Search for dissertations about: "Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot krishantering och internationell samverkan"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the words Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot krishantering och internationell samverkan.
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1. Vulnerability and Power : Social Justice Organizing in Rockaway, New York City, after Hurricane Sandy
University dissertation from Uppsala : Uppsala UniversityAbstract : This is a study about disasters, vulnerability and power. With regards to social justice organizing a particular research problem guides the work, specifically that emancipatory projects are often initiated and steered by privileged actors who do not belong to the marginalized communities they wish to strengthen, yet the work is based on the belief that empowerment requires self-organizing from within. READ MORE
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2. The 2005 Hurricane Katrina response failure Seeing preparedness for foreseeable complex problems through a neo-institutional lens
University dissertation from CRISMART/Radboud UniversiteitAbstract : Governmental organisations often fail to prepare themselves adequately for complex problems such as natural disasters. This is remarkable because these threats are usually studied intensively and governments do develop plans for such situations. READ MORE
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3. Crisis, Accountability and Blame Management Strategies and Survival of Political Office-Holders
University dissertation from Utrecht UniversityAbstract : Crises are an integral part of our modern world; they are breaking points that disturb our sense of normalcy. While some of them are treated as ‘normal incidents’ that are bound to occur in a vast and complex array of governmental activities, others spark a blaze of media attention, public emotions, and political upheaval. READ MORE
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4. Crisis-induced learning in public sector organizations
University dissertation from Stockholm : Försvarshögskolan (FHS)Abstract : How do public organizations manage crises? How do public organizations learnfrom crises? These seemingly basic questions still pose virtual puzzles for crisismanagement researchers. Yet, the interest of the academic and practitionerrealms in crisis management has grown in recent years. READ MORE
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5. Stressing Knowledge Organisational closed-ness and knowledge acquisition under pressure
University dissertation from Stockholm : Försvarshögskolan (FHS)Abstract : Organisations have been analytically conceptualised as being somewhat analogous to individuals for a long time. They have culture; they can learn; and they can behave in various odd ways. READ MORE
