Search for dissertations about: "participation in society"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 254 swedish dissertations containing the words participation in society.

  2. 1. Collective Patient Participation : Patient Voice and Civil Society Organizations in Healthcare

    Author : Anna Mankell; Johan Vamstad; Mio Fredriksson; Tine Rostgaard; Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; patient participation; healthcare; involvement; patient organizations; advocacy; representation; coproduction; marketization; individualization; civil society; Människan i välfärdssamhället; Social välfärd med inriktning mot civilsamhället; The Individual in the Welfare Society; Social Welfare and the Civil Society;

    Abstract : The importance of engaging patients in the development of healthcare services and policy has received increasing attention over the last decades. However, this attention has mainly been directed towards various forms of involvement of individual patients. READ MORE

  4. 2. Patient participation : what it is and what it is not

    Author : Ann Catrine Eldh; Margareta Ehnfors; Inger Ekman; Ella Danielsson; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; patient participation; non-participation; phenomenological hermeneutics; communication; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap; Vårdvetenskap; Nursing Science;

    Abstract : In general, patient participation is regarded as being informed and partaking in decision making regarding one’s care and treatment. This interpretation is common in legislation throughout the Western world and corresponding documents guiding health care professionals, as well as in scientific studies. READ MORE

  5. 3. Decentralizing hydraulic society : Actor responses to institutional arrangements in Vietnam

    Author : Thi Bich Ngoc Pham; Hans Holmén; Magnus Jirström; Christer Gunnarsson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Accountability; actors; autonomy; incentives; institutional arrangements; irrigation management; participation; power relations; Vietnam; Aktörer; ansvar; delaktighet; decentralisering; incitament; institutionella arrangemang; konstbevattning; maktrelationer; självständighet; Vietnam;

    Abstract : Irrigation decentralization has been launched worldwide with high expectations of improved governance, efficiency, and productivity through  democratic processes. However, there is widespread recognition that decentralization is, in reality, unlikely to bring about these positive outcomes. READ MORE

  6. 4. Narratives of Change : Youth Participation in Vietnamese Development Programs

    Author : Yên T. Mai; Tora Holmberg; Suruchi Thapar-Björkert; Elina Oinas; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; participation; development; capacity-building; civil society; Vietnam; civic engagement; public sphere; narratives; frames; boundary; youth; collective action; Confucianism; authoritarianism; Sociologi; Sociology;

    Abstract : In development studies, the definition of what good "development" entails remains a contentious topic. In particular, the "participatory turn" in development practices has faced criticism due to its vague conceptualization, underlying assumptions, and often paradoxical outcomes. READ MORE

  7. 5. Shaping sustainable food systems : Local participation in addressing global challenges

    Author : Aniek Hebinck; Line Gordon; Joost M. Vervoort; Stephan Barthel; Moya Kneafsey; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; food systems; sustainability; food governance; transformative change; participatory processes; participation; civil society; niche level; food policy; urban food; urban agriculture; food poverty; imagined futures; foresight; Sustainability Science; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling;

    Abstract : The current unsustainable trajectory of food systems puts the social and ecological processes and functions on which human flourishing depends at risk. This last decade has seen, on one hand, continued insistence on transformative action and on the other, uncertainty and instability with respect to traditional, established institutions, such as the state. READ MORE