Search for dissertations about: "substantive"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 67 swedish dissertations containing the word substantive.

2. 1. Making sense of risk - An analysis of framings in media of the chemical risks of textiles, toys and paint

   Author : Emelie Stenborg; Research Policy Institute (RPI); []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; framing; citizen-consumer; late modern risks; chemical risks of consumer goods; media; substantive; procedural; textiles; toys; paint;

   Abstract : Chemical risks of consumer goods are a rather new concern in society. These risks are usually based on sythetic chemicals and man-made, often imperceptible and potentially devastating. READ MORE

4. 2. Business Streamlining : Toward a Substantive Theory of the Streamlining of Outsourced Business Processes

   Author : Jonas Molin; Björn Axelsson; Lars-Torsten Eriksson; Lars-Johan Åge; Jens Hultman; Högskolan i Gävle; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business services; Outsourcing; Grounded theory; Business Relationships; Business process; Relationship Management;

   Abstract : Research comparing public-private services outsourcing applying a longitudinal approach including the production/delivery processes (life after purchase) in services sourcing contexts is scarce. In addition, prior studies on service sourcing tend be under conceptualized. READ MORE

5. 3. Understanding the Conditions and Consequences of Women’s Political Representation

   Author : Valeriya Mechkova; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Descriptive Representation; Substantive Representation; Women and Politics;

   Abstract : In recent decades, women’s ability to engage in politics and civil society has risen dramatically across the globe. What has the increase in the number of women in politics, their “descriptive representation”, meant in substantive terms for women-citizens but also for societies in general? This dissertation contributes to clarifying the effects of descriptive representation of women on substantive representation, defined as the policy areas women tend to prioritize to a higher degree than men. READ MORE

6. 4. Challenges for the democratisation process in Tanzania : Moving towards consolidation 50 years after independence?

   Author : Jonas Ewald; Joakim Öjendahl; Adebayo Olukoshi; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; democracy; democratisation; substantive democracy; role of opposition; opposition parties; ruling party; CCM; CUF; CHADEMA; NCCR; TLP; elections; electionalism; civil society; media; trade unions; parliament; poverty reduction; economic development; interface between economic and political reforms; political change; public sector reforms; local government reforms; iron triangle; accountability; role of donors; aid; development cooperation; democratic culture; Zanzibar; Tanzania; Freds- och utvecklingsstudier; Peace and Development Studies;

   Abstract : Tanzania has been independent in 2011 for 50 years. While most neighbouring states have gone through violent conflicts, Tanzania has managed to implement extensive reforms without armed political conflicts. Hence, Tanzania is an interesting case for Peace and Development research. READ MORE

7. 5. Apostolic Succession in the Porvoo Common Statement : Unity through a deeper sense of apostolicity

   Author : Erik Eckerdal; Sven-Erik Brodd; Tiit Pädam; Susan K Wood; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Apostolicity; apostolic succession; episcopal succession; episcopate; Porvoo Common Statement; episcopacy; ecclesiology; ecumenism; substantive apostolicity; successio; traditio; communio; koinonia; ecumenical method; Kyrkovetenskap; Ecclesiology;

   Abstract : A number of ecumenical dialogues have identified apostolic succession as one of the most crucial issues on which the churches need to find a joint understanding in order to achieve the unity of the Church.When the Porvoo Common Statement (PCS) was published in 1993, it was regarded by some as an ecumenical breakthrough, because it claimed to have established visible and corporate unity between the Lutheran and Anglican churches of the Nordic-Baltic-British-Irish region through a joint understanding of ecclesiology and apostolic succession. READ MORE