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Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 57 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Soldiers.

1. 11. Emotion matters : Emotion management in Swedish Peace Support Operations

   Författare :Louise Weibull; Jan Karlsson; Eva Haldén; Lars Dahlgren; Karlstads universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Peace Support Operations; emotion management; low-intensity conflict areas; Sweden; Working Life Science; Arbetsvetenskap; Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot strategi och säkerhetspolitik;

   Sammanfattning : The thesis makes an overall contribution to the qualitative research on soldiers’ experiences from service primarily in low-intensity mission areas, this operational environment being placed within a framework of emotion sociology. The central argument put forward states that even on this type of mission the emotional demands are considerable, and that the need for emotional management in Peace Support Operations (PSO) should therefore generally follow other demarcations than the formal military divisions of high and low intensity conflicts respectively. LÄS MER

3. 12. Kriget är inte över förrän den sista soldaten är begraven : Minnesarbete och gemenskap kring andra världskriget i S:t Petersburg med omnejd

   Författare :Johanna Dahlin; Peter Aronsson; Axelsson Bodil; Thomas Hylland; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Second World War; Cultural Memory; Ritual; Russia; St Petersburg; Heritage; Uses of the Past; Human Remains; Memory Politics; Andra världskriget; Ryssland; S:t Petersburg; historiebruk; kulturellt minne; ritualer; kulturarv; mänskliga kvarlevor; minnespolitik;

   Sammanfattning : Avhandlingen undersöker minnespraktiker kring andra världskriget i S:t Petersburg med omnejd, en stad som under namnet Leningrad 1941–44 var belägrad av tyskarna i över två år. På fronterna runt den omringade staden rasade under drygt två år hårda strider. LÄS MER

4. 13. Preferential Processing: a factor with implications : Personality traits as explanatory factors

   Författare :Mats Najström; Lennart Högman; Anders Flykt; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Preferential preattentive processing; trait anxiety; emotional vulnerability; SCR; Psychology; Psykologi; psykologi; Psychology;

   Sammanfattning : Preferential processing favouring threatening information has received increased attention because cognitive formulations have placed increased emphasis on its role as a key cognitive factor underlying vulnerability to and maintenance of anxiety disorders. The present dissertation comprises four empirical studies within the area of preferential processing. LÄS MER

5. 14. American Warriors in Vietnam: Warrior Values and the Myth of the War Experience During the Vietnam War, 1965-1973

   Författare :Sanimir Resic; Öst- och centraleuropakunskap; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Myth of the War Experience; United States; warrior values; veteran discourse; Contemporary history since 1914 ; Vietnam; duty; honor; courage; masculinity; Warrior; Nutidshistoria från 1914 ;

   Sammanfattning : In the Western world there has been a general consensus that in the aftermath of Auschwitz and Hiroshima, romanticized masculine images of war and soldiering have reached a turning point. This book challenges the view that the post- 1945 era has to a great extent been without romantizations of warriorhood. LÄS MER

7. 15. We want you as our new recruit : Prerequisites for recruitment to and retention in the Swedish Armed Forces

   Författare :Johan Österberg; Leif W Rydstedt; Olav Kjellevold Olsen; Karlstads universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; conscription; recruitment; all-volunteer force; retention; Swedish Armed Forces; Psykologi; Psychology; Ledarskap under påfrestande förhållanden;

   Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis was to study the prerequisites for the Swedish Armed Forces (SAF) in order to recruit sufficient numbers of suitable individuals to the organization, and to retain those within the organization.The thesis comprises three studies (Study 1-3) where Study One comprises data gathered, with a longitudinal design, when Sweden relied on conscription for the manning of the Armed Forces. LÄS MER