Sökning: "norm diffusion"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 15 avhandlingar innehållade orden norm diffusion.
1. Norm Acceptance in the International Community : A study of disaster risk reduction and climate-induced migration
Sammanfattning : Different kinds of normative claims and statements of “oughtness” infuse the international political environment. But why do some proposed norms become accepted by the international community while others do not? This thesis investigates this central question using two normatively charged international issues as vehicles for explanation. LÄS MER
2. Innovation Diffusion in the Construction Sector
Sammanfattning : Innovation and development are the backbone of a thriving market economy. It is through innovations of various kinds that nations, industries and companies compete. Many actions in areas internationally and nationally will affect the construction sector. Research into construction innovation has attracted increasing interest. LÄS MER
3. From Idea to Norm : Promoting Conflict Prevention
Sammanfattning : This study is concerned with tracing the process of how conflict prevention is moving from the realm of ideas to the field of action. Why is it that, despite historical as well as recent evidence of the infeasibility to prevent wars, the idea of conflict prevention has resurfaced to meet the challenge of the new wars of the post-Cold War era? The study investigates whether the growing interest in preventing the outbreak of violent conflicts marks the coming of age of conflict prevention as an international norm able to induce preventive practices. LÄS MER
4. How do international norms travel? : Women’s political rights in Cambodia and Timor-Leste
Sammanfattning : How do international norms travel, via statebuilding efforts, into post-conflict settings, and how do international and national actors interact in this process? These are the main questions addressed in this thesis. The empirical focus is the spreading and rooting of the norm of women’s political rights in Cambodia and Timor-Leste, two countries in which international actors have played a significant role in statebuilding efforts. LÄS MER
5. On A Posteriori Error Estimation in the Maximum Norm
Sammanfattning : In this thesis we consider residual-based a posteriori error estimates in the maximum norm for the finite element solution of some partial differential equations. The thesis consists of three papers. The first paper concerns a pointwise a posteriori error estimate for the time dependent obstacle problem. LÄS MER