Search for dissertations about: "gifts"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 swedish dissertations containing the word gifts.
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1. Four Essays on Interhousehold Transfers and Institutions in Post-Communist Romania
Abstract : This thesis consists of four essays related to different social and economic aspects in postcommunist Romania: Paper 1: In many developing and transitional countries, inter-household transfers in general and gifts in particular are sizable and very important. We use unique Romanian data that enables us to isolate pure gifts from other kinds of private transfers. READ MORE
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2. Making fields of merit: Buddhist nuns challenge gendered orders in Thailand
Abstract : This anthropological study addresses the interaction and interconncectedness between religion and gender relations in Thailand, analysing this through the lens of the Buddhist nuns' (mae chiis') lives, actions and role in Thai society. The mae chiis have a long hstory in Thailand. READ MORE
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3. Electronic Potlatch : A study concerning new technologies and primitive economic behaviors
Abstract : Economy - the very idea. In an age where the market economy seems to have achieved a total and omnipresent hegemony, there would seem to be little to discuss anymore. Going against this, the book argues for a sensitivity to other forms of economies,and the hybrids existing in our postindustrial society. READ MORE
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4. Evolution of nuptial gifts in bushcrickets
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5. Cryptic Female Choice and Male Mating Behaviour : Sexual Interactions in Beetles
Abstract : The importance of cryptic female choice, i.e. female post-copulatory influence over male reproductive success, in driving the evolution of male traits remains controversial. The main aim of this thesis was to understand the post-copulatory consequences of sexual interactions and the importance of cryptic female choice in two species of beetle. READ MORE