Sökning: "Societal consequences"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 143 avhandlingar innehållade orden Societal consequences.

1. 1. Technical infrastructure networks as socio-technical systems : Addressing infrastructure resilience and societal outage consequences

   Författare :Finn Landegren; Industriell elektroteknik och automation; []
   Nyckelord :Critical infrastructure; Socio-technical system; Resilience; Restoration; Simulation; Quality of supply regulation; Societal consequence;

   Sammanfattning : Research area: Modern society is increasingly dependent on a range of technical infrastructure networks including e.g. power, transport and IT networks. This dependence is illustrated by large disturbances which from time to time affect these systems, often to an extent which few did consider possible. LÄS MER

3. 2. Strategies of entrepreneurship : Understanding industrial entrepreneurship and structural change in northwest Tanzania

   Författare :Per Trulsson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Entrepreneurship; Structural adjustment; Institutional theory; Trust; Strategy; Unintended consequences; Societal change; Extended family; Tanzania; Industry; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

   Sammanfattning : This study addresses the problem of entrepreneurial activity in an environment of institutional change. The focus is on industrial entrepreneurs in northwest Tanzania. Like many other African countries, Tanzania is today undergoing a process of structural transformation. Significant changes are introduced in the formal institutional framework. LÄS MER

4. 3. Understanding the Conditions and Consequences of Women’s Political Representation

   Författare :Valeriya Mechkova; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Descriptive Representation; Substantive Representation; Women and Politics;

   Sammanfattning : In recent decades, women’s ability to engage in politics and civil society has risen dramatically across the globe. What has the increase in the number of women in politics, their “descriptive representation”, meant in substantive terms for women-citizens but also for societies in general? This dissertation contributes to clarifying the effects of descriptive representation of women on substantive representation, defined as the policy areas women tend to prioritize to a higher degree than men. LÄS MER

5. 4. Relationer i ett samiskt samhälle : en studie av skötesrensystemet i Gällivare socken under första hälften av 1900-talet

   Författare :Åsa Nordin; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Sami history; reindeer herding; reindeer herders; farmers; skötesrenar; relations; industrialisation; legislation; societal changes; social and economic factors; reciprocity; barter;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation is an analysis of the relations between reindeer herding Sami and settled non-Sami in Gällivare parish, Swedish Lapland, 1898-1940. The focus of the dissertation is on the system of skötesrenar, the practice of reindeer belonging to non-Sami being herded by Sami and the subsequent contacts between the two groups. LÄS MER

7. 5. The Art of Living with a Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury in its relation to Resources and Norms in Swedish Society

   Författare :Camilla Nordgren; Certec - Rehabiliteringsteknik och Design; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; societal services; Traumatic spinal cord injury; social norms; resources;

   Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis is to elaborate on the art of living with a traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) in its relation to resources and norms in Swedish society. The thesis originates in part from a prevalence group of SCI individuals and is based on four studies. One is longitudinal and register based, and one is interview based. LÄS MER