Search for dissertations about: "picture of the world"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 93 swedish dissertations containing the words picture of the world.

2. 1. Education through Maps : The Challenges of Knowing and Understanding the World

   Author : Pontus Hennerdal; Ulf Jansson; Bo Malmberg; Ann Grubbström; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; cartography; geography education; map projections; maps; place location knowledge; world maps; Sweden; kartografi; geografiundervisning; kartor; kartprojektioner; namngeografi; världskartor; Sverige; Geography with Emphasis on Human Geography; geografi med kulturgeografisk inriktning;

   Abstract : The overall purpose of this thesis is to study, in relation to geography education and with a historical perspective, the challenges of knowing and understanding the world. The cases are all from Sweden. READ MORE

4. 2. The Realization of Attractive Quality : Conceptual and practical perspectives within the TQM system

   Author : Johan Lilja; Wiklund Håkan; Bengt Klefsjö; Bo Bergman; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Attractive Quality; Total Quality Management; TQM; customer value; Kano Model; Attraktiv kvalitet; Offensiv kvalitetsutveckling; TQM; kundvärde; Kanomodellen; Industrial organisation; administration and economics; Industriell organisation; administration och ekonomi;

   Abstract : Within the quality community, quality management is often pictured as and referred to as rapidly evolving and continuously learning by interaction with the surrounding world. In general, an ability to evolve and transform is also seen as most desirable and the only choice for long term survival. READ MORE

5. 3. To act as a Union : Explaining the development of the EU's collective foreign policy

   Author : Maria Strömvik; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; common foreign and security policy; European Union; institutionalism; international cooperation; Political and administrative sciences; balance of influence; balance of threat; realism; balance of power; European political cooperation; transatlantic relations; European security and defence policy; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap;

   Abstract : It is difficult for states to cooperate on issues related to international peace and security. Yet, ever since 1970, the EU member states have succeeded to gradually intensify their foreign policy cooperation and increasingly act in unison towards the rest of the world. This PhD thesis seeks an explanation to this trend. READ MORE

6. 4. On the Good Faith : A Fourfold Discursive Construction of Zoroastrianism in Contemporary Russia

   Author : Anna Tessmann; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Zoroastrianism; Russia; new religious movement; mass culture; esotericism; discourse; science; new mass media; literature;

   Abstract : Zoroastrianism, a religion originating in the ancient East and having survived to the present day, is currently being practiced on a very small scale throughout the whole world. Since the early 1990s there has been a gradually increasing public interest in Zoroastrianism in Russia and some of the former Soviet republics where small pockets of new non-ethnic Zoroastrians have sprung up. READ MORE

7. 5. Women in the Seascape : Gender, Livelihoods and Management of Coastal and Marine Resources in Zanzibar, East Africa

   Author : Sara Fröcklin; Maricela de la Torre-Castro; Lars Lindström; Nils Kautsky; Meryl J. Williams; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Gender; fisheries; invertebrate harvesting; seaweed farming; coastal and marine management; marin ekotoxikologi; Marine Ecotoxicology;

   Abstract : All over the world, coastal populations depend on, and influence, the environment in pursue of their livelihoods. Managing the environment, while meeting the growing demand for marine resources, is a challenge. It further requires knowledge about all actors. READ MORE