Sökning: "Jörn Eng"
Hittade 4 uppsatser innehållade orden Jörn Eng.
1. History as an argument for the future : A study of Nick Clegg’s and Nigel Farage’s use of history during the United Kingdom’s 2016 EU referendum
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/EuropastudierSammanfattning : This thesis is concerned with history within Nick Clegg’s and Nigel Farage’s political discourse during the six months leading up to the 2016 referendum on the United Kingdom’s membership in the European Union. Using Thematic Analysis combined with Klas-Göran Karlsson’s typology of the use of history, Jörn Rüsen’s typology of historical narrative and drawing on the theoretical framework of historical consciousness, this research paper aims to provide a further understanding of history’s role in political discourse as a legitimisation of arguments for specific expectations of the future. LÄS MER
2. Female Labor Supply and Earnings Inequality Under Skill-Biased Technological Change
D-uppsats, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiSammanfattning : The gender education gap has reversed, women today account for the majority of college graduates. At the same time, skill-biased technological change strongly rewards highly-educated workers through the increased skill premium. In this thesis, I analyze the implications of combining these two facts through a heterogeneous agent model using U.S. LÄS MER
3. Contemporary stories of water
Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheterSammanfattning : Vattenkonflikter är inget nytt fenomen, det är snarare så att vattnets status genererar konflikter. Forskningen kring vatten har generellt sätt fokuserat på utvecklingsländerna, men i den här uppsatsen ligger fokus på den utvecklade, västliga kontexten, där vatten är en lika stor nödvändighet för människors överlevnad. LÄS MER
4. Anything is possible: Just do it -a comparison of the evolutionary process of Chinese and Western newcomers
Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolSammanfattning : Chinese multinationals are currently progressing at an impressive speed towards high-end industries, and China is now seen as a country with strong competitors utilizing a unique set of advantages such as cost innovation. This simultaneously triggers insecure behavior by Western companies towards Chinese firms. LÄS MER