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Brevard, Joshua. "The Seeds of Mistrust: The Relationship between Perceived Racism, HIV Conspiracy Theories and HIV Testing Attitudes." VCU Scholars Compass, 2013. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3030.
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Although the number of HIV infected peaked in the late 1980’s, HIV remains a major concern within the African American community (CDC, 2008). African Americans are disproportionately affected, comprising 14% of the U.S. population but representing 44% of new HIV infections in 2009 (CDC, 2011). It is vital to identify barriers to positive health behaviors like consistent condom use and HIV testing. This study focus on factors impacting attitudes towards HIV testing, including mistrust of the healthcare system, measured by support for HIV conspiracy theories (Thomas & Quinn, 1991). It also examined the prevalence of HIV conspiracy beliefs among African American college students, along with their perceptions of racism. The first goal of this study was to determine if perceived racism and HIV conspiracy theories are predictors of HIV testing attitudes. The second goal was to examine if perceived racism moderates the relationship between conspiracy beliefs and HIV testing attitudes. The findings indicated that higher levels of HIV conspiracy beliefs were associated with more negative attitudes towards HIV testing. The association between perceived racism and testing attitudes was marginally significant, while the interaction between perceived racism and testing was not significant. Implications for research and HIV interventions are discussed.
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Karaca, Ozen. "The Theme Of Jewish Conspiracy In Turkish Nationalism: The Case Of Cevat Rifat Atilhan." Master's thesis, METU, 2008. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12609505/index.pdf.
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This study analyzes the discourse of Cevat Rifat Atilhan, a leading anti-Semite figure and a conspiracy theorist in Turkish politics. The principal aim of this analysis is to shed light on Atilhan&rsquo<br>s conspiratorial mindset which has a considerable influence on anti-Semitism in contemporary Turkey. To this aim, conspiracy theories and anti-Semitism, two main components of Atilhan&rsquo<br>s discourse are examined in relation to each other from the perspective of nationalist discourse. This study argues that conspiracy theories in Atilhan'<br>s discourse which explain social antagonism as a Jewish plot can be considered as instruments to the reproduction of anti-Semitism. Accordingly, the inherent mechanisms of conspiracy theories which rest on the racist and xenophobic brand of nationalism represent the society on the basis of dichotomies. In Atilhan&rsquo<br>s discourse, this dichotomization is based on the positioning of the Jews vis-à<br>-vis Turkish nation. To the extent that the Jews are represented as enemies vis-à<br>-vis Turkish nation, anti-Semitism becomes likely to be reproduced. The theme of Jewish conspiracy in Atilhan&rsquo<br>s discourse is better explained by his different positions within Turkish nationalism ranging from Kemalism to racism, from racism to Islamism and conservative tones of nationalism. When his changing positions is examined in relation to the theme of Jewish conspiracy in his discourse, it is realized that Atilhan&rsquo<br>s discourse have a considerable influence on the discourse of ultra-nationalist, conservative nationalist and Islamist circles whose way of thinking is dominated by conspiracy theories.
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Rousis, Gregory. "The Truth is Out There: The Use of Conspiracy Theories by Radical Violent Extremist Organizations." UNF Digital Commons, 2018. https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/822.
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This paper sought to examine conspiracy theory (CT) use across three types of groups: radical violent extremists (RVE), non-violent extremists, and moderates. Using the theory of significance quest, or the desire for one’s life to have meaning (Kruglanski, Chen, Dechesne, Fishman, & Orehek, 2009), I sought to determine whether RVE groups were more likely to use CTs, invoke need for cognitive closure (NFCC) via the use of time pressure, elicit anomie, and promote significance quest through violence than the other groups. Using text analysis software, I pulled passages from six groups – two from each level of extremism - that had conspiratorial language and then coded for the variables described above. RVE groups were significantly more likely than the other groups to use CTs and invoke NFCC through time pressure but were less likely than non-violent groups to elicit anomie. In addition, RVE groups were more likely to promote significance gain through action, but not significance restoration or prevention of significance loss. Implications of the findings are discussed.
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Herzog, Charles. "The Death of Camelot: Myth, Rhetoric, & the Kennedy Assassination Conspiracy Theory." TopSCHOLAR®, 1992. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/2462.
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The nature of the popular allegation that President John F. Kennedy was the victim of a conspiracy is addressed in this thesis. An answer is sought to the question, "What qualities of the Kennedy assassination conspiracy theory account for its relatively widespread popular appeal?" The author seeks to demonstrate that the Kennedy conspiracy theory has attained the status of myth in contemporary culture. First, a theoretical framework based upon previous research in the area of myth and rhetoric is constructed. This framework is designed to aid the researcher in identifying mythic discourse by establishing both formal and functional criteria.
