Search for dissertations about: "hegemonic power"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 37 swedish dissertations containing the words hegemonic power.

  2. 1. Money, meanng, power : The global financial market and dexterous communication

    Author : Erik Andersson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; money; globalisation; financial markets; phenomenology; subjectivity; economic interaction; dexterous meaning; institutions; discursive power; hegemony;

    Abstract : This doctoral dissertation is a theoretical experiment. The aim is to put the social role of the global financial market in a different critical perspective. READ MORE

  4. 2. Gender, Power and Post-Bureaucracy : Work Ideals in IT Consulting

    Author : Helen Peterson; Christine Roman; Ewa Gunnarsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; post-bureaucracy; power; IT consulting; gender; individualisation; work ideal; work narrative; Sociologi; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with work environments defined as post-bureaucratic, and which are characterised by individualisation and a decrease in the employer's formal control. The study shows how the employees in such work contexts are both empowered and disciplined. READ MORE

  5. 3. Newcomers to Power : How to sit on someone else's throne. Socialists conquer France in 1981, non-socialists conquer Sweden in 1976

    Author : Cecilia Garme; Jean-Pascal Daloz; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political science; France; Mitterrand; Sweden; non-socialists; social-democrats; political parties; ruler; narrative; rationality; legitimacy; Statsvetenskap; Political science; Statsvetenskap; statskunskap; Political Science;

    Abstract : Switching from the role of opposition to the role of ruler is a difficult process for political parties and politicians as collective and individual actors. This change of roles seems to be particularly painful in countries where power shifts are rare. READ MORE

  6. 4. A Quest for Legitimacy : Debating UN Security Council Rules on Terrorism and Non-proliferation

    Author : Anette Ahrnens; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social sciences; law-making; hegemonic international law; non-proliferation; terrorism; UNSCR 1540; UNSCR 1373; United States; sovereign equality; power; Security Council; United Nations; legitimacy; international relations; international law; Political and administrative sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap;

    Abstract : Since the end of the Cold War, international politics and international law have not only become increasingly intertwined, but their mutual implications have also become increasingly recognized by scholars. Yet research explicitly addressing the question of how political factors affect the emergence of legal rules is still limited. READ MORE

  7. 5. A Man of Power : Gender and HIV/AIDS in Zambia

    Author : Paul Dover; Sjaak van der Geest; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ethnology; Zambia; Goba; gender; sexual and reproductive health; Etnologi; Ethnology; Etnologi; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the construction of masculinity and femininity in relation to sexual and reproductive health (SRH). The ethnographic material is from fieldwork among the Goba people in a rural area in southern Zambia and two peri-urban communities near Lusaka. READ MORE