Sökning: "local perspective"

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  1. 1. Local Worlds : Rural Livelihood Strategies in Eastern Cape, South Africa

    Författare :Flora Hajdu; Anders Hjort af Ornäs; Thembela Kepe; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; livelihood strategies; local scale; natural resource use; local employment; degradation narrative; poverty relief programmes; Transkei; Pondoland; Försörjningsstrategier; lokalitet; naturresursutnyttjande; narrativ; fattigdomsbekämpning; Pondoland; Transkei; Sydafrika; Human geography; Kulturgeografi;

    Sammanfattning : Local perceptions and livelihood strategies have in this study been examined through extensive fieldwork in two villages in rural Pondoland in the former homeland Transkei in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province. Using a bottom-up perspective, changes in livelihoods and the processes involved in choosing between and combining various types of livelihood activities are analysed. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Lokalradiospråk : en studie av tre lokalradiostationers sändningar

    Författare :Inga-Britt Lindblad; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Language; local radio; mass communica¬tion; linguistic analysis; sociolinguistics; Sweden; style; pragmatics; context;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation presents studies of a socially highly relevant text category, local radio broadcasts. The language of news programmes in particular from three local radio stations - Radio Gotland, Radio Väs­terbotten and Radio Östergötland - has been studied in the light of the intentions behind the introduction of local radio, and the ambitions expressed by the radio people involved. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Against all odds : local economic development policies and local government autonomy in Sweden and Britain

    Författare :Christine Hudson; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; local government; autonomy; local economic development policies; comparative perspective; policy area approach;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis makes a comparative study of local government autonomy in Britain and Sweden within the local economic development policy area. It argues for local government autonomy to be viewed in terms of both a vertical dimension concerning local government's autonomy vis-à-vis national government (national context) and a horizontal dimension relating to its autonomy vis-à-vis local social and economic forces (local context). LÄS MER

  5. 4. Designing for Local Mobility

    Författare :Jens Bergqvist; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; CSCW; Local Mobility; Ethnography; Workplace Studies; Coordination; Design;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates the characteristics of local mobility from a CSCW perspective using ethnographically informed workplace studies and presents a framework for designing IT support. In this thesis local mobility is defined as a work related situation where workers move within a specified physical area while performing their tasks. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Improving Implementation of e-Government Services in Rwanda : An Organisational Perspective

    Författare :Pierre Bakunzibake; Gunnar Klein; Åke Grönlund; Sirajul M. Islam; Ulf Melin; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; e-government implementation; e-government services; organisational issues; socio-technical theory; Least Developed Countries; process improvement; PDER; Rwanda;

    Sammanfattning : As part of realising development programmes faster, developing countries have been adopting, from developed ones, modern ICTs and implementing e-government towards better public services. However, efforts of implementation of e-government services have been often resulting in unsatisfactory outcomes and even total failures. LÄS MER