Next the framework is applied to the Kennedy conspiracy theory as manifested in various articles of popular culture including the Oliver Stone film, JFK.
Finally, the ascendancy of the Kennedy assassination to the status of myth is explained through a demonstration of its consistency with both contemporary and ancient mythic themes.
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Schwartzman, Robert D. "Theories of Leadership: A Contemporary Analysis 1975-1989." W&M ScholarWorks, 1990. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539625646.
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Meyer, Stella. "Conspiracy theories and freedom of speech in the online sphere : An analysis of QAnon’s ban from Facebook and Twitter." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Teologiska institutionen, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-455063.
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At the crossroads of law, conspiracy theory research and philosophy, this thesis investigates the permanent ban of QAnon from Facebook and Twitter, determining whether their deplatforming constitutes a violation of free speech. By first conducting a content analysis of free speech legislation in Germany and the US, it becomes evident that the matter needs to be approached from an ethical perspective rather than a legal one. To this end, I am testing an ethical framework suggested by Cíbik and Hardoš (2020). Based on the concept of ethical unreasonableness, the framework will be used to determine whether QAnon is harmful and its ban was justified. The case study consists of an in-depth analysis of QAnon’s evolution, distribution and core narratives in Germany and the US, followed by an examination of Facebook and Twitter’s justifications for deplatforming all QAnon assets. The ethical framework will then be applied to selected QAnon narratives based on their prevalence in the time from February 2020 to February 2021. It becomes clear that the ethical framework at hand needs to be adjusted and is unsuitable for everyday content moderation but should still be used by the social media companies for training purposes to improve decision making. The question of whether deplatforming QAnon was a violation of free speech is not easily answered as depending on the point of view it is or is not a violation of freedom of speech. Ultimately, big social media companies need to be redefined as to their role and responsibilities in today’s societies before any content moderation measures can be adequately examined.
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Yost, Gail. "Adolescent Leisure-Time Activity and Problem Behavior: The Integration of Three Major Explanatory Theories as a New." DigitalCommons@USU, 1995. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/2494.
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Adolescence has in recent decades gained attention as being salient for study of social trends. Increases in youth social problems are seen nationally, statewide, and locally. They include substance abuse, precocious sexual activity, related consequences of pregnancy and STDs, suicide and depression, truancy, running away, crime against property, and violent crime against persons. This study integrates three major explanatory theories of adolescent behavior into a macro-synthesis. R. Jesser's Problem Behavior Theory emphasizes how problem behaviors do not occur singularly, nor do they justify unique prevention methods. T. Hirschi's Social Control Theory describes how adolescents with little or no attachment to their community are more likely to be involved in unconventional behaviors. E . Werner's Resilience framework relates adult support and mentoring in childhood and adolescence with lower risk of problems later in life. This study examines how one element of this synthesis, adolescents' social environment, relates with social problems, or more specifically, how adolescent use of leisure time relates to problem behavior. A stratified random sample of 450 mail-out questionnaires yielded a 40% (181) response rate. Factor analysis placed 27 of 28 problem behavior variables into five subscales. The subscales were then regressed onto 11 individual and sumscore variables from eight hypotheses about adolescent leisure-time use. Altogether, four of the eight hypotheses were supported by the data, demonstrating relationships between how and with whom adolescents use their leisure time, and their proneness toward problem behaviors. Specifically, unsupervised leisure-time activities were positively related to problem behaviors, sharing 16% of the variance. Organized leisure-time activities were negatively related to problem behaviors, sharing 9% of the variance. Adolescents who spent more time with family members and less time with peers demonstrated fewer problem behaviors, sharing 19% of the variance. Also, adolescents who confide their personal problems to adults, not peers, showed a lower tendency for problem behaviors, sharing 14% of the variance. The results support relationships between adolescent social environment, particularly leisure-time use, and problem behaviors.
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Burnette, Jeni L. "Implicit Theories of Weight Management: A Social Cognitive Approach to Motivation." VCU Scholars Compass, 2006. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1492.
