Search for dissertations about: "Public security"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 170 swedish dissertations containing the words Public security.

  2. 1. Smartphone security : The smartphone as a security device and the public/private production of security

    Author : Håvard Rustad Markussen; Charlotte Wagnsson; Stefan Borg; Niklas Bremberg; Försvarshögskolan; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Smartphone; security devices; appropriation; public private security; Critical Security Studies; Science and Technology Studies; Political Science; Statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the smartphone as a security device through a comprehensive summary and four independent papers. The thesis starts from the observation that a central and yet underexplored characteristic of contemporary security politics is that the smartphone, as one especially important piece of consumer technology, is increasingly being transformed into a security device. READ MORE

  4. 2. Sensitising Urban Transport Security : Surveillance and Policing in Berlin, Stockholm, and Warsaw

    Author : Ola Svenonius; Fredrika Björklund; Rune Premfors; Peo Hansen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; urban security; security governance; public transport; surveillance; police; private security; emotion; fantasy; fear of crime; discourse analysis; Berlin; Stockholm; Warsaw; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : The city as a focal point of both domestic and international security policy is characteristic of the 21st century security landscape in Europe. Amidst the 'War on Terror' and the pan-European battle against organised crime, the city is the location where global processes are actually taking place. READ MORE

  5. 3. The Use of Hope : Biopolitics of Security During the Obama Presidency

    Author : Claes Tängh Wrangel; Maria Stern; Claudia Aradau; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; hope; biopolitics; Agamben; Obama; security; development; pub- lic diplomacy; resilience; radicalisation; counterterrorism; strategic narra- tives; neoliberalism; discourse analysis.; Biopolitiks; Hope; Agamben; Obama; Security; Development; Radicalization; Counterterrorism; Resilience; Strategic narratives; neoliberalism; discourse analysis; ;

    Abstract : Through a compilation of four research articles, this PhD thesis investigates ‘hope’ as a biopolitical technology. It interrogates the use of hope by the United States security apparatus, on the one hand, to pre-empt processes of radicalisation and, on the other hand, to prepare the subject of security to cope with permanent insecurity. READ MORE

  6. 4. In the name of safety : power, politics and the constitutive effects of local governing practices in Sweden

    Author : Jennie Brandén; Malin Rönnblom; Linda Sandberg; Christine Hudson; Emilia Palonen; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Safety; unsafety; governmentality; political ethnography; public space; safety walks; participation; community; certification; security guards; private security; patrolling; Sweden; statskunskap; political science; genusvetenskap; gender studies;

    Abstract : In a time of uncertainty and risk, safety has become an increasingly significant concern. In Sweden, a powerful discourse around public safety has developed in recent years, moving it to the top of the political agenda. READ MORE

  7. 5. Privacy and Security Analysis : Assessing Risks and Harm to Patients

    Author : Samuel Wairimu; Stefan Lindskog; Lothar Fritsch; Rose-Mharie Åhlfeldt; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Privacy; Security; e-Health; Risks; Harms; Personlig integritet; Informationss ̈akerhet; e-h ̈alsa; Risker; Skador; Computer Science; Datavetenskap;

    Abstract : Disruptive technologies in the form of e-Health or electronic healthcare (the use of information technology in health) have the ability to provide positive implications to both patients and healthcare professionals. Recently, public health agencies deployed contact tracing apps with the aim of curbing the spread of COVID-19, by aiding manual contact tracing, and lifting restrictions. READ MORE