Sökning: "public agenda"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 117 avhandlingar innehållade orden public agenda.

  1. 1. Assessing broadband policy: Towards a conceptual model

    Författare :Orada Teppayayon; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; sector agenda; broadband policy; government investment; strategic agenda;

    Sammanfattning : The recognition of the growing importance of broadband to the public presentschallenges for policy-makers in introducing efficient strategies, not only to serve theincreasing demand for broadband among people in society but also to increase theireconomic level both in the short run and in the long run. Different measures and strategieshave been implemented in many countries in order to encourage broadband deployment. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Support for sustainable welfare? : A study of public attitudes related to an eco-social agenda among Swedish residents

    Författare :Kajsa Emilsson; Socialpolitik och hållbarhet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Hållbar välfärd; Attityder; Politisk handling; Ekosociala policyer; Ekosocial agenda; Sustainable welfare; Public attitudes; Political action; Social-ecological transformations; Eco-social policy;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis explores Swedish residents’ attitudes related to an eco-social agenda from a sustainable welfare perspective. It investigates public support for general policy goals related to an eco-social agenda as well as for specific eco-social policies. LÄS MER

  4. 3. The Internet in China. Unlocking and Containing the Public Sphere

    Författare :Johan Lagerkvist; Kinesiska; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Political Culture; Public Sphere; Social Control; Public Opinion; Freedom of Speech; Democratization; Humanities; Humaniora; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social sciences; Propaganda; Internet; New Media;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this dissertation is to address a paradox: government control and social freedom on China's Internet are growing simultaneously. The study, which is based on fieldwork conducted between 2002 and 2006, and 48 interviews, seeks answers to the following two questions: 1. LÄS MER

  5. 4. In the name of safety : power, politics and the constitutive effects of local governing practices in Sweden

    Författare :Jennie Brandén; Malin Rönnblom; Linda Sandberg; Christine Hudson; Emilia Palonen; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Safety; unsafety; governmentality; political ethnography; public space; safety walks; participation; community; certification; security guards; private security; patrolling; Sweden; statskunskap; political science; genusvetenskap; gender studies;

    Sammanfattning : In a time of uncertainty and risk, safety has become an increasingly significant concern. In Sweden, a powerful discourse around public safety has developed in recent years, moving it to the top of the political agenda. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Waves of controversy : gene technology in Dagens nyheter 1973-96

    Författare :Anna Olofsson; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Mass media; public debate; agenda setting; content analysis; society and technology; STS; public discourse analysis; gene technology; genetic engineering; biotechnology; scientific controversies; resistance to new technology; s-curve; life-cycle models; Sociology;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates the public debate on gene technology, between 1973 and 1996, in one of the agenda-setting media in Sweden, Dagens Nyheter. Gene technology is one of the latest controversial technologies which characterise our present Western society. LÄS MER