Search for dissertations about: "authority"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 444 swedish dissertations containing the word authority.
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21. Becoming Biofuels. The messy assembling of resources, sustainability, poverty, land use, and nation-states
Abstract : Biofuels have come to represent the will to mitigate climate change by replacing fossil fuels with so-called climate-friendly and renewable plant sources, and to improve rural and poor conditions in the South through biofuel crop production, farm job creation, and smallholder cash cropping. The expansion of biofuels in countries in the South largely pivoted upon ‘the will to develop’, specifically through the oil shrub Jatropha curcas L. READ MORE
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22. A Culture for the Christian Commonwealth : Antonio Possevino, Authority, History, and the Venetian Interdict
Abstract : In this study, I investigate the authorial intentions of the early modern Jesuit Antonio Possevino (1533–1611) aiming to contribute to the understanding of his activities as an author, diplomatic administrator and missionary. I carry out analyses of his evaluative criteria of various topics and disciplines, such as history, geography, and politics. READ MORE
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23. Honorius and the city of Rome : Authority and legitimacy in late antiquity
Abstract : This study examines the importance of the concept of Roma et Augustus, the close relationship between the Roman emperor and the city of Rome, in the reign of Honorius, who reigned in AD 395-423. Rome and the emperor were two of the most important and conspicuous manifestations of Roman civilisation and power, around which much of late antique ideology of authority and legitimacy was formulated. READ MORE
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24. An Ordinary School Child : Agency and Authority in Children’s Schooling
Abstract : The aim of this doctoral thesis is to explore the position, and the restrictions and possibilities for action available to children in a Swedish mainstream school class. With focus on everyday activities the questions generated were: whether being a member of a specific school class has significance; how the children position themselves in negotiations of time and space; in what manner the children can claim, and be granted, command over their school day activities; and what happens when the adults’ right to control becomes visible. READ MORE
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25. Renegotiation of authority in the face of surprise : a qualitative study of international disaster work
Abstract : Disaster relief work is often extremely challenging for those involved. One of the most obvious problems is coordination: coordination with headquarters in the home country, local organizations and authorities, and other teams in the field. READ MORE
