Sökning: "Amnesty International"

Hittade 3 avhandlingar innehållade orden Amnesty International.

  1. 1. Amnesty in Translation : Ideas, Interests and Organizational Change

    Författare :Klara Tomson; Bengt Jacobsson; Miriam Salzer-Mörling; Kjell-Arne Røvik; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; organizational change; translation; institutional entrepreneurs; identity; assimilation; colonization; creolization; loose coupling; Amnesty International; human rights; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business Administration; företagsekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Swedish Amnesty was founded in 1964 for the purpose of working for the release of prisoners of conscience. Forty years later the organization has expanded its realm of activity to include ideas such as women’s rights, homosexuals’ rights and corporate responsibility for human rights. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Exploring Responsibility : Public and Private in Human Rights Protection

    Författare :Magdalena Bexell; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; transnational oil corporations; NGOs; global governance; international norms; responsibility; accountability; public-private; corporate social responsibility; human rights; international relations; Human Rights; Political and administrative sciences; förvaltningskunskap; Mänskliga rättigheter; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap;

    Sammanfattning : The theory and practice of international relations are replete with dilemmas related to the distribution of responsibility for human rights protection. Institutionalized notions of public and private empower and shape knowledge of what the spheres of responsibility signify for different kinds of actors. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Information, Markets and Conflict : Essays on Development and Political Economics

    Författare :David Yanagizawa Drott; Jakob Svensson; La Ferrara Eliana; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Information; Mass Media; Propaganda; Market Information; Conflict; Genocide; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis consists of four essays.The first essay, “The Strategic Determinants of U.S. Human Rights Reporting: Evidence from the Cold War”, uses a country-level panel dataset to test the hypothesis that the United States biases its human rights reports of countries based on the strategic value of these countries. LÄS MER