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Just as scientists develop general conceptual explanations of the phenomena they investigate, individuals also develop intuitive theories about such human characteristics as intelligence, personality, and athletic ability. These theories, unlike scientist's theories, are not explicitly articulated or documented, and so they are termed implicit theories. Implicit theories, in achievement motivation, distinguish between the belief that human attributes are fixed (entity theory) or malleable (incremental theory) and have been shown to have far-reaching consequences for motivation, goal-orientations, and regulatory strategies in an array of domains. This dissertation extended implicit theories research to the domain of body-weight management. Drawing from an elaborate theoretical framework on implicit theories and health behavior research, the present work predicted that (a) individuals differ systematically in their beliefs about the malleability of body weight and (b) these implicit beliefs are related to coping and self-regulation strategies following dieting setbacks. To test these hypotheses, I first developed the Implicit Theories of Weight Management Scale and examined its psychometric properties. Results revealed internal reliability and convergent and discriminant validity. Implicit theories of weight management were moderately related to health and dieting locus of control but were distinct from personality dimensions such as the Big Five and trait optimism. Psychometric properties of the scale are presented and discussed. Next, I tested the hypothesis that implicit theories of weight management would be related to adaptive regulatory strategies (e.g., increased motivation) and to maladaptive coping (e.g., avoidance) following dieting setbacks and that this relation would be mediated by feelings of helplessness and optimism, and by attributions. Results largely supported these conjectures, revealing that even after controlling for constructs related to successful dieting (e.g., dieting self-confidence, trait self-control), believing more strongly that weight is changeable was related to lower reported use of avoidance when coping with setbacks and more effort. Additionally, feelings of helplessness and optimism mediated the implicit theories-self-regulatory relations. Results are discussed in terms of how implicit theories create the structure in which meaning is assigned to events and are therefore important for achievement and motivation. Implications and avenues for future research are presented.
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Westerlund, Charlotta. "Inkludering-exkludering;Hur elever med hörselnedsättningar upplevt sin skolgång." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Lärarutbildningen (LUT), 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-35958.
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AbstractWesterlund, Charlotta (2011) Inkludering- exkludering; Hur elever med hörselnedsättningar upplevt sin skolgång (inclusion- exclusion; How students with hearing loss experienced their School time). Skolutveckling och ledarskap, lärande och samhälle, Malmö högskola.Att vara hörselskadad betyder ofta att den sociala kommunikationen och samvaron med andra människor påverkas. Många är beroende av tekniska hjälpmedel, så som hörapparater och hörselslingor, för att kunna följa med i samtal och för att kunna känna sig delaktiga. Att få tillgång till rätt hjälpmedel är varje landstingsinvånares och elevs rätt. Är detta tillräckligt för att eleven ska känna sig inkluderad i skolans verksamheter? Hur har elever med hörselnedsättning upplevt sin egen grundskoletid, utifrån ett inkluderande perspektiv? Kan man vara inkluderad och ändå känna sig exkluderad? Är det tillräckligt att få gå i samma klass som ”hörande” elever för att känna sig inkluderad?Detta är en undersökning med kvalitativ ansats, som består av tre djupgående intervjuer och 20 öppna frågeformulär, om elevers egna erfarenheter och tankar kring sin grundskoletid. Syftet med undersökningen är att få en ökad kunskap om och en inblick i, elevernas egna upplevelser av delaktighet under sin skolgång, vare sig man gått i specialskola eller haft sin undervisning bland ”hörande” klasskamrater.Resultatet av undersökningen visar att många av de elever som går på skolor tillsammans med hörande klasskamrater, har svårt att känna sig inkluderade. I hörselklasskolor känner sig eleverna mer inkluderade, medan de på fritiden ofta känner sig ensamma, då avstånden till klasskompisar är långa. De spontana, sociala kontakterna blir lidande.Nyckelord: Hörselskador, skolformer, sociala relationer, stigmatisering, stämplingsteori<br>Westerlund, Charlotta (2011) Inclusion- exclusion; How students with hearing loss experienced their school time (Hur elever med hörselnedsättningar upplevt sin skolgång). Skolutveckling och ledarskap, Lärande och samhälle, Malmö högskola.To have a hearing impairment often means that the social communication and togetherness with other people affects. Many are depended on technical aids, such as hearing aids and hearing loops, to be able to follow conversations and to be able to feel involved. It is every student and county inhabitants right to have access to aids. Is this enough for the student to feel involved in school activities? How have students with hearing loss experienced their own school time out of an including perspective? Can a person be included and still feel excluded? Is it enough to attend a class with “hearing” students, to feel included?This is a qualitative study, which contains three deep interviews and twenty open questionnaires, about students own experiences and thoughts about their school time. The purpose of the study, have been to increase knowledge and insight in students experiences of involvement during their school time, whether they went to special schools or not.The results of the study, shows that many students with hearing loss, don’t feel included in community schools with hearing classmates. In special schools the students with hearing loss feels included but during their spare time, they often feels alone, because their classmates lives far away and the spontaneous social contacts decreases.
