Search for dissertations about: "local perspective"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 637 swedish dissertations containing the words local perspective.

  2. 11. Distributed Leadership in Local School Organisations. Working for School Improvement?

    Author : Mette Liljenberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; distributed leadership; institutional perspective; school improvement; capacity building; local school organisation; teacher team; school leadership; principal; teacher;

    Abstract : This thesis takes its point of departure from the recent increased interest in leadership, and especially distributed leadership. Educational research states that if schools are to meet future demands, leadership must rest on trust within the organisation and distributed leadership must be understood, in the frame of professional collaboration and social learning. READ MORE

  4. 12. Experimental Governance : Capacity and legitimacy in local governments

    Author : Erica Eneqvist; Andrew Karvonen; Hans Westlund; Kersti Karltorp; Annica Kronsell; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Experimental governance; legitimacy; municialities; democracy; organisational capacity; capacity-building; local government; public sector innovation; Urbana och regionala studier; Urban and Regional Studies;

    Abstract : Contemporary planning and governance of cities involves practices of experiments and trials in urban experiments, collaborative platforms, and urban development projects with high ambitions for sustainability and innovative solutions. These practices of experimental governance can be seen as new policy instruments that include actors from all sectors of society in collective problem-solving. READ MORE

  5. 13. Discretion : an art of the possible : education committees in the Swedish system of government

    Author : Anders Lidström; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Discretion; autonomy; central-local government relations; local government; education policies; Education Committees; actors perspective;

    Abstract : Discretion is commonly analyzed as the scope for choice set by formal superiors. This study aims at developing an alternative theory of discretion which also takes into account the assumptions of the actors in implementing positions. READ MORE

  6. 14. Change and inertia in the development of Swedish engineering education : The industrial stakeholder perspective

    Author : Per Fagrell; Lars Geschwind; Anders Broström; Jennifer Case; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Teknikvetenskapens lärande och kommunikation; Education and Communication in the Technological Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates higher education development in Sweden from an external stakeholder perspective, with a particular focus on engineering education. Industry has long been a major external stakeholder in the development of profession-oriented higher education, not least in the context of engineering education. READ MORE

  7. 15. Geomorphology and environmental dynamics in Save River delta, Mozambique : A cross-timescale perspective

    Author : Elidio Massuanganhe; Lars-Ove Westerberg; Robert Marchant; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Save River delta; deltaic wetlands; biogeomorphology; climate change; landscape evolution; coastal management; socio-ecological systems; Physical Geography; naturgeografi;

    Abstract : Long-term perspectives on the evolution of river deltas have provided useful knowledge capable of responding to pending questions related to the ongoing climate and environmental changes. Increasing utilization pressure on delta environments has necessitated increased attention to protect the socio-economic and ecological values. READ MORE