Search for dissertations about: "Cold War studies"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 41 swedish dissertations containing the words Cold War studies.
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1. Reassembling the Environmental Archives of the Cold War : Perspectives from the Russian North
Abstract : To what extent the environmental history of the Arctic can move beyond thedivide between Indigenous peoples and newcomers or vernacular and academicways of knowing? The present dissertation answers this question by developing thenotion of an environmental archive. Such an archive does not have particular referenceto a given place but rather it refers to the complex network that marks the relationsbetween paper documents and human and non-human agencies as they are able towork together and stabilise the conceptualisation of a variety of environmentalobjects. READ MORE
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2. Cold water politics : The maritime strategy and geopolitics of the northern front
Abstract : The dissertation deals with the strategic field of force dominating the Northern waters. Instead of an emphasis on the declared policies of the various nations, the focus here is on geopolitics, technological change and on US and Soviet military strategies influencing the security policies of the Nordic region. READ MORE
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3. An Archaeology of the Iron Curtain : Material and Metaphor
Abstract : The Iron Curtain was seen as the divider between East and West in Cold War Europe. The term is closely connected to the Cold War and expressions such as ‘behind the Iron Curtain’ or ‘after the fall of the Iron Curtain’ are common within historical discussions in the second half of the twentieth century. READ MORE
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4. Gendering Nuclear Disarmament : Identity and Disarmament in Sweden during the Cold War
Abstract : This dissertation provides new knowledge about gender, nuclear weapons and disarmament. Previous feminist research has shown that in contexts where positive associations are made between military strength, masculinity and nuclear weapon possession, it is hard to imagine nuclear renunciation and disarmament as anything other than potential emasculation or feminization. READ MORE
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5. Why Sweden Suspended Military Service : The Policy Process from 1990 to 2009
Abstract : For little more than a century military service enacted Swedish values of equality, solidarity and doing one's part for the public good. What started out at as mere military recruitment policy in 1901 developed into an institutional feature of Swedish society: appreciated by society, the conscripts, the Armed Forces and by political parties to the left and the right. READ MORE