Search for dissertations about: "famine"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 swedish dissertations containing the word famine.

  2. 1. Essays on the Political Economy of Development

    Author : Matti Mitrunen; Andreas Madestam; David Strömberg; Torsten Persson; Noam Yuchtman; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Industrial policy; Structural change; Intergenerational mobility; War reparations; Inequality; Kuznets curve; Famine; Threat of revolution; Extension of the franchise; Assimilation; Age of Mass Migration; Patriotism; Nation building; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Structural Change and Intergenerational Mobility: Evidence from the Finnish War ReparationsThis paper presents evidence that government industrial policy can promote new industries, move labor out of agriculture into manufacturing, and have long-term effects via increased human capital accumulation and upward mobility. I use plausibly exogenous variation generated by the Finnish war reparations (1944-1952) that forced the largely agrarian Finland to give 5% of its yearly GDP to the Soviet Union in the form of industrial products. READ MORE

  4. 2. Bitter bread : the famine in Norrbotten 1867-1868

    Author : Marie C. Nelson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History; Historia;

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  5. 3. Cuts and Continuities: Caste-subaltern imaginations of the Bengal famine of 1943

    Author : Ram Krishna Ranjan; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES;

    Abstract : The Bengal famine of 1943, in which nearly three million people died, was man-made. A multitude of factors led to the famine, including British colonial policies, war, hoarding and profiteering by local elites and businesses, and existing faultlines of caste, class and gender. READ MORE

  6. 4. Production of polyhydroxyalkanoates in biological treatment of industrial wastewaters

    Author : Simon Bengtsson; Bioteknik; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; polyhydroxyalkanoates; mixed cultures; glycogen accumulating organisms GAO ; feast and famine; acidogenic fermentation; activated sludge;

    Abstract : In search of more environmentally friendly polymer materials, polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) have been considered as promising candidates. PHAs exhibit a broad range of material properties, can be produced from renewable resources and are completely biodegradable. READ MORE

  7. 5. Making Sense of Suffering : Holocaust and Holodomor in Ukrainian Historical Culture

    Author : Johan Dietsch; Historia; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Contemporary history since 1914 ; Historia; History; Europeanisation; history education; Holodomor; 1932?1933 famine; Holocaust; national identity; diaspora; uses of history; historical culture; historical consciousness; Ukraine; post-Soviet; Nutidshistoria från 1914 ; Political history; Politisk historia;

    Abstract : This study deals with the problem of how Ukraine has incorporated and made use of the Holocaust and the 1932?1933 famine (Holodomor) in its new national history and historical culture. The investigation departs from the increased interest in and attention devoted to the Holocaust in recent years. READ MORE