Search for dissertations about: "International relation IR"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words International relation IR.

  1. 1. Change, Institutions, and International Organisations : Essays on the English School of International Relations

    Author : Charlotta Friedner Parrat; Sofia Näsström; Stefano Guzzini; Nicholas J. Wheeler; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; international relations; English School theory; international society; change; the United Nations; primary institutions; Statskunskap; Political Science;

    Abstract : The overall topic of this thesis is the English School understanding of international order, which I approach specifically by analysing the English School idea of international institutions and their change. The purpose is to develop the theory in a meta-theoretically conscious and coherent way. READ MORE

  2. 2. State Learning and Role Playing : International environmental cooperation in the Arctic Council

    Author : Sandra Engstrand; Monica Tennberg; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Learning; international cooperation; role theory; arguing; symbolic interactionism; environmental norms; the Arctic Council; the Arctic; International relation IR ; International cooperation;

    Abstract : This study investigates state interaction as a social learning process, where the ultimate aim is to enhance an understanding on how states learn of environmental norms. An entry into the domain on such learning processes is offered through a Constructivist approach and more specifically through the employment of a role theoretical perspective; a role here is signified as a state's repertory of behavior and its social position within a group. READ MORE

  3. 3. Gendering Nuclear Disarmament : Identity and Disarmament in Sweden during the Cold War

    Author : Emma Rosengren; Thomas Jonter; Yvonne Svanström; Cecilia Åse; Towns Ann; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Feminist theory; nuclear disarmament; nuclear weapons; gender nation sexuality; identity and policy; internationella relationer; International Relations;

    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

  4. 4. A Realist Stable Peace : Power, Threat and the Development of a Shared Norwegian-Swedish Democratic Security Identity 1905-1940

    Author : Magnus Ericson; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political and administrative sciences; theory; International Relations; Scandinavia; History; Realism; Stable Peace; Democratic Peace; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap;

    Abstract : This study concerns the development of Stable Peace between states in the modern anarchical international system. As a starting point for the inquiry the author argues that the prevalence of this type of interstate relationships—characterized by the mutual expectations that neither military violence nor threats thereof will be employed—may be seen as a fundamental challenge to the validity of prevailing Realist perpectives on contemporary IR. READ MORE

  5. 5. Migration Statecraft : The European Migration and Development Regime

    Author : Kristof Tamas; Jonas Tallberg; Kjell Engelbrekt; Magnus Jerneck; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Realism; constructivism; realist constructivism; statecraft; socialisation; strategic social construction; externalisation; migration and development; migration policy; development policy; aid; foreign policy; European Union; statsvetenskap; Political Science;

    Abstract : For decades the European Union has cooperated with partner countries on the nexus between migration and development. The EU has thereby attempted to merge parts of migration policy and development policy into one framework. READ MORE