Sökning: "city state"

Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 145 avhandlingar innehållade orden city state.

1. 16. Activation Policy in Action : A Street-Level Study of Social Assistance in the Swedish Welfare State

   Författare :Katarina H. Thorén; Sydney Hans; Tapio Salonen; Jennifer Mosley; Jeanne Marsh; Växjö universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Activation policy; social assistance; street-level bureaucracy theory; front-line workers; implementation; welfare state; coping strategy; discretion; Social work; Socialt arbete; Socialt arbete; Social Work;

   Sammanfattning : Work-related activation policies are currently developing in most western welfare states. Sweden is no exception and activation policies were introduced in the 1990s in many municipal social services organizations in Sweden. LÄS MER

3. 17. Governing from Above : Solid Waste Management in Nigeria's New Capital City of Abuja

   Författare :Onyanta Adama; Gunilla Andrae; Kristian Stokke; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; governance; space; place; solid waste management; relocated capital city; Abuja; Nigeria; Human geography; Kulturgeografi; Human Geography; kulturgeografi;

   Sammanfattning : This doctoral dissertation examines how the symbolic character of a relocated capital city influences and intersects with local conditions to shape the governance structure and relations in service delivery. The focus is on Abuja, the new capital city of Nigeria, and the sector studied is solid waste management. LÄS MER

4. 18. To Make Do in the City : Social Identities and Cultural Transformations among Aymara Speakers in La Paz

   Författare :Charlotta Widmark; Jan-Åke Alvarsson; Mikael Kurkiala; Lesley Gill; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Cultural anthropology; Bolivia; Aymara; migrants; urban community; emplacement; identity; gender; social change; Kulturantropologi; Cultural anthropology; Kulturantropologi;

   Sammanfattning : This study deals with cultural transformations and negotiations of social identity among urban Aymara speakers (bilingual Spanish-Aymara) in the city of La Paz in Bolivia in the last decade of the twentieth century. The main question concerns how they experience and express their sense of belonging in relation to their subordinated roles in society and the new spaces that are opened up by the democratization process. LÄS MER

5. 19. Honorius and the city of Rome : Authority and legitimacy in late antiquity

   Författare :Hans Lejdegård; Arja Karivieri; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; Emperor; Rome; relationship; legitimacy; Attalus; power; usurpation; senate; Alaric; propaganda; Honorius; adventus; consensus universorum; late antiquity.; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen; Classical Archaeology and Ancient History; antikens kultur och samhällsliv;

   Sammanfattning : This study examines the importance of the concept of Roma et Augustus, the close relationship between the Roman emperor and the city of Rome, in the reign of Honorius, who reigned in AD 395-423. Rome and the emperor were two of the most important and conspicuous manifestations of Roman civilisation and power, around which much of late antique ideology of authority and legitimacy was formulated. LÄS MER

7. 20. Unsettled City: Neoliberal redevelopment, state crisis, slum resettlement & biopolitical struggle in Mumbai

   Författare :Rishi Jha; Social utsatthet och ojämlikhet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Urban redevelopment; Dispossession; Governmentality; Bio-necro-politics; Bureaucracy; Slum; Resettlement; Mumbai;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation concerns capitalist urban redevelopment and the government of urban housing poverty. It examines the ways urban redevelopment regimes shape resettlements and governance of urban populations in Mumbai. LÄS MER