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  1. 6. Gubben på kullen : Om den smärtsamma skillnaden mellan politiska intentioner och praktiska resultat

    Författare :Mikael Glemdal; Benny Hjern; Göran Bostedt; Jönköping University; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : Many social problems have proved unexpectedly difficult to solve. To analysethe unintended social repercussions of intentional human actions is considered to be the most important task of the social sciences. The ’unintended’ stand inthe way of satisfaction for human needs. LÄS MER

  3. 7. The Urk World : Hibernating Infrastructures and the Quest for Urban Mining

    Författare :Björn Wallsten; Joakim Krook; Stefan Anderberg; Vasilis Galis; Simon Marvin; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; urban mining; infrastructure; material flow analysis; hibernating stocks; copper;

    Sammanfattning : This PhD thesis concerns urban mining, an umbrella term for different recycling strategies aimed to recover materials from the built environment. More specifically, it focuses on hibernating urban infrastructures, that is: cables and pipes that have been left behind in their subsurface location after they were disconnected. LÄS MER

  4. 8. Painting the City : Performative Cosmopolitanism and the Politics of Space and Art

    Författare :Tindra Thor; Miyase Christensen; André Jansson; Toby Miller; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; graffiti; street art; performance ethnography; aesthetic cosmopolitanism; performative cosmopolitanism; urban space; regimes of cosmopolitanism; hyper mediatization; Media and Communication Studies; medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : Understanding everyday urban practices as performative, political, and potentially transformative, this dissertation aims to explore how graffiti- and street art use, subvert, and, via media, extend urban space in Stockholm. Drawing upon a performative ethnographic approach, the study focuses on both the practice of and the various forms of social commentary and critique generated by graffiti and street art in Stockholm. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Clientelism, conditional cash transfers, and cross-class coalitions: why governments expand pro-poor redistribution

    Författare :Elin Bergman; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; redistribution; clientelism; vote buying; conditional cash transfers; upscale; poor; Latin America; Brazil; mixed methods;

    Sammanfattning : Conditional cash transfer programs (CCTs) allow poor households and individuals access to income support in return for investments in health and education. Originally adopted in Brazil and Mexico in the late 1990s, CCTs are now present in developing countries across the world. LÄS MER

  7. 10. From Curiosa to World Culture. The History of the Latin American Collections at the Museum of World Culture in Sweden

    Författare :Adriana Muñoz; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archeology; Ethnography; Collections; Museums; Practices; National-States; World Culture; Latin America; Gothenburg; Sweden;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis discusses the history of the Latin American collections stored today at the Museum of World Culture in Sweden, emphasizing the relationship between the political ideological context of society and the signifi cance that the objects have been given over time. When the fi rst collections started to come to Sweden they meant a cosmopolitan touch to the upcoming bourgeoisie of the city of Gothenburg. LÄS MER