Search for dissertations about: "appropriation"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 99 swedish dissertations containing the word appropriation.

  2. 16. Activities in space - appropriation or use?

    Author : Katrin Nyman Metcalf; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Law; rättsvetenskap; juridik; LAW JURISPRUDENCE; RÄTTSVETENSKAP JURIDIK;

    Abstract : This Thesis is a work of public international law, more specifically of international space law. The Thesis deals with the question of whether different activities in outer space and on celestial bodies are permitted under the rules of freedom of use in the law of outer space or whether some activities amount to appropriation of space, which is banned. READ MORE

  4. 17. Time-space Appropriation in the Inka Empire : A Study of Imperial Metabolism

    Author : RAGNHEIDUR BOGADÓTTIR; Humanekologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Inka Empire; time-space appropriation; ecologically unequal exchange; historical political ecology; human ecology; imperial metabolism; economic anthropology;

    Abstract : This thesis analyzes some aspects of the appropriation of labor time and natural space in the Inka Empire (ca. AD 1400 – 1532) in order to illuminate the cultural organization of Inka imperial metabolism. READ MORE

  5. 18. Appropriations of Shakespeare's King Lear in Three Modern North American Novels

    Author : Anna Lindhé; Engelska; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Appropriation in literature; appropriation of Shakespeare; ethics and literature; Harold Bloom; Jane Smiley; Anne Tyler; Margaret Atwood; A Thousand Acres; Ladder of Years; Cat s Eye; King Lear;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the creative appropriation of Shakespeare in theory and practice. It is based on close readings of King Lear alongside three appropriations of the play in works of fiction by three North American women writers: Jane Smiley, Anne Tyler, and Margaret Atwood. The aim is to demonstrate how a ‘palimpsestic’ reading, i.e. READ MORE

  6. 19. Land Matters : Agrofuels, Unequal Exchange, and Appropriation of Ecological Space

    Author : Kenneth Hermele; Humanekologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Land; Agrofuels; Ecologically unequal exchange; Environmental load displacement; Land grabbing; Malthus; Brazil; Ethanol; Resource wars; Land Use change; Indirect land use change;

    Abstract : As a global society we are entering an era where land areas and land-based resources are coming to the fore once again for capital accumulation and economic growth, for the first time since the end of the 18th century when Malthus forecasted a contradiction between population growth and agricultural output. That constraint on economic growth, imposed by limited land areas, was overcome by the combination of fossil fuels (coal, oil) and appropriation of space overseas (colonialism, trade). READ MORE

  7. 20. Capturing Value from Green Offers – An Examination of Environmental Differentiation and Economic Performance

    Author : Marcus Linder; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; circular business model; business case for sustainability; business model; circular economy; environmental innovation.; Value appropriation; environmental strategy;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how a number of Swedish firms try to create and appropriate economic value from offers that are differentiated by low environmental impact. It presents empirical, methodological and theoretical contributions to the environmental strategy literature, focusing on the appropriation of economic value by profit-seeking firms. READ MORE