Essays about: "transnational actor."

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  1. 1. Bridging the GAP for knowledge creation in an international project : A qualitative case study for SIREUS, a SACC-USA program

    University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Erika Villumsen; Louise Murphy; [2023]
    Keywords : Knowledge management; tacit knowledge; explicit knowledge; knowledge creation; knowledge creation in projects; International projects;

    Abstract : Background:The management of knowledge within organizations and projects has become increasinglyimportant. In addition, the number of transnational projects is on the rise. Moreover, projectsare considered the loci where new knowledge is generated. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Partisan Reporter : A study of the news reporting on the American race issue by Sven Öste, 1963-71

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Oskar Brundin; [2021]
    Keywords : Transnational history; Swedish-American relations; Swedish-American history; Civil Rights history; American race issue.;

    Abstract : This thesis presents how the American race issue was depicted in Sweden during the 1960s until the early 1970s by studying the work of Sven Öste in Dagens Nyheter. Sven Öste was Dagens Nyheter’s Washington correspondent between 1963-1966 and 1968-1971, where he did prize winning reporting on the Vietnam war and covered the American race issue. READ MORE

  4. 3. Home in Hardship : Exploring how United Nations professionals negotiate constructions of home in and between hardship settings

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Alexander Thomas; [2021]
    Keywords : Home; mobility; international repeat mobility; actor-network theory; ANT; constructivism; United Nations; hardship;

    Abstract : There is a general recognition within the social sciences that extensive mobility challenges how we perceive the notion of home. With this idea as its starting point, this thesis explores how situations of hardship impact the ways in which mobile professionals negotiate and construct their homes. READ MORE

  5. 4. Extraction for the Green Transition: An Eco-Marxist actor analysis of lithium governance in Bolivia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Julian Dannefjord; [2021]
    Keywords : Bolivia; lithium; extractivism; climate change; energy transition; actor analysis; Eco-Marxism; John Bellamy Foster; metabolic rift; ecological imperialism; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Bolivia holds among the biggest reserves of lithium in the world. Lithium-ion batteries are essential components in electric vehicles, solar panels, and wind turbines, and are therefore crucial for a global transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. Meanwhile, the extraction process of lithium can cause large environmental damage. READ MORE

  6. 5. Operation Condor : The U.S. involvement - A rational strategy or a political powerplay?

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Amanda Hedman; [2019]
    Keywords : Operation Condor; National Security; Latin America; USA; Foreign Policy;

    Abstract : During 1975-1989 a transnational state-terror operation was carried out by several South American states called Operation Condor. Declassified documents show that the U.S. government assisted the operation with communication and intelligence techniques. READ MORE