Sökning: "local mobilization"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 57 avhandlingar innehållade orden local mobilization.
1. Civil Resistance in the Shadow of War : Explaining popular mobilization against dams in Myanmar
Sammanfattning : Why do some conflict-affected communities collectively resist dam-building while others do not? State-backed development projects such as hydropower dams have been the subject of societal resistance in countries around the world. In armed conflict areas, local populations who organize nonviolent resistance through collective action against these high-impact projects face additional challenges, such as being targeted for violence and coercion by the authorities. LÄS MER
2. Local employment policy : a study on the properties of intermunicipal rivalry
Sammanfattning : Rivalry among local governments (e.g. municipalities) regarding protection and expansion of local labor markets by means of costly policy programs is modeled as a non-cooperative game. LÄS MER
3. Kommunala ideal och politisk verklighet. : En jämförande fallstudie av frisinnad politisk organisering i Filipstad och Skövde, ca 1880-1920
Sammanfattning : Most studies of emerging Swedish parties and politics have mainly focused on the Swedish Social Democrats and their struggle for democracy and political power, most as a prelude to the so called ”Swedish Model”. Competing parties have received attention from historians on the national level, but their local origin remains to large extent an open field. LÄS MER
4. Community mobilization and peer education in a HIV-STI prevention program for university students
Sammanfattning : Slowing the incidence of HIV and STI among young people requires that they change their sexual behaviours. There is evidence that community-based interventions that target multiple levels of influence can be effective. LÄS MER
5. Local infiltration analgesia in knee arthroplasty
Sammanfattning : Local infiltration analgesia (LIA) is a new technique for postoperative pain management following knee arthroplasty. LIA involves a long-acting local anesthetic (ropivacaine), a non-steroid anti-inflammatory drug (ketorolac) and epinephrine infiltrated into the knee joint during surgery and injected postoperatively via a catheter. LÄS MER