Search for dissertations about: "Discourse theory"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 316 swedish dissertations containing the words Discourse theory.

  2. 6. Contextualising Constructions of Corporate Social Responsibility : Social Embeddedness in Discourse and Institutional Contexts

    Author : Brita Backlund Rambaree; Barbara Hobson; Charlotta Stern; Dima Jamali; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; corporate social responsibility; CSR; institutional theory; Foucault; context; embeddedness; institutions; new institutionalism; institutional complementarity; discursive institutionalism; institutional work; responsible investment; SRI; social constructionism; discourse; power; qualitative content analysis; self-reporting; abductive approach; interpretative repertoires; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : ‘Corporate social responsibility’ (CSR) and ‘socially responsible investment’ (SRI) have become predominant frameworks connecting business to society that have spread across the globe. They comprise a shared set of ideas and practices, such as those promoted in global reporting standards and by international organisations such as the UN Global Compact. READ MORE

  4. 7. Organizational Trust : Discourse Analytical and Experimental Perspectives

    Author : Matteo Fuoli; Kognition och Discourse@Lund (SKD@L) Språk; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; organizational trust; corporate discourse; trust repair; evaluation; appraisal theory; corpus linguistics; discourse analysis; experimentation; multi-method approaches; reliability; triangulation;

    Abstract : This thesis employs a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods of linguistic analysis to investigate how business organizations use discourse as a strategic tool to build and repair stakeholders’ trust. In addition, the thesis makes a methodological contribution by developing a novel corpus annotation method that offers solutions to some of the most significant challenges involved in reliably identifying and quantifying evaluation. READ MORE

  5. 8. Plato's Republic on Democracy : Freedom, Fear and Tyrants Everywhere

    Author : Oda E. Wiese Tvedt; Pauliina Remes; Hallvard Fossheim; Patricia Mindus; Josiah Ober; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Plato; Socrates; democratic theory; democratic philosophy; political phi-losophy; political theory; Ancient political theory; action theory; ration-ality; social choice theory; autonomy; epistemic vulnerabilities; akrasia; moral psychology; Ancient political institutions; Ancient social institu-tions; Athens; tyranny; oligarchy; democracy; simultaneous vote; Kal-lipolis; guardians; kings; kingship; decision-making; city; soul; polis; self-knowledge; judgement; freedom; power; fear; The Republic; oikos; private; public; History of Philosophy; demos; collectives; Philosophy; with specialization in history of philosophy; Filosofi med filosofihistorisk inriktning; Filosofi; Philosophy;

    Abstract : This thesis poses the question ‘What is the critique of democracy in Plato’s Republic?’ It is not the first to do so. But contrary to standard readings, this thesis does not assume neither epistemological nor elitist explanations. Rather, it sees the Kallipolis, ‘the beautiful city in words’ as predicated on a particular anthropology. READ MORE

  6. 9. The Art of Making Democratic Trouble : Four Art Events and Radical Democratic Theory

    Author : Elín Hafsteinsdóttir; Cecilia Åse; Charlotte Fridolfsson; Jenny Gunnarsson Payne; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; radical democracy; art; event; space of conflict; agonistic democracy; discourse theory; post-structuralist theory; Chantal Mouffe; Aletta Norval; Sweden; the Netherlands; democratic subjectivity; political subject; politicization; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : Heated debates and strong emotions occasionally arise in the public sphere in the wake of an art object. The interaction that follows becomes part of what we as citizens share in a democracy, with its particular conditions of political speech and democratic exchange. READ MORE

  7. 10. Moving and Jamming : Implications for Social Movement Theory

    Author : Åsa Wettergren; Gerd Lindgren; Jack Barbalet; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; culture jamming; new social movements; culture studies; sociology of emotions; late capitalism; information society; discourse theory; post-structuralism; adbusters; collective identity; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociologi; Sociology;

    Abstract : The present compiled dissertation explores culture jamming as a social movement in late capitalist information society. Culture jamming embraces groups and individuals practicing symbolic protest against the expansion and domination of large corporations and the logic of the market into public and private life. READ MORE