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16. The Arctic in Transition : Great Power Competition at the End of the Post-Cold War Order
University essay from FörsvarshögskolanAbstract : This study uses defensive realism, offensive realism and power transition theory (PTT) in order to examine the great powers’ grand strategies in the Arctic region, aiming to recontextualise the security theatre in the Arctic as a reflection of the return of great power politics and the end of Arctic exceptionalism, and to examine the explanatory power of the different strands of realism on the great power behaviour identified in their Arctic strategies. The study is conducted using qualitative content analysis and utilises Jacob Westberg’s theorisation of grand strategies through the categories of context, ends, means and ways as analytical framework, to which the theoretical framework is applied. READ MORE
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17. Exploring foreign language teachers’ professional agency in Romanian Public Secondary schools.
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogikAbstract : Aim: This research aims to explore how seven foreign language teachers in a few urban public secondary schools in Romania understand and enact their professional agency and how contextual factors support or constrain its achievement. The purpose is to understand the ways in which the participants’ teaching philosophies and experiences inform their awareness and achievement of agency, what they perceive as the available contextual resources within contextual constraints, and how that reflects in their beliefs and professional aspirations. READ MORE
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18. “All we have is this beautiful place. But we don’t have the money”: The effect of foreign direct investment and global power structures on local female entrepreneurship in Coron Town, the Philippines
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studierAbstract : Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the global South indicates both to create and obstruct local entrepreneurship opportunities in host countries. However, foreign business owners' large capitals, and global development policies encouraging FDI in the tourism industry play a significant role in this relation. READ MORE
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19. Competition and Physician Turnover: Evidence from Swedish Primary Care Units
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : The Swedish government has over the years implemented several reforms to improve health care system and ensure continuity of care. One of the reforms, The Act on Free Choice, was implemented between 2007 and 2010 providing patients a free choice to choose a provider and private providers to freely enter the market; thereby, increasing the competition among providers. READ MORE
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20. Unveiling the future: Exploring Sweden’s opportunities to transition to an auction-based system for offshore wind.
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för marina vetenskaperAbstract : The energy transition to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the Russian Federation’s war on Ukraine has incentivised targets of European independence in the energy market. Offshore wind is deemed an important energy source because technological advancements have made the sector cost-efficient while producing more capacity than before. READ MORE
