Search for dissertations about: "transnational"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 172 swedish dissertations containing the word transnational.

2. 6. Europe in Transition : Transnational Television News and European Identity

   Author : Andreas Widholm; Madeleine Kleberg; Anna Roosvall; Inka Salovaara-Moring; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Transnational television; BBC World News; Euronews; European identity; EU enlargement; Orange Revolution; globalization; news journalism; media; European integration; political transitions; Media and communication studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Media and Communication Studies;

   Abstract : Over the last two decades, Europe has experienced profound political transformations, resulting in new challenges for the relationship between national and transnational identities. In parallel with these changes, national media systems across the world have been put under pressure from globalization, reflected in the vast increase in the number of transnational news channels operating on the global market. READ MORE

4. 7. Organizing Timebased Distribution in Transnational Corporations : Interaction Between Logistics and Organizational Structures

   Author : Andreas Norrman; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Logistics; Physical Distribution; Timebased Distribution; Organizational Structure; Responsibility; Distribution Centre; Administrative Centre; Transnational Corporations; Ownership; Uncertainty;

   Abstract : Currently, physical distribution structures for industrial goods are changing. This change is expected to increase in scope over the next few years, facilitated by the advancement of Information Technology and transport systems, and the removal of border frictions. READ MORE

5. 8. The welfare mobility dilemma : Transnational strategies and national structuring at crossroads

   Author : Erica Righard; Socialhögskolan; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Transnational welfare; The Swedish welfare state; Transnational social spaces; Social policy; Migration; Social policy; Migration;

   Abstract : The dissertation considers welfare with regard to international mobility and immobility. It addresses a tension between two different conceptualisations of the organisation of everyday life with regard to nation-states: one that views everyday life as relatively mobile across nation-state borders and boundaries, and another that treats everyday life as relatively confined within such limits. READ MORE

6. 9. Transnational Party Alliances : Analysing the Hard-Won Alliance Between Conservatives and Christian Democrats in the European Parliament

   Author : Karl Magnus Johansson; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political and administrative sciences; transnational.; arena; Alliance; autonomy; Christian Democrat; Conservative; constraint; identity; integration; motive; opportunity; process; political party; förvaltningskunskap; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; alliance;

   Abstract : This study examines processes of transnational alliance-building among political parties in the European Union (EU). It is associated with theories of transnational relations, neofunctionalist integration theory and domestic politics approaches to international co-operation and integration. READ MORE

7. 10. Between Communication and Community : EU Constitution Making, a European Public Sphere and the (Un-)Likelihood of Transnational Debate

   Author : Maximilian Conrad; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; postnational democracy; framing; European public sphere; daily newspapers; constitutional patriotism; transnational debate; deliberation; Habermas; transnational engagement; permeability;

   Abstract : What kind of public sphere is possible in the European Union? Against the backdrop of debates on the transformation of democracy beyond the nation-state, this study explores daily newspapers’ role in providing forums for transnational debate in the presumed absence of an overarching European collective identity. It uses empirical means to reconsider the question of the supposed co-constitutiveness of the public sphere and political community. READ MORE