Sökning: "periphery"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 359 avhandlingar innehållade ordet periphery.
1. Till det lokalas försvar : Civilsamhället i den urbana periferin
Sammanfattning : The current global restructuring processes are usually described in terms of increased integration and, concurrently, greater fragmentation among different regions and scales. How these parallel outcomes are reflected in the civic sphere, largely for those mostly affected, i.e. the urban grassroots, is the focus of this study. LÄS MER
2. I den moraliska periferin : Ungdomskultur, värden och politisk subjektivitet i rurala rumsligheter
Sammanfattning : This dissertation is centered on the everyday spatial practices, identity work and political subjectivities of Swedish rural youth. It explores and challenges widespread notions of rural backwardness and moral inferiority by studying youth’s navigations and negotiations on a classed, gendered, spatialized and economically produced moral field. LÄS MER
3. (Re)producing a periphery : popular representations of the Swedish North
Sammanfattning : The discourse on Norrland (literally ‘North land’ in English) as essentially ‘different’ has been(re)produced in literature, politics and science for as long as the idea of ‘Norrland’ has existed. Thus,when investigating the discourse that constructs the identity of Norrland in opposition to a Swedishnational identity, it is important to connect these representations to their contemporary (andchanging) political-economic contexts. LÄS MER
4. Den självstyrda periferin : Lanthushållsundervisningen och styrningen av den svenska landsbygden, 1890-1970
Sammanfattning : Through the formation and development of industrial societies between 1890 and 1970, rural life and agriculture in Europe were made subject to a high degree of social, economic and political planning. This phenomenon of rural governance in the age of high modernity is explored in this thesis, which analyzes the governance of the Swedish countryside through studies of rural domestic education. LÄS MER
5. Tourism Development in Resource Peripheries : conflicting and Unifying Spaces in Northern Sweden
Sammanfattning : The northern Swedish inland is a sparsely populated area with a historical dependence upon natural-resource extraction. Therefore, this region has traditionally been defined as a resource periphery for extractive purposes. However, the rise of tourism challenges this narrative by producing a pleasure periphery for touristic purposes. LÄS MER
