Search for dissertations about: "radical democracy"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 18 swedish dissertations containing the words radical democracy.

  2. 6. Dēmokratia : The Prehistory of a Word in Relation to the Greek Typology of Constitutions

    Author : Fredrik Sixtensson; Ingela Nilsson; David Westberg; Carol Atack; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Democracy; δημοκρατία; ἀρχή; κράτος; Greek democracy; kratos; archē; Greek typology of constitutions; Greek polis; Grekiska; Greek;

    Abstract : This thesis discusses how the term δημοκρατία relates to the classical Greek typology of constitutions. The two other major constitutional terms, μοναρχία and ὀλιγαρχία, have another suffix than δημοκρατία. READ MORE

  4. 7. Radical Right Success - Shaped by the Mainstream?

    Author : Kalle Ekholm; Kåre Vernby; Hanna Bäck; Stefan Dahlberg; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; radical right parties; mainstream parties; political success; immigration; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : Radical right parties have changed the political landscape throughout Europe. These parties are challenging the very idea of a modern and liberal European continent. Scholars, and society as a whole, have tried to understand the success of this party family for decades. READ MORE

  5. 8. Information, identitet, medborgarskap : unga kvinnor berättar om val av preventivmedel

    Author : Johanna Rivano Eckerdal; digitala kulturer samt förlags- och bokmarknadskunskap Avdelningen för ABM; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Library and Information Studies; Democracy; Credibility; Identity; Contraceptives; Information Literacy;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to study how young women’s information literacies are enacted in practices related to evaluation and use of information sources before choosing a contraceptive and thereby to discuss how these practices relate to the young women’s sexual and civic identities. A sociocultural perspective, which brings with it a view on information literacy as contingent and enacted in practices, is adopted. READ MORE

  6. 9. Comparing No-Party Participatory Regimes : Why Uganda Succeeded and Others Failed

    Author : Mose Auyeh; Sten Widmalm; Magdalena Inkinen; Anirudh Krishna; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; democracy; Uganda; stability; No-Party Participatory Regimes; Ghana; Libya; Pakistan; governance; responsiveness; effectiveness; legitimacy; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : The objective of this dissertation is to evaluate the performance of the no-party participatory regime (NPPR) model in a few selected countries. Such a regime, it was claimed, would give rise to a real and true democracy, would serve the people better, and would protect them against what many leaders saw as divisive party politics. READ MORE

  7. 10. Three essays on our planetary future

    Author : Rasmus Karlsson; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; democracy; intergenerational justice; Global change; sustainable development; innovation policy;

    Abstract : This thesis propounds a techno-environmentalist position. Seeking to combine the need for natural restoration with human development, the thesis explores to what extent more radical forms of ecological modernization can offer a basis for political compromise and open new paths to global long-term sustainability. READ MORE