Search for dissertations about: "political novel"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 116 swedish dissertations containing the words political novel.

2. 1. Nation and Novel : A Study of Persian and Kurdish narrative discourse

   Author : Hashem Ahmadzadeh; Martin van Bruinessen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Iranian languages; Modern Persian literature; modern Kurdish literature; novel; Persian novel; Kurdish novel; nationalism; nation; identity; modernity; Iran; Kurdistan; Iranska språk - allmänt; iranska språk; Iranian Languages;

   Abstract : The present work provides a description of the rise of the Persian and Kurdish novel, using as its background specific definitions and theories of the novel and its emergence. Considering the novel as an originally European genre, the study looks at the different prerequisites for its emergence, e.g. READ MORE

4. 2. Mobilization or Abstention? : Economic Inequality and Labor Market Experiences as Foundations of Political Behavior

   Author : Jan Szulkin; Karl-Oskar Lindgren; Olle Folke; Zohreh Khoban; Francesc Amat; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economic inequality; political behavior; political inequality; labor market transformation; political parties;

   Abstract : The distribution of economic resources has long been a central tenet of politics. In recent decades, Western democracies have experienced rising economic inequality and a structural transformation of the labor market. This dissertation studies how these broad societal changes have affected political mobilization and abstention in Sweden. READ MORE

5. 3. Political Representation in the European Union : A Multi-Channel Approach

   Author : Moa Mårtensson; Christer Karlsson; Sverker Gustavsson; Torsten Svensson; Hans Agné; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; political representation; EU; multi-channel approach; European Parliament; Council of Ministers; interest representation; linkage; Services Directive; social-network analysis; coordination; Statskunskap; Political Science;

   Abstract : The European Union (EU) is the most far-reaching attempt yet undertaken to institutionalize democratic policy-making beyond the nation-state. To what extent, and in what ways, do various channels of representation contribute towards the realization of this aim? This dissertation takes stock of current research on the EU’s system of representation, and seeks to expand its agenda so that this central question can be properly addressed. READ MORE

6. 4. Fractures in the Fabric of Democracy? : Change and Continuity in Public Opinion in Contemporary Europe

   Author : Oskar Hultin Bäckersten; Sven Oskarsson; Gina Gustavsson; Jonathan Polk; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Public Opinion; Representative Democracy; Political Polarization; Political Attitudes; Intra-Party Opinion; Statskunskap; Political Science;

   Abstract : Is representative democracy in Europe becoming undermined by developments in public opinion? This dissertation addresses this overarching question, by studying the development over time of (i) ideological polarization; (ii) the degree to which vote choices are structured by political attitudes; and (iii) the degree to which parties are internally congruent in political opinion across levels. Public opinion is understood as the metaphorical ‘fabric’ of representative democracy, where conjectures to the fact of a fracturing dynamic are plausible and recurrent in academic and public debate. READ MORE

7. 5. Treacherous Liberties : Isaiah Berlin's Theory of Positive and Negative Freedom in Contemporary Political Culture

   Author : Gina Gustavsson; Li Bennich-Björkman; Johan Tralau; Karl-Oskar Lindgren; David Miller; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; freedom; liberty; values; autonomy; authenticity; tolerance; liberalism; permissiveness; Romanticism; Enlightenment; diversity; Inglehart; political culture; civicness; factor analysis; Statskunskap; Political Science;

   Abstract : Contemporary attitudes in affluent Western societies are characterised by a growing emphasis on individual freedom. What, then, does this commitment to liberty entail for our openness to diversity; and ultimately for liberal democracy? Previous research on popular attitudes, for example by Ronald Inglehart, tends to assume that valuing freedom entails an encouragement of a plurality of life-styles. READ MORE