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- Aldman, Lili-Annè, 1955-
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En merkantilistisk början : Stockholms textila import 1720–1738
- 2008
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The purpose of this thesis is to, from an institutional approach, study how the Stockholm importers within the textile sector adapted their foreign trade to the change in economic policy 1720 through 1738. The focus is to investigate to what extent the introduction of new laws, regulations etc. can be an explanation for what happened to Stockholm’s foreign trade, mainly imports, particularly textile imports during the period. It is mainly the economic policies that had been enacted during the Hornian government and their effects that have been studied. This is a period that has seldom been studied in other research. This thesis begins when the Russian raids were over. This was a year when the foreign trade still was relatively free and was untouched by the 17th century’s regulations. After 1721 the policies that would be introduced to increase Sweden's level of self-sufficiency and strengthen ties with the North Sea area had several components. Besides the economic policy, the main sources for the thesis are the city toll records. The trade policies in the shape of tolls and fees, import and consumption bans etc. and the commercial policies together became different kinds of political tools used for several purposes. The conclusion of this thesis is that the economic policies made the Stockholm importers adapt their trade to the change. The import bans and sumptuary laws had an effect. The economic policies gave rise to an increase in the import of textile raw materials. The rise in toll costs and import fees contributed to displacing the foreign trade towards other areas. The change in the economic policies was successful in the sense that it gave rise to new conditions for domestic production within the textile sector and forced Stockholm's importers to adapt their foreign trade.
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- Flygare, Sara, 1976-
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The Cooperative Challenge : Farmer Cooperation and the Politics of Agricultural Modernisation in 21st Century Uganda
- 2006
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The main purpose of this dissertation is to study whether the official rhetoric on the role that cooperatives could play in the quest for agricultural modernisation in Uganda have any resemblance with how farmers view the benefits and problem with cooperation. This question was motivated by the political initiative in the early 21st century to revive the cooperative movement in Uganda, a movement burdened with a history of political intervention and difficulties to adapt to a de-regulated agricultural market system. In the thesis, the move to revive the cooperative movement is linked to another more encompassing political initiative, that of the modernisation and commercialisation of small-scale agriculture. The book consists of two empirical studies, where interviews and text analysis have been important research methods. By first analysing the rhetoric emanating from political institutions and donor agencies, the conclusion is drawn that cooperatives are seen primarily as an institutional device which, it is hoped, will fill spaces that have been abandoned by the state and not filled with private sector initiatives.A focused case study of a dairy cooperative and a number of its members in Uganda shows that farmers’ expectations of the cooperative to some extent converge with those revealed in the first study: for example they expected the cooperative to provide a stable outlet for their production of milk. The interviews and quantitative analysis indicate that farmers’ preferences for both fast cash and a stable income can create incentives for members to free-ride on the collective efforts of their fellow members. This can be cumbersome in a competitive marketing situation where other buyers compete with the cooperative for the members’ produce. The cooperative can find it difficult to secure a necessary level of member commitment if members do not share a common code of conduct.
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- Jonsson, Pernilla
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Marknadens väv : Svenska mekaniserade bomullsväverier i distribution och försäljning 1850-75
- 2000
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The breakthrough for mechanized weaving in Sweden occured during the 1850's. Rapidly increasing quantities of cotton-textiles had to reach customers in a country with a scattered population and substansial social and economic differences between various parts of the country. However, Sweden, even before the construction of the railways, constituted a basis for the formation of a relatively well-integrated market for factory-produced cotton textiles. An increasing demand and institutional changes allowing freer internal trade and implementing tariff protection against imports created the conditions required for the growth of the industry. In the late 1850's the weaving firms were selling on a common geographical market, but a large part of the production was still sold in the production area. The market for factory-produced cotton textile principally consisted of the extreme south, western Sweden, East Central Sweden, the Central Mining District and the Northern Baltic Coast. The cotton-weaving firms either competed on the sub-markets, or else they chose various niche markets. Improved communications re-sulting from the steamboat fleet and an improved postal service permitted close contacts between producers and middlemen throughout the country. An expansion of fixed location retailing and, particularly, of specialized wholesale trade played a central role on the market. Still, the oldest weaving firm, located in the classical peddling region and without access to water transports, to a large extent relied on peddlers. The producers did not just passively rely on merchants to handle the dis-tribution of their products. They themselves sought out suitable merchants, pro-duced catalogues and generally marketed themselves.
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