Search for dissertations about: "liberal discourse"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 33 swedish dissertations containing the words liberal discourse.

2. 16. Learning to Be (come) A Good European : A Critical Analysis of the Official European Union Discourse on European Identity and Higher Education

   Author : Jonna Johansson; Geoffrey Gooch; Juliet Lodge; Sweden Linköping Linköping University; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; identity; higher education; Unity in diversity ; European Dimension ; language; citizenship; activity; mobility; neo-liberalism; competitiveness; Knowledge economy ; flexibility; Lifelong learning ;

   Abstract : During the year 2007, when this thesis was completed, the European Union could look backat fifty years of collaboration, which began with the signing of the Treaty of Rome in 1957and which has developed from being mainly economic in character to incorporating a politicalas well as a social dimension at the European level. In 2007 the European Union alsocommemorated the twentieth anniversary of Erasmus, its higher education mobilityprogramme. READ MORE

4. 17. Learning To Be(come) A Good European : A Critical Analysis of the Official European Union Discourse on European Identity and Higher Education

   Author : Jonna Johansson; Geoffrey Gooch; Juliet Lodge; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Identity; higher education; European dimension; competitiveness; Knowledge Economy; language; citizenship; activity; mobility; neo-liberalism; flexibility; Lifelong Learning; Unity in Diversity; flexibilitet; språk; medborgarskap; Identitet; högre utbildning; enighet i mångfald; europeisk dimension; aktivitet; livslångt lärande; rörlighet; neoliberalism; konkurrenskraft; kunskapsekonomi; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

   Abstract : During the year 2007 when this thesis was completed the European Union could look back at fifty years of collaboration, which began with the signing of the Treaty of Rome in 1957 and which has developed from being mainly economic in character to incorporating a political as well as a social dimension at the European level. In 2007 the European Union also commemorated the twentieth anniversary of Erasmus, its higher education mobility programme. READ MORE

5. 18. The Mediated Representation of the Super-Rich : Secrecy, Wealth Taxation and the Tensions of Neoliberal Capitalism

   Author : Axel Vikström; Göran Eriksson; Åsa Kroon; Fredrik Stiernstedt; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; The super-rich; capitalism; neoliberalism; wealth inequality; critical discourse analysis; ideology; media; secrecy; wealth taxation;

   Abstract : This thesis examines how the wealthiest apex of the capitalist class, a segment commonly referred to as ‘the super-rich’, is represented in Swedish legacy newspapers. As decades of neoliberal reforms have paved the way for increasing wealth concentration at the very top, the super-rich has emerged as both a material and discursive phenomenon. READ MORE

6. 19. Othering Processes in Feminist Teaching : A case study of an adult educational institution

   Author : Chia-Ling Yang; Sociologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; feminist methodology; feminist theory; liberal adult education; postcolonial theory; Swedish gender equality; welfare state; anti-racist education; feminist teaching; intersectionality; sexualized racism; gendered racism; boundary making; othering; difference;

   Abstract : Taking its starting point from a critical dialogue with feminist and postcolonial theory, this dissertation explores processes of othering in a feminist adult educational institution, Women’s Room, in Sweden. Women’s Room is a women-only school and half of the student body has a migrant background. READ MORE

7. 20. Women in the public sphere in Egypt : 2011–2014

   Author : Imad Rasan; Sociologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; women; public sphere; visibility; collectivity; marginalisation; gender; sexual harassment; graffiti;

   Abstract : Through interviews, many documents and secondary data, this dissertation investigates how fifty-four women activists participated in the public sphere in Egypt from the outbreak of the 2011 uprising to the re-emergence of the authoritarian regime in 2014. The women activists studied in the dissertation took part in various counter-publics of social movements, opposition political parties, and civic engagement. READ MORE