Search for dissertations about: "relocated capital city"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words relocated capital city.

2. 1. Governing from Above : Solid Waste Management in Nigeria's New Capital City of Abuja

   Author : Onyanta Adama; Gunilla Andrae; Kristian Stokke; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; governance; space; place; solid waste management; relocated capital city; Abuja; Nigeria; Human geography; Kulturgeografi; Human Geography; kulturgeografi;

   Abstract : This doctoral dissertation examines how the symbolic character of a relocated capital city influences and intersects with local conditions to shape the governance structure and relations in service delivery. The focus is on Abuja, the new capital city of Nigeria, and the sector studied is solid waste management. READ MORE

4. 2. Moved by relocation : Professional identification in the decentralization of public sector jobs in Sweden

   Author : Angelika Sjöstedt Landén; Anna Sofia Lundgren; Oscar Pripp; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : relocation; public sector; discourse; logics; professional; identification; Ethnology; etnologi;

   Abstract : During the first decade of the twenty-first century, the Swedish civil service underwent some extensive changes, such as the relocations of public sector jobs, initiated by the government in 2005. This thesis follows an ethnological tradition of focusing on employees’ perspectives as a way of exploring power relations and changes in society. READ MORE