Search for dissertations about: "setting agendas"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the words setting agendas.

  2. 1. In the service of the European Union : The role of the presidency in negotiating the Amsterdam Treaty 1995-97

    Author : Anna-Carin Svensson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political science; European Union; Presidency of the Council of Ministers; negotiation; leadership; managing; setting agendas; building consensus; advancing national priorities; Statsvetenskap; Political science; Statsvetenskap; statskunskap; Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the role and influence of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers in European Union negotiations - to what extent the Presidency can actually exert leadership and to what extent the office-holder can advance national priorities. The study addresses these questions by examining the activities and achievements of the Spanish, Italian, Irish and Dutch presidencies in the prenegotiation and negotiation processes in the intergovernmental conference (IGC) 1996-97, which resulted in the Amsterdam Treaty. READ MORE

  4. 2. Making Questions and Answers Work : Negotiating Participation in Interview Interaction

    Author : Clara Iversen; Maria Eriksson; Tora Holmberg; Elizabeth Stokoe; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Interviews; participation; epistemics; institutional-talk-in-interaction; questions and answers; social studies of childhood; sociology of scientific knowledge; discursive psychology; conversation analysis;

    Abstract : The current thesis explores conditions for participation in interview interaction. Drawing on the ethnomethodological idea that knowledge is central to participation in social situations, it examines how interview participants navigate knowledge and competence claims and the institutional and moral implications of these claims. READ MORE

  5. 3. Levelling vagueness : a study of cultural diversity in an international project group

    Author : Ester Barinaga; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
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    Abstract : Imagine one Brit, one Dutch, two North Americans, one Spaniard and three Swedes setting up a joint international research project. Their areas of expertise vary: sociology, labour law and organisational theory. The scene is taking place in a hotel conference room in Uppsala. The North Americans are tired from the long trip and the jet-lag. READ MORE

  6. 4. Essays on Political Representation, Electoral Accountability and Strategic Interactions

    Author : Hanna Ågren; Matz Dahlberg; Federico Revelli; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Political representation; Spatial auto-correlation; Tax competition; Yardstick competition; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of an introduction and four self-contained essays.Essay 1 (with Matz Dahlberg and Eva Mörk) investigates political representation by exploring the relationship between citizens' preferences and the preferences of their elected representatives. READ MORE

  7. 5. Mobile Computing and Project Communication : - mixing oil and water?

    Author : Alexander Löfgren; Örjan Wikforss; Per Andersson; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Mobile computing; Project communication; Construction; Implementation; Usefulness; Industrial organisation; administration and economics; Industriell organisation; administration och ekonomi;

    Abstract : The use of mobile and wireless Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools in geographically distributed project organizations appears to be an appropriate application of new technical capabilities in an existing business environment. But to successfully introduce and adopt a suitable mobile ICT-based project communication platform in an existing operational setting involves a complex framework of socio-technical issues that have to be considered. READ MORE