Search for dissertations about: "International Relations Theory"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 76 swedish dissertations containing the words International Relations Theory.

2. 6. Making Sense of Large-scale Cyber Incidents : International Cybersecurity Beyond Threat-based Security Perspectives

   Author : Sarah Backman; Mark Rhinard; Arjen Boin; Tim Stevens; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; International cybersecurity; large-scale cyber incidents; securitization; cybersecurity governance; International Relations; internationella relationer;

   Abstract : Large-scale cyber incidents have figured prominently in securitizing speech acts over the last decade. This thesis demonstrates how conceptualizations of cybersecurity as a public security problem connects to and shapes cybersecurity governance in national and international settings. READ MORE

4. 7. Narratives and Bilateral Relations : Rethinking the "History Issue" in Sino-Japanese Relations

   Author : Karl Gustafsson; Jan Hallenberg; Marie Söderberg; Linus Hagström; Martin Hall; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Bilateral relations; Sino-Japanese relations; China; Japan; “history issue”; narrative; identity; Critical Discourse Analysis; Bilaterala relationer; sino-japanska relationer; Japan; Kina; narrativ; identitet; kritisk diskursanalys; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

   Abstract : The overarching aim of the thesis is to present a framework that makes possible an understanding of bilateral relations that challenges mainstream International Relations (IR) approaches through a study of the “history issue” in Sino-Japanese relations. A secondary aim is to provide an alternative understanding of this issue. READ MORE

5. 8. A Darwinian Theory of International Conflict

   Author : Tarek Oraby; Hans Agné; Jonas Tallberg; John Owen; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; international relations; peace and conflict; Universal Darwinism; Neorealism; balance of power; causes of war; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

   Abstract : This dissertation aims to advance the current understanding of the general conditions affecting the likelihood of military conflicts and wars between states. To that end, the dissertation develops a Darwinian theory of international conflict. READ MORE

6. 9. Fields of Gold : The Bioenergy Debate in International Organizations

   Author : Magdalena Kuchler; Björn-Ola Linnér; Johan Hedrén; Eva Friman; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; bioenergy; biofuels; debate; discourse; concept; international organizations; international relations; FAO; IEA; IPCC; energy security; climate change; food security; food vs. fuel; bioenergi; biobränsle; debatt; diskurs; begrepp; internationella organisationer; internationella relationer; FAO; IEA; IPCC; energisäkerhet; klimatförändringar; livsmedelssäkerhet;

   Abstract : The concept of producing energy from biomass has, for the last two decades, occupied attention of policy-makers, private industries, researchers and civil societies around the world. The highly contested and contingent character of the biofuel production, its entanglement in the nexus of three problematic issues of energy, climate and agriculture, as well as its injection into the current socioeconomic arrangements, is what makes it timely to analyse. READ MORE

7. 10. Constructing Historical Realism : International Relations as Comparative History

   Author : Martin Hall; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; theory; historical sociology; feudalism; Late Antiquity; Japan; Republican Rome; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap;

   Abstract : In this study the author seeks to develop Historical Realism as a new approach to International Relations. Drawing on recent theoretical developments in International Relations and Historical Sociology it is argued, first, that a distinction between constitutive and causal theory is necessary and, second, that this distinction makes comparisons at a high level of abstraction across time and space possible. READ MORE