Essays about: "Birgitta Skaanning Petersen"

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  1. 1. A Chinese Soft Power Discourse Forced to Dig Deeper - Critical Discourse Analysis of the Power Struggles in Relation to China’s Investments in Zambian Mines

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Birgitta Skaanning Petersen; [2014]
    Keywords : China; Zambia; Critical Discourse Analysis; Soft Power; NGO; Mining industry; Globalization; World Polity; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The first aim of this thesis were to analyze China’s discourse of soft power in relation to their investments in the Zambian mining industry from the year 2000 to 2012. From a combination of Norman Fairclough’s critical discourse analysis and Joseph Nye’s soft power theory, I can conclude, that in the 12 years period the Chinese soft power discourse was dominating and China could persuade and attract Zambia into more cooperation and trade. READ MORE