Essays about: "america on war"

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  1. 1. Structural Change and Income Inequality: evidence from Latin America’s Sectoral Composition (1950 – 2012)

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Juan Pablo Julia Ciarelli; [2019]
    Keywords : Structural Change; Income Inequality; Employment; Sectors; Latin America; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Latin America is and has been one of the most unequal regions in the World. Since the end of the Second World War, income inequality has been influenced by the high dependency on exports of agricultural products and raw materials, an early deindustrialization and the rise of low productivity service sectors. READ MORE

  3. 2. Why North Korea Developed the Deadliest Weapon on Earth - Examining North Korea's nuclear weapons program through strategic issues in international crisis bargaining

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Isabella Parling; [2019]
    Keywords : North Korea; United States; nuclear weapons; bargaining issues; strategic choice; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This paper is a qualitative case study on the interaction between the United States of America and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea). The study examines the difficulties states face when bargaining, and draws conclusions based on theories of how the structural setting affects strategic choices when states seek security on the international arena. READ MORE

  4. 3. Operation Condor : The U.S. involvement - A rational strategy or a political powerplay?

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Amanda Hedman; [2019]
    Keywords : Operation Condor; National Security; Latin America; USA; Foreign Policy;

    Abstract : During 1975-1989 a transnational state-terror operation was carried out by several South American states called Operation Condor. Declassified documents show that the U.S. government assisted the operation with communication and intelligence techniques. READ MORE

  5. 4. Treacherous Words : How Climate Change Conspiracy Sceptics use Conceptual Metaphors to Extinguish our Future

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Ida-Maria Chvostek; [2019]
    Keywords : United States of America; conservative think tanks; critical metaphor analysis; IPCC; framing;

    Abstract : This study examined the metaphors used in contemporary American conservative discourse between October 2018 and March 2019, focusing on material published by conservative think tanks (CTTs) and tweets made by Republican senators in relation to climate change. For the CTTs, a domain-specific corpus (36,388 words) was compiled and a smaller corpus (3967 words) was assembled based on 135 tweets. READ MORE

  6. 5. A survey of recycled plastic waste as an alternative building material

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Olof Wadsö; Eric Svenmyr; [2019]
    Keywords : adequate housing; indoor climate; plastic waste; seismic behaviour; material properties; developing countries; Colombia; Arts and Architecture; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : This study charts the possibilities of recycled plastic and its use as an alternative building material for low-income housing in Colombia. The building materials in the study have been compared with respect to their physical properties, the cost and how they affect the indoor climate in each building. READ MORE