Search for dissertations about: "social judgement"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 39 swedish dissertations containing the words social judgement.

2. 1. Securing Judgement : Rethinking Security and Online Information Threats

   Author : Hedvig Ördén; Hans Agné; Sharon Rider; Stefan Borg; Magnus Ekengren; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; security studies; critical security studies; cyber security; disinformation; Arendt; post-foundationalism; political theory; EU security policy; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

   Abstract : The contemporary debate in democracies routinely describes online information threats such as misinformation, disinformation and deception as security-issues in need of urgent attention. Despite this pervasive discourse, policymakers often appear incapable of articulating what security means in this context. READ MORE

4. 2. Anti-Muslim Violence and the Possibility of Justice

   Author : Marta Kolankiewicz; Sociologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Anti-Muslim violence; racism; Islamophobia; hate crime; hate speech; racist slur; racist jokes; anti-racism; social justice; law; Swedish judiciary; Sweden; penalty enhancement; court; trial; judgement; discrimination; racial agitation; harassment; mosque; Muslims; Islam;

   Abstract : This thesis is concerned with the ways in which justice is dispensed in Swedish courts in cases concerning anti-Muslim violence. Based on material accessed through the Swedish National Board for Crime Prevention and classified as Islamophobic hate crimes, the judicial treatment of cases that may involve racism is analysed. READ MORE

5. 3. Exploring sensitivity to nonverbal communication in controlled settings : Methodological considerations

   Author : Gunilla Svidén; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sensitivity to nonverbal communication; Methods in research on nonverbal communication; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

   Abstract : One of the issues addressed in this thesis concerns whether and how sensitivity to nonverbal communication develops during a period of time spent in professional education. In addition, this investigation is an attempt to gain insight into the complex questions which arise when nonverbal communication is studied from different theoretical perspectives and by employing different research methods. READ MORE

6. 4. The law of the land contested: Bauxite mining in tribal, central India in an age of economic reform

   Author : Patrik Oskarsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the contestation over a bauxite mining project in the State of Andhra Pradesh which includes a number of factors that may be seen as producing conflicts over both the physical environment and equitable, inclusive development for very vulnerable people. A key issue at stake is an alternative use of land in the constitutionally protected Scheduled Areas for mining rather than low intensity cultivation and extraction of forest products. READ MORE

7. 5. Measuring Professional Judgements : An Application of the Factorial Survey Approach to the Field of Social Work

   Author : Lisa Wallander; Karin H. Bergmark; Ruth Ludwick; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Factorial Survey Approach; Vignettes; Professional Judgements; Sociology; Social Work; Social Services; Substance Misuse Treatment; Multilevel Analysis; Knowledge Use; Professional Development; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : The focus of this thesis is the factorial survey approach as a method for studying professional judgements in social work. The factorial survey approach, which was first introduced in the social sciences around the beginning of the 1980s, constitutes an advanced method for measuring human judgements of social objects. READ MORE