Search for dissertations about: "Foreign assistance"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 swedish dissertations containing the words Foreign assistance.
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1. Fighting for Aid : Foreign Funding and Civil Conflict Intensity
Abstract : This dissertation focuses on the sub-national impact of foreign aid on civil conflicts by asking the question: How does foreign aid committed to contested areas affect the intensity of violence in those areas? The main theoretical contribution is to focus on how aid influences warring parties’ decisions to engage in contests over territorial control and how that in turn influences violence intensity. The study introduces two concepts: funding concentration and barriers to exploiting aid. READ MORE
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2. Japanese Foreign Policy Repertoires : Contests, Promotions and Practices of Legitimation
Abstract : Over the past decade, Japan has reformed its foreign and security posture at a pace not witnessed since the first decades of the postwar period. The second Abe Shinzo government (2012–2020) established new national security institutions and laws, reinterpreted the legal foundation for its alliances, revised the development aid charter, removed bans on weapon exports, and aligned explicit security, economic and development policies in broad initiatives across the Indo-Pacific region. READ MORE
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3. The strategy of assistance : Swedish environmental support to the Baltic states 1991-1996
Abstract : Sweden has provided considerable amounts of environmental assistance to the Baltic States since their regained independence. To explain the existence and character of this support program, the rationales behind the Swedish policy have to be analyzed. READ MORE
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4. Chinese Development Assistance and West African Agriculture : A Shifting Approach to Foreign Aid?
Abstract : China's economic rise and its implications for international relations have attracted worldwide attention in recent years. The outcomes of this development are numerous, complex and involve a wide range of issues. In addition to radical consequences for the Chinese society itself they are also affecting the rest of the world. READ MORE
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5. Promoting Democracy : Sweden and the democratisation process in Macedonia
Abstract : This dissertation contributes to an increased understanding of democracy promotion. Empirically, the study focuses on the multi-faced democratisation process in Macedonia; the official Swedish policy for democracy promotion; and actual Swedish attempts to promote democracy in Macedonia in the period 2000–2006. READ MORE