Essays about: "2020"

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  1. 1. The Price of Power: A quantitative study of price elasticity of demand during high electricity prices in Southern Sweden

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Joel Berg; Lisa Johnsson; [2024-02-12]
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    Abstract : Unprecedentedly high electricity prices became a pressing issue for consumers in 2021-2022, causing political debate and shedding light on the hourly electricity prices. Out of the four Swedish electricity areas created to facilitate an effective electricity market, this thesis will focus on SE3 and SE4 in the South of Sweden, which experienced the highest prices in 2021-2022. READ MORE

  3. 2. Taiwanese Immigrants’ Perception of the Ethnic Hierarchy in Sweden

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Yi-Chieh Chen; [2024-01-26]
    Keywords : Ethnic Hierarchy; Taiwanese Immigrants; Sweden; stereotype; social distance;

    Abstract : Ethnic hierarchy tends to exist in a multi-ethnic society. Sweden has a long history of receiving immigrants (Bentsen, 2021; Törngren, 2020). READ MORE

  4. 3. A qualitative study of foreign aid and China’s role in economic and human development in Zambia

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Sue-Ellen Njekwa Ryberg; [2024-01-26]
    Keywords : Zambia; foreign aid; development; dependency; debt trap; Chinese loans;

    Abstract : The precedent of unrivaled lending in Zambia, to a great degree, and courtesy to the World Bank, has generated a normative and financial frame that puts forward economic prosperity as only being made manifest through lending in perpetuality. Zambia has in recent decades found itself in between both West and East spheres of power in terms of foreign aid and this has had an impact on its development. READ MORE

  5. 4. Prevalent Discord. Exploring and estimating the prevalence of the type of user disagreement on news media Facebook posts discussing the Colombian peace process (2020-2022)

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Luis Felipe Villota Macias; [2024]
    Keywords : Agonistic peace; antagonism; big data analytics; binary logistic regression; computational content analysis; Colombia; Colombian peace process; discord; Facebook; machine learning; peace process; public opinion and sentiment; social media; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis is dedicated to exploring and understanding public reactions within negotiated peace settlements based on social media data. Concretely, to modeling public opinion and sentiment within the context of the Colombian peace process using a curated dataset of N= ~1. READ MORE

  6. 5. A Camouflaged Weapon : Coercive Engineered Migration against Europe by Armed Nonstate Actors in Libya

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Rebecka Rönnegård; [2024]
    Keywords : armed non-state actors; coercion; foreign policy; Libya; weaponized migration;

    Abstract : In a world witnessing unprecedented levels of forced displacement, the weaponization of migration has emerged as a potent and unexplored tool in the foreign policy arsenals of states and non-state actors. Challenging traditional state-centric perspectives in international relations, this thesis delves into the realm of Coercive Engineered Migration (CEM) employed by armed non-state actors. READ MORE