Sökning: "calamities"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 7 avhandlingar innehållade ordet calamities.

  1. 1. Russia on the Move-The Railroads and the Exodus From Compulsory Collectivism 1861-1914

    Författare :Sylvia Sztern; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Institutions; technology; village commune-obshchina; insurance; famines; calamities; railroads; rationality; collectivism; individualism;

    Sammanfattning : Western scholars of Tsarist Russia emphasize the continuity of collectivism on the Russian plain. Numerous endogenous factors explain the human clustering that occurred as kinship structures evolved into territorial agrarian communal patterns. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Anxiety and (In)Security in Times of Calamity : The 2014 flood and the Kashmir conflict

    Författare :Rasmus Andrén; Eva-Karin Olsson Gardell; Simon Hollis; Scott Watson; Försvarshögskolan; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Disaster; Conflict; Disruption; Anxiety; Ontological Security; Kashmir; Katastrof; konflikt; störning; ångest; ontologisk säkerhet; Kashmir; Political Science; Statsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : Environmental calamities and disasters are increasingly found to affect political stability and conflicts. Despite a plethora of research across a range of disciplines, however, explanations remain elusive. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Reconstruction planning in post-conflict zones : Bosnia and Herzegovina and the international community

    Författare :Tigran Hasic; Göran Cars; Wakter Leal Filho; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political science; reconstruction planning; post-conflict zones; bosnia and herzegovina; international community; complexity and systems thinking; grounded theory; Statsvetenskap; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : The history of mankind has been plagued by an almost continuous chain of various armed conflicts - local, regional, national and global - that have caused horrendous damage to the social and physical fabric of cities. The tragedy of millions deprived by war still continues. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Fortunas klädnader : lycka, olycka och risk i det tidigmoderna Sverige

    Författare :Kristiina Savin; Avdelningen för idé- och lärdomshistoria; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; early modern history; history of risk management; intellectual history; history of emotions; history of rhetoric;

    Sammanfattning : Fortuna’s Guises: Fortune, Misfortune, and Risk in Early Modern Sweden. This dissertation explores learned conceptions of uncertainty and risk during the period stretching approximately between 1560 and 1720. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Caught in the Maelstrom, Catching the Tide : Micro-level Responses to Climate-Related Hazards and Conflict

    Författare :Kristina Petrova; Hanne Fjelde; Nina von Uexkull; Gabriele Spilker; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; natural hazards; climate-related disasters; armed conflict; electoral violence; protests; riots; communal conflict; state institutions; disaster relief aid; climate mobilities; internal and international migration; Sub-Saharan Africa; Bangladesh; Pakistan.;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation contributes to the literature on the nexus between climate-related disaster and conflict. One of the main sources of uncertainty regarding the effects of climate change on conflict stems from limited understanding of the driving mechanisms and the political contexts under which these effects materialize. LÄS MER