Essays about: "policy brief"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 47 essays containing the words policy brief.

  1. 6. Thinking outside the Baltic : Swedish ambitions in Norway at the height of the Great Power Era

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Elias Norgren; [2021]
    Keywords : Swedish Empire; Denmark-Norway; Baltic Sea; Axel Oxenstierna; state formation; geopolitics; commerce; early modern nationalism;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to examine the seldom researched Swedish geopolitical interests inNorway in the first half of the 17th century, with the brief 1658 conquest of Trondheim as itscentral event of inquiry. Through the study of privy council protocols and chancellor AxelOxenstierna’s correspondence, the study builds a case for the confluence of security, commerce, andthe concepts of nations as the influencing factors that shaped Swedish imperial foreign policy in thedecades leading up to the dramatic war of 1658, yielding a theoretical construction of the Empire’sBaltic doctrine, or the Oxenstierna doctrine, as an explanatory model for Sweden’s early modernexpansion patterns. READ MORE

  3. 7. Tourism apartheid and Sustainable Ground Level Tourism : A study of tourism policy and its implications on society in Cuba

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Latinamerikainstitutet

    Author : Jan Rutenborg; [2020]
    Keywords : Tourism apartheid; Sustsinable development; Sustainable tourism; Ground Level Tourism;

    Abstract : The purpose of this essay is to put focus on sustainability and tourism in Cuba and to explore the phenomenon of "tourism apartheid” and its implications on human rights and sustainable development. This is done by studying prior research on the subject and secondary research sources as well as new material and data collected through qualitative and quantative methods. READ MORE

  4. 8. Stability and Change in Role Conceptions : The Case of Russia and the Annexation of Crimea

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ludwig Modin; [2020]
    Keywords : Role Conceptions; Role Change; Russia; Crimea; Roles; International Relations; Foreign Policy; Putin;

    Abstract : This paper addresses the question of whether Russia’s role conception changed after the annexation of Crimea. Research on role conceptions has a solid standing within foreign policy analysis, but information on role change and what it is that affects it has not been given the necessary attention. READ MORE

  5. 9. Emerging Solutions for the Improvement of Food Traceability in the EU: Examining the Use of Blockchain Technology for Tracing Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO)

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Oona Arlene BUTTAFOCO; [2019]
    Keywords : Food traceability; Blockchain; Extra Virgin Olive Oil EVOO ; Supply chain management; Sustainable development; Distributed Ledger Technology DLT .;

    Abstract : The issue of food traceability is one that affects a great number of sectors and policy areas. Within the EU, there is increasing demand from consumers, businesses and institutions to have more direct access to information about how food is produced, transformed, and distributed. READ MORE

  6. 10. Turn and face the strange: : the role of communication, encouragement and feedback during technological changes in an educational setting

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikation

    Author : Bóas Hallgrímsson; [2018]
    Keywords : Tablets; Education; Technology; Informal Learning; Communication; Empowerment;

    Abstract : In 2008 a new educational initiative termed “School without segregation” was implemented in Iceland. Its goal was to ensure that all children would be provided with education suited to individual variations in social and educational needs. READ MORE