Search for dissertations about: "active citizenship"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 swedish dissertations containing the words active citizenship.

  2. 1. Mayan suffering, Mayan rights: Faith and citizenship among Catholic Tzotziles in Highland Chiapas, Mexico

    Author : Heidi Moksnes; Kaj Århem; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Maya; Chiapas; Tzotzil; Chenalhó; Las Abejas; Acteal; liberation theology; ethnicity; citizenship; indigenous peoples;

    Abstract : The aim of this dissertation is to investigate the construction of citizenship by a group of highland Mayas in Mexico. The ethnographic focus is on liberation theological Catholics in the Tzotzil-speaking municipality of San Pedro Chenalhó in highland Chiapas. READ MORE

  4. 2. From Victim Diaspora to Transborder Citizenship? : Diaspora formation and transnational relations among Kurds in France and Sweden

    Author : Khalid Khayati; Rune Johansson; Carl-Ulrik Schierup; Björn Fryklund; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Diaspora; Kurds; France; suburbs banlieues ; integration; Sweden; immigration; transborder citizenship; assabiyya; transnationalism; social exclusion; discrimination; segregation; ethnography; cyberspace; long-distance nationalism; Diaspora; kurder; Frankrike; förorter banlieues ; integration; Sverige; immigration; gränsöverskridande medborgarskap; assabiyya; transnationalism; social exkludering; diskriminering; segregation; etnografi; cyberspace; långdistans nationalism; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : Denna avhandling är en komparativ undersökning av pågående förändringsprocesser bland kurder i Marseillesregionen i Frankrike ochStockholmsregionen i Sverige. I fokus står skiftet från en endimensionell och offerrelaterad kurdisk diasporisk identitet mot en mer sammansatt och aktiv. READ MORE

  5. 3. The Work to Make eParticipation Work

    Author : Annelie Ekelin; School of Engineering - Dept. of Interaction and System Design Blekinge Institute of Technology Doctoral Dissertation Series; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; eParticipation; ICT-supported participation; eConsultations; eDemocracy; Active citizenship; Design; Informatik;

    Abstract : eParticipation is a new research domain focusing the development of ICT-supported participation in processes of government and governance. These processes may concern involvement of practitioners, citizens and politicians in electronic public administration, service delivery, policy-making and decision-making. READ MORE

  6. 4. Governance of Career Guidance : an enquiry into European policy

    Author : Anki Bengtsson; Klas Roth; Maria Olson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; governmentality; governance; career guidance; career management; Michel Foucault; entrepreneurial; policy; active citizenship; civic competence; self-management; Europe; pedagogik; Education;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis is to enquire into and problematize the governance of career guidance and how individuals’ career management is constructed within EU policy. The empirical material consists of European policy documents produced during 2000-2015. READ MORE

  7. 5. Learning to Be (come) A Good European : A Critical Analysis of the Official European Union Discourse on European Identity and Higher Education

    Author : Jonna Johansson; Geoffrey Gooch; Juliet Lodge; Sweden Linköping Linköping University; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; identity; higher education; Unity in diversity ; European Dimension ; language; citizenship; activity; mobility; neo-liberalism; competitiveness; Knowledge economy ; flexibility; Lifelong learning ;

    Abstract : During the year 2007, when this thesis was completed, the European Union could look backat fifty years of collaboration, which began with the signing of the Treaty of Rome in 1957and which has developed from being mainly economic in character to incorporating a politicalas well as a social dimension at the European level. In 2007 the European Union alsocommemorated the twentieth anniversary of Erasmus, its higher education mobilityprogramme. READ MORE