Search for dissertations about: "science identity formation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 42 swedish dissertations containing the words science identity formation.

2. 1. National identity in divided and unified Germany : continuity and change

   Author : Joakim Ekman; Sten Berglund; Hans-Dieter Klingemann; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; national identity; German unification; inner unification; nation-building; Germany; GDR; FRG; Eastern Germany; Western Germany; political culture; national community; statskunskap; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; Statskunskap;

   Abstract : This dissertation deals with the construction, maintenance and change of national identities in divided and unified Germany. Following World War II, Germany was divided in two parts. READ MORE

4. 2. Manufacturing Consensus : The Making of the Swedish Reformist Working Class

   Author : Jenny Jansson; PerOla Öberg; Jörgen Hermansson; Jonas Hinnfors; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Trade union movement; class formation; labor movement; identity; social democracy; organizational identity; identity entrepreneurs; labor leaders; popular education; LO; ABF; Sigfrid Hansson; Sweden; strategic action;

   Abstract : The 1910s were a precarious time for the labor movement. The Russian Revolution in 1917 sparked a trend towards radicalization among labor organizations and communist organizations spread all over Europe. These organizations challenged existing notions of the “worker,” causing an identity crisis in class organizations. READ MORE

5. 3. Civil Resistance in the Shadow of War : Explaining popular mobilization against dams in Myanmar

   Author : Kyungmee Kim; Ashok Swain; Jonathan Hall; Dan Banik; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Civil resistance; social movement; mobilization; armed conflict; hydropower; dam; identity; indigenous communities; Myanmar; Kachin; Karen; Ta’ang; Statskunskap; Political Science;

   Abstract : Why do some conflict-affected communities collectively resist dam-building while others do not? State-backed development projects such as hydropower dams have been the subject of societal resistance in countries around the world. In armed conflict areas, local populations who organize nonviolent resistance through collective action against these high-impact projects face additional challenges, such as being targeted for violence and coercion by the authorities. READ MORE

6. 4. Educational choices of the future : a sociological inquiry into micro-politics in education

   Author : Goran Puaca; Högskolan i Borås; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Educational choice; Micro-politics; Want-formation; Habitus; Identity; Educational choice; micro-politics; want-formation; habitus; identity;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates how students’ practical considerations for future choices in education and occupations correspond to policy objectives of socially productive educational choices. This is conveyed through the primary aim of analyzing the correspondence between on the one hand educational policy intentions and on the other hand students’ educational choices and the social and cultural conditions that structure them. READ MORE

7. 5. Governing forests in a changing climate : exploring patterns of thought at the climate change-forest policy intersection

   Author : Sara Holmgren; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : This thesis explores how the climate change-forest policy intersection is constituted in different contexts. Bringing together discourse analysis, feminist political theory and Governmentality studies, the thesis employs a critical governance approach and thus sheds light on indirect and subtle forms of governing. READ MORE