Sökning: "Transition economy"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 155 avhandlingar innehållade orden Transition economy.

  1. 21. Design in the space between stories : design for social innovation and sustainability–from responding to societal challenges to preparing for societal collapse

    Författare :Anders Emilson; Ezio Manzini; Malmö högskola; []
    Nyckelord :Interaction design; Participatory design; Design for social innovation and sustainability; Design fiction; Collapse informatics; Design things; Resilience; Sustainability; Collapse; Frames; Transition; Scenarios;

    Sammanfattning : We seem to be approaching the end of the era we know as Industrial Civilization. If this is the case, we will leave a stable period of progress and growth and enter into a long period of decline where many of our systems and support structures will collapse. LÄS MER

  2. 22. Berättade liv, berättat Polen : en etnologisk studie av hur högutbildade polacker gestaltar identitet och samhälle

    Författare :Katarzyna Wolanik Boström; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ethnology; Poland; transformation; transition; life story; narrativity; narrative identity; biography; well-educated strata; proffessionals; intelligentsia; family; gender; social relationships; childhood; education; school system; everyday-life; proffessional life; work; career; social circles; field; informal relations; legitimacy; capital; distinctions; socialism; communism; post-communism; Etnologi; Ethnology; Etnologi; Ethnology; etnologi;

    Sammanfattning : The study takes its point of departure in the notions of life story, narrativity and context. It is based on extensive life story interviews with well-educated professionals in Poland – academics, teachers, managers, physicians, artists – during the period of transformation (or transition) from ”real socialism” to democracy and a market economy. LÄS MER

  3. 23. Internationalization of production in Kazakhstan and its economic implications: the role of foreign investment and transnational corporations

    Författare :Nurgul Baigabylova; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Internationalization of production; transnational corporation; foreign investment; natural resources; extractive industry; transition economy; eclectic paradigm; investment development path;

    Sammanfattning : This licentiate thesis examines the development of internationalization of production in Kazakhstan and its economic implications over the period 1991-2010. The main objectives of the thesis are to investigate the role of foreign investment and TNCs in the economic growth of Kazakhstan since its independence in 1991 and onward, to explore the motives that foreign enterprises have for investing in Kazakhstan, and to understand how the internationalization of production affected the Kazakhstani economy during the period 1991-2010. LÄS MER

  4. 24. Dissenting Democrats : Nation and Democracy in the Republic of Moldova

    Författare :Andreas Johansson; Elfar Loftsson; Lars Lindström; Bo Petersson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Moldova; Moldavia; MSSR; transition; ethnic group; nation; national division; nation-building; democracy; democratization; polyarchy; political support; correspondence analysis; Moldovanism; Romanianism; Gagauz Yeri; Transnistria; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : The Republic of Moldova was one of fifteen states to emerge from the dissolution of the Soviet Union. With weak historical legacy of statehood, deteriorating economy and serious national divisions, the young state lacked many of the prerequisites deemed necessary for successful democratization. LÄS MER

  5. 25. Labour Market Behaviour in a Transition Economy: The Czech Experience

    Författare :Henrik Huitfeldt; John Earle; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays. Essay I presents and characterizes the fluctuations in the flows of workers in the Czech Republic in 1994-2001.The results indicate that most of the re-allocation of workers took place in the first half of the 1990s. LÄS MER