Search for dissertations about: "democratic citizenship"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 swedish dissertations containing the words democratic citizenship.

  2. 1. Democracy, education and citizenship : towards a theory on the education of deliberative democratic citizens

    Author : Klas Roth; Christer Fritzell; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; deliberative democracy; democratic education; deliberation; citizenship education; educational theory; philosophy of education and political theory.; pedagogik; Education;

    Abstract : The present thesis suggests ideas for a theory on the education of deliberative democratic citizens in a multicultural society in terms of what I have called Eddemcit. It involves a) an ideal view of democracy in communicative and discourse-ethical terms, b) a comprehensive view of an autonomous citizen, c) two conditions for deliberation in terms of opportunity and freedom, d) a core value in terms of conscious social and cultural mediation, e) democratic principles as heuristic devices, f) an understanding of democratic deliberation in terms of intersubjectivity, processes and the better argument. READ MORE

  4. 2. 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

  5. 3. Pluralism and unity in education : on education for democratic citizenship and personal autonomy in a pluralist society

    Author : Joachim Rosenquist; Tomas Englund; Klas Roth; Walter Feinberg; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; pluralism; democratic education; citizenship education; children s rights; autonomy-promotion; school choice; deliberative democracy; political philosophy; educational philosophy; Pedagogik; Education;

    Abstract : The overarching theme of this thesis concerns the possibility of balancing the values of unity and pluralism in education in developed nation states characterized by an increasing pluralism when it comes to the beliefs and values of its citizens. The author suggests that democracy has a normative basis in the principle of reciprocity which can be supported in an overlapping consensus by reasonable persons who differ in their moral, religious and philosophical beliefs. READ MORE

  6. 4. Eco-democracy : a green challenge to democratic theory and practice

    Author : Carina Lundmark; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Miljöpolitik: Sverige; Democratic theory; political culture; ecocentrism; liberty; equality; participation; environmental rights; environmental citizenship; Political Science;

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  7. 5. While We Wait : Democratization, State and Citizenship among Young Men in Tunisia's Interior Regions

    Author : Karim Zakhour; Michele Micheletti; Hans Agné; Ellen Lust; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Democratization; state; citizenship; Tunisia; youth; Claude Lefort; neoliberalism; waiting; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : This dissertation has sought to develop new ways of understanding democratization, and by extension democracy, by attempting to capture the experience of democratic transitions. The thesis has investigated the Tunisian democratization processes that followed the overthrow of Ben Ali in 2011. READ MORE