Search for dissertations about: "Theory of action"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 519 swedish dissertations containing the words Theory of action.

  2. 1. F. A. Hayek's Critique of Legislation

    Author : Cyril Holm; Torben Spaak; Pauline Westerman; Wennström Bo; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Hayek; legislation; rules; law; rationality; rational action; rational social order; equilibrium; utilitarianism; method of deliberation; criterion of correctness; Elinor Ostrom; Avner Greif; Vernon Smith; Joshua Epstein; complexity; knowledge; social cooperation; information; know-how; the Hayek problem; the invisible hand; Adam Smith; Mises; Keynes; Marx; welfare state; Gilbert Ryle; Michael Polanyi; theory of legislation; legisprudence; jurisprudence; Neo-Kantianism; historicism; cognitive closure; theory of prices; competition; syntax grammar; game theory; generative social science; agent-based computational modeling; institutional policy analysis; normative; primacy of economics; primacy of politics; Sheri Berman; constructivist rationalism; socialism; social democracy; Nozick; Rawls; distribution; justice; freedom; Kant; polycentric government; process of experimentation; speculative philosophy; analytical philosophy; freedom under the law; liberty; philosophy of mind; consequentialist; Jurisprudence; Allmän rättslära;

    Abstract : The dissertation concerns F. A. Hayek’s (1899–1992) critique of legislation. The purpose of the investigation is to clarify and assess that critique. READ MORE

  4. 2. Complexity Theory and Physics Education Research : The Case of Student Retention in Physics and Related Degree Programmes

    Author : Jonas Forsman; Cedric Linder; Ismo Koponen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Physics Education Research; Complexity Theory; Student Retention; Physics with specialization in Physics Education; Fysik med inriktning mot fysikens didaktik;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the use of complexity theory in Physics Education Research as a way to examine the issue of student retention (a university’s ability to retain its students). University physics education is viewed through the concepts of nestedness and networked interactions. READ MORE

  5. 3. A Field of Veiled Continuities : Studies in the Methodology and Theory of Educational Research

    Author : Corrado Matta; Klas Roth; Anna-Lena Kempe; Till Grüne-Yanoff; Harold Kincaid; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Methodology of Educational Research; Educational Theory; Educational Philosohy; Philosophy of the Social Sciences; Causal Explanations of Actions; Qualtative Methods; Scientific Representation; Learning; Actor Network Theory; Ontic Structural Realism; pedagogik; Education;

    Abstract : Empirical educational research enjoys a methodological and theoretical debate that is characterized by a number of unresolved and lively debated controversies. This compilation thesis is an attempt to contribute to this debate using the toolbox of philosophy of science.The thesis consists of an introductory chapter and four essays. READ MORE

  6. 4. Liberation of the Ecclesia : The Unfinished Project of Liturgical Theology

    Author : Michael Hjälm; Sven-Erik Brodd; Richard Schneider; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; communicative action; disclosure; ecclesia; emancipation; identity; lifeworld; liturgical theology; ordo; ortho; otherness; rationalization; ritual action; theory and practice; Kyrkovetenskap; Ecclesiology;

    Abstract : This dissertation is a critical study of the paradigm of Liturgical Theology. Focus in this systematic inquiry has been on the Russian school with the focal point in the works of Alexander Schmemann, who was active in the late 20th century. The main question of the thesis concerns the relation between theory and practice in Liturgical Theology. READ MORE

  7. 5. Cultivating responsible citizenship : Collective gardens at the periphery of neoliberal urban norms

    Author : Paul Sherfey; Jenny Gunnarsson Payne; Maria Zackariasson; Katarina Saltzman; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; ethnology; urban agriculture; collective action; place; citizenship; responsibility; political discourse theory; governmentality; neoliberal capitalism; gentrification; etnologi; stadsodling; kollektiv handling; plats; medborgarskap; ansvar; politisk diskursteori; governmentalitet; nyliberal kapitalism; gentrifiering; Historical Studies; Historiska studier; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

    Abstract : The growing human population is concentrating in urban environments across the globe, leading to urban expansion and densification. Consequently, political debates and social movements concerned with urban planning and land use have increased in relevance. READ MORE