Search for dissertations about: "Security Politics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 77 swedish dissertations containing the words Security Politics.

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. Securing Judgement : Rethinking Security and Online Information Threats

   Author : Hedvig Ördén; Hans Agné; Sharon Rider; Stefan Borg; Magnus Ekengren; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; security studies; critical security studies; cyber security; disinformation; Arendt; post-foundationalism; political theory; EU security policy; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

   Abstract : The contemporary debate in democracies routinely describes online information threats such as misinformation, disinformation and deception as security-issues in need of urgent attention. Despite this pervasive discourse, policymakers often appear incapable of articulating what security means in this context. READ MORE

6. 4. Producing Food, Security, and the Geopolitical Subject

   Author : Jiayi Zhou; Eva Lövbrand; Malin Mobjörk; Björn-Ola Linnér; Jonna Nyman; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Food security; Russia; United Nations; Security; Discourse; Geo-politics;

   Abstract : This study uses food as a lens through which to empirically and theoretically problematize the concept of security. Food – its supply, provision, and access – is situated at the center of several interconnected crises, from environmental and climatic upheaval to growing geopolitical turbulence and great power competition. READ MORE

7. 5. Cold water politics : The maritime strategy and geopolitics of the northern front

   Author : Ola Tunander; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Security Politics; Semiotics; Geopolitics; Naval Strategy; US Maritime Strategy; Submarines; Scandinavia; Barents Sea; Norwegian Sea; Diplomatic Signals; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

   Abstract : The dissertation deals with the strategic field of force dominating the Northern waters. Instead of an emphasis on the declared policies of the various nations, the focus here is on geopolitics, technological change and on US and Soviet military strategies influencing the security policies of the Nordic region. READ MORE