Sökning: "patron-client relations"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 avhandlingar innehållade orden patron-client relations.
1. Catching values of small-scale fisheries : A look at markets, trade relations and fisher behaviour
Sammanfattning : This thesis explores small-scale fisheries trade, markets and the accompanying relationships. It does so to understand how they contribute to human wellbeing and ecosystem health through fisher's behaviour in the marine environment. LÄS MER
2. The Cursed Leaf : An Anthropology of the Political Economy of Cocaine Production in Southern Colombia
Sammanfattning : In this study, Oscar Jansson explores the relations mediating the distribution of surplus value in the sub-capitalist environment of cocaine production in Putumayo, Colombia. Analyzing the groups of actors in the chain of production in the tropical periphery, the study asserts that the transfer of surplus value from the peasant producers at the bottom of the cocaine economy to a significant extent is mediated by violence inflicted by paramilitary groups. LÄS MER
3. Great Britain, the United States, and the Security of the Middle East: The Formation of the Baghdad Pact
Sammanfattning : Anglo-American post-Second World War relations in the Middle East included cases of close cooperation and conflict. An example of the former was the Pentagon Talks in 1947 when an American statement pointed out the general objective of maintaining the security of the Middle East by retaining the British political, economic, and strategic position in areas supported by the United States. LÄS MER
4. Paths to power and patterns of influence : The Dravidian parties in south Indian politics
Sammanfattning : This doctoral thesis has resulted from a study of the three, regional, Dravidian, parties in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu-a region that has a reputation for its 'personality politics'. The purpose is to analyse the relationship between modes of mobilisatioand the structures of authority in these political parties, that undeniably, although in different degrees and on different ground bestow on their leaders eminence beyond the formal position of rank. LÄS MER
5. Patronage, Politics and Pollution : precarious NGO-state relationships : urban environmental issues in south India
Sammanfattning : Rapid urban population growth is a striking feature for most cities in developing countries. Such demographic change, compounded by political power structures, industrialisation and culture, pose big institutional challenges in coping with urban environments. LÄS MER