Sökning: "democracy debates"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 45 avhandlingar innehållade orden democracy debates.
1. Democracy Reconsidered : Britain, France, Sweden, and the EU
Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis is to investigate whether some positions in democratic theory should be adjusted or abandoned in view of internationalisation; and if adjusted, how. More specifically it pursues three different aims: to evaluate various attempts to explain levels of democracy as consequences of internationalisation; to investigate whether the taking into account of internationalisation reveals any reason to reconsider what democracy is or means; and to suggest normative interpretations that cohere with the adjustments of conceptual and explanatory democratic theory made in the course of meeting the other two aims. LÄS MER
2. Democracy and Planning : Contested Meanings in Theory and Practice
Sammanfattning : "Democracy" is a frequently used concept in the Western planning field. Scholars, practitioners, and citizens alike regularly deploy it to both explain and contest the nature and legitimacy of urban governance. And yet, in the planning literature, the concept of democracy itself is rarely explained or debated. LÄS MER
3. Demokratins stridslinjer : Carl Lindhagen och politikens omvandling, 1896–1923
Sammanfattning : Carl Lindhagen was one of Sweden’s most well-known politicians at the beginning ofthe 20th century. He entered parliament as a Liberal in 1897 but joined the Social Democrats in 1909. In 1917 he became a key figure in forming the Left Socialist party,which became the Swedish Communist Party in 1921 – although it expelled him in that moment. LÄS MER
4. "Democracy begins at home" : Utbildning om och för hemmet som medborgarfostran
Sammanfattning : This thesis is intended as a contribution to a discussion about education, especially when related to democracy and gender equality, in other words citizenship education. A strategy for the inquiries is developed, termed a feminist pragmatist attitude. The focus is on thqualitative content of education i.e. LÄS MER
5. This Is Not Real News : Discursive Struggles over Fake News, Journalism, and Democracy
Sammanfattning : Fake news has attracted significant global attention and contestation in recent years. This PhD thesis explores the explosive and oftentimes contradictory rise of fake news and dives into the discursive struggles around journalism, politics, digital media, and liberal democracy that have emerged in its wake. LÄS MER
