Search for dissertations about: "Philanthropy"

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

2. 1. Från arbete till hobby : En studie av pedagogisk filantropi i de svenska arbetsstugorna

   Author : Ole Olsson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; History of childhood; child care; child labour; child saving; education; philanthropy; social welfare; welfare state; profession; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

   Abstract : The overall objective of this study is to examine why the arbetsstuga unlike other philanthropic projects, did not survive the introduction and establishment of the Swedish welfare state. The aim formulated for arbetsstugor by their initiators was to provide meaningful after-school activities for the poorest children between seven and fourteen years of age who attended public elementary schools. READ MORE

4. 2. The Absent Entrepreneur : Exploring the Role of the Entrepreneur in Economics

   Author : Arvid Malm; Pontus Braunerhjelm; Bo Carlsson; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; entrepreneurship; education; income distribution; philanthropy; economics; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Economics as an academic discipline has often found it difficult to formally model the Entrepreneur. As Baumol (1968) noted, “The theoretical firm is entrepreneurless—the prince of Denmark has been expunged from the discussion of Hamlet. READ MORE

5. 3. The Ethics of Investing. Making Money or Making a Difference?

   Author : Joakim Sandberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ethical investment; ethical investing; socially responsible investment; socially responsible investing; ethical funds; screening; shareholder activism; sin stocks; active shareholding; corporate governance; responsible ownership; relationship investing; philanthropy; speculation; the stock market; annual general meeting; investor influence; consistency; conscientiousness; collective responsibility; generalisation test; pragmatism; consequentialism; demandingness; applied ethics; ethics; moral philosophy;

   Abstract : The concepts of ‘ethical’ and ‘socially responsible’ investment (SRI) have become increasingly popular in recent years and funds which offer this kind of investment have attracted many individual investors. The present book addresses the issue of ‘How ought one to invest?’ by critically engaging with the ideas of the proponents of this movement about what makes ‘ethical’ investing ethical. READ MORE

6. 4. The Social City : Middle-way approaches to housing and sub-urban golvernmentality in southern Stockholm, 1900-1945

   Author : Mats Deland; Ulf Jonsson; Mats Franzén; Clemens Zimmermann; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Stockholm; governmentality; Foucault; land holding; leaseholding; site leasehold rights; municipal administration; housing; urban history; suburban; town planning; city planning; urban order; local press; voluntary societies; gender; disciplinary; philanthropy; Enskede; Brännkyrka; Söderort; Settlement studies; Bebyggelseforskning;

   Abstract : This dissertation deals with the period bridging the era of extreme housing shortages in Stockholm on the eve of industrialisation and the much admired programmes of housing provision that followed after the second world war, when Stockholm district Vällingby became an example for underground railway-serviced ”new towns”. It is argued that important changes were made in the housing and town planning policy in Stockholm in this period that paved the way for the successful ensuing period. READ MORE

7. 5. From Oligarch to Benefactor? : Legitimation Strategies among the Wealthy Elite in Post-Soviet Ukraine

   Author : Hanna Söderbaum; Orsi Husz; Li Bennich-Björkman; Mychailo Wynnyckyj; Olga Onuch; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Wealthy elites; oligarchs; legitimacy; philanthropy; media ownership; social change; justification logics; interviews;

   Abstract : This thesis explores how wealthy actors in post-Soviet Ukraine seek to legitimize their extraordinary positions in society. It argues that they attempt to create legitimacy by setting up private philanthropic foundations, in this thesis also termed giving organizations. READ MORE