Search for dissertations about: "Teknik och social förändring"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 107 swedish dissertations containing the words Teknik och social förändring.
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1. Letters & Bytes : Sociotechnical Studies of Distance Education
Abstract : This dissertation studies the social aspects of technology in distance education trough the lens of history – in the form of correspondence education – and a possible future – in the form of a project of technical standardization, Learning Objects. The studied cases form a reflexive tool that allows the present of distance education to be seen in perspective. READ MORE
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2. Testing Pills, Enacting Obesity : The work of localizing tools in a clinical trial
Abstract : This study examines tools and practices involved in a large scale and multi-sited clinical trial of a potential drug against obesity. Two tools are in focus: a clinical research protocol and a computer control system. READ MORE
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3. Policy Integration for Sustainable Transport Development : Case Studies of Two Swedish Regions
Abstract : It has been argued that for the management of complex issues such as sustainability, which transcend traditional policy sectors and require coordination between several different interests and actors, policymaking depends upon collaboration and integration processes between different sectors and tiers of government. The overall aim of this thesis is therefore to study how and why (or why not) policy integration processes are being developed in regional policymaking and what this means for the achievement of sustainable transport. READ MORE
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4. Digitalising Tax, The Kenyan Way : The Travels and Translations of ITax in Kenya
Abstract : Kenya, as with other developing countries, has joined the global bandwagon of using digital technologies to increase domestic revenues. Within the new strategies, lie great potential in achieving sustainable development, however, the shift is happening quite rapidly and has been made mandatory within a short period of time. READ MORE
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5. Valuation in Welfare Markets : The Rule Books, Whiteboards and Swivel Chairs of Care Choice Reform
Abstract : This thesis takes an interest in how values attain a specific meaning in market reforms of welfare provision. The study builds on exploring how values are enacted rather than treating them as universal and stable. READ MORE