Search for dissertations about: "agenda setting"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 49 swedish dissertations containing the words agenda setting.
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1. Greening the EU : Power practices, resistances and agenda setting
Abstract : Between 1970 and 1995, well over 200 directives dealing with environmental problems have been adopted by the European Community. The ambition in this study has been to understand the process whereby environmental concerns have been brought up on the Community agenda and how that agenda has subsequently been shaped. READ MORE
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2. Waves of controversy : gene technology in Dagens nyheter 1973-96
Abstract : This thesis investigates the public debate on gene technology, between 1973 and 1996, in one of the agenda-setting media in Sweden, Dagens Nyheter. Gene technology is one of the latest controversial technologies which characterise our present Western society. READ MORE
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3. The Emergent Politics of Geoengineering
Abstract : This thesis examines the role of science in the earliest stages of the political process. It does this by studying the emergence of ‘geoengineering’ on the political agenda. READ MORE
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4. Role, Identity and Work : Extending the design and development agenda
Abstract : In order to make technology easier to handle for its users, the field of HCI (Human- Computer Interaction) has recently often turned the environment and the context of use. In this thesis the focus is on the relation between the user and the technology. READ MORE
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5. Setting Limits in Nature and the Metabolism of Knowledge : The Case of the Critical Load Concept
Abstract : In the 1980s, the earlier understanding that environmental problems are relatively simple was questioned. In order to handle the perceived complexity, several responses emerged. READ MORE