Search for dissertations about: "Regionalism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 swedish dissertations containing the word Regionalism.

2. 1. What Kind of Regionalism? : Regionalism and Region Building in Northern European Peripheries

   Author : Josefina Syssner; Rune Johansson; Michae Keating; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; regionalism; region building; regional identities; cultures and images; regional development; soft location factors; social capital; ideology; discourse; comparison; regionalism; regionskapande; regional identitet och kultur; regional utveckling; socialt kapital; ideologi; diskurs; jämförelse; Ethnicity; Etnicitet;

   Abstract : "What Kind of Regionalism?" is a comparative study of regionalism and region building in two northern European regions – Meclenburg-Western Pomerania in Germany and Norrbotten in Sweden. The aim of the thesis is to investigate what kind of regionalism is emerging in regions that are neither economically successful nor regarded as 'ethnic communities'. READ MORE

4. 2. Redistributive regionalism : Narratives on regionalisation in the Nordic periphery

   Author : Lisa Hörnström; Anders Lidström; Marie-Louise von Bergmann-Winberg; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; regional governance; regional policy; new regionalism; peripheral regions; redistributive regionalism; Nordic regionalism; Political science; Statsvetenskap; statskunskap; political science;

   Abstract : During the last decades a stronger role for the regions has developed in many West European countries. To a significant degree this regionalisation trend has coincided with European integration. The key change in the role of the regional level has been with regard to its status as an agent of regional development. READ MORE

5. 3. Civil Society Regionalization in Southern Africa - The Cases of Trade and HIV/AIDS

   Author : Andreas Godsäter; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Regionalism; civil society; trade; HIV AIDS; Southern Africa; development co-operation;

   Abstract : This dissertation investigates civil society regionalization, that is, the transnational regional process where people engage in co-operation within diverse types of regionalist civil society frameworks. The point of departure is the study of ‘new regionalism’, which refers to the wave of regional integration globally since the 1980s. READ MORE

6. 4. Regional cooperation organizations in a multipolar world. Comparing the Baltic and the Black Sea regions

   Author : Tiziana Melchiorre; Andres Rivarola Puntigliano; Francesco Privitera; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Baltic Sea region; Black Sea region; regionalism; neorealism; CBSS; BSEC; ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

   Abstract : This dissertation analyses the phenomenon of regionalism around the Baltic and the Black Sea since the end of the Cold War with a comparative approach and by applying an extended neorealist theory that includes geopolitics and historical legacy. The main focus is regional organizations, the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) and the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC), which defines the geographical and political borders of the Baltic and the Black Sea region. READ MORE

7. 5. The Regionalisation Process in Southeast Asia and the Economic Integration of Cambodia and Laos into ASEAN

   Author : Lena Lindberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Southeast Asia; ASEAN; AFTA; AEC; IAI; ASEAN 3; GMS; ACMECS; CLMV; Cambodia; Laos; regionalisation; regionalism; economic integration; foreign trade.;

   Abstract : This study deals with the current regionalisation process in Southeast Asia, and exploratively examines the various cooperation and integration schemes that are taking place in the region. The main focus is placed on, first, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and, second, the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) and the Ayeyawady - Chao Phraya - Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS). READ MORE