Search for dissertations about: "boundaries"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 1161 swedish dissertations containing the word boundaries.
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1. Changing boundaries, defending boundaries : Gender relations in the Swedish Armed Forces
Abstract : This thesis aims to show how gender is done in the Swedish Armed Forces, against the backdrop of its transition into an international defence organization and the international resolutions that call for gender mainstreaming in peacekeeping operations. In the so-called “New Armed Forces”, traditional demarcations that have separated civilian employees from members of the military officer profession are no longer self-evident. READ MORE
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2. Crossing Boundaries : Transferring eHealth services across the Northern Periphery
Abstract : Health care organisations in Finland, Norway, Scotland and Sweden face similar challenges when it comes to providing health services in the sparsely populated rural areas. Vast distances, centralized health services, harsh climate and limited access to public transport can make accessing health services difficult. READ MORE
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3. Enacting Boundaries through Social Technologies : The Dance between Work and Private Life
Abstract : Social technologies have become ubiquitous. As technology in one shape or form infiltrates all areas of life, naturally there are consequences for individuals and organisations. READ MORE
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4. Boundaries of displacement : Belonging and Return among Forcibly Displaced Young Georgians from Abkhazia
Abstract : This dissertation explores the implications of borders and boundaries for how forcibly displaced young Georgians from Abkhazia understand issues of belonging and return. My theoretical framework draws from theories on home and belonging as well as theories on border and boundary making, and locates them in geographies of uncertainty – or riskscapes – areas characterized by conflict and/or inequality. READ MORE
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5. Ecology across Boundaries : Food web coupling among and within ecosystems
Abstract : Cross-boundary movements of energy and material are ubiquitous. Freshwater ecosystems receive nutrients, dissolved, and particulate organic matter from adjacent terrestrial ecosystems, whereas terrestrial ecosystems mainly receive prey organisms and detritus deposited by physical processes such as floods from freshwater ecosystems. READ MORE