Essays about: "Mercenary"
Found 5 essays containing the word Mercenary.
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1. Coins, glass shards and other means of payment - A comparative study of Scandinavian Charon object burials using R. Dawkins’ meme theory
University essay from Lunds universitet/ArkeologiAbstract : The purpose of this thesis’ topic is to investigate the evolutionary dispersal of the Charon’s fee or Obolus rite outside the Roman provinces in Northern Europe, with a specific focus on Roman Iron Age and Migration Period Scandinavia. The aim of this study is therefore to add further understanding to the spread of Roman cultural influences outside the imperial borders and what made Roman material and ideological culture so attractive to the Germanic and Scandinavian Iron Age peoples. READ MORE
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2. Risk in the Private Military Industry : Risk-Transfer Dynamics in Globalized Private Military and Security Companies’ Recruitment Processes
University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Private military and security companies (PMSCs) are established actors in the global militaryindustry. The adaptation to utilize PMSCs as a complement to national militaries has increased their importance significantly. READ MORE
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3. Lönsamhet i mindre slakteri : fallstudie på Wiktor Olssons slakteri
University essay from SLU/Rural Buildings and Animal Husbandry (until 121231)Abstract : Slakteriverksamhet blir allt mer intressant med tanke på de ständiga variationerna i slaktsvinspriset, en av flera stora osäkerhetsfaktorer inom lantbruksbranschen. Genom att komplettera olika verksamheter inom animalieproduktion med ett slakteri har man möjlighet till att investera sig till en större säkerhet genom att man har hela produktionsledet fram till konsumenten. READ MORE
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4. What Makes a Happy Marriage? : A Study of Choice in Four Jane Austen Novels
University essay from Institutionen för kultur och kommunikationAbstract : The aim of this thesis was to show how important both the outward and inward factors are in decision-making process in relation to marriage in the four novels Sense and Sensibility, Emma, Pride and Prejudice and Mansfield Park. The argument was that all Austen’s novels revolve around the balance of all external and internal factors. READ MORE
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5. Private Military Companies and the Effect on the Control of Force in the Developing World
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : With the privatisation of war and the increasing importance of non-state actors in conflict, the need to study their effects on governments is increasing. This thesis? purpose is to analyse the effects on the government's control of force in the developing world, when contracting a Private Military Company (PMC). READ MORE
