Sökning: "social and symbolic"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 403 avhandlingar innehållade orden social and symbolic.
1. Knowledge Bases and the Geography of Innovation
Sammanfattning : Despite the ongoing globalisation of economic activities, innovation does not take place randomly distributed over space, but concentrates in certain locations. A central argument to explain the spatial concentration of innovation activities lies in the ability of geographical proximity to facilitate interactive learning and knowledge exchange, which in turn is seen as an important driver for regional growth and prosperity. LÄS MER
2. Negotiating normality and deviation : father's violence against mother from children's perspectives
Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to contribute to understanding of how children try to understand and interpret their own father and his (possibly) violent actions against their mother in relation to their general conceptualizations concerning fathers and violence. A general social psychological and interactionist approach is related to the children’s selves as the organizing and experiencing structures, the family as the arena for experiences and communicative interaction, and society as a structure of norms and general ideas. LÄS MER
3. Framtidsbilder i offentligt utredande. : Teknik, utbildning och samhällsutveckling
Sammanfattning : Introduction of a bill to the Swedish parliament is often preceded by a commission of inquiry. The role played by government commissions on policymaking and their consensus-promoting function are the underlying motives for this dissertation on images of the future in commission reports. LÄS MER
4. Hälsingegården i omvandling : en studie av världsarvsprocessen i Hälsingland
Sammanfattning : Under våren 2012 väntade ett stort antal människor runt om i landet på ett besked som bekräftade att ett antal jordbruksfastigheter och kulturmiljöer, i Gävleborgs län skulle kunde klassas som världsunika och föras upp på listan över världsarv. En lista vars innehåll styrs av konventionen om skydd av världens kultur- och naturarv, världsarvskonventionen, som är ett av FN-organet Unescos normativa instrument på natur- och kulturområdet. LÄS MER
5. The Emergence of the Crime Victim in the Swedish Social Services Act
Sammanfattning : This study sought to explain how crime victims emerged as a target group in the Swedish Social Services Act in 2001. The findings, derived from legislative documents, a literature review, and focus group interviews with social workers, showed that the 2001 provisions both duplicated and undermined pre-existing provisions of the Social Services Act. LÄS MER
