Search for dissertations about: "Philippine"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the word Philippine.

  2. 1. Everyday Life in a Philippine Sex Tourism Town

    Author : Mari-Elina Ekoluoma; Charlotta Widmark; Helle Rydström; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Tourism anthropology; Philippines; Sabang; sex tourism; everyday life; gender; community response; social hierarchies; maintaining boundaries; cross-cultural encounters; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

    Abstract : Sabang used to be a small, marginalized Philippine fishing village that in the span of three decades became a well-known international sex tourism site. This thesis deals with the implications of tourism (including sex tourism) and how it has become embedded in the daily life in today’s Sabang. READ MORE

  4. 2. Philippine foreign policy toward the U.S. 1972-1980 : reorientation?

    Author : Virginia S. Capulong-Hallenberg; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

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  5. 3. Responses to change in accessibility. Socio-economic impacts of road investment: the distributive outcomes in two rural peripheral Philippine municipalities

    Author : Jerry Olsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

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  6. 4. The Ethics of Bilateral Labor Agreements for Nurses : Perspectives from the Philippines

    Author : Klein Fernandez; Elin Palm; Alexandre Abrantes; Per Sundman; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Nurse migration; ethics of migration; Rawls’ theory of justice; bilateral labor agreements; kunskapsflykt; kompetensmigration; sjuksköterskor; migrationsetik; Rawls rättviseteori; bilaterala arbetsavtal;

    Abstract : The dissertation "The Ethics of Bilateral Labor Agreement for Global Nurses - Perspectives from the Philippines" is written in the research area of ​​applied ethics and examines ethical aspects of labor migration in the specific area of ​​healthcare, with the Philippines as an example. The central questions for the dissertation are the ethical issues of nurse migration in the Philippine context. READ MORE

  7. 5. States of Development : Essays on the Political Economy of Development in Asia

    Author : Nathaniel Lane; Torsten Persson; Rohini Pande; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economic Development; Industrial Development; Economic Institutions; Political Economy; State Capacity; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Manufacturing Revolutions - Industrial Policy and Networks in South Korea. This chapter uses a historic big push intervention and newly digitized data from South Korea to study the effects of industrial policy on industrial development. In 1973 South Korea transitioned to a military dictatorship and drastically changed their development strategy. READ MORE