Search for dissertations about: "Public Relations"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 307 swedish dissertations containing the words Public Relations.

  2. 1. The Communicative State : Political Public Relations and the Rise of the Innovation Hype in Sweden

    Author : Jacob Stenberg; Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; public relations; Strategic Communication; Governmentality; discourse; government communication; government agencies; Public relations; political public relations; critical public relations; strategic communication; discourse; governmentality; government communication; political hype; government agencies;

    Abstract : Government agencies in Sweden are experiencing a communicative turn where notions concerning branding, image and identity have become standardized tools and concerns. Public relations, with its focus on persuasion and creating relations with external actors, is part of this communicative turn. READ MORE

  4. 2. National Relations : Public diplomacy, national identity and the Swedish Institute 1945-1970

    Author : Nikolas Glover; Pär Frohnert; Mary Hilson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Swedish Institute; public diplomacy; cultural diplomacy; Sweden; history; twentieth century; national identity; nationalism; image of Sweden; Swedishness; communication history; propaganda; cultural exchange; foreign policy; cultural policy; Cold War; History; Historia; History; historia;

    Abstract : This thesis considers the first twenty-five years of the semi-governmental Swedish Institute for Cultural Exchange with Foreign Countries. Specifically, this is done through an analysis of the Institute’s funding, its policy discussions and its produced materials. READ MORE

  5. 3. Policing Public Women : The Regulation of Prostitution in Stockholm 1812-1880

    Author : Yvonne Svanström; Ulla Wikander; Arne Jarrick; Johan Söderberg; Gunnel Karlsson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; prostitution; Stockholm; public women; sexual contract; feminist theory; public space; public sphere; urbanity; medical profession; venereal disease; the police force; municipal authority; brothels; Carole Pateman; Jürgen Habermas; Economic history; Ekonomisk historia; ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

    Abstract : This dissertation studies the development of a regulation of prostitution in Stockholm during the period 1812-1880. The development of the regulation system is seen in the light of an analytical framework, developed from Carole Pateman's ideas on the sexual contract, and a feministic critique and elaboration of Jürgen Habermas's ideas on the public sphere. READ MORE

  6. 4. Development of IT-supported Inter-organisational Collaboration : A Case Study in the Swedish Public Sector

    Author : Anneli Hagdahl; Toomas Timpka; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Information technology; Public sector; interorganizational relations; Interorganizational relations; labour market; Information technology; Informationsteknologi;

    Abstract : Collaboration across the organisational boundaries takes place for different reasons. One of them is to solve complex problems that cannot be dealt with by a single organisation. The area of vocational rehabilitation constitutes an example of inter-organisational collaboration motivated by a need for joint problem solving. READ MORE

  7. 5. Corruption in Sweden : Exploring Danger Zones and Change

    Author : Staffan Andersson; Gullan Gidlund; Torbjörn Bergman; Paul Heywood; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Corruption; danger zones; delegation; institutional and contextual changes; least corrupt cases; multi-method approach; principal-agent relations; public sector; Sweden; Public sector research; Forskning om offentlig sektor; statskunskap; political science; Political science;

    Abstract : In this dissertation I study corruption in the public sector in Sweden, a country which the literature regards as having few corruption problems. Sweden is therefore classified as a “least corrupt” case, and such countries are seldom studied in corruption research. My work is thus an effort to fill a gap in the literature. READ MORE