Search for dissertations about: "community of action"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 181 swedish dissertations containing the words community of action.

2. 1. 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

4. 2. Benthic diatoms in the Gulf of Bothnia : Community analysis and diversity

   Author : Svenja Busse; Michael Sullivan; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Ecology; Baltic Sea; Biodiversity; Biomass; Community ecology; Diatoms; Multivariate analysis; Navicula; Phytobenthos; Salinity gradient; Scale; Size; Water movement; Ekologi; Terrestrial; freshwater and marine ecology; Terrestisk; limnisk och marin ekologi; Ecological Botany; Ekologisk botanik;

   Abstract : Benthic diatoms are valuable tools for biological monitoring and paleo-ecological reconstruction of past environmental conditions. This thesis aims at describing size-related properties of benthic diatoms and suggests that data assessment for community analysis can be improved by considering the importance of scale. READ MORE

5. 3. Social capital, health and community action : implications for health promotion

   Author : Malin Eriksson; Maria Emmelin; Lars Dahlgren; Urban Janlert; Catherine Campbell; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; social capital; self-rated health; health promotion; community action; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap; socialmedicin; Social Medicine;

   Abstract : Background; The overwhelming increase in studies about social capital and health occurring since 1995 indicates a renewed interest in the social determinants of health and a call for a more explicit use of theory in public health and epidemiology. The links between social capital and health are still not clear and the meanings of different forms of individual and collective social capital and their implications for health promotion needs further exploration. READ MORE

6. 4. Boosting young citizens’ deontic status : Interactional allocation of rights-to-decide in participatory democracy meetings

   Author : Simon Magnusson; Mats Landqvist; Lina Nyroos; Camilla Lindholm; Södertörns högskola; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; youth participation; decision-making; inclusion; deontics; participatory democracy; jointness; conversation analysis; Utbildningsvetenskapliga studier; Studies in the Educational Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the social organization of rights-to-decide in participatory democracy meetings where adolescents are invited. In such meetings, young citizens are given the opportunity to influence decision-makers and participate in determining future political action. READ MORE

7. 5. A Politics of Community: Identity, Stigma, and Meaning in the Extra-Parliamentary Left

   Author : Colm Flaherty; Sociologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Collective Action; Interaction; Stigma; Identity; Community; Politics; Social movement; subculture;

   Abstract : The prevalence and character of political action has changed throughout the Global North, as individuals increasingly turn away from more conventional forms of political participation towards more everyday, continuous types of actions. In this study, I conceptualize one form of everyday political action as a politics of community. READ MORE