Sökning: "Latin America"

Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 93 avhandlingar innehållade orden Latin America.

  1. 6. Comparative study of the analyses of Soviet specialists regarding the socio-economic problems of Latin America and analyses made by the Latin American communist parties: 1970-1979

    Författare :Edmé Domínguez Reyes; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; international relations; Soviet Union; Latin America;

    Sammanfattning : .... LÄS MER

  3. 7. Social Policy of Our Time? : An Inquiry into Evidence, Assumptions, and Diffusion of Conditional Cash Transfers in Latin America

    Författare :Johan Sandberg; Sociologi; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social policy; conditional cash transfers; policy diffusion; poverty; human capital; Latin America; Uruguay; Guatemala;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation presents an inquiry into existing evidence, underlying assumptions, and the rapid diffusion of conditional cash transfers (CCTs) in Latin America. Equally concerned with empirical research on CCTs’ assumed capabilities and the programmes’ political economy and social policy contexts, this inquiry combines systematic analyses and case studies from field work in Uruguay and Guatemala. LÄS MER

  4. 8. Producing, branding and managing multifaceted tourist destinations: Cartagena, Colombia, as a study case

    Författare :Narcís Bassols Gardella; Antonio Paolo Russo; Andrew Smith; Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Departament de Geografia; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; tourism; destination making; destination management; place branding; destination marketing; sun and sand; heritage production; heritage management; built military heritage; urban development; city planning; stakeholders’ management; top-down branding; bottom-up branding; icons; multifaceted destinations; destination lifecycle; critical theory; critical geographies; Cartagena de Indias; Colombia; Caribbean; Latin America; turisme; màrqueting de destinacions; gestió de destinations; producció de destinacions; brànding territorial; sol i platja; producció de patrimoni; gestió del patrimoni; patrimoni militar construït; desenvolupament urbà; planificació urbana; management d’actors; brànding top-down; brànding bottom-up; icones; destinacions polifacètiques; cicle de vida de les destinacions; teoria crítica; geografia crítica; Cartagena d’Índies; Colòmbia; Carib; Amèrica Llatina.; Geography; Geografi;

    Sammanfattning : The present dissertation intends to unveil some of the dynamics and processes found in multifaceted destinations. Two broad conceptual areas are considered in order to conceptualize and analyse the issues found in such places: destination making and destination management. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Asymmetry and the moderating effects of formal institutional distance on the relationship between cultural distance and performance of foreign subsidiaries in Latin America

    Författare :Henrique Correa da Cunha; Svante Andersson; Mohamed Amal; Mikael Hilmersson; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Asymmetry; institutional distance; cultural distance; subsidiary; performance; Latin America;

    Sammanfattning : This study investigates how Cultural and Formal Institutional distances and their interaction affect the performance of multinational foreign subsidiaries in Latin America. It is shown that using Kogut and Singh (1988) index or attributing the positive and negative signals to distances in opposite directions fail to capture asymmetric effects as it assumes either symmetry or opposing symmetry. LÄS MER

  7. 10. From Curiosa to World Culture. The History of the Latin American Collections at the Museum of World Culture in Sweden

    Författare :Adriana Muñoz; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archeology; Ethnography; Collections; Museums; Practices; National-States; World Culture; Latin America; Gothenburg; Sweden;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis discusses the history of the Latin American collections stored today at the Museum of World Culture in Sweden, emphasizing the relationship between the political ideological context of society and the signifi cance that the objects have been given over time. When the fi rst collections started to come to Sweden they meant a cosmopolitan touch to the upcoming bourgeoisie of the city of Gothenburg. LÄS MER