Sökning: "Peter Stein"
Hittade 3 avhandlingar innehållade orden Peter Stein.
1. More Water, Less Grass? : An assessment of resource degradation and stakeholders’ perceptions of environmental change in Ombuga Grassland, Northern Namibia
Sammanfattning : The objectives of this thesis are to assess: to what degree have natural resources deteriorated in a grazing area in northern Namibia, how do perceptions of environmental change held by local stakeholders there, correspond to scientific assessments, and how do these relate to national estimates? Analysis of the process of developing national indicators for monitoring of land degradation concluded that specific indicators should be developed on national level, and in some instances even on local level as there are no universal causes of land degradation. According to farmers overgrazing and low rainfall since the early 1990s cause negative environmental changes in the study area, partly confirming findings from national monitoring. LÄS MER
2. Faust och Mefisto : Vadets dramaturgiska funktion i Goethes Faust I och II
Sammanfattning : In this dissertation I have studied the relationship between Faust and Mephisto and the influence of the wager in Goethe’s Faust I and II. Decisive for its coming into being is the lack of a thorough study over the influence of the wager throughout the play. LÄS MER
3. Global rörelse : Den globala rättviserörelsen och modernitetens omvandlingar
Sammanfattning : A basic premise of this dissertation is that social movements are political and social actors expressing the centrality of autonomy in modernity. To grasp the nature of the relation between politics and social movements, the latter has to be related to the profound transformation in the forms of politics implied by the breakthrough of modernity, and the subsequent transformations within modernity. LÄS MER
