Search for dissertations about: "matters of accountability"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words matters of accountability.

  2. 1. The Trivial Matters : Everyday power in Swedish elder care

    Author : Tove Harnett; Bo Malmberg; David Wästerfors; Stig Berg; F. Jaber Gubrium; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Older people and ageing; Äldre och åldrande;

    Abstract : This is a study about fairly ordinary situations in elder care: how staff deal with older people’s influence, how staff talk about older people’s complaints, how family members talk about elder mistreatment, and how older people act in order to exert influence in a nursing home. However ordinary, these are situations where relational power is accentuated, accomplished and able to be empirically explored. READ MORE

  4. 2. Governing the manifold subject : a praxiography of Swedish HIV treatment

    Author : Jeffrey A. Christensen; Peter Danholt; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Swedish HIV treatment; enactment; governing assemblages; the manifold subject; matters of accountability;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates a multiplicity of ways in which the subject of Swedish HIV treatment is enacted. Drawing on my own experiences of living with HIV in Sweden, the thesis articulates a concern with reflexive, performative, and normative dimensions of contemporary governing assemblages, research practices, and medical interventions. READ MORE

  5. 3. Determinants and Effects of Central Bank Independence Reforms

    Author : Mats Landström; Karl-Gustaf Löfgren; Sven-Olov Daunfeldt; Andreas Bergh; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Monetary policy; institutional reform; central banking; price stability; political economy; delegation; institutional economics; inflation; time-inconsistency; accountability; nationalekonomi; Economics; Complex Systems – Microdata Analysis;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four empirically oriented papers on central bank independence (CBI) reforms.   Paper [1] is an investigation of why politicians around the world have chosen to give up power to independent central banks, thereby reducing their ability to control the economy. READ MORE

  6. 4. 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

  7. 5. Empowerment in living practice : mobile ICT as a tool for empowerment of elderly people in home health care

    Author : Anita Melander-Wikman; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Physiotherapy; Sjukgymnastik;

    Abstract : The aging of Europe's population is a crucial challenge for the 21st century. Today, the mean life expectancy in Sweden is 83 years for women and 78 for men. Providing health care of high quality on equal terms for all citizens is an important political goal in Sweden. READ MORE