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Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 21 avhandlingar innehållade orden US foreign policy.

  1. 11. Essays on Informational Asymmetries in Mergers and Acquisitions

    Författare :Aron Berg; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Mergers and acquisitions; investments; asymmetric information; stock misvaluation; financial frictions; capital structure; antitrust policy; Mergers and acquisitions; Investments; Asymmetric information; Stock misvaluation; Financial frictions; Capital structure; Antitrust policy;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis covers issues related to financing in mergers and acquisitions. It studies the relationship between firms’ financing conditions and firms’ decisions to either buy or sell assets. LÄS MER

  3. 12. Clean development Mechanism (CDM) Policy and Implementation in China

    Författare :Lei Zeng; Leif Gustavsson; Mälardalens högskola; []
    Nyckelord :Climate change; Clean development mechanism; CDM; CO2; Green House Gas; GHG; landfill gas; sustainable development; China; Energi- och miljöteknik;

    Sammanfattning : China is the second largest emitter of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the world. Since 68% of its primary energy is from coal, China’s average energy intensity is 7.5 times higher than the EU and 4.3 times higher than the US (EU, 2003). LÄS MER

  4. 13. The Limits of the New Public Diplomacy : Strategic communication and evaluation at the U.S. State Department, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, British Council, Swedish Foreign Ministry and Swedish Institute

    Författare :James Pamment; Kari Anden-Papadopoulos; Christian Christensen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Public Diplomacy; Strategic Communication; International Political Communication; Evaluation; Influence; Soft Power; Nation Brands; Media and communication studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Communication Studies; Media and Communication Studies;

    Sammanfattning : The new public diplomacy is a major paradigm shift in international political communication. Globalisation and a new media landscape challenge traditional foreign ministry ‘gatekeeper’ structures, and foreign ministries can no longer lay claim to being sole or dominant actors in communicating foreign policy. LÄS MER

  5. 14. Conceptual Politics in Practice : How Soft Power Changed the World

    Författare :Stephanie Christine Winkler; Mark Rhinard; Linus Hagström; Patrick Thaddeus Jackson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; academia policy nexus; alliance; China; concepts; critical concept studies; decline; feedback loops; interaction effects; International Relations; Japan; power shift; power; reification; rise; science; security; sharp power; smart power; soft power; travel; United States; internationella relationer; International Relations;

    Sammanfattning : Concepts are a key feature of academic research and international politics. Despite the fact that interpreting, classifying and communicating the world through concepts has far-reaching social and political consequences, their various roles and complex dynamics remain poorly understood in International Relations (IR). LÄS MER

  7. 15. Maktens tal och talets makt : Kunglig maktlegitimering i Erik XIV:s och Johan III:s tid

    Författare :John Edman Ansell; Henrik Ågren; Louise Berglund; Henrika Tandefeldt; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History; Sweden; 16th Century; Political History; Rhetoric; Legitimacy; Catherine Jagellonica; Eric XIV; John III; Gustav Vasa; Sigismund III of Poland; Charles IX; Historia; History;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines how Erik XIV and Johan III of Sweden used ethos construction and rhetoric to legitimize the new strong royal power during their combined reign from 1561 to 1592. The study analyses three different crises of legitimacy to understand how the kings and their allies negotiated these challenges and how the various strategies used by the rulers affected their ability to expand the space of legitimate royal power. LÄS MER