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1. How Global Record Companies Adapt to Digitisation in the Music Industry
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : The music industry underwent a revolution with the advance of digitisation, which was a disaster for the record companies who relied on physical sales of music from CDs and cassettes. Digitisation meant that music in physical formats switched to digital formats, which came unexpectedly for record companies who lost revenue and market shares. READ MORE
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2. "The whole rotten world come down and break" : Feminist sabotage in Kathy Acker's novel Pussy, King of the Pirate
University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskapAbstract : .... READ MORE
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3. Marketisation of Security
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : Entangled in a context of increased use of private military and security companies globally, this study sets out to investigate the motivation for Denmark to use private military and security companies (PMSCs) for maritime security in parilious international waters. This study examines the decision making process taking place in the Danish Parliament in 2012 prior to the passing of Law 116 The amendment of the Firearms Act and the Act on Warfare, etc. READ MORE
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4. The Pirate Parties’ Globality
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studierAbstract : In the following, one transnational - and potentially global - phenomenon will be discussed by asking ‘how do the members of the Pirate Party perceive the Pirate Parties’ globality?’ In the first part of this paper, the structures surrounding the Pirate Party are described. It will be argued that the Pirate Party can be regarded as an allegory for globalization. READ MORE
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5. Pirate Politics: Information Technologies and the Reconfiguration of Politics
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studierAbstract : This thesis sets out to address the question of how Information Technologies (ITs) become politically relevant, both by drawing on different theoretical approaches and by undertaking a qualitative study about the Swedish Pirate Party. The first source of puzzlement that composes our main research question is the phenomena of how ITs have been taking center stage in recent political disputes, such as controversial legislations in Sweden and abroad (ACTA, Data Retention Directive, etc. READ MORE