Essays about: "border studies"
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1. Spatial Stories of Peace. The case of the Greater Gola Landscape.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : This thesis follows the interdisciplinary tradition that exists in global studies by performing a spatial analysis of the imaginary of peace(s) and conservation as a practice of peace(s) and thus contributing to the fields of environmental peacebuilding, peace- and conflict studies, and geography. The thesis has its theoretical starting point in environmental peacebuilding and is drawing and building on spatial theory as a way of understanding the construction of peace(s) in the context of the Greater Gola Landscape, straddling the border of Sierra Leone and Liberia. READ MORE
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2. Beyond borders and barriers: A qualitative study of foreign direct investment and its effect on knowledge transfer in Rwanda
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledningAbstract : Foreign direct investment has been considered to provide an avenue for knowledge transfer between investors and entrepreneurs. However, few studies have investigated what capacities influence the quality of cross-border knowledge transfer. READ MORE
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3. The Offshore Asylum Policy : A Comparative Case Study of Denmark and the UK
University essay from Malmö universitet/Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare (MIM)Abstract : The goal of this thesis is to provide a deeper understanding of the controversial issues surrounding the offshore asylum policy by concentrating on the political debates and arguments that are for and against the policies' activation. This will be done by following the structure of a Political Discourse but applying an Argumentation Analysis to the study. READ MORE
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4. Freedom and Movement for Humans and Wild Animals : A journey along the German-Danish border fence
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaAbstract : In December 2019, the Danish government finished building a fence on the border with Germany. Although the fence was nominally intended to prevent wild boar entering Denmark, the government had recently acquired enough barbed wire to reinforce it against human migrants. READ MORE
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5. Spatializing Hospitality : A design exploration on how to provide spatial agency to immigrant households in Sweden
University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitetAbstract : The thesis investigates how a host country can apply ethics of hospitality to housing that allow refugees and asylum seekers spatial agency. The necessity of doing this is to reduce the passive state of being “guests” for refugees when they are waiting for answers of asylum application approval. READ MORE