Essays about: "Variation theory"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 259 essays containing the words Variation theory.
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21. Intergenerational blame attribution - a consequence of the perceived personal post-crisis economy of youth in Sweden?
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Motivated by recent claims from youth that older generations are jeopardizing their future, the purpose of this thesis is to study potential explanations for the variation of intergenerational blame attribution among Swedish youth. Ordinary least squares regression analysis is conducted on survey data, especially focused on young participants, to test several hypotheses about how perceived economic threats and one’s value orientation can impact young people’s motivation to blame elderly generations for economic difficulties. READ MORE
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22. The Effects of Violence on Political Trust in Mali. A Quantitative Analysis of How Levels of Insecurity and Violence, Affects Trust in Different Types of Security Actors.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis generates new theory on how violence affects the levels of political trust toward state and non-state security actors in Mali. The theory that is generated will further be tested through a quantitative regression analysis to be able to answer the overarching research question of: In contexts with high levels of insecurity and violence, under what conditions do populations put their trust in different types of security actors? Furthermore, two additional research questions are examined: How does regional variation, whether violence is taking place within a region or not affecting how populations put their trust in state or non-state security actors?, and How do different types of violent events affect whether populations put their trust in state or non-state security actors? The thesis can conclude that the levels of trust in state security actors are affected by the levels of violence in Mali, additionally, the thesis finds evidence that the levels of violence within a region and that regions location effects the will of a population to trust state security actors negatively. READ MORE
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23. Platformisation - An exploratory study on how organisations can adopt a platform business model
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : The emergence of digital technologies has altered new opportunities and profoundly changed how organisations are structured and operate, giving rise to the platform paradigm. In a rapidly changing environment, platforms can quickly respond to new conditions and significantly increase customer value. READ MORE
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24. Macroeconomic Determinants of Sovereign Credit Risk
University essay fromAbstract : This report analyzes the macroeconomic determinants of sovereign bond yields in three different economies: the US, a large open economy and a benchmark in the financial markets, Sweden, a small open economy that has successfully dealt with financial crisis, and Italy, a large open economy with a history of financial distress. Cointegration techniques of the VECM and the ARDL model were used to derive the short-run and the long-run determinants of sovereign bond yields. READ MORE
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25. Learning with fire, water and sun: A post-qualitative inquiry into Swedish friluftsliv education
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för didaktik och pedagogisk professionAbstract : Aim: The aim of this study was to empirically investigate the emerging material-discursive entanglements between humans and more-than-humans within Swedish friluftsliv education, and argue for the ways in which these create didactical and pedagogical opportunities for teachers and students to contribute to a more sustainable world. Theory: The research was theoretically framed within a new materialist ontology focusing on the entanglement between matter and meaning and the configuration of phenomena as material-discursive (Barad, 2007). READ MORE
