Sökning: "Afghanistan"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 39 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Afghanistan.

1. 21. Changing the risk at the margin : Smallholder farming and public policy in developing countries

   Författare :Camilla Andersson; Jesper Stage; Ing-Marie Gren; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Smallholder farming; Public policy; Informal risk strategies; Microcredit; Opium eradication; Development economics; Food policy; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of a summary and four self-contained papers. Paper [I] examines whether the implementation of a social safety net programme in Ethiopia has affected the value, risk and composition of farmers‟ crop portfolios. LÄS MER

3. 22. Model-based Simulation Training Supporting Military Operational Processes

   Författare :Charlotte Sennersten; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Cognitive modelling; Simulation-based training; Military operations;

   Sammanfattning : In military training contexts, fast and long term decisions are intermixed where survival and security are prioritized. Simulation-based training, here applied to ground patrols in Afghanistan, can provide preparation for mission critical and life critical operations prior to exposure to real danger. LÄS MER

4. 23. Unaccompanied refugee minors and political responses in Sweden: Challenges for social work

   Författare :Caroline Östman; Masoud Kamali; Jessica H. Jönsson; Marcus Herz; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; unaccompanied refugee minors; critical social work; migration; integration; postcolonialism; critical intersectionalism; neoliberalism; globalisation;

   Sammanfattning : Currently, there are 68.5 million people forcibly displaced around the world, which is the highest figure since World War II. The affected individuals have fled their homes to seek protection elsewhere, either within their own country or across national borders. Approximately 16. LÄS MER

5. 24. The Political Use of Force : Beyond National Security Considerations as a Source of American Foreign Policy

   Författare :Mikael Blomdahl; Jan Hallenberg; Jonas Tallberg; Erik Noreen; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; The United States of America; the presidential use of force; foreign policy analysis; realism; domestic politics; the diversionary theory of war; decision-making.; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : In addressing the question of what explains the tendency of the presidents of the United States to use military force on many occasions to solve international problems the realist perspective has been strongly dominant in political science. This study sets out to address and challenge whether what may be called realist privilege still qualifies as an understanding of this American phenomenon. LÄS MER

7. 25. Den politiska läroboken : Bilden av USA och Sovjetunionen i norska, svenska och finländska läroböcker under Kalla kriget

   Författare :Janne Holmén; Jan Lindegren; Christer Öhman; Svein Lorentzen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History; Norway; Sweden; Finland; 1930-2004; the Cold War; political history; educational history; textbook research; relative bias; geography; social studies; small state theory; foreign policy; NATO-membership; neutrality; Finlandisation; social climate; political correctness; Historia; History;

   Sammanfattning : During the Cold War, Norway was a member of NATO, Sweden was neutral but depended on Western support in the event of a crisis, while Finland's foreign policy priority was to win and retain the Soviet Union's confidence. The purpose of the thesis is to study whether the three small states' different foreign policy choices had consequences for the ways in which the Soviet Union and the USA were depicted in school textbooks for history, geography, and social sciences in the period 1930 to 2004. LÄS MER