Search for dissertations about: "Ylva Uggla"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words Ylva Uggla.

2. 1. Environmental politics and the enchantment of modernity : mercury and radioactive waste disposal in Sweden

   Author : Ylva Uggla; Rolf Lidskog; Johan Hedrén; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; environmental politics; mercury; radioactive waste; modernity; risk; sociologi; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociologi; Sociology;

   Abstract : Current Swedish environmental policy embraces the notion of sustainable development and the discourse of ecological modernisation, both of which stress the role of modern institutions in environmental protection work. In pursuing ecological sustainability, the Swedish Government assigns importance to the issue of domestic, safe, final disposal of mercury and radioactive waste; responsibility for mercury and radioactive waste management must not be passed to future generations. READ MORE

4. 2. Working for a Wage - What´s the Point? Lived Experiences of Meaningfulness and Meaninglessness in Professional and Manual Occupations

   Author : André Alvinzi; Monika Berg; Ylva Uggla; Magnus Boström; Annette Kamp; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Meaning of work; meaning of working; meaningfulness; meaninglessness; meaning of wage labor; meaningful work; meaningless work; Sweden;

   Abstract : This thesis explores experiences of meaningfulness and meaninglessness in wage labor, and how these work experiences relate to social and organizational factors in work situations (situational meaning). It also explores the centrality and value of wage labor in life in a broader sense (existential meaning). READ MORE

5. 3. An animal without an animal within : investigating the identities of pet keeping

   Author : David Redmalm; Ylva Uggla; Tora Holmberg; Hanna Bertilsson-Rosqvist; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; animal studies; animality; anomalies; companion animals; Michel Foucault; Donna Haraway; human-animal studies; materialsemiotics; pets; posthumanism; Sociologi; Sociology;

   Abstract : If the human is an animal without an animal within—a creature that has transcended the animal condition—what is a pet? This creature balancing on the border between nature and culture, simultaneously included in and excluded from a human “we”, is the focus of this thesis. The thesis analyzes the discourses and normative frameworks structuring the meaning of pets in people’s lives. READ MORE