Search for dissertations about: "Transnational communities"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 swedish dissertations containing the words Transnational communities.
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1. Bolivian transnational livelihoods : Impacts of labour migration on wellbeing and farming in Cochabamba
Abstract : This thesis explores the diverse consequences of transnational labour migration on individual migrants and their household members within out-migration communities in the agricultural valleys of Cochabamba, Bolivia. Using a multiple methods approach and the livelihoods framework, the aim of this work is to shed light on different experiences of migration in terms of objective wellbeing, subjective wellbeing, and changed practices in agricultural production. READ MORE
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2. Somali-Swedish Girls - The Construction of Childhood within Local and Transnational Spaces
Abstract : This thesis explores diaspora experiences among Somali-Swedish parents and their daughters where the girls are enrolled in a Muslim-profiled school. The thesis uses migration theory with a transnational perspective, with findings that depart from the traditional view of migrants’ rootedness in a single country. READ MORE
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3. On Transnational Actor Participation in Global Environmental Governance
Abstract : The formal access of transnational actors (TNA) to international organizations (IO) has increased steadily over the past five decades, and a growing body of literature is at the moment concerned with the theoretical and normative implications of these developments. However, very little is known as of yet about who the TNAs in global governance are, where they come from, which issue areas they focus on, and when and where they choose to participate. READ MORE
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4. Democrats Without Borders. A Critique of Transnational Democracy
Abstract : Some scholars claim that globalisation compels us to radically rethink demo¬cracy both in theory and practice. This dissertation disputes such claims by arguing against two suggested normative models of transnational democracy: cosmopolitan democracy and deliberative democracy. READ MORE
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5. Diaspora global politics : Kurdish transnational networks and accommodation of nationalism
Abstract : This thesis is concerned with diasporas as increasingly significant transnational actors in emerging global politics, representing changes in the nature and form of political organisation beyond nation states. Diasporas have witnessed the increased interest of scholars from several disciplines. READ MORE
