Search for dissertations about: "modernisation"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 53 swedish dissertations containing the word modernisation.

2. 6. Ageing in a changing society : Elderly men and women in urban Sweden 1830-1930

   Author : Ann-Kristin Högman; Lars-Göran Tedebrand; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; class; demography; family; gender; labour force participation; living arrangements; modernisation; Norrköping; old age; poor relief; Stockholm; Sundsvall; Older people and ageing; Äldre och åldrande; Social welfare social pedagogics; Social omsorg socialpedagogik; Social anthropology; Socialantropologi; caring sciences in social sciences; omvårdnadsforskning med samhällsvetenskaplig inriktning;

   Abstract : This study deals with the impact of industrialisation and urbanisation on the living conditions of aged men and women. By studying labour force participation, savings and pensions, the role of the family, and the extent of dependency of aged men and women from a gender and class perspective, continuities and changes between pre-industrial and industrial times are examined. READ MORE

4. 7. Another Modernism? Form, Content and Meanings of the New Housing Architecture of Hanoi

   Author : Hoai Anh Tran; Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Vietnam; tradition; The West; Third World; identity; modernity; modernisation; modernism; modern architecture; house design; housing architecture; Architecture; Hanoi; interior design; Arkitektur; inredningsarkitektur;

   Abstract : The study deals with the issue of how to understand and assess modern architecture in a non-Western context. Is there a non-Western modern architecture in its own right and with meanings connected to the local context or is it mere copy of Western modern architecture? At the primary level the study discusses the meanings and directions of contemporary architecture in a modernising society such as Vietnam, using a number of new private houses of Hanoi as case studies. READ MORE

5. 8. Becoming Jinja : The Production of Space and Making of Place in an African Industrial Town

   Author : Andrew Byerley; Gunilla Andrae; Jo Beall; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; space; place; diagrams of power; colonial planning; modernisation; model-modern; de-tribalisation; discipline; bio-politics; industrialisation; urban housing; urban agriculture; alcohol; Uganda.; Human geography; Kulturgeografi;

   Abstract : The years immediately preceding and following W.W.II marked a turning point in British colonial policy in Africa. In this doctoral thesis, which focuses on colonial and post-colonial Uganda, this turning point is approached in terms of a shift in would-be hegemonic socio-spatial diagrams of power. READ MORE

6. 9. Development and 'The other within': the culturalisation of the political economy of poverty in the Northern Uplands of Viet Nam

   Author : Bent D. Jørgensen; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; poverty; poverty alleviation; development; marginalisation; privatisation; modernisation; marketisation; democratisation; development studies; upland development; ethnic minorities; Hmong; Dao; Muong; Viet Nam Vietnam .;

   Abstract : The dissertation deals with the issue of poverty in eight villages in Northern Viet Nam during the current Doi Moi reforms. In all reforms, poverty alleviation has been a main concern for which market economy and economic growth have been seen as largely successful tools. However, in parallel to economic growth, the social inequality has increased. READ MORE

7. 10. Climate Change and Industrial Technology Transfer. A Study of Chinese Conditions

   Author : Joakim Nordqvist; Miljö- och energisystem; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Environment; Emissions; China; Development; Bureaucracy; Cement; Miljöteknik; kontroll av utsläpp; pollution control; Environmental technology; Technology management; Sustainability; Policy; Energy; Modernisation;

   Abstract : Motivated by concerns about anthropogenic climate change, this thesis contributes to the better appreciation of mechanisms that would allow actors in China, foreign as well as Chinese, to exert a positive influence on the country's industrial technology status. China is the world's second largest emitter of greenhouse gases - the lions' share of which emanates from industrial and electricity production. READ MORE