Search for dissertations about: "public opinion"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 81 swedish dissertations containing the words public opinion.

2. 1. Public Religions in Swedish Media : A Study of Religious Actors on Three Newspaper Debate Pages 2001-2011

   Author : Marta Axner; Mia Lövheim; Anders Sjöborg; Knut Lundby; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; religion; media; public sphere; public religion; content analysis; mixed-methods; media logic; public debate; secularization; post-secular; mediatization; Religionssociologi; Sociology of Religion;

   Abstract : This study addresses issues concerning religion in the public sphere, brought about by the debates over the perceived resurgence of religion and the post-secular. The aim is to analyze the participation of religious actors in the public, using three newspaper debate pages as the empirical material. READ MORE

4. 2. 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

5. 3. Governing the Green Economy Transition : Public Opinion, Political Parties, and Environmental Outcomes

   Author : Sanna Lundquist; Andreas Duit; Lisa Dellmuth; Malcolm Fairbrother; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Green economy; green transition; green growth; emissions; environmental governance; environmental policy; public opinion; private environmental governance; statsvetenskap; Political Science;

   Abstract : The green economy presents an attractive framework for how economic growth can continue without harming the environment and promises to deliver more resource efficient, less carbon intensive, less environmentally damaging, and more socially inclusive societies. Over the past fifteen years, the idea of a green economy transition as a means to reconcile economic, environmental and social goals has gained traction among a wide range of policy-making organizations and is incorporated in policy agendas at national and global scales. READ MORE

6. 4. The Internet in China. Unlocking and Containing the Public Sphere

   Author : Johan Lagerkvist; Kinesiska; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Political Culture; Public Sphere; Social Control; Public Opinion; Freedom of Speech; Democratization; Humanities; Humaniora; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social sciences; Propaganda; Internet; New Media;

   Abstract : The aim of this dissertation is to address a paradox: government control and social freedom on China's Internet are growing simultaneously. The study, which is based on fieldwork conducted between 2002 and 2006, and 48 interviews, seeks answers to the following two questions: 1. READ MORE

7. 5. Ages of liberty : social upheaval, history writing, and the new public sphere in Sweden, 1740-1792

   Author : Peter Hallberg; Peter Burke; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; historiography; civil society; public sphere; public opinion; diffusion; collective; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

   Abstract : This dissertation investigates how different social groups used history as a political instrument in Sweden during the second half of the eighteenth century (1740-1792). More specifically, it analyzes how representations of the past were used to influence behavior, legitimize claims to power, mould opinion and forge collective identities. READ MORE