Sökning: "skeptics"

Hittade 4 avhandlingar innehållade ordet skeptics.

1. 1. Sweden and Poland Entering the EU : Comparative Patterns of Adaptive Organization and Cognition

   Författare :Niklas Eklund; Lindahl Rutger; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political science; integration; transnationalization; adaptation; Sweden; Poland; European Union; enlargement; Stein Rokkan; political cognition; national elites; strategic policy deliberation; qualitative research interviewing; enthusiasts; voluntarists; pragmatists; skeptics; Statsvetenskap; Political science; Statsvetenskap; politikvetenskap; political science;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis is a comparative study of how elites in Sweden and Poland approach and make sense of EU membership. It begins with the observation that the public debates in several EU member countries are becoming increasingly politicized around a dichotomy, i.e. enthusiasm and skepticism vis-à-vis European integration. LÄS MER

3. 2. Reassessing Realism : On the Ontology of the Unobservable

   Författare :Simon Allzén; Richard Dawid; Sören Häggqvist; Michela Massimi; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Scientific Realism; Inference to the best explanation; Scientific Method; Philosophy; filosofi;

   Sammanfattning : It is widely believed that science is in the business of finding out what the world is really like. The philosophical version of this belief is scientific realism -- a doctrine about science that tells us that we ought to believe that the best theories in science are true, and that the world is occupied with the objects that those theories contain. LÄS MER

4. 3. 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

5. 4. Barriärer och broar för hållbar konsumtion : Fyra typer av medborgarkonsumenter och möjligheterna för deras engagemang

   Författare :Henric Barkman; Michele Micheletti; Lisa Dellmuth; Lena Wägnerud; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; sustainable consumption; political consumption; sustainable citizenship; barriers; consumer types; citizen-consumer; cluster analysis; citizenship; perceived opportunities; hållbar konsumtion; politisk konsumtion; hållbart medborgarskap; barriärer; konsumenttyper; medborgarkonsumenter; klusteranalys; subgruppsanalys; medborgarskap; uppfattade möjligheter; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : Sustainable consumption is seen as a crucial political issue on the global agenda by politicians, the scientific community, and citizens who are worried about unsustainable consumption. However, several studies have shown that some consumers with "green" values do not consume sustainably – there is often a gap between attitude and behavior. LÄS MER