.

2. 1. Conceptual Politics in Practice : How Soft Power Changed the World

   Author : Stephanie Christine Winkler; Mark Rhinard; Linus Hagström; Patrick Thaddeus Jackson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; academia policy nexus; alliance; China; concepts; critical concept studies; decline; feedback loops; interaction effects; International Relations; Japan; power shift; power; reification; rise; science; security; sharp power; smart power; soft power; travel; United States; internationella relationer; International Relations;

   Abstract : Concepts are a key feature of academic research and international politics. Despite the fact that interpreting, classifying and communicating the world through concepts has far-reaching social and political consequences, their various roles and complex dynamics remain poorly understood in International Relations (IR). READ MORE

4. 2. Navigating the foreign quarters : Everyday life of the Swedish East India Company employees in Canton and Macao 1730–1830

   Author : Lisa Hellman; Leos Müller; Gunlög Fur; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Canton; Macao; Everyday Life; Swedish East India Company; China; 18th century; 19th century; Global history; Maritime History; Port city; Practices; Gender; Masculinity; Groups; Space; Communication; Material culture; Trust; Kanton; Macao; Vardagsliv; Svenska Ostindiska Kompaniet; Kina; 1700-tal; 1800-tal; Globalhistoria; Maritim historia; Hamn; Praktiker; Genus; Maskulinitet; Grupper; Rum; Kommunikation; Materialitet; Tillit; History; historia;

   Abstract : This thesis analyses the everyday life of the Swedish East India company employees in Canton and Macao 1730–1830. Through a focus on everyday practices, analysed on the basis of ethnicity, class and gender, I show how the Swedes and other foreigners led their everyday life in a constant interplay between adaptation to and transgression of Chinese rules. READ MORE

5. 3. Conflicting Times : Multiple Temporalities in Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction

   Author : Erik Mo Welin; Joakim Enwall; Hua Li; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Science fiction; Chinese literature; Temporality; Time travel; Alternate history; Apocalypse; Chronopolitics; Sinologi; Sinology;

   Abstract : This dissertation explores the intersection of temporality and politics in contemporary Chinese science fiction. Building on previous research on Chinese science fiction, science fiction studies, as well as narrative theory and historical theory, the investigation focuses on eight key texts written by the writers Han Song, Liu Cixin, and Baoshu. READ MORE

6. 4. The Constitution of Movement in Rudy Wiebe's Fiction : A Phenomenological Study of Three Mennonite Novels

   Author : Malin E. Sigvardson; Harald Fawkner; Magdalene Redekop; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Rudy Wiebe; movement; kinesis; kinaesthesia; directedness; phenomenology; Christianity; Edmund Husserl; Canadian literature; Mennonites; faith; regeneration; eschatology; Peace Shall Destroy Many ; The Blue Mountains of China ; Sweeter Than All the World ; work; migration; corporeality; immobilization; focalization; homelessness; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap; English; engelska;

   Abstract : This study investigates movement as a phenomenon of constituting directedness in the Canadian writer Rudy Wiebe’s Mennonite novels. In Peace Shall Destroy Many (1962), in The Blue Mountains of China (1970), and in Sweeter Than All the World (2001), the phenomenon of movement is complexly at work as a decisive factor on numerous levels of constitution. READ MORE

7. 5. Essays on Trade, Institutions, and Growth

   Author : Bengt Söderlund; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : This Ph.D. thesis consists of four self-contained chapters that study how geography and institutions affect trade and growth."The Importance of Business Travel for Trade: Evidence from the Liberalization of the Soviet Airspace" examines the impact of the cost of travel on bilateral trade. READ MORE