Search for dissertations about: "Ideology"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 221 swedish dissertations containing the word Ideology.
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1. Ideology, Rationality, and Revolution An Essay on the Persistence of Oppression
University dissertation from Stockholm : Department of Philosophy, Stockholm UniversityAbstract : This essay is concerned with two explanations of why oppressive social orders persist. According to the first, the so-called gunman theory of oppression (GT), these social orders persist because the oppressed are afraid being punished if they participated in a revolt. READ MORE
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2. Aiming for change : intentional communities and ideology in function
University dissertation from Örebro : Örebro universitetsbibliotekAbstract : The question raised in this thesis is whether there is a common ideology to be found among intentional communities, and if so, what does characterise such an ideology and how does it relate to the traditional –isms? The study takes its theoretical point of departure in a functional concept of ideology, along with six dimensions of social critique: the political, the politico-economic, the politico-sexual, the psychosocial, the religious and spiritual, and the environmental. The findings of this study indicate that intentional communities have a common ideological core. READ MORE
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3. Caregiving Dilemmas Ideology and Social Interactionin Tanzanian Family Life
University dissertation from Linköping : Linköping University Electronic PressAbstract : This thesis explores caregiving ideology and social interaction in Tanzanian families with a focus on guidance and control of young children. The study is set within a context of social change in terms of urbanization as well as the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. READ MORE
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4. Ship and Society Maritime Ideology in Late Iron Age Sweden
University dissertation from Uppsala : ArkeologiAbstract : This thesis analyses the relation between ship and society against a background of ideological and technological changes in Late Iron Age Sweden. It discusses the factors behind the development of ‘a maritime society’, why ships and seafaring came to play an important role that was also reflected in the use of the ship as a symbol and a metaphor in a military context, as well as in religion, administration, jurisdiction and social life. READ MORE
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5. No alternatives The end of ideology in the 1950s and the post-political world of the 1990s
University dissertation from Stockholm : Department of Culture and Aesthetics, Stockholm UniversityAbstract : In the 1950s, scholars in Europe and the United States announced the end of political ideology in the West. With the rise of affluent welfare states, they argued, ideological movements which sought to overthrow prevailing liberal democracy would disappear. READ MORE
