Search for dissertations about: "postwar era"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words postwar era.

  2. 1. Mad Pursuits : Therapeutic Narration in Postwar American Fiction

    Author : Gwendolyn Haevens; David Associate Professor; Leerom Medovoi; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; early postwar American fiction; popular psychoanalysis; narrative therapy; narrative identity; narrative theory; representation of identity; script theory; therapeutic narration; fugitive selves; J.D. Salinger; Ralph Ellison; Sylvia Plath; English; Engelska;

    Abstract : Mad Pursuits: Therapeutic Narration in Postwar American Fiction examines three mid-century American novels—J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye (1951), Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man (1952), and Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar (1963)—in relation to the rise and popularization of psychoanalytic theory in America. READ MORE

  4. 2. An indirect route to equality : taxing consumers to build the Swedish welfare state

    Author : Gunnar Lantz; Thomas Pettersson; Lena Andersson-Skog; Svante Prado; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Taxation; progressivity; economic history; consumption taxes; VAT; tax incidence; regressive taxation; inequality; income distribution; equity; distributive justice; fairness; household budget surveys; tax policy; welfare state; postwar era; institutions; corporatism; EEC; EFTA; ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

    Abstract : The question of who paid for the welfare state in postwar Sweden has been subject to extensive debate. Many have focused on the comparatively high, and steeply progressive, taxes on income. READ MORE

  5. 3. Afterlives : Jewish and Non-Jewish Polish Survivors of Nazi Persecution in Sweden Documenting Nazi Atrocities, 1945-1946

    Author : Victoria Van Orden Martínez; Malin Thor Tureby; Johanna Dahlin; Tony Kushner; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; The Polish Research Institute; Holocaust documentation; Postwar justice; Polish-Jewish relations; Survivors of Nazi persecution; Refugees displaced persons; Migrant knowledge; Gender; Agency vulnerability; Transnational histories; Holocaust aftermath studies; Polska källinstitutet; Dokumentation om Förintelsen; Rättsskipning efter kriget; Polsk-judiska relationer. Överlevande; Nazisternas förföljelse; Flyktingar; Fördrivna personer; Migrantkunskap; Könnstillhörighet; Agens; Sårbarhet; Transnationella historier; Studier om Förintelsens efterverkningar;

    Abstract : This dissertation examines how Jewish and non-Jewish Polish survivors of Nazi persecution who came to Sweden in 1945 as ‘repatriates’ and were associated with the Polish Research Institute in Lund, Sweden (PIZ) were engaged in transnational social and political processes during the early postwar period, including documenting Nazi persecution and contributing to postwar humanitarian and justice efforts. PIZ, a transnational initiative that documented the experiences of Polish survivors of Nazi persecution for history and justice in 1945 and 1946, was one of the few such initiatives undertaken by survivors who were refugees in a country not directly involved in the Second World War. READ MORE

  6. 4. Keep them strong, keep them friendly : Swedish-American relations and the Pax Americana, 1948-1952

    Author : Charles Silva; Thorsten Borring Olesen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; diplomatic history; European integration; European Recovery Program; international politics; Marshall Plan; military history; NATO; OEEC; political history; liberalization; non-alignment; productivity; rearmament; security policy; stabilization; Sweden 20th century; Swedish-American relations; Swedish trade; United States foreign policy; historia; History;

    Abstract : This is a study of Swedish-American relations between 1948 and 1952, a period of exceptional flux and complexity in international politics. In this era of recovery and integration in Western Europe, the United States became profoundly engaged in European political, economic, and military affairs. READ MORE