Sökning: "scientific progress"

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  1. 1. Peacock's progress : aspects of artistic development in the novels of Thomas Love Peacock

    Författare :Margaret McKay; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; Engelska språket;

    Sammanfattning : .... LÄS MER

  3. 2. Malthusian Progress

    Författare :Jacob Weisdorf; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social Mobility; Preventive Checks; Positive Checks; Industrial Revolution; French Revolution; Mortality; Longevity; Malthusian Model; Fertility; Industrious Revolution ; Economic Growth;

    Sammanfattning : Some scholars maintain that pre-industrial England was held in a Malthusian ‘trap’, and that this trap prevented the sustained growth of real wages until as late as 1800. Opponents to this view argue that the structural transformations occurring in preindustrial England – urbanization, labour reallocation between sectors, and human capital investments – are features of development that are incompatible with the idea of Malthusian stagnation. LÄS MER

  4. 3. The Propaganda of Progress : The Case of Swedish Housing Exhibitions

    Författare :Alain Imboden; Eva Sandstedt; Jukka Gronow; Micael Björk; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; progress; modernity; representation; propaganda; discourse; social change; housing; Sociologi; Sociology; Sociologi; sociologi; Sociology;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this research is to analyse what progress is made of in terms of meanings in order to confirm and explain its presence as representational principle of change. The material used for the research consists of texts produced in relation to four housing exhibitions, which together cover a 70-years period. LÄS MER

  5. 4. States under scrutiny : International organizations, transformation and the construction of progress

    Författare :Matilda Dahl; Bengt Jacobsson; Miriam Salzer-Mörling; Fabrizio Panozzo; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; scrutiny; audit; construction; progress; transparency; transformation; international organizations; the Baltic States; EU enlargement; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business Administration; företagsekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Opinions, rankings and evaluations of states’ development are proliferating. In the context of the transformation and EU accession of the Baltic States, there were many organizations involved in the scrutiny of their efforts to become accepted as modern and European. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Framtidsskaparna : Vetenskapens ungdomskultur vid svenska läroverk 1930-1970

    Författare :Staffan Wennerholm; Tore Frängsmyr; Sven Widmalm; Kjell Jonsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of science; Culture of science and technology; youth culture; production of meaning; practices; fostering; scientist; engineer; science and technology studies STS ; cultural studies; secondary grammar schools; boundary work; gender; masculine; 1930-1970; scientific method; progress; ideals; norms; identity; Vetenskapshistoria; History of science; Vetenskapshistoria; Idé- och lärdomshistoria; History of Sciences and Ideas;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation analyzes scientific youth culture at Swedish secondary grammar schools during an era when the faith in science, technology and progress was strong. The aim is to study the production of meaning among the students and the everyday practices they were involved in. LÄS MER