Search for dissertations about: "Laclau"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the word Laclau.

  2. 1. Beyond Education and Society : On the Political Life of Education for Sustainable Development

    Author : Stefan L. Bengtsson; Leif O. Östman; David O. Kronlid; Karin Hjälmeskog; Thomas Popkewitz; Sharon Todd; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; education; ESD; environmental education; Education for Sustainable Development; sustainability; policy; education policy; globalisation; globalization; hegemony; discourse; space; antagonism; political; politics; temporality; beyond; mutation; rhizome; rhizomic; play; Laclau; utbildning; UHU; miljöundervisning; utbildning för hållbar utveckling; hållbar utvecking; politik; policy; utbildningspolicy; globalisering; hegemoni; diskurs; antagonism; temporalitet; mutation; rhizome; spel; Laclau; Curriculum Studies; Didaktik;

    Abstract : The objective of this dissertation is to develop a theoretical and analytical framework for understanding the political in education from a social and global perspective. With this objective in mind, it employs an empirical engagement and theoretical reflection on how this political can be seen to emerge in policy making on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). READ MORE

  4. 2. In Want of a Sovereign : Metapolitics and the Populist Formation of the Alt-Right

    Author : Karl Ekeman; Mats Rosengren; Maria Karlsson; Yannis Stavrakakis; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; populism; post-politics; metapolitics; Alt-Right; Ernesto Laclau; discourse theory; post-foundationalism; masculinity; humor; laughter; memes; Trump; rhetoric; Rhetoric; Retorik;

    Abstract : The thesis examines the politico-rhetorical dynamics around the 2016 US presidential election through the lens of the Alt-Right, not as a movement but as a signifier in broader political struggles to shape the political space of representation. It employs Ernesto Laclau’s post-foundationalist theory of populism to challenge the conventional perspectives that the Alt-Right was an extension of a radical right-wing movement or ideology. READ MORE

  5. 3. Discourses of Including Students with Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties (EBD) in Swedish Mainstream Schools

    Author : Ulrika Gidlund; Lena Boström; Jimmy Jaldemark; Liv Lassen; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; emotional and behavioural difficulties; focus group interviews; inclusion; inclusive didactics; Laclau and Mouffe’s discourse theory; mainstream schools; teachers’ discourses;

    Abstract : When students’ behaviours cause difficulties for their teachers, themselves, and the rest of the class, teachers often construct inclusion as problematic. The overall aim of this study was to contribute to the understanding of teachers’ discourses regarding inclusion of students with emotional and behavioural difficulties (EBD) in Swedish mainstream schools. READ MORE

  6. 4. The Construction of the Professional Identity of the TV News Presenter in Two Chinese News Programmes : A Discourse-Theoretical Analysis

    Author : Yiming Chen; Nico Carpentier; Göran Svensson; Benjamin De Cleen; Ike Picone; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Discourse theory; Discourse-theoretical analysis; the TV news presenter; professional identity construction; articulation; nodal points; Chinese journalistic practice; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Media and Communication Studies;

    Abstract : This PhD research project investigates how the professional identity of the Chinese TV news presenter is constructed in two news programmes, Guangdong News and TVS News, both based at Guangdong TV. The overarching theoretical framework of the project takes its inspiration from Laclau and Mouffe's (1985) post-structuralist discourse theory (DT). READ MORE

  7. 5. The Performance of Participation in Russian Alternative Media : Discourse, Materiality and Affect in Grassroots Media Production in Contemporary Russia

    Author : Kirill Filimonov; Nico Carpentier; Jakob Svensson; Mats Edenius; Bart Cammaerts; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; discourse theory; performativity; participation; alternative media; journalism; state; materiality; affect;

    Abstract : This doctoral dissertation analyzes participation in alternative media, taking the reader to the Russia of the late 2010s. Bringing together discourse theory, media and communication studies and political theory, it approaches participation in media production through the lens of performativity. READ MORE