Search for dissertations about: "zealand"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 65 swedish dissertations containing the word zealand.

  2. 1. Changing the Game : Consociational Theory and Ethnic Quotas in Cyprus and New Zealand

    Author : Anna Jarstad; Timothy D. Sisk; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Peace and conflict research; consociationalism; game theory; ethnic conflict; divided society; conflict management; constitutional engineering; ethnic quotas; Cyprus; New Zealand; Freds- och konfliktforskning; Peace and conflict research; Freds- och konfliktforskning; Peace and Conflict Research; Freds- och konfliktforskning;

    Abstract : This study addresses the question of what makes ethnic quota systems in parliament work to manage ethnopolitical violence. By a reconstruction of Arend Lijphart’s theory on consociationalism, two causal mechanisms are identified. The first mechanism levels the power balance of contending groups by permanent inclusion in parliament. READ MORE

  4. 2. Insurance in European VAT : On the Current and Preferred Treatment in the Light of the New Zealand and Australian GST Systems

    Author : Marta Papis-Almansa; Institutionen för handelsrätt; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; insurance; EU law; tax law; European VAT; value added tax; goods and services tax; Australian GST; New Zealand GST; exemptions from VAT; financial services; comparative tax law;

    Abstract : Whether and how to tax insurance, one of the crucial elements of the modern economy and society, is a complex issue for the design of laws on value added tax (VAT). Exemption from VAT has been the most common international practice, and it is also applied in the harmonized system of European VAT. READ MORE

  5. 3. Socioeconomic status, attitudes, and educational performance : a comparison of students in England and New Zealand

    Author : Rodney A. Clifton; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

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  6. 4. Regulation of litter decomposition in forest ecosystems of Sweden and New Zealand

    Author : Benjamin Jackson; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Litter decomposition is a core ecosystem process critical for carbon and nutrient cycling, and the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. This thesis explores two contrasting ways by which plants can influence litter decomposition in forested ecosystems. READ MORE

  7. 5. Materialisations of a Woman Writer : An Investigation of Gender Politics in Janet Frame's Biographical Legend

    Author : Maria Wikse; Linda Anderson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Autobiography; biography; film adaptation; the gaze; gender; New Zealand literature; poiesis; re-citations; whiteness; writer ideals; writer tradition; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap;

    Abstract : This study deals with interpretative procedures in literary studies that implicitly or explicitly rely on biographical information. Most often, readings either presuppose the sovereignty of the author or claim that biographical data is not at all relevant. Both these stances are problematic. READ MORE