Essays about: "being on time in the military"

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  1. 21. Age of Arrakis: State Apparatuses and Foucauldian Biopolitics in Frank Herbert's Dune

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Pontus Viberg; [2019]
    Keywords : power; ideology; biopower; religion; science fiction; Herbert Dune; America; colonialism; state apparatus;

    Abstract : Frank Herbert’s Dune is generally recognized as the best-selling science fiction novel of all time. While it is commonly referred to as a novel of environmental characteristics, this essay investigates the depiction of society and how the power dynamics in this far future setting are presented. READ MORE

  3. 22. Drilling for time: ice cores and the synchronization of temporalities in glaciology, 1935-1978

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för idé- och lärdomshistoria

    Author : Erik Isberg; [2018]
    Keywords : ice cores; Arctic science; temporalities; Environmental humanities; climate modelling; history of science; Willi Dansgaard; Anthropocene; synchronization; temporal regimes; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : Since their emergence in the 1950’s, ice cores have ventured from being scientific objects of concern to a limited number of glaciologists to becoming one of the most iconic representations of anthropogenic climate change. This thesis aims to historicize the way in which ice cores became enrolled into climate discourse, particularly emphasizing the production and representation of temporalities of the global climate that the ice cores made possible. READ MORE

  4. 23. Humanitarian interventions - Should it be legal under contemporary international law?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Maria Alderin; [2018]
    Keywords : Public international law; Humanitarian interventions; Human rights; Responsibility to protect; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Humanitarian interventions is a well debated subject within international law. When it comes to the legality of humanitarian interventions the international community is divided and a lot of material regarding such interventions can be found. READ MORE

  5. 24. The controversies of destructive spending: Arms production and growth in the post-Cold War era

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Athina Swahn; Anja Tuneld; [2018]
    Keywords : Arms trade; Beyond GDP; Defense spending; Economic growth; Military expenditure;

    Abstract : Critics of the GDP measure are claiming that it fails to capture the true well-being of a country and demand that alternative measures be developed. To determine how the destructive spending on arms should enter a new measure, an understanding of its effects on GDP is required. READ MORE

  6. 25. The Defense of Superior Orders - Article 33 of the ICC statute: a departure from customary international law?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Marcus Abrahamsson; [2018]
    Keywords : public international law; international criminal law; jurisprudence; law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The defence of superior orders is the answer to what is called the soldier’s dilemma. This is so called since on the one hand, a soldier is bound by national legislation, military practice, and often psychological pressure to unquestioningly follow the orders of his superior. READ MORE