Search for dissertations about: "social injustice"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 27 swedish dissertations containing the words social injustice.

  2. 16. The Privilege to Select : Global Research System, European Academic Library Collections, and Decolonisation

    Author : Nora Schmidt; Kultur och Samhälle Informationspraktiker: Kommunikation; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Scholarly communication; Critlib; Collection management; Academic libraries; Decolonialism; Scientometrics;

    Abstract : A large part of the literature published in the ‘Global South’ is barely covered by bibliographic databases. Institutional policies increasingly require researchers globally to publish in ‘international’ journals, draining local infrastructures. The standard-setting power of ‘Global South’ scholars is minimised further. READ MORE

  4. 17. Ideological Closure : Drug Prevention in a Post-political Society

    Author : Filip Roumeliotis; Johan Edman; Börje Olsson; Karin Bergmark; Esben Houborg; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Drug prevention; politics; knowledge; ideology; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to critically examine drug prevention as a field of problematizations  – how drug prevention becomes established as a political technology within this field, how it connects to certain modes of governance, how and under which conditions it constitutes it’s problematic, the questions it asks,  it´s implications in terms of political participation and representation, the various bodies of knowledge through which it constitutes the reality upon which it acts, the limits it places on ways of being, questioning, and talking  in the world.The main analyses have been conducted in four separate but interrelated articles. READ MORE

  5. 18. Education for Democracy? : Life Orientation: Lessons on Leadeship Qualities and Voting in South African Comprehensive Schools

    Author : Getahun Yacob Abraham; Inga Wernersson; Ilse Hakvoort; Rajendra Chetty; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Classroom; democracy; differences; leadership qualities; learners; life orientation; participation; South Africa; teachers; voting; Education; Pedagogik; Classroom; democracy; leadership qualities; Life Orientation; Life Skills; South Africa; voting;

    Abstract : This study takes as its starting point how teachers understand, interpret and teach social development aspects of Life Orientation in South African comprehensive schools. The specific focus is on lessons on leadership qualities and voting for third grade learners in four schools, each dominated by either Black, Coloured, White or mixed groups of learners. READ MORE

  6. 19. The personal and the political : how personal welfare state experiences affect political trust and ideology

    Author : Staffan Kumlin; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Citizens in advanced industrial democracies frequently have personal experiences with public services and welfare state arrangements. They may have regular contact with public health care services, schools, public transportation, public libraries, and many other types of services. READ MORE

  7. 20. Land Rights and Expropriation in Ethiopia

    Author : Daniel Weldegebriel Ambaye; Thomas Kalbro; Jaap Zevenbergen; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Land Rights; Expropriation; Compensation;

    Abstract : This study examines and analyses the expropriation laws and practices in Ethiopia. The objective of the thesis is to analyze and describe the land rights and expropriation laws in Ethiopia and to compare them with the practice in order to determine the fairness of compensation. READ MORE