Search for dissertations about: "state-society relations."

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  2. 1. Living Law and Political Stability in Post-Soviet Central Asia : A Case Study of the Ferghana Valley in Uzbekistan

    Author : Rustamjon Urinboyev; Rättssociologiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; political stability; welfare; living law; social norms; sociology of law; law and society; mahalla; Uzbekistan; Central Asia; Ferghana Valley; post-Soviet societies; ethnography; socio-legal studies; corruption; informal economy; public administration; informal institutions; legitimacy; state-society relations.;

    Abstract : Central Asian countries are facing multidimensional political stability and security challenges in the post-Soviet period. Current scholarly discussions of political stability in post-Soviet Central Asia continue to revolve around the issues of Islamic upheaval, ethnic conflicts, civil war or inter-clan struggles, and how the authoritarian regimes in this region deploy coercive strategies and penal sanctions to cope with political instability. READ MORE

  4. 2. The influence of wicked problems on community-based entrepreneurship in rural Sweden

    Author : Anne Pierre; Yvonne von Friedrichs; Anna Sörensson; Caroline Wigren-Kristoferson; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : Social entrepreneurship; community-based entrepreneurship; wicked problems; small business development; rural local development; state-society synergy;

    Abstract : Entrepreneurship research has, since the 1930’s, mainly focused on so-called traditional entrepreneurship and studies have to a large part discussed management processes. During the past 40 years social entrepreneurship research and research into community-based entrepreneurship and practice has emerged, as a response to changes in society due to global, regional and local events that affect local development. READ MORE

  5. 3. Beyond Conflict and Conciliation : The Implications of different forms of Corporate-Community Relations in the Peruvian Mining Industry

    Author : Maria-Therese Gustafsson; Kristina Boreus; Anders Sjögren; Teivo Teivainen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Corporations; natural resource governance; mobilization; social movements; Peru; extractive industries; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : In Peru, the rapid expansion of extractive activities has led to increased mobilization by peasant communities. In remote rural areas, the mediating efforts of the state between communities and corporations are often weak, and corporations have played an important role in dealing with communities’ demands and protests through different strategies. READ MORE

  6. 4. Between Militarism and Technocratic Governance : State Formation in Contemporary Uganda

    Author : Anders Sjögren; Björn Beckman; Abdul Raufu Mustapha; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; state formation; civil society; militarism; governance; regimes; informalisation; public sector reform; health care; local politics; Masaka; Uganda; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : State-civil society relations in Africa have during recent decades been transformed in the context of economic liberalisation and state reform. This study explores state-civil society relations in contemporary Uganda, from 1986 to the present, in order to illustrate and explain the scope for and capacity of different social forces to create access to and democratise the state. READ MORE

  7. 5. Changing conceptions of literacies, language and development : Implications for the provision of adult basic education in South Africa

    Author : Caroline Kerfoot; Christopher Stroud; Elsa Auerbach; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; adult literacy; adult basic education; agency; citizenship; critical applied linguistics; development; linguistic citizenship; multilingualism; reflexivity; resemiotisation; voice.; Languages and linguistics; Språkvetenskap; tvåspråkighetsforskning; Bilingualism;

    Abstract : This study aims to contribute to the growing body of knowledge on the circumstances under which adult education, in particular adult basic education, can support and occasionally initiate participatory development, social action and the realisation of citizenship rights. It traces developments in adult basic education in South Africa, and more specifically literacy and language learning, over the years 1981 to 2001, with reference to specific multilingual contexts in the Northern and Western Cape. READ MORE