Search for dissertations about: "Symbolic Power"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 68 swedish dissertations containing the words Symbolic Power.

  2. 1. The Power of Symbolic Power : An Application of O'Neill's Game of Honour to Asymmetric Internal Conflict

    Author : Ylva Isabelle Blondel; Mats Hammarstrom; Barry O'Neill; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Peace and conflict research; asymmetric power; Algeria; internationalisation; internal conflict; symbolic strategy; symbolic power; honour; game theory; public events; media audience; Freds- och konfliktforskning; Peace and conflict research; Freds- och konfliktforskning;

    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

  4. 2. Dedicated Followers of Fashion : An Economic Geographic Analysis of the Swedish Fashion Industry

    Author : Atle Hauge; Anders Malmberg; Dominic Power; Louise Crewe; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Social and economic geography; fashion industry; economic geography; branding; industrial system; symbolic value; cool; Kulturgeografi;

    Abstract : In fashion, as in the rest of the economy, the globalisation of taste, power and production now plays a major role. The industry is dominated by fashion capitals like Paris, London or New York, populated by star designers like Tom Ford, Karl Lagerfeld or Jean-Paul Gaultier and controlled through MNC giants like Prada, Gucci, DKNY and Dior, who together influence consumer preferences on a global scale. READ MORE

  5. 3. On the Power of Informal Economies and the Informal Economies of Power : Rethinking Informality, Resilience and Violence in Kosovo

    Author : Anna Danielsson; Joakim Ekman; Stefano Guzzini; Vivienne Jabri; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Informal economy; Informality; International organisations; Power; Policy production; Violence; Symbolic violence; Pierre Bourdieu; Consent; Domination; Practices; Kosovo; Politics; Economy and the Organization of Society; Politik; ekonomi och samhällets organisering; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies; Statskunskap;

    Abstract : Since the 1970s, the concept of “economic informality” has served as focal point for a comprehensive scholarly thinking and the development of policy initiatives enhanced by international organisations. Yet, informality displays a puzzling resilience. READ MORE

  6. 4. Pushing borders : Cultural workers in the restructuring of post-industrial cities

    Author : Chiara Valli; Brett Christophers; Dominic Power; Sara Gonzalez; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social and Economic Geography; Kulturgeografi; gentrification; displacement; creative labor; cultural labor; social movements; resistance; Milan; Brooklyn; Urban studies;

    Abstract : This research explores the agency and positioning of cultural workers in the restructuring of contemporary cities. This positioning is ambiguous. READ MORE

  7. 5. Daggers, knowledge & power

    Author : Jan Apel; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; Daggers; flint; technology; social complexity; agency; social structure; transfer of knowledge and know-how; Late Neolithic and Bronze Age societies; Scandinavia; Europe; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen; arkeologi; Archaeology;

    Abstract : This dissertation investigates how far the organisation of a traditional technology corresponds to the degree of social complexity in a sedentary, agrarian society. An examination of the production of flint daggers during the Late Stone Age and Early Bronze Age of Scandinavia indicates the presence of formal apprenticeship systems based on corporate descent groups. READ MORE