Search for dissertations about: "things in themselves"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 70 swedish dissertations containing the words things in themselves.

2. 1. Exploring material things in family life : Morality and intimacy in sibling- and child-parent interaction

   Author : Emilia Zotevska; Asta Čekaitė; Ann-Carita Evaldsson; Anna Martín Bylund; Susan Danby; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Family; Children; Materiality; Interaction; Everyday life; Familj; Barn; Materialitet; Interaktion; Vardagsliv;

   Abstract : This study examines the everyday family life of 12 families across Sweden. The study aims to explore the ways in which material things figure in the enactment of everyday family life, that is, how family life is accomplished in interaction between children, parents and material things during everyday activities. READ MORE

4. 2. Deliberating value : On the theory and practice of valuation of nature from neoclassical to ecological economics

   Author : Lina Isacs; Cecilia Håkansson; Jasper Kenter; Therese Lindahl; Ulrika Gunnarsson-Östling; Neil Ravenscroft; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ecological economics; neoclassical environmental economics; value; valuation; deliberative democracy; green GDP; alien invasive species; social cost of carbon; SCC; carbon values; stated preferences; trade-offs; Alan Holland; Dasgupta; ontology; epistemology; critical realism; autoethnograhpy; critical theory; reflexive methodology; ekologisk ekonomi; neoklassisk miljöekonomi; värde; värdering; deliberativ demokrati; grön BNP; invasiva arter; skadekostnader; klimat; modeller; SP; preferenser; trade-offs; ontologi; epistemologi; kritisk realism; autoetnografi; kritisk teori; reflexiv metodologi; Miljöstrategisk analys; Environmental Strategic Analysis;

   Abstract : This thesis is about whether it is a good idea to place monetary value on nature, to remedy the fact that we treat it as having no particular value to us humans, although it clearly has. The thesis is based on five research papers that can be said to position themselves on opposite sides in the debate on monetisation of nature. READ MORE

5. 3. In the age of IoT : exploring public sector smartness

   Author : Ott Velsberg; Katrin Jonsson; Ulrika H. Westergren; Ulf Melin; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Internet of Things; Smartness; Public sector; data- och systemvetenskap; computer and systems sciences;

   Abstract : Smartness, which is emerging as a desirable attribute of governments, cities, and communities, has received heightened attention from researchers and practitioners. Smartness is a technology-centric view in which it is postulated that the public sector can become more resilient by adopting emergent technologies that improve efficiency, equality, citizen-centricity, transparency, collaboration, and security, thereby shaping the public sector to meet new demands and expectations. READ MORE

6. 4. Life in a twilight landscape : Exploring the intersection of ethnic and sexual minority identities in sweden

   Author : Emelie Miller; Ingrid Zakrisson; Elisabet Wasteson; Anna Malmquist; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Historically speaking, sexual and ethnic minorities have been dreadfully treated by society at large, the legal system and the scientific world. Even today, homosexuality is associated with life-threatening risks in many countries, which is one migration motivator for sexual minorities. READ MORE

7. 5. Essays in constitutional economics

   Author : Niclas Berggren; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Essays in Constitutional Economics uses the theoretical tools developed in public choice and constitutional economics to analyze how institutions of various sorts influence the individual choice calculus. Institutions are seen as formal and informal rules that can be evaluated and, although oftentimes durable, reformed. READ MORE