Essays about: "Pierre Nikolov"

Found 4 essays containing the words Pierre Nikolov.

  1. 1. Privatizing an Uncontested Public Good - The Rise of Transnational Corporate Military Service Provision

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Pierre Nikolov; [2009]
    Keywords : Market for Force; Institution; Public Good; Private Good; Path Dependence; New Institutional Economics; Executive Outcomes; MPRI; Blackwater; KBR; Private Contractor; Private Security Company; Private Military Company; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The provision of military and armed security services typically is the monopoly domain of the state. With the end of the Cold War legitimate private firms, however, expanded as worldwide providers of military and security services. READ MORE

  3. 2. Localizing the Global - A Minor Field Study about Globalization and Identity among Call-Center Employees in Northern India

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Pierre Nikolov; [2009]
    Keywords : Call-Center; Globalization; Culture; Habitus; Identity; Cosmopolitan; Modernity; Development; Business Process Outsourcing; Off-shoring; India; National Capital Region of Delhi; New Delhi; Minor Field Study; Gurgaon; Noida; Sociology; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In our time it is widely argued that we are undergoing global transformations that influence the way we think about ourselves and how we interact and form ties with others. The intensified global integration of service sectors during the last five to ten years underscores such transformations. READ MORE

  4. 3. International NGO Peacebuilding - How INGOs Facilitate Nepal’s Transition to Peace

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Pierre Nikolov; [2009]
    Keywords : INGO; NGO; Nepal; Civil Society; Conflict Transformation; Peacebuilding; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The end of the Cold War altered the international landscape. New insecurities, vast humanitarian crises, extended normative frameworks, and increased funding incited established and new international NGOs to expand their engagement in peace processes. READ MORE

  5. 4. CIVIL SOCIETY & ETHNIC CONFLICT - A Comparative Case Analysis of Civil Society & Ethnic Conflict in Thailand & Malaysia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Pierre Nikolov; Daniel Semcesen; [2007]
    Keywords : Political and administrative sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social sciences; Politisk historia; Political history; Southeast Asia; Malaysia; Thailand; Intra-state conflict; Ethnic conflict; Civil society; Ethnicity; Freds- och konfliktforskning; polemology; Peace and conflict research; förvaltningskunskap; Statsvetenskap; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : The importance of civil society for advancing peace efforts and outcomes generated increased and wide interest after the Cold war. During this era the number of armed intra-state and violent ethnic conflicts also increased dramatically. In Southeast Asia only Malaysia has avoided intra-state conflict and recurring ethnic violence. READ MORE