Search for dissertations about: "Boundary organization"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 41 swedish dissertations containing the words Boundary organization.

  2. 1. Changing boundaries, defending boundaries : Gender relations in the Swedish Armed Forces

    Author : Alma Persson; Boel Berner; Anna Fogelberg Eriksson; Elin Kvande; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Gender; gender relations; military; civilian employees; organization; Resolution 1325; change; masculinities; homosociality; boundary work; repair work; peacekeeping; Sweden; Genus; genusrelationer; militären; civilanställda; organisation; Resolution 1325; förändring; maskuliniteter; homosocialitet; gränsarbete; reparationsarbete; fredsbevarande arbete; Sverige; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to show how gender is done in the Swedish Armed Forces, against the backdrop of its transition into an international defence organization and the international resolutions that call for gender mainstreaming in peacekeeping operations. In the so-called “New Armed Forces”, traditional demarcations that have separated civilian employees from members of the military officer profession are no longer self-evident. READ MORE

  4. 2. Gene technology at stake : Swedish governmental commissions on the border of science and politics

    Author : Jenny Eklöf; Kjell Jonsson; Christer Nordlund; Susanne Lundin; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Gene technology; biotechnology; recombinant DNA technology; bioethics; ethics; risk; GMO; embryo; transgenic organisms; boundary organization; boundary object; governmental commission; regulatory policy; Sweden; public; expertise; democracy; History of science and ideas; Idé- o lärdomshistoria;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the Swedish political response to the challenges posed by gene technology, seen through the prism of governmental commissions. It discerns and analyses continuities and changes in the Swedish political conception of gene technology, over the course of two decades, 1980–2000. READ MORE

  5. 3. Berbati between Argos and Corinth : the excavations at Pyrgouthi in 1995 and 1997 : from the early Iron Age to the early Roman period

    Author : Arto Penttinen; Pontus Hellström; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : Landscape archaeology; border zone; boundary; Corinthia; Argolid; Early Iron Age Greece; Classical Greece; Hellenistic Greece; Early Roman Greece; pastoralism; transhumance; animal husbandry; ancient agriculture; potters kiln; tower; fortification; antikens kultur och samhällsliv; Classical Archaeology and Ancient History;

    Abstract : This dissertation is based on the finds from the archaeological excavations at Pyrgouthi, Berbati, in the Argolid, Greece, in 1995 and 1997. The excavations focused on a rectangular tower built of heavy polygonal blocks, which was identified as belonging to a farmstead site during an earlier surface survey in the area. READ MORE

  6. 4. Aiding science : Swedish research aid policy 1973-2008

    Author : Veronica Brodén Gyberg; Sven Widmalm; Eva Lövbrand; Rob Hagendijk; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Foreign aid; research; Sarec; Sida; research aid; low-income countries; policy; discourse; boundary organization; sociotechnical imaginaries; Bistånd; forskning; Sarec; Sida; forskningsbistånd; låginkomstländer; policy; diskurs; gränsorganisation;

    Abstract : The purpose of research aid is to contribute to development in different ways through the use of research. Sarec (the Swedish Agency for Research Cooperation with Developing Countries) was one of the pioneers within state research aid, and existed between 1975 and 2008. READ MORE

  7. 5. Habilitation in focus : A human service organization and its challenges

    Author : Ulla Bohlin; Socialhögskolan; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Human service organization; Conductive education; Interprofessional team work; Habilitation;

    Abstract : This dissertation explores intervention practices for children and young persons with developmental disabilities. It focuses especially health and medically related services provided by the local children habilitation centres (CHC: s), where everyday services are carried out by interprofessional teams of habilitation specialists. READ MORE