Sökning: "twentieth-century"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 254 avhandlingar innehållade ordet twentieth-century.
1. Political Science and the Concept of Politics : A Twentieth-Century Genealogy
Sammanfattning : This dissertation is a historical investigation of the concept of politics in twentieth-century political science. It is set against the backdrop of the comprehensive rethinking of political concepts we are witnessing today in debates about forces like globalization, individualization, multiculturalism, and postcolonialism, and it seeks to account for the apparent difficulties in rethinking politics in similar terms today. LÄS MER
2. Architectures of Life-Building in the Twentieth Century : Russia, Germany, Sweden
Sammanfattning : The modernist concept of life-building as an architectural method for improving the conditions of everyday life originated in Europe during the 1920s. This book explores three modes of functionalism by way of a comparative analysis of both the theoretical discourses and architectural practices associated with functionalism in Russia, Germany, and Sweden. LÄS MER
3. Makt över kropp och hälsa : Om leprasjukas självförståelse i dagens Grekland
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4. Flickor och pojkar i den sociala barnavården : Föreställningar om kön och sociala problem under 1900-talet
Sammanfattning : The topic of this study is girls and boys in the field of child welfare. The aim has been to trace and describe conceptions of gender, delinquency and social problems in child welfare from the end of the nineteenth century until the middle of the twentieth century. LÄS MER
5. Ready, Willing and Able : The Divorce Transition in Sweden 1915-1974
Sammanfattning : This thesis attempts to extend the historical scope of divorce research in Sweden by providing an analysis ofhow the variations in the divorce rate over time and across geographical areas are connected to the economic, normative and institutional restructuring of Swedish society during the period 1915-1974. The thesis finds that the economic reshaping of Sweden into a modern market economy is at the center of the process that has resulted in decreased marital stability during the twentieth century. LÄS MER