Search for dissertations about: "formal authority"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 33 swedish dissertations containing the words formal authority.

2. 1. Authority-based argumentative strategies : Three models for their evaluation

   Author : Taeda Jovičić [Tomic]; Krister Segerberg; Frederick Stoutland; Douglas Walton; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philosophy; argumentative strategies; reasoning and social aspects of argumentative activities; argumentative groups; audience groups; acceptability; effectiveness; challenge; evaluation; authority; dialectic; rhetoric; pragma-dialectics; logic of dialogue; profiles of dialogue; Filosofi; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen; Theoretical Philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi;

   Abstract : This dissertation is on argumentative strategies based on authority. In its first half, three of the most elaborate and influential approaches in argumentation theory, related to the models developed in this work, are analyzed: Douglas Walton's dialectical frame for analysis of arguments from expert opinion; Frans van Eemeren and Peter Houtlosser's pragma-dialectical approach to strategic maneuvering in argumentation; the concept of strategy used in Else Barth and Erik Krabbe's formal dialectics. READ MORE

4. 2. Learning physiotherapy : the impact of formal education and professional experience

   Author : Madeleine Abrandt Dahlgren; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Physiotherapy; problem-based learning; formal education; professional experience; discourse; basic concepts; qualitative analysis; phenomenography; conceptions; contextual analysis;

   Abstract : The aim is to describe and analyse physiotherapeutic learning through formal education and professional experience. The investigation focuses on the students' ways of experiencing the concepts of Health, Movement, Function and Interaction. READ MORE

5. 3. Abstraction and authority in textbooks : The textual paths towards specialized language

   Author : Agnes Edling; Caroline Liberg; Åke Viberg; Jan Anward; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; textbook research; text linguistics; content area reading; reader text relationship; literacy education; systemic linguistics; applied linguistics; Linguistics; Lingvistik;

   Abstract : During a few hours of a school day, a student might read textbook texts which are highly diversified in terms of abstraction. Abstraction is a central feature of specialized language and the transition from everyday language to specialized language is one of the most important things formal education can offer students. READ MORE

6. 4. Renegotiation of authority in the face of surprise : a qualitative study of international disaster work

   Author : Nalini Suparamaniam; Arne Worm; Linköpings universitet; []
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   Abstract : Disaster relief work is often extremely challenging for those involved. One of the most obvious problems is coordination: coordination with headquarters in the home country, local organizations and authorities, and other teams in the field. READ MORE

7. 5. Paths to power and patterns of influence : The Dravidian parties in south Indian politics

   Author : Ingrid Widlund; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political science; India; political parties; party organisation; mobilisation; leaders; populism; clientelism; authority structures; broking; leader cult; Statsvetenskap; Political science; Statsvetenskap; statskunskap; Political Science;

   Abstract : This doctoral thesis has resulted from a study of the three, regional, Dravidian, parties in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu-a region that has a reputation for its 'personality politics'. The purpose is to analyse the relationship between modes of mobilisatioand the structures of authority in these political parties, that undeniably, although in different degrees and on different ground bestow on their leaders eminence beyond the formal position of rank. READ MORE