Sökning: "Christine Hudson"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 8 avhandlingar innehållade orden Christine Hudson.

1. 1. Against all odds : local economic development policies and local government autonomy in Sweden and Britain

   Författare :Christine Hudson; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; local government; autonomy; local economic development policies; comparative perspective; policy area approach;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis makes a comparative study of local government autonomy in Britain and Sweden within the local economic development policy area. It argues for local government autonomy to be viewed in terms of both a vertical dimension concerning local government's autonomy vis-à-vis national government (national context) and a horizontal dimension relating to its autonomy vis-à-vis local social and economic forces (local context). LÄS MER

3. 2. Gender mainstreaming as feminist politics : A critical analysis of the pursuit of gender equality in Swedish local government

   Författare :Renée Andersson; Gun Hedlund; Charlotte Fridolfsson; Christine Hudson; Örebro universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Gender mainstreaming; gender equality; feminist politics; public administration; feminist political theory; local government; discourse; feminist new institutionalism;

   Sammanfattning : Gender mainstreaming is often described as a strategy to increase gender equality in states and other institutions and/or to make them more gender aware. It should however be considered a contested concept, and the aim of this thesis is to produce a critical perspective and empirical knowledge about whether, and if so how, gender mainstreaming contributes to a more (gender) equal society. LÄS MER

4. 3. 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

5. 4. Blir du anställningsbar lille/a vän? : Diskursiva konstruktioner av framtida medborgare i gymnasiereformer 1971-2011

   Författare :Sara Carlbaum; Christine Hudson; Linda Rönnberg; Magnus Dahlstedt; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Citizenship; discourse; education policy; upper secondary education; gender; class; ethnicity; feminism; postcolonialism; intersectionality; Sweden; Political science; Statsvetenskap; statskunskap; political science;

   Sammanfattning : School is one of the most important institutions society has for fostering its future citizens. Education policy can be seen as an important arena for the discursive struggle over the meaning of education, not only what it is for, its goals and purposes, but also its deficiencies. LÄS MER

7. 5. Beyond the Blog

   Författare :Stephanie Hendrick; Kirk Sullivan; Anders Steinvall; Annika Egan Sjölander; Christine Hudson; Sigrid Norris; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; weblogs; blogs; community; mediated discourse analysis; nexus analysis; social identity; network;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation examines weblog community as a materially afforded and socially constructed space. In a set of three case studies, this dissertation examines three separate weblog communities between 2004 and 2008. CASE STUDY I looks at knowledge management bloggers in order to better understand how bloggers form communities. LÄS MER