Search for dissertations about: "practical rationalities"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words practical rationalities.

  2. 1. Older people's home modification process

    Author : Karin Johansson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Ageing in place; agency; client-centred; empowerment; possibilities for action; home modifications; occupational therapy; older people; place integration; practical rationalities; service organisation;

    Abstract : The overall aim of the thesis was to provide theoretical and empirical knowledge of interactions involved in the encounters between older persons experiencing activity limitations in their home environments and the service organisation related to home modification services, in the context of one Swedish municipality. A transactional perspective was used, meaning that the focus was on driving forces and relationships connecting different aspects and actors involved in older people s encounters with the service organisation related to home modification services. READ MORE

  4. 2. Law and Spatial Planning. Socio-legal Perspectives on the Development of Wind Power and 3G Mobile Infrastructures in Sweden

    Author : Stefan Larsson; Lunds universitets institut för internetstudier; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Law and planning; sociology of law; spatial planning; knowledge-types; expert lay; wind power; 3G mobile telephony; infrastructure; public participation; efficiency; implementation; Sweden.; Law and planning;

    Abstract : This PhD thesis in Spatial Planning argues for the importance of understanding the approaches to knowledge and rationalities embedded in spatially relevant decision-making. It emphasises the significance of seeing law as an empirical object of study for planning and environmental management. READ MORE

  5. 3. Language learning and technology. Student activities in web-based environments

    Author : Linda Bradley; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; language learning; web-based technology; learning activites; student integration; peer reviewing; cultural exchange; language learning;

    Abstract : The impact of the web as a communicative arena, based on the use of social software, has changed conditions for communication on all levels of society; privately, at work and in education. This has opened up for multicultural communication, frequently with English as the lingua franca. READ MORE