Search for dissertations about: "Foreign"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 806 swedish dissertations containing the word Foreign.

2. 1. "Nationalising" Foreign Conflict : Foreign Policy Orientation as a Factor in Television News Reporting

   Author : Kristina Riegert; Jan Hallenberg; Tom Olsson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; foreign news coverage; foreign policy; international news; national journalist cultures; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

   Abstract : This study explores the notion that national television news covers foreign conflicts in ways that reflect a country's foreign policy orientation and its stance towards that particular conflict. Sweden and Britain were chosen for comparison since both are European countries with similar public service broadcasting systems, but with different foreign policy orientations and positions in the international system. READ MORE

4. 2. Foreign policy change : United States' foreign policy toward the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China 1961-1980

   Author : Jan Hallenberg; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : This study analyzes the circumstances under which nation states change their foreign policies. Beside the main purpose of studying the changes in American policy toward the USSR and the People’s Republic of China (PRC), the study has three additional purposes. READ MORE

5. 3. Fighting for Aid : Foreign Funding and Civil Conflict Intensity

   Author : Daniel Strandow; Magnus Öberg; Michael G. Findley; Kristian Skrede Gleditsch; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Aid; foreign aid; foreign assistance; relief; humanitarian; conflict; civil war; civil conflict; geographic concentration; intra-state; violence; military; contest; low-intensity; guerrilla; irregular; conventional; decision theory; contest success function; geo-coding; geo-referencing; territorial control; propensity score; Africa; South of the Sahara; Peace and Conflict Research; Freds- och konfliktforskning;

   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

6. 4. Japanese Foreign Policy Repertoires : Contests, Promotions and Practices of Legitimation

   Author : Wrenn Yennie Lindgren; Linus Hagström; Mark Rhinard; Ole Jacob Sending; John Nilsson-Wright; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Japan; China; Myanmar; development assistance; diplomacy; discourse analysis; foreign policy; identity; instruments; International Relations; legitimation; military; narratives; performance; practice; repertoires; security studies; Self Other; Senkaku Diaoyu; internationella relationer; International Relations;

   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

7. 5. A European foreign policy? : role conceptions and the politics of identity in Britain, France and Germany

   Author : Lisbeth Aggestam; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Britain; CFSP; constructivism; European order; European union EU ; foreign policy; France; Germany; identity; integration; role theory; security; state; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

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