Search for dissertations about: "small states"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 454 swedish dissertations containing the words small states.
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6. In Search of Security After the Collapse of the Soviet Union : Foreign Policy Change in Denmark, Finland and Sweden, 1988-1993
Abstract : The aim of this study is to explain the evolution of foreign policy in Denmark, Finland and Sweden with regard to Western security cooperation between 1988 and 1993. The study sets out to test two theoretical perspectives on the security cooperation policies of these three small states. READ MORE
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7. Window of opportunity : Dutch and Swedish security ideas and strategies 1942–1948
Abstract : The period treated in this thesis is one which is often characterized as a transition between World War II and the Cold War. By approaching it instead as a window of opportunity – a period in which the governments of small states perceived both an unusual space and an urgent need to reevaluate security – the security policies of two small northwestern European countries, the Netherlands and Sweden, are subjected to a critical reappraisal. READ MORE
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8. Land, Power and Technology : Essays on Political Economy and Historical Development
Abstract : Land Ownership and Development: Evidence from Postwar JapanThis paper analyzes the effect of land ownership on technology adoption and structural transformation. A large-scale land reform in postwar Japan enforced a large number of tenant farmers who were cultivating land to become owners of this land. READ MORE
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9. Infrared spectroscopic studies : from small molecules to large
Abstract : Infrared light (IR) was first discovered by Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel in 1800. However, until 1940’s, molecular IR studies involved only water and small organic molecules, because of the long measurement times. READ MORE
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10. Have Money, Will Travel : Scholarships and Academic Exchange between Sweden and the United States, 1912–1980
Abstract : The large-scale transatlantic mobility of students, teachers, and researchers is a twentieth-century phenomenon that has contributed to the reshaping of international cultural, economic, and political relations into the twenty-first century. Through and as part of this development, the United States transformed into a powerful and influential country on the global stage. READ MORE
