Search for dissertations about: "historical structure"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 193 swedish dissertations containing the words historical structure.

  2. 1. Vonnegut's duty-dance with death-theme and structure in Slaughterhouse-five

    Author : Monica Loeb; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Didactic purpose; theme; structure; point of view; characterization; use of sources; imagery;

    Abstract : The influence of Vonnegut’s didactic purpose of writing on the treatment of theme  and structure in Slaughterhouse-Five is investigated in this study. The following  elements of structure are studied: point of view, the treatment of time, characterization,  the use of other sources, and imagery. READ MORE

  4. 2. Language Ideologies and Minority Language Policies in Sweden : historical and contemporary perspectives

    Author : Maria Wingstedt; Marilyn Martin-Jones; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Linguistic minorities; Minoritetsspråk; tvåspråkighetsforskning; Bilingualism;

    Abstract : This thesis concerns the nature and functioning of language ideologies in Sweden, principally as regards beliefs and attitudes of the majority group towards minority language issues. This includes a study of the history of Sweden's minority language policies towards the Saami and the Finnish-speaking Tornedalians. READ MORE

  5. 3. Applied Methods for Analysis of Economic Structure and Change

    Author : Christer Anderstig; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economic structure; Input-output models; Information theory; Multinomial logit; Housing choice; Spectral analysis; Urban development;

    Abstract : The thesis comprises five papers and an introductory overview of applied models and methods. The papers concern interdependences and interrelations in models applied to empirical analyses of various problems related to production, consumption, location and trade. READ MORE

  6. 4. Modernisation and marketisation : The Chinese kindergarten in the 1990s

    Author : Limin Gu; Inger M. Andersson; Gunilla Halldén; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Chinese kindergarten; early childhood education; reform; modernisation; marketisation; structure; ideology; change; continuity; progress; conflict; differentiation; Education;

    Abstract : This is a study of changes in Chinese kindergarten education in the era of the post-Mao four modernisations. Based on fieldwork carried out in China in 1997, this thesis examined the changes of Chinese kindergarten education at two levels — changes in system (structural change) and changes in educational activities (curriculum and ideological change), especially for the period of the 1990s. READ MORE

  7. 5. Life expectancy in the province of Halland, Sweden. A historic to modern, socio-epidemiological perspective with focus on cardiovascular diseases

    Author : Amir Baigi; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; AMI; causes of death; CHD; CVD; epidemiology; Halland; historical; life expectancy; mortality; public health; socio-economic status; Sweden.;

    Abstract : Introduction One of the most concrete expressions of mortality in a population is the so-called life expectancy, i.e. a figure that indicates the average life span of an individual under the prevailing conditions. The life expectancy of a population is considered as a generic measure of public health. READ MORE