Sökning: "Individual Rationality"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 73 avhandlingar innehållade orden Individual Rationality.
1. Narratives of governing : rationalization, responsibility and resistance in social work
Sammanfattning : For many years, Sweden has had a reputation for having a comprehensive and women friendly welfare state. However, as in many other European countries during the past few decades, the organization and governing of welfare has undergone profound changes. LÄS MER
2. Governing street and market vending in Kitwe, Zambia : Shifting rationalities and vendors' individual and collective agency
Sammanfattning : This thesis studies the governing of street and market vending in the Zambian city of Kitwe. Street and market vending has often been studied in relation to neoliberal urban developments. Such studies have shown how governing practices are driven by ambitions to create “world-class cities” and to attract (international) investment. LÄS MER
3. How to Set Rational Environmental Goals : theory and applications
Sammanfattning : Environmental goals are commonly set to guide work towards ecological sustainability. The aim of this thesis is to develop a precise terminology for the description of goals in terms of properties that are important in their practical use as decision-guides and to illustrate how it can be used in evaluations of environmental policy. LÄS MER
4. Teknik och politiskt handlande : Rationalitet och kritik i den samällsorienterande undervisningen
Sammanfattning : This thesis is a content analysis of discursive meanings of technology in the Swedish comprehensive school, with a specific focus on social science. The primary aim is to analyse moral and political aspects of the relation between individual and technology in interpretations of the content of teaching. LÄS MER
5. Drömmars värde : Varuhus och lotteri i svensk konsumtionskultur 1897-1939
Sammanfattning : The dissertation explores ideas about consumption in general and about consumer dreams in particular in early twentieth century Sweden. This is done in an analysis of two specific consumer environments –- the department store and the lottery. LÄS MER