Search for dissertations about: "Media Accountability"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 21 swedish dissertations containing the words Media Accountability.

  2. 16. A Swedish Dilemma : Culture and Rule of Law in Swedish Sickness Insurance

    Author : Matthias Abelin; Socialantropologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Rule of law; Sickness benefits; Disability benefits;

    Abstract : Swedish society has been described as both modern, liberal democratic and deeply humanitarian; and as more or less premodern, semi-authoritarian and potentially abusive of groups with weak political representation. In this dissertation, this Swedish dilemma is explored in an anthropology of law tradition, with disputing practices as an inroad to an understanding of law as culture. READ MORE

  4. 17. Cultivating humanity in science education : A capabilities approach to students' critical examination of public issues in science education

    Author : Jonna Wiblom; Maria Andrée; Carl-Johan Rundgren; Erik Knain; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; science education; critical examination; public issues; Martha Nussbaum; the capabilities approach; ‘world citizenship’; narrative imagination; research ethics; participatory research; naturvetenskapsämnenas didaktik; Science Education;

    Abstract : This dissertation is about science education as an education for citizenship with a particular focus on the potential of inviting students to participate in critical examination of public issues in the media. Through digital media, a vast amount of health-related information is readily available to the public. READ MORE

  5. 18. Virtual patient simulation : implementation and use in assessment

    Author : Mihaela Botezatu; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : medical education;

    Abstract : Virtual Patient Simulation systems (VPS) are educational tools now considered to have entered the mainstream of medical education. VPS support not only undergraduate learning - where they are used mostly for learning and training clinical reasoning -, but for continuing medical education and patient orientation as well. READ MORE

  6. 19. The making of the Mariam Mosque : Serendipities and structures in the production of female authority in Denmark

    Author : Jesper Petersen; Religionshistoria och religionsbeteendevetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; pop-up mosque; Female imams; SoMe adhan; non-Muslim Islam; non-Muslim Islamic authority; Islamic studies; History of Religions; Islam in Denmark; Islamic feminism; Sherin Khankan; Anthropology of Islam;

    Abstract : This dissertation defines a number of new concepts, such as pop-up mosque, social media adhan, non-Muslim Islam, and warping, to give a detailed description how the Mariam Mosque (with female imams) was established and the kind of phenomenon it is. The latter concept (warping) plays an important role as the dissertation argues that, while Islams may be presented in a certain way, obeying rules such as scriptural accountability and claims of continuity with tradition, these are merely the form Islams take in spaces structured by power. READ MORE

  7. 20. Negotiating social-ecological fit through knowledge practice

    Author : Simon West; Lisen Schultz; Emily Boyd; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Knowledge practice; adaptive governance; adaptive management; social-ecological systems; problem of fit; performative; narrative; Natural Resources Management; naturresurshushållning;

    Abstract : Adaptive governance and management (AG and AM) have been proposed to address the “problem of fit” between ecosystems and governance systems. AG and AM are intended to reconfigure the relations between knowledge and action through, for instance, experimentation, collaboration and monitoring, to enhance social-ecological feedbacks. READ MORE