Search for dissertations about: "discursive community"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 30 swedish dissertations containing the words discursive community.

2. 1. In the name of safety : power, politics and the constitutive effects of local governing practices in Sweden

   Author : Jennie Brandén; Malin Rönnblom; Linda Sandberg; Christine Hudson; Emilia Palonen; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Safety; unsafety; governmentality; political ethnography; public space; safety walks; participation; community; certification; security guards; private security; patrolling; Sweden; statskunskap; political science; genusvetenskap; gender studies;

   Abstract : In a time of uncertainty and risk, safety has become an increasingly significant concern. In Sweden, a powerful discourse around public safety has developed in recent years, moving it to the top of the political agenda. READ MORE

4. 2. The Social Construction of Green Building: Diachronic and Synchronic Perspectives

   Author : Ann-Charlotte Stenberg; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Travel of ideas; Rhetorical community; Social construction; Framing; Community of practice and action; Sensemaking; Green building;

   Abstract : AbstractAlthough environmental issues have been on the agendas of governments, businesses and scientists for at least three decades, there still remain conceptual difficulties concerning what environment or green actually encompass. The concepts are in constant flux, shifting as actors who represent different social relevant groups struggle to find support for their specific interests. READ MORE

5. 3. Jakten på Entreprenörer : Om öppningar och låsningar i entreprenörskapsdiskursen

   Author : Karin Berglund; Anders W Johansson; Anders Lundström; Elisabeth Sundin; Mälardalens högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Entrepreneurship; Regional development; Discourse; Dialogue; Aspects of entrepreneurship; Discursive collisions; Entrepreneurship web; Interactive critical research; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Industriell ekonomi och organisation;

   Abstract : Entrepreneurs are expected to play a crucial role in times of unemployment and economical regression. A “hunt for entrepreneurs” can thus be said to be occurring as they appear to be people who can save nations, societies, and companies in troublesome situations. READ MORE

6. 4. Grappling with Patriarchies : Narrative Strategies of Resistance in Miriam Tlali's Writings

   Author : Christina Cullhed; Monica Fryckstedt; David Attwell; Elleke Boehmer; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Literature; South African literature; narrative strategies; patriarchy; the black literary tradition; novelization; dialogism; fragmentation; gendered violence; sacrifice; rape; discursive taboo; whispering; distancing; Miriam Tlali; Litteraturvetenskap;

   Abstract : This study is the first one devoted solely to the writings of the South African black novelist Miriam Tlali. It argues that her works constitute literary resistance not only to apartheid, noted by previous scholars, but also to South African patriarchies. READ MORE

7. 5. Meanwhile, in Aysén-Patagonia : exploring discursive transformations on environment and development in a remote periphery

   Author : Pamela Bachmann-Vargas; the Netherlands Wageningen Wageningen University; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Patagonia, is an imaginary territory that comprises the south of Chile and Argentina. Historically, Patagonia has captivated an image of far-off lands and wilderness, embedded in a remote and peripheral context, which in turn has often been idealized as ‘pristine’. READ MORE