Search for dissertations about: "Ukraine"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 58 swedish dissertations containing the word Ukraine.

  2. 16. From Words to Voids : Absencing and Haunting in Crimean Semiotic Landscapes

    Author : Natalia Volvach; Christopher Stroud; Caroline Kerfoot; Brigitta Busch; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; semiotic landscapes; linguistic landscapes; multilingualism; bilingualism; indexicality; semiosis; materiality; Linguistic Citizenship; in visibility; erasure; resemiotization; absence; trace; ghost; spectre; haunting; interdiscursivity; Crimea; Ukraine; tvåspråkighet; Bilingualism;

    Abstract : This thesis seeks to contribute to the body of ethnographically-oriented semiotic landscape research by addressing linguistic and non-linguistic signs in the landscapes of contemporary Crimea. It is based on research conducted in the region back in 2017 and 2019 after the Russian annexation but before the full-scale war against Ukraine, which started on 24 February 2022. READ MORE

  4. 17. Negotiating Imperial Rule : Colonists and Marriage in the Nineteenth-century Black Sea Steppe

    Author : Julia Malitska; Per Bolin; Mark Bassin; Ulla Rosén; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Colonization; imperialism; imperial borderlands; German colonists; migration; marriage regime; agency; marriage; household formation; Ukraine; Black Sea steppe; Russian empire; nineteenth century; Historical Studies; Historiska studier; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

    Abstract : After falling under the power of the Russian Crown, the Northern Black Sea steppe from the end of eighteenth century crystallized as the Russian government’s prime venue for socioeconomic and sociocultural reinvention and colonization. Vast ethnic, sociocultural and even ecological changes followed. READ MORE

  5. 18. The Russian Communist party and the sovietization of Ukraine : a study in the Communist doctrine of the selfdetermination of nations

    Author : Jurij Borys; Stockholms högskola; []
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  6. 19. From Oligarch to Benefactor? : Legitimation Strategies among the Wealthy Elite in Post-Soviet Ukraine

    Author : Hanna Söderbaum; Orsi Husz; Li Bennich-Björkman; Mychailo Wynnyckyj; Olga Onuch; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Wealthy elites; oligarchs; legitimacy; philanthropy; media ownership; social change; justification logics; interviews;

    Abstract : This thesis explores how wealthy actors in post-Soviet Ukraine seek to legitimize their extraordinary positions in society. It argues that they attempt to create legitimacy by setting up private philanthropic foundations, in this thesis also termed giving organizations. READ MORE

  7. 20. Managing a cross-institutional setting : a case study of a Western firm's subsidiary in the Ukraine

    Author : Peter Hultén; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Boundary Spanning; Consonance; Cross-Institutional; Dissonance; Filtering; Filtering Conditions; Identity Identification; Institutional Influence; Networks; Norms; Post-Soviet Market; Power; Screening; Socialisation; Vacuum; Företagsetablering; Ukraina; Nätverksplanering; Multinationella företag; Dotterbolag; Postkommunism;

    Abstract : This study explores the development of a Western firm's subsidiary in the Ukraine and sets out to contribute to the theoretical development about the managing of subsidiaries in the Post-Soviet market. The cross-institutional approach to analyse the subsidiary has been adopted to explore influence from the institutional setting of the parent firm and from local institutions. READ MORE