Search for dissertations about: "Giddens"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 swedish dissertations containing the word Giddens.

2. 1. The Politics of Social Networks : Interpersonal Trust and Institutional Change in Post-Communist East Germany

   Author : Astrid Hedin; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; East Germany; PDS; SED; feminism; gender; political party; communicative action; logic of appropriateness; garbage-can decision-making; interpersonal trust; institutional change; social network; new institutionalism; structuration; Giddens; path-dependence; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap;

   Abstract : New institutionalist approaches are inherently weak at accounting for institutional change. In this book, social network analysis is proposed as a key to institutional change. The social network perspective focuses emergent patterns of interpersonal interaction and the resulting ties of interpersonal trust. READ MORE

4. 2. Rethinking Ontological Security Theory : Conceptual Investigations into 'Self' and 'Anxiety'

   Author : Nina C. Krickel-Choi; Karl Gustafsson; Sebastian Larsson; Brent J. Steele; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; anxiety; body; concepts; embodiment; existentialism; Giddens; identity; IR theory; Japan; Laing; North Korea; ontological security; phenomenology; psychological constructivism; recovering meaning; security studies; self; sovereignty; states; Taiwan; internationella relationer; International Relations;

   Abstract : The growing literature on ontological security has generated important insights about the behaviour of individuals, groups, and states in international politics. It has thereby greatly contributed to the discipline of International Relations (IR), especially to IR theory and the sub-field of Security Studies. READ MORE

5. 3. Educating older adults : Theoretical and empirical examinations of the learning philosophies in older age

   Author : Hany Hachem; Johannes Westberg; Andreas Bergh; Andreas Nordin; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Educational gerontology; Anthony Giddens; U3A; older adult education; lifelong learning;

   Abstract : In this thesis, I theoretically and empirically examine the dominant learning philosophies in older age. Three statements of principles of educational gerontology coalesce into two notorious learning philosophies in older age: humanist and critical. They formulate answers to vital questions about the education of older people. READ MORE

6. 4. Doing Things in Relation to Machines : Studies on Online Interactivity

   Author : Anders Olof Larsson; Pär Ågerfalk; Stefan Hrastinski; Else Nygren; Mark Aakhus; Uppsala universitet; []
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   Abstract : The Internet is often discussed in conjunction with various notions of interactivity. Recently, conceptualizations of a “Web 2.0″, mainly focusing on harnessing user-generated content, have grown increasingly common in both public discourse and among researchers interested in the continued growth and transformation of the Internet. READ MORE

7. 5. Approaching the future : a study of Swedish school leavers' information related activities

   Author : Frances Hultgren; Högskolan i Borås; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; information seeking; career guidance; young people; transition;

   Abstract : The focus of the thesis is on how school leavers deal with the flood of information, advice and expectations that are directed towards them at a structurally induced turning point in their lives. With a departure point in Giddens’ claim that people select and interpret information on their own terms as a means of preserving coherent narratives of self-identity, stories of information seeking were examined as a means of gaining insight into how young people living in late modernity face its tensions and dilemmas in the ways in which they seek and use information. READ MORE