Search for dissertations about: "patron-client relations"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words patron-client relations.

  2. 1. Catching values of small-scale fisheries : A look at markets, trade relations and fisher behaviour

    Author : Elizabeth Drury O'Neill; Beatrice Crona; Tim Daw; Therese Lindahl; Ragnhild Overå; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; small-scale fisheries; value chains; gender; seafood trade; global markets; patron-client; human wellbeing; benefits; markets; local social dynamics; Sustainability Science; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling;

    Abstract : This thesis explores small-scale fisheries trade, markets and the accompanying relationships. It does so to understand how they contribute to human wellbeing and ecosystem health through fisher's behaviour in the marine environment. READ MORE

  4. 2. The Cursed Leaf : An Anthropology of the Political Economy of Cocaine Production in Southern Colombia

    Author : Oscar Jansson; Per Brandström; Lesley Gill; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Colombia; Putumayo; cocaine; paramilitarism; political economy; political anthropology; patron-client relations; ideology; Cultural anthropology; Kulturantropologi;

    Abstract : In this study, Oscar Jansson explores the relations mediating the distribution of surplus value in the sub-capitalist environment of cocaine production in Putumayo, Colombia. Analyzing the groups of actors in the chain of production in the tropical periphery, the study asserts that the transfer of surplus value from the peasant producers at the bottom of the cocaine economy to a significant extent is mediated by violence inflicted by paramilitary groups. READ MORE

  5. 3. Great Britain, the United States, and the Security of the Middle East: The Formation of the Baghdad Pact

    Author : Magnus P S Persson; Historia; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Iraq; Turkey; patron-client relationship; alliance formation; Anglo-American relations; special relationship; Northern Tier; Baghdad Pact; Great Britain; United States; Iran; Pakistan; Contemporary history since 1914 ; Nutidshistoria från 1914 ;

    Abstract : Anglo-American post-Second World War relations in the Middle East included cases of close cooperation and conflict. An example of the former was the Pentagon Talks in 1947 when an American statement pointed out the general objective of maintaining the security of the Middle East by retaining the British political, economic, and strategic position in areas supported by the United States. READ MORE

  6. 4. Paths to power and patterns of influence : The Dravidian parties in south Indian politics

    Author : Ingrid Widlund; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political science; India; political parties; party organisation; mobilisation; leaders; populism; clientelism; authority structures; broking; leader cult; Statsvetenskap; Political science; Statsvetenskap; statskunskap; Political Science;

    Abstract : This doctoral thesis has resulted from a study of the three, regional, Dravidian, parties in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu-a region that has a reputation for its 'personality politics'. The purpose is to analyse the relationship between modes of mobilisatioand the structures of authority in these political parties, that undeniably, although in different degrees and on different ground bestow on their leaders eminence beyond the formal position of rank. READ MORE

  7. 5. Patronage, Politics and Pollution : precarious NGO-state relationships : urban environmental issues in south India

    Author : Håkan Tropp; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Abstract : Rapid urban population growth is a striking feature for most cities in developing countries. Such demographic change, compounded by political power structures, industrialisation and culture, pose big institutional challenges in coping with urban environments. READ MORE