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1. 36. Environmental protection in Swedish forestry : a study of the implementation process

   Författare :Katarina Eckerberg; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; clear felling; environmental policy; forest policy; Forestry Act; implementation analysis; nature conservation; public participation;

   Sammanfattning : According to the Swedish Forestry Act, environmental protection is required within forest operations regardless of forest ownership. This thesis examines the extent to which regulations issued by the National Board of Forestry are implemented in clearcuttings. LÄS MER

3. 37. Different Images of Science - A study of how science is constituted in exhibitions

   Författare :Eva Davidsson; Utbildningsvetenskap; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; learning in informal settings; science exhibitions; staff members; exhibition design; exhibition contents; museums; Science centres; informal learning;

   Sammanfattning : Within the science and technology centre (STC) movement there exists explicit aims and ambitions to enhance visitors’ interest in and knowledge about science. Meanwhile, several researches question the choice of the scientific content in exhibitions when arguing that a too unproblematic view of science commonly is presented. LÄS MER

4. 38. Den moraliska kroppen : Tolkningar av kön och individualitet i 1800-talets populärmedicin

   Författare :Maja Larsson; Åsa Bergenheim; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of science and ideas; sex; individuality; body medical advice literature; identity; representations; history of medicine; 19th century; nature; culture; Idé- och lärdomshistoria; History of science and ideas; Idé- o lärdomshistoria; Idé- och lärdomshistoria; History of Sciences and Ideas;

   Sammanfattning : The 19th century is often described as a period when sexual differences were strongly accentuated in medical interpretations. While this is not an inaccurate description, it is in need of greater nuance. For one thing, notions of the male are usually forgotten in the process. LÄS MER

5. 39. The Case for Causal Individualism in Social Science

   Författare :Gustav Ramström; Ulf Mörkenstam; Alexandra Segerberg; Raino Malnes; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social ontology; individualism vs. holism; the micro-macro link; social scientific meta-theory; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : Social science has, from its very beginnings, been characterized by debates over the true nature of society and about how to best understand and explain it. At the heart of these discussions lies the question of the causal structure of the social world. LÄS MER

7. 40. Beastly Lessons: Natural Utopias in Seventeenth-Century England

   Författare :Sandra Iren Kottum; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; theriophily; animals; nature; utopias; emblems; empiricism; anthropocentrism; language of nature; beast literature; malleability; politics; animal exemplarity; animal language; colonialism; vegetarianism; early modern zoology; Leviticus; Royal Society; bestiaries; fables; The Parly of Beasts; The Blazing World; The Way to Health; James Howell; Margaret Cavendish; Thomas Tryon; early modern England; Golden Age; paradise; misanthropy; ecocriticism; self-fashioning;

   Sammanfattning : The present study investigates the motif of virtuous animal instructors in three selected English texts from the second half of the seventeenth century: James Howell’s The Parly of Beasts (1660), Margaret Cavendish’s The Blazing World (1666), and Thomas Tryon’s The Way to Health (1683). These authors proposed solutions to the challenges facing early modern England, most notably the Civil War, the emerging empirical science, and the incipient colonization of the Americas. LÄS MER