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  1. 1. Kontextuell IT-förståelse

    Författare :Per Levén; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Design and use studies; pragmatism; action science; IT-perspectives; competence; information systems;

    Sammanfattning : In this thesis it is argued that the use and design of computer artefacts can be fruitfully studied by focusing on use problems and design contradictions, defined as problems and contradictions in relation to organisational improvements planned by the IT-practitioner. The position taken in this thesis is that the important thing with computer artefacts and systems design is their contributions to human organisations at large. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Hype IT : IT som vision och verklighet : om teknikspridning, personalisering och bredband

    Författare :Bo Lennstrand; Antti Paasio; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Information technology; diffusion; doctrines; hype; vision and reality; personalization; broadband; product development; vision gap model.; Informationsteknik; Bredbandskommunikation; Business Administration; företagsekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Information technology has long been associated with visions that can sometimes make everything seem possible. Many investments in IT have failed because they were founded on visions that had no correspondence in reality. This dissertation discusses the hype around IT and the visions behind the broadband and personalization concepts. LÄS MER

  4. 3. No alternatives : The end of ideology in the 1950s and the post-political world of the 1990s

    Författare :Daniel Strand; Bosse Holmqvist; Mats Hallenberg; Howard Brick; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; intellectual history; political theory; philosophy of history; ideology; end of ideology; post-politics; modernization theory; Cold War; anticommunism; 1950s; 1990s; idéhistoria; History of Ideas;

    Sammanfattning : In the 1950s, scholars in Europe and the United States announced the end of political ideology in the West. With the rise of affluent welfare states, they argued, ideological movements which sought to overthrow prevailing liberal democracy would disappear. LÄS MER

  5. 4. No limits : the 20th century discourse of economic growth

    Författare :Eva Friman; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; economic growth; growth discourse; development discourse; history of economics; environmental economics; ecological economics; ecomodernism; modernist economic ethos; narrative; power of language; limits to growth;

    Sammanfattning : The breakthrough of the concept of economic growth in economics marks a paradigm shift in thinking about the economy and its place in 'reality.' This thesis analyzes the 20th century discourse of economic growth, focusing its unlimited connotations. The thesis consists of four case studies, two introductory parts and a concluding dis­cussion. LÄS MER

  7. 5. ‘No worries’ : A longitudinal study of fear, attitudes and beliefs about childbirth from a cohort of Australian and Swedish women

    Författare :Helen Haines; Christine Rubertsson; Ingegerd Hildingsson; Julie F. Pallant; Elsa-Lena Ryding; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Fear of birth; attitudes; beliefs; Australia; Sweden; cluster analysis; profiles; Obstetrik och gynekologi; Obstetrics and Gynaecology;

    Sammanfattning : Much is known about childbirth fear in Sweden including its relationship to caesarean birth. Less is understood about this in Australia. Sweden has half the rate of caesarean birth compared to Australia. Little has been reported about women’s beliefs and attitudes to birth in either country. LÄS MER