Search for dissertations about: "Sharon P. Rider"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words Sharon P. Rider.

2. 1. Avoiding the subject : A critical inquiry into contemporary theories of subjectivity

   Author : Sharon P. Rider; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philosophy; subject; subjectivity; objectivity; certainty; doubt; phenomenology; poststructuralism; deconstruction; neopragmatism; gender; Filosofi; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen; Theoretical Philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi;

   Abstract : This dissertation explores certain recurrent problems in modern theories about the nature of thesubject. Taking examples from phenomenology, poststructuralism, neopragmatism and feminism, itargues that philosophical theorizing about subjectivity often assumes that the transition from thedescription of the models of meaning with which they work, to the description of the everyday practices of which they are models, can be achieved within the model. READ MORE

4. 2. Juridification of Educational Spheres : The Case of Swedish School Inspection

   Author : Judit Novak; Elisabet Nihlfors; Sharon Rider; Ulf P. Lundgren; Guy Neave; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Education policy; educational spheres; evaluative state; governance; institutionalization; judicialization; juridification; law as institution; legalization; new managerialism; positive rights; re-regulation; rule of law; school inspection; schools inspectorate; Pedagogik; Education;

   Abstract : This dissertation argues that the great transformation of education policy and governance that we have witnessed in the last few decades can only be properly understood by taking into account a process of juridification. In and of itself, this is not a novel assertion; what is argued here is that what this entails concretely has been only partially understood. READ MORE