Essays about: "institutional studies Thesis"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 174 essays containing the words institutional studies Thesis.
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1. The crisisification of the European Single Market : A study investigating how changes to governance of the Single Market can be understood through crisisification
University essay from FörsvarshögskolanAbstract : The European Single Market (SM) has typically been a symbol of economic integration and multilateralism within the European Union (EU). It operates within a robust regulatory framework aimed at ensuring the free movement of goods, services, people, and capital. READ MORE
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2. Diversifying a Museum Collection and the Politics of Representation : A Mixed-Methods Approach to the Acquisition Policies and Implementation of Diversity Strategies at Stockholm's Moderna Museet in the 21st Century
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetikAbstract : Since 1958, Moderna Museet has housed Sweden’s largest collection of Swedish and international modern and contemporary art. This thesis examines the 21st-century collecting strategies and policy development of Moderna Museet, with a focus on diversity and representation, using intersectional theory and queer studies. READ MORE
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3. Breaking the Status Quo? - An Analysis of Sustainability Managers' Change Efforts
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : Societal expectations towards corporations to include social, environmental and ethical considerations have grown in importance, and corporations largely depend on so-called sustainability managers to help them meet these expectations. This thesis provides one of the first studies into how sustainability managers work and asks: how do sustainability managers work to change their organisation for a more sustainable future? Through interviews with 18 senior sustainability managers and an analysis of the empirical findings through institutional entrepreneurship and institutional logics theory, this study identifies sustainability managers as individual actors who adopt strategic approaches and work practices similar to institutional entrepreneurs and shows their efforts to institutionalise sustainability by hybridising it with the perceived dominant market logic and by establishing legitimacy. READ MORE
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4. South Korean Birthmothers Negotiate Everyday Violence and Child Loss Through Storytelling
University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudierAbstract : Adoption scholars have dismantled the story of adoption as a humanitarian effort to save destitute children and framed adoption as a transnational issue underpinned by neo-colonial and patriarchal structures governing the relations between the West and ‘the rest’. This thesis builds on those insights and thus contributes to a growing body of literature within critical adoption studies. READ MORE
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5. A Lagom Level of Debt: Swedish household indebtedness in the 21st century
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis studies the causes of rising household and particularly mortgage debt in Sweden between 1995 and 2020. It aims to contribute to the understanding of institutional factors behind increasing debt, such as policy regulating lending. READ MORE
