Search for dissertations about: "rationalism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the word rationalism.

  2. 1. Urban renewal planning versus local values : a study of modern urban policy and renewal processes and of their impact on a local community : with reference to the case of Gröna Gatan in Göteborg

    Author : A. Reza Kazemian; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Town planning; rationalism; dislocation; building act; architecture; urbanization; urban culture; conservation; demolition; urban renewal; functionalism; local community; modernism; social values;

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  4. 2. The Europeanisation of Foreign Aid Policy : Slovenia and Latvia 1998-2010

    Author : Peteris Timofejevs Henriksson; Torbjörn Bergman; Sten Berglund; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Europeanization; foreign aid policy; Central and Eastern Europe; Latvia; Slovenia; Rationalism; Constructivism; Politik; ekonomi och samhällets organisering; Politics; Economy and the Organization of Society;

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  5. 3. Norm consolidation in the European Union: : The EU14 - Austria crisis in 2000

    Author : Rebecka Ulfgard; Stefan Höjelid; Daniel Tarschys; Växjö universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; EU14; Austria; EU fundamental values; norm consolidation; process tracing; constructivism; rationalism; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; Statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : In late January 2000, the EU14 initiated a protest co-ordinated by the Portuguese EU Presidency against the coalition between Wolfgang Schüssel’s ÖVP and Jörg Haider’s right-wing extremist/populist FPÖ, accused of violating EU fundamental values expressed in Article 6(1) TEU. When the government took office on 4 February diplomatic ‘sanctions’ were launched. READ MORE

  6. 4. Reasons for All Seasons : An Outline of Rationalist View of Moral Concepts

    Author : Tomasz Pol; Ingmar Persson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philosophy; moral concepts; the Reconciliation Problem; ethical rationalism; rational requirements; reflective agency; the Aristokantian proposal; generic deontic rules; Filosofi; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen; Practical Philosophy; praktisk filosofi;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to provide an adequate view of moral concepts. The major obstacle that stands in the way of providing such a view is the problem of combining two general features of moral judgments that seem to be constitutive of their meaning, namely objectivity and practical significance. READ MORE

  7. 5. F. A. Hayek's Critique of Legislation

    Author : Cyril Holm; Torben Spaak; Pauline Westerman; Wennström Bo; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Hayek; legislation; rules; law; rationality; rational action; rational social order; equilibrium; utilitarianism; method of deliberation; criterion of correctness; Elinor Ostrom; Avner Greif; Vernon Smith; Joshua Epstein; complexity; knowledge; social cooperation; information; know-how; the Hayek problem; the invisible hand; Adam Smith; Mises; Keynes; Marx; welfare state; Gilbert Ryle; Michael Polanyi; theory of legislation; legisprudence; jurisprudence; Neo-Kantianism; historicism; cognitive closure; theory of prices; competition; syntax grammar; game theory; generative social science; agent-based computational modeling; institutional policy analysis; normative; primacy of economics; primacy of politics; Sheri Berman; constructivist rationalism; socialism; social democracy; Nozick; Rawls; distribution; justice; freedom; Kant; polycentric government; process of experimentation; speculative philosophy; analytical philosophy; freedom under the law; liberty; philosophy of mind; consequentialist; Jurisprudence; Allmän rättslära;

    Abstract : The dissertation concerns F. A. Hayek’s (1899–1992) critique of legislation. The purpose of the investigation is to clarify and assess that critique. READ MORE