Search for dissertations about: "economic perspectives"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 312 swedish dissertations containing the words economic perspectives.
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1. Geographies of Place Branding : Researching through small and medium sized cities
Abstract : Place branding is commonly conceptualized with a focus on big cities, such as London, New York and Singapore, building from concepts and models from mainstream branding theory. In contrast to such conceptualizations, this thesis focuses on place branding in small and medium-sized cities. READ MORE
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2. Continuity or not? : Family farming and agricultural transformation in 20th century Estonia
Abstract : This doctoral thesis explores the agrarian development in 20th Estonia and the role of family farming during three major agricultural transformations. It consists of four papers and an introductory chapter for which the common departure are the situation appearing in the Estonian farming landscape after the regained independence in 1991. READ MORE
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3. Making Corporate Social Responsibility an International Concern : Norm Construction in a Globalizing World
Abstract : Since the mid-1990s the issue of corporate social responsibility has become an interest of various actors in the international system and an important item on the international agenda. In spite of the absence of a common definition, the concept generally involves claims on transnational corporations to take responsibility for the promotion and protection of human and labour rights in countries where they operate or otherwise conduct business. READ MORE
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4. Misplaced Concreteness and Concrete Places : Critical Analyses of Divergent Discourses on Sustainability
Abstract : This dissertation critically examines the tension between mainstream and counterpoint perspectives on sustainability on the basis of analyses of four approaches to this issue: environmental economics, ecological economics, adaptive management, and bioregionalism, which are presented as successive attempts to challenge mainstream, modernist perspectives on socio-ecological relationships. The different worldviews and identity constructions associated with the two extremes in this spectrum of approaches are examined on the basis of interviews with environmental economists and bioregionalists in California. READ MORE
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5. The Bias of the World : Theories of Unequal Exchange in History
Abstract : This is a history of theories and theorists of unequal exchange. Starting with mercantilists and Richard Cantillon's theory based on land values, it briefly covers the early Classical economists and Gerald Fitzhugh. READ MORE
