Sökning: "Agrarian Modernization"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 10 avhandlingar innehållade orden Agrarian Modernization.
1. Bondepartiet och det moderna samhället 1914-1936 : en studie av svensk agrarianism
Sammanfattning : At the turn of the century agrarian parties emerged in large parts of Europe. The parties had one thing in common: they stood up for the social, economic, cultural, and political interests of the agrarian society. The Swedish agrarian parties - 1 Bondeförbundet ' and 'Jordbrukarnas Riksförbund1 - were formed between 1913 and 1915. LÄS MER
2. Cultivating the Rural Citizen : Modernity, Agrarianism and Citizenship in Late Tsarist Estonia
Sammanfattning : This dissertation studies the ideas and political practices produced in the emerging rural public sphere in late Tsarist Estonia. The time period is characterized by radical social and economic change and growing national and political self consciousness. LÄS MER
3. "En ohyra på samhällskroppen" : Kriminalitet, kontroll och modernisering i Sverige och Sundsvallsdistriktet under 1800- och det tidiga 1900-talet
Sammanfattning : This thesis presents an analysis of crime trends and social control during the dramatic transformation of Sweden's social landscape in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, set against the background of the modernization process in the country as a whole and the city of Sundsvall and environs in particular. What assumptions about crime were evident in public debate? How did crime levels vary from region to region, and what were the changes over time? What strategies did government and local authorities try for combating crime? Did the joint efforts by government, local communities, and the voluntary sector actually solve the problems that social change was believed to have caused?When it comes to theory, the interpretative framework is based on Anthony Giddens's argument about modernity and modernization, making particular use of a few central points about what the changes meant for the structuration of society. LÄS MER
4. Bildning för livet : framtidsstrategier och bildningssträvanden i Tengene JUF 1930-1960
Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with children and young people who grew up in the Swedish countryside during 1930s, 1940s and 1950s and who embarked on an educational journey. It is about young people who, through the Young Cultivators and JUF, the Young Farmers' Association, changed theireveryday life and prepared for a future they expected. LÄS MER
5. Between Nature and Modernity : Agroecology as an alternative development pathway: the case of Uganda
Sammanfattning : Agricultural modernization has massively increased global food supply, but at a high environmental cost. Today many are calling for an agricultural ‘paradigm shift’, including several mainstream institutions. LÄS MER