Search for dissertations about: "economic language"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 80 swedish dissertations containing the words economic language.

  2. 1. Stable Media in the Age of Revolutions : Depictions of Economic Matters in British and Swedish State Newspapers, 1770–1820

    Author : Sarah Linden Pasay; Göran Rydén; Jonas Lindström; Joachim Östlund; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; economic language; Sweden; Britain; newspapers; public sphere; embeddedness; Enlightenment; modernity; London Gazette; Post- och Inrikes Tidningar; Ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

    Abstract : The dissertation examines how economic matters were depicted between 1770 and 1820 in two European kingdoms. Britain and Sweden are studied during this Age of Revolutions from the state’s perspective; state-managed newspapers are examined, one from Britain, the London Gazette, and two from Sweden, Stockholms Post-Tidningar and Inrikes Tidningar. READ MORE

  4. 2. Unpacking dominant discourses in higher education language policy : A critical study of language policy in Swedish higher education

    Author : Susanne Strömberg Jämsvi; Högskolan i Borås; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; higher education; language policy; internationalisation; critical discourse analysis; systemic functional grammar; Swedish; English; language; Lärarutbildning och pedagogisk yrkesverksamhet; Teacher Education and Education Work; higher education; language policy; internationalisation; critical discourse analysis; systemic functional grammar; Swedish; English; language;

    Abstract : The overall purpose of the thesis is to investigate dominant discourses operating in the changing of HE concerning questions of language policy. It has been studied at a national level, analysing reports and government bills, and at an institutional level, analysing university language policy, taking Sweden as an example. READ MORE

  5. 3. No limits : the 20th century discourse of economic growth

    Author : Eva Friman; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; economic growth; growth discourse; development discourse; history of economics; environmental economics; ecological economics; ecomodernism; modernist economic ethos; narrative; power of language; limits to growth;

    Abstract : The breakthrough of the concept of economic growth in economics marks a paradigm shift in thinking about the economy and its place in 'reality.' This thesis analyzes the 20th century discourse of economic growth, focusing its unlimited connotations. The thesis consists of four case studies, two introductory parts and a concluding dis­cussion. READ MORE

  6. 4. Games and Markets - Essays on Communication, Coordination and Multi-Market Competition

    Author : Mattias Ganslandt; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; International Arbitrage; Trade Liberalization; Market Access; International Oligopoly; Integrated Markets; Segmented Markets; Economic Integration; Monopolization; Entry Deterrence; Bounded Rationality; Team Behavior; Simplicity; Language; Communication; Strategic Uncertainty; Coordination Games; Equilibrium Selection; Price Discrimination; Externalities; Management of enterprises; Företagsledning; management;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of a collection of essays on coordination in games and competition in international oligopolies. The first essay presents a theoretical analysis of a simple coordination game in which players simultaneously choose efforts from a compact interval. The original game has a continuum of Pareto-ranked equilibria. READ MORE

  7. 5. Patterns of migration and socio-economic change in Lao PDR

    Author : Kabmanivanh Phouxay; Gunnar Malmberg; Aina Tollefsen; Jytte Agergaard Larsen; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Migration; Socio-eceonomic change; feminization; urban industrial work; migrant workers; Vientiane; Lao PDR.; Human geography; economic geography; Kulturgeografi; ekonomisk geografi; Social and Economic Geography; kulturgeografi;

    Abstract : The aim of the thesis is to investigate patterns and consequences of internal and international migration in Laos during the period 1985-2005 on both a macro-and a micro-level. The thesis focuses on the influences of socio-economic change and government policies on inter-regional and rural-urban migration as well as on crossborder migration from Laos to Thailand. READ MORE