Search for dissertations about: "Taken-for-granted Assumptions"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the words Taken-for-granted Assumptions.
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1. Manager and civil servant : exploring actors' taken-for-granted assumptions in public administration
Abstract : Manager and Civil Servant is an exploration of actors' taken-for-granted assumptions that govern perceptions concerning how public administration should be undertaken within contemporary welfare states. It is argued that more than 30 years of continuous reforms directed towards public administration have caused dilemmas to arise. READ MORE
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2. Educational imaginaries : a genealogy of the digital citizen
Abstract : This thesis makes use of a genealogical approach to map out and explainhow and why computers and citizenship have become so closely connected.It examines the historical continuities and disruptions, and the role thatpopular education has played in this interrelation. READ MORE
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3. Becoming-place : (Re)conceptualising friluftsliv in the Swedish physical education and health curriculum
Abstract : This thesis aims to critically examine taken for granted assumptions underpinning friluftsliv and outdoor education as a learning area in the curriculum, and to explore the educational potential of a place-responsive pedagogy. A growing body of critical research in outdoor studies suggest that there has been a discursive shift away from an activity-based personal and social development discourse, in favour of more critical awareness in outdoor education research. READ MORE
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4. The Spirit of Gnosjö : The Grand Narrative and Beyond
Abstract : This book is about the famous Spirit of Gnosjö, characterising the enterprising and networking culture of a region in southern Sweden. The Spirit is so well-known that it is taken for granted by many as representing profitable businesses that are privately owned, formal and informal cooperation in networks between owner-managers, helpfulness and solidarity between employers and employees, and positive envy among entrepreneurs. READ MORE
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5. The Making of the Female Entrepreneur : A Discourse Analysis of Research Texts on Women’s Entrepreneurship
Abstract : Departing from a social constructionist understanding of gender, this thesis examines how the female entrepreneur is constructed in research articles about women’s entrepreneurship. It finds that even if the texts celebrate women’s entrepreneurship, they do it in such a way as to recreate women’s secondary position in society. READ MORE