Search for dissertations about: "Power relations"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 399 swedish dissertations containing the words Power relations.
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1. Conceptual Politics in Practice : How Soft Power Changed the World
Abstract : Concepts are a key feature of academic research and international politics. Despite the fact that interpreting, classifying and communicating the world through concepts has far-reaching social and political consequences, their various roles and complex dynamics remain poorly understood in International Relations (IR). READ MORE
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2. Enigmatic power? : relational power analysis and statecraft in Japan's China policy
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3. The Power of Symbolic Power : An Application of O'Neill's Game of Honour to Asymmetric Internal Conflict
Abstract : Powerful states can lose wars to militarily weaker opponents. This can only be understood by moving away from an over-simplified traditional definition of power and by incorporating the symbolic dimensions of power. READ MORE
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4. Relations in Models of Calculi and Logics with Names
Abstract : In this thesis we investigate two operational models of name-passing calculi: one based on coalgebra, and one based on enriched automata. We develop a semantic framework for modelling the open bisimulation in π-calculus, hyperbisimulation in Fusion calculus, and the first semantic interpretation of FOλ(nabla) logic. READ MORE
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5. Intergroup Relations : When is My Group More Important than Yours?
Abstract : Intergroup relations are characterised by favourable and unfavourable biases. Towards one’s own group these biases are mostly favourable – ingroup favouritism. Research has, however, shown that outgroup favouritism, that is, the preference for a group to which the person does not belong, also permeates intergroup relations. READ MORE