Search for dissertations about: "Britain"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 95 swedish dissertations containing the word Britain.

  2. 21. Gendered journalism cultures : strategies and tactics in the fields of journalism in Britain and Sweden

    Author : Margareta Melin; Madeleine Kleberg; Malmö högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Journalism culture; gendered; feminism; Bourdieu; Social field; Doxa; strategies; tactics; women journalists; feminisation; gentrification; education; gendered logic; Journalism culture; gendered; feminism; Bourdieu; social field; doxa; strategies; tactics; women journalist; feminisation; gentrification; education; gendered logic;

    Abstract : Avhandlingens syfte är att förstå journalistik genom att undersöka brittiska och svenska journalistikkulturer mellan 1989 och 2002. Fokus är lagt på om/skapandet av värdesystem och på maktkampers könade karaktär. READ MORE

  4. 22. Against all odds : local economic development policies and local government autonomy in Sweden and Britain

    Author : Christine Hudson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; local government; autonomy; local economic development policies; comparative perspective; policy area approach;

    Abstract : This thesis makes a comparative study of local government autonomy in Britain and Sweden within the local economic development policy area. It argues for local government autonomy to be viewed in terms of both a vertical dimension concerning local government's autonomy vis-à-vis national government (national context) and a horizontal dimension relating to its autonomy vis-à-vis local social and economic forces (local context). READ MORE

  5. 23. Processing death: Oval brooches and Viking graves in Britain, Ireland and Iceland

    Author : Frida Espolin Norstein; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Oval brooches; Burials; Viking Age; Funerary rituals; Memory; Performance; Death; England; Scotland; Ireland; Iceland;

    Abstract : Burials with oval brooches from the Viking Age settlements in Britain, Ireland, and Iceland have frequently been interpreted as the graves of a specific and uniform group of people: (pagan) Scandinavian women of relatively high status. This interpretation is partly a result of the way in which the material has been treated, as static entities with more or less fixed meanings. READ MORE

  6. 24. The workings of co-operation : A comparative study of consumer co-operative organisation in Britain and Sweden, 1860-1970

    Author : Katarina Friberg; Peter Aronsson; Mary Hilson; Växjö universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; consumer co-operation; organisational logic; consumer demand; comparative method; retail trade; legislation for co-operation; household economy; History; Historia;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the workings of co-operation. It proceeds by way of a two-case comparative study, where the units of comparison are local consumer co-operatives: the Newcastle upon Tyne Co-operative Society Ltd., situated in the north-east of England, and Konsumentföreningen Solidar in Malmö, in the south-west of Sweden. READ MORE

  7. 25. Experiencing Landscapes : A Study of Space and Identity in Three Marginal Areas of Medieval Britain and Scandinavia

    Author : Karin Altenberg; Historisk arkeologi; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES;

    Abstract : Not available.... READ MORE