Search for dissertations about: "the social definition paradigm"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words the social definition paradigm.
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1. Organizing normality : Essays on organizing day activities for people with severe mental disturbances
Abstract : This thesis focuses on the organizing of day activities, outside hospital care, for people with severe mental disturbances in Sweden. The purpose of the study is threefold: to describe the material and structural conditions of day activity settings on a national scale; to analyse some of the ideological claims made in the field; and to discuss problems and possibilities arising when more than one organizational sector is involved in the work. READ MORE
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2. The Quest for Edge Awareness, Lessons not yet learned : PhD Thesis on practical and situated usefulness of advanced technological systems among inescapable uncertainties and competing interests in a world of dynamic changes
Abstract : This thesis problematizes the concept of usefulness, in part by taking questions to the extreme. The starting point is the contemporary view of usefulness, a view that remains within a traditional paradigm of technical rationality in which important aspects are disregarded or not perceived because they are not part of the equation. READ MORE
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3. Understanding Nationalism : Studies in Icelandic Nationalism, 1800-2000
Abstract : This dissertation is an attempt to understand nationalism, in a general sense, and Icelandic nationalism in particular. For this purpose the concepts of ideology, political culture, discourse and political language are pushed to the forefront as viable analytical tools to take on the difficult phenomena of nationalism. READ MORE
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4. Competition Law's Market Failure Paradox : Economic Efficiency, Consumer Welfare and Public Policy in EU Antitrust and State Aid Law
Abstract : Contemporary markets grapple with pressing challenges to secure socially and economically outcomes. Against this backdrop, market failures, notably those accentuated by sustainability and income inequality issues, have risen to prominence in competition law discourse, both doctrinally and in the realm of policymaking. READ MORE
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5. The Conservation Information System. Photogrammetry as a base for designing documentation in conservation and cultural resources management
Abstract : The subject of this doctoral dissertation concerns issues of documentation operations in conservation and cultural resources management. The area lack explicitly formulated and standardized models for application in documentation issues. READ MORE