Search for dissertations about: "borders"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 236 swedish dissertations containing the word borders.
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1. Making Borders : Engaging the threat of Chinese textiles in Ghana
Abstract : The borders of the twenty-first century come in many forms and are performed by an increasing number of actors in a broad variety of places, both within and beyond the territories of nation-states. This thesis sets out a detailed political geography of how borders operate to reconcile the often conflicting demands of open markets and security. READ MORE
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2. Borders crossing bodies : The stories of eight youth with experience of migrating
Abstract : In public discourse on migration, people who migrate are often portrayed as deviating from the rest of the population. This is especially true for the group categorised as ‘unaccompanied’ children who are portrayed as homogeneous and not seldom with a common history. READ MORE
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3. Perpetual borders : German-Polish cross-border contacts in the Szczecin area
Abstract : Borderlands are often peripheral geographically, administratively, and economically. A particularly illustrative case is the Szczecin area at the border between Poland and Germany, where a large city on one side neighbours to a sparsely populated hinterland on the other. READ MORE
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4. Pushing borders : Cultural workers in the restructuring of post-industrial cities
Abstract : This research explores the agency and positioning of cultural workers in the restructuring of contemporary cities. This positioning is ambiguous. READ MORE
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5. Across Borders : A Histological and Physiological Study of the Subthalamic Nucleus in Reward and Movement
Abstract : The basal ganglia are the key circuitry controlling movement and reward behavior. Both locomotion and reward-related behavior are also modified by dopaminergic input from the substantia nigra and the ventral tegmental area (VTA). READ MORE
