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  1. 21. Preparing for Preparedness - Shaping Crisis Planning Processes in Local Authorities

    Författare :Kerstin Eriksson; Avdelningen för Brandteknik; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Ability to respond to crises; Preparedness planning process; Crisis management; Local authority; Municipality;

    Sammanfattning : In the developed countries the public expect society to be prepared for, and step in, if something out of the ordinary happens. This public pressure appears to have increased the demand for crisis preparedness planning. LÄS MER

  3. 22. Civic Cultures in Eastern Europe : Communication spaces and media practices of Estonian civil society organizations

    Författare :Liisa Sõmersalu; Göran Bolin; Anne Kaun; Maria Bakardjieva; Tobias Olsson; Södertörns högskola; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; civil society; Estonia; Eastern Europe; space; activist media practices; civic cultures; media; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies; Kritisk kulturteori; Critical and Cultural Theory;

    Sammanfattning : What kind of routine media and communication practices do Estonian civil society organizations enact in their everyday work? What sort of symbolic and physical spaces are used, created, and accessed by Estonian civil society organizations and informal citizen groups when engaging internally and with their target groups? How do these spaces and practices evolve over time? These are the questions this dissertation addresses, with the aim of understanding the ways in which already-established and evolving civil society organizations navigate the highly-mediated everyday through their routine media practices and the spaces in which these practices are situated.Theoretically, this study takes a cultural approach to political participation with the concept of ‘civic cultures’ (Dahlgren 2009, p. LÄS MER

  4. 23. The Multinational Company and Society : A Study of Business Network Relationships in Latin America

    Författare :Anna Ljung; Amjad Hadjikhani; Cecilia Pahlberg; Anna Bengtson; Pervez Ghauri; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; society; multinational company; business network; relationship; non-business actor; interdependence; NGO; CSR; emerging economies;

    Sammanfattning : The role of society for the development of multinational companies’ (MNC) business has so far not attracted much scholarly attention in international marketing. Responding to recent calls for further research relating MNCs with society, the aim of this thesis is to enhance the understanding of the MNC relationship with society. LÄS MER

  5. 24. ”Gå eller rulla – Alla vill knulla!” : Funktionsrättsaktivism i nyliberala landskap

    Författare :Mikael Karlsson; Genusvetenskapliga institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social movements; civil society; neoliberalism; Crip theory; disability activism; sexual politics; extended case studies; institutional ethnography; Social movements; Civil Society; neoliberalism; Crip theory; disability activism; sexual politics; extended case studies; Institutional ethnography;

    Sammanfattning : This study follows groups in Sweden that are involved in a political struggle to change norms regarding sexuality and disability. The groups are mostly connected to the disability movement or the movement of sexual politics. LÄS MER

  7. 25. Climate impact of the sustainable use of forest biomass in energy and material system : a life cycle perspective

    Författare :Sylvia Haus; Johan Bergh; Bishnu Chandra Poudel; Krushna Mahapatra; Göran Berndes; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; forest residues; fossil fuel substitution; forest management; radiative forcing; land use change; climate change; bioenergy; Bioenergiteknik Energi- och Miljöteknik; Bioenergy Technology; Byggteknik; Civil engineering;

    Sammanfattning : Human society releases greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere while providing housing, heat, mobility and industrial production. Man-made greenhouse gas emissions are the main causes of climate change, coming mainly from burning fossil fuels and land-use changes. LÄS MER