Sökning: "technical rationality"

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  1. 1. Conditional Progress: Technical Rationality and Wicked Problems in Nuclear Waste Management

    Författare :Hannes Lagerlöf; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; nuclear waste management; science and technology studies; critical constructivism; sociology; technical rationality; reification;

    Sammanfattning : While various states and enterprises have produced nuclear power for decades, that is, demonstrated the functionality of the nuclear fuel cycle from uranium mining to power production, the waste that is simultaneously produced has been provisionally stored awaiting a safe solution. Still, no country has implemented such a solution. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Testing for Rationality, Separability and Efficiency

    Författare :Per Hjertstrand; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Revealed preference; Regional convergence; Rationality; Nonparametric; NONPAR test; LP test; GARP; Efficiency; Data Envelopment Analysis DEA ; Afriat’s Theorem; Bootstrap; Swofford and Whitney test; Weak separability;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis aims to propose, evaluate and apply test procedures for rationality, weak separability and efficiency. In particular, it focuses on nonparametric revealed preference procedures. LÄS MER

  4. 3. "Vi kanske kommer igen, om det låser sig" : Kvinnors och mäns möte med familjerådgivning

    Författare :Mario Zetino Duarte; Sociologi; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; psychosocial mechanism of the understandings process; power; understandings process; the logic of practical rationality; Rationality; organization of life; conflicts; family counseling.; Sociology; Sociologi;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation is the result of an evaluation of family counselling (FC) in a middle-sized city in Sweden. The findings support results from earlier studies of family counselling which indicate that people have a positive attitude to counselling. But this finding led to questions that remained unanswered in earlier research. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Genuspedagogers berättelser om makt och kontroll

    Författare :Catarina Arvidson; Anders Olofsson; Christina Segerholm; Elisabet Öhrn; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Classification; framing; power; control; technical limited rationality; care work rationality; gender pedagogues; gender equality; school; preschool; school change.; Klassifikation; inramning; makt; kontroll; teknisk begränsad rationalitet; omsorgsrationalitet; genuspedagoger; jämställdhet; skola; förskola;

    Sammanfattning : In this thesis 14 gender pedagogues’ stories about power and control are described and analysed. Here the term gender pedagogue refers to educators who have participated in further training in gender and gender equality studies. The training programme was the result of an initiative taken by the former Social Democratic government. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Cultivating educational research in Lao PDR : For a better future?

    Författare :Keophouthong Bounyasone; Ngouay Keosada; Lars Dahlström; Ann-Louise Silfver; Gustave Callewaert; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; action research; teacher education; globalisation; technical rationality; hidden policy ensembles; policy backlashes; context; Lao PDR; Education; Pedagogik; pedagogik; Education;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis looks at the introduction of educational action research as part of the national education reforms in Lao PDR. National policies on education emphasise concepts such as ‘education for all’ and ‘student-centred education’ taken from the globalised education reform agenda. LÄS MER