Sökning: "Action Science"
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1. Thinking Doing : The Politicisation of Thoughtless Action
Sammanfattning : Scholarly disputes about the concept of political action commonly centre on what can be regarded as political. By contrast, Hannah Arendt suggests that the concept of action itself is an equally significant component and consequently bids us to ‘think what we are doing’. LÄS MER
2. Only women bleed? : a critical reassessment of comprehensive feminist social theory
Sammanfattning : Is there a viable specifically feminist social theory that can serve as heuristic devise in our social research? This thesis is a critical reassessment of the ontological and normative assumptions of four social theories with specific and clear claims of being feminist. These are Catharine M MackInnon’s Radical Feminism, Anna G Jonasdottir’s Theory of Love Power, Luce Irigaray’s Feminism of Sexual Difference and Judith Butler’s Queer Feminism. LÄS MER
3. Action and Institution : Contributions to a discourse theory of human rights
Sammanfattning : In the theoretical rights discourse rights are commonly analyzed in terms of two themes,negative and positive rights, on the one hand, and individual and collective rights, on theother. We witness similar themes in the empirical rights discussion held by the UnitedNations’ Commission on Human Rights (the CHR). LÄS MER
4. Communication and Cooperation : A Study of the Relationship Between Political Communication and Large-scale Collective Action
Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates the importance of communication for individual cooperation in large-scale collective action dilemmas. In small-scale collective action, where participants have the possibility to meet face-to-face, communication has been shown to drastically increase levels of cooperation. LÄS MER
5. Taste for Science : How can teaching make a difference for students’ interest in science?
Sammanfattning : The objective of the thesis is to describe and analyse aspects of home background and teaching that may be important for students’ capability and will to participate in science. The purpose is to make explicit how teaching can support students in developing an interest in science and so counter-balance the restricted opportunities some students may have due to upbringing. LÄS MER