Search for dissertations about: "Moral science"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 77 swedish dissertations containing the words Moral science.

  2. 11. Treacherous Liberties : Isaiah Berlin's Theory of Positive and Negative Freedom in Contemporary Political Culture

    Author : Gina Gustavsson; Li Bennich-Björkman; Johan Tralau; Karl-Oskar Lindgren; David Miller; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; freedom; liberty; values; autonomy; authenticity; tolerance; liberalism; permissiveness; Romanticism; Enlightenment; diversity; Inglehart; political culture; civicness; factor analysis; Statskunskap; Political Science;

    Abstract : Contemporary attitudes in affluent Western societies are characterised by a growing emphasis on individual freedom. What, then, does this commitment to liberty entail for our openness to diversity; and ultimately for liberal democracy? Previous research on popular attitudes, for example by Ronald Inglehart, tends to assume that valuing freedom entails an encouragement of a plurality of life-styles. READ MORE

  4. 12. Party Competition, the Catholic Church, and Moral Gender Policy in Mexico

    Author : Camilla Reuterswärd; University of Wisconsin--Madison; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

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  5. 13. Market, State, and Morality : Two Studies of How Left and Right Undermined Moral Motivation in the Swedish School System

    Author : Johan Wennström; Elin Wihlborg; Magnus Henrekson; Johan Tralau; Kerstin Johansson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Education; markets; morality; neoliberalism; New Public Management;

    Abstract : The bulk of the literature on the New Public Management (NPM) has been blind to the moral dimension of the market-oriented reforms of the public sector. However, this thesis studies the potential for institutional arrangements such as financial incentives and other market mechanisms to undermine intrinsic, moral motivation among both“producers” and “consumers” of tax-financed welfare services. READ MORE

  6. 14. Right Against Right : Membership and Justice in Post-Soviet Estonia

    Author : Jouni Reinikainen; Mats Lundström; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : The dissertation investigates the problematique of justice involved in the distribution of initial membership in post-Soviet Estonia. The inquiry includes both an interpretation of the prevailing moral arguments and a normative discussion of what a just solution that takes both arguments into consideration would look like. READ MORE

  7. 15. A matter of faith? : combatting human trafficking in Thailand & Cambodia

    Author : Andreas Henriksson; Elisabeth Olivius; Malin Eklund Wimelius; Marie Juul Petersen; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; human trafficking; antitrafficking; faith-based organizations; religion in development; faith infusion: secularism; therapeutic governance; holistic development; co-ownership; Cambodia; Thailand; statskunskap; political science;

    Abstract : Human trafficking is estimated to affect about 49 million people worldwide. Faith-based organizations (FBOs) are extensively involved in efforts to counter this global problem, alongside governments, intergovernmental organizations, and various types of non-governmental organizations (NGOs). READ MORE