Sökning: "politics usa"

Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 25 avhandlingar innehållade orden politics usa.

  1. 6. An infrastructure of freedom : Atlanta, race, and the struggle over public transportation in the capitalist city

    Författare :Marcus Mohall; Don Mitchell; David Jansson; Theresa Enright; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; public transportation; transit; transit struggles; transportation; planning; mobility; politics of mobility; transportation politics; infrastructure; capitalism; race; USA; US South; Atlanta; Social and Economic Geography; Kulturgeografi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis provides a multiscalar analysis of the production and struggle over the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), the main transit system in metro Atlanta. It examines how the actions and visions of the state, capital, and transportation activists intersect to structure how and to what extent transit systems can be organized to realize their distinctive potential to allow urban residents to meet their basic mobility needs. LÄS MER

  3. 7. Bridging politics and science : the concept of social engineering in Sweden and the USA, Circa 1890-1950

    Författare :Carl Marklund; European University Institute; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; social engineering;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation aims to problematize the historical concept of “social engineering”.... LÄS MER

  4. 8. Spacing Law and Politics : The constitution and representation of judicial places and juridical spaces in law, literature and political philosophy in works from Greek antiquity to the present

    Författare :Leif Dahlberg; Carol Jacobs; Haun Saussy; Yale University (USA); []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : The dissertation studies judicial places and juridical spaces, constituted and represented in a variety of media as well as material objects and physical buildings, exploring the inherent spatiality of law, both theoretically and as social practice. The judicial places and juridical spaces analysed in the dissertation have diverse forms and functions and are analysed from different perspectives, allowing for a historical and genealogical understanding of the spacing of law and politics. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Essays in economics and politics : regulation, elections and international conflict

    Författare :Thomas Tangerås; Joseph Harrington; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : .... LÄS MER

  7. 10. Botanizing the Asphalt : Politics of Urban Drainage

    Författare :Andrew Karvonen; Steven A. Moore; USA University of Texas at Austin; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : .... LÄS MER