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Ong, Julianne. "Social learning and general strain theories' relationship with prescription stimulant misuse for academic purposes among college students." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2011. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/490.
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The instrumental misuse of prescription stimulants as "study drugs", particularly by college students, is a serious issue that needs to be further investigated. Using data from a sample of 549 University of Central Florida Orlando students, the current study tested the relationship between prescription stimulant misuse and social learning theory, as well as general strain theory. Approximately 17% of participants reported misusing prescription stimulants for academic purposes at least once in the past year. Findings show support for social learning theory; the number of friends who use prescription stimulants and the individual's attitudes about the effectiveness of the drugs are both significant variables. General strain theory was divided into two parts; the first one tests the relationship between strain and negative affect, while the second tests negative affect, strain and prescription stimulant misuse. Overall, general strain theory was not found to explain prescription stimulant misuse. Also, results showed students who binge drink or use other substances are significantly more likely to report prescription stimulant misuse. Potential implications for these findings are discussed, as well as future research directions.<br>B.A.<br>Bachelors<br>Sciences<br>Sociology
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Lloyd, Paulette D. "An empirical test of theories of world divisions and globalization processes an international and comparative regional perspective /." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2005. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=954000191&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Kuo, Ya-Hui. "The Retailer Brand Personality - Behavioral Outcomes Framework: Applications to Identity and Social Identity Theories." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/613397.
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This research aims to examine a framework to test the relationships between consumers' perceptions of a retailer's brand personality and outcome variables (i.e., positive word-of-mouth about and patronage intention toward the retailer) by applying identity and social identity theories to reveal possible factors influencing these relationships in both department and discount retailer image formats. This research hypothesized that retailer brand personality should influence consumers' behavioral outcomes through private and public forms of self-congruity. The more positive the perception of a retailer's brand personality, the higher the private and public self-congruities with the brand personality. In addition, considering the unique, tangible nature of a store's environment, this research suggested that retailer brand identity (RBI), a consumer's perception of oneness with a retailer brand, should play an important role in the retailer brand personality-behavioral outcomes framework by mediating the influences of both private and public self-congruities on various behavioral outcomes. Moreover, the relationships among two forms of self-congruity and perceived RBI should be moderated by the shopping conspicuousness situation (i.e., whether co-shopping with important others or alone and whether shopping in an environment in which one is visible to important others or is relatively secluded) and consumer shopping involvement (i.e., whether consumers see shopping as an important and self-relevant activity). To test the study's hypotheses, data were collected from a sample of 616 general consumers via a self-administered questionnaire provided through the website of an online survey research firm. This research used a 2 (retailer image format) X 2 (shopping situation conspicuousness) between-subjects quasi-experimental design in which subjects were randomly assigned to one of the four treatment groups who read a scenario that provided a description of a retailer image format of either a hypothetical department (n = 311) or discount store (n = 305) and a description that manipulated the shopping situation as being either high (n = 303) or low (n = 313) in shopping conspicuousness. Results revealed that the retailer brand personality scale, adapted from BPS, a brand personality scale developed by Aaker (1997) and other scales specifically used to measure retailer brand personality (Dardin & Babin, 1994; d'Astous & Lévesque, 2003; Helgeson & Supphellen, 2004) comprised two positive dimensions (i.e., Modish and Genuine) and one negative dimension (Inactive). Each dimension influenced the behavioral outcomes of Word-of-Mouth and Patronage Intention differently. Perceived Genuineness was the most influential dimension among the three, exerting direct and indirect influences through increasing Private and Public Self-congruities and overall RBI on both WOM and Patronage Intention. However, Modish had only a direct negative effect on Patronage Intentions whereas Inactive had indirect effects on both behavioral outcomes through a combined (direct and indirect) negative effect on overall RBI. This research also revealed that overall RBI, driven by its affective and evaluative dimensions, fully mediated the influences of Private and Public Self-congruities on behavioral outcomes, suggesting overall RBI as an important factor in the retailer brand personality-behavioral outcomes framework. Moreover, the relationship between Public Self-congruity and overall RBI was found to be stronger in the high Shopping Conspicuousness Situation whereas the relationship between Private Self-congruity and overall RBI was found to be stronger in the department store image format. The moderating role of Consumer Shopping Involvement on the relationships among self-congruities and overall RBI was not significant. Theoretical and managerial implications of these findings and limitations of the study are provided.
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Rousse, Amber. "Causal Inferences as a Driving Force for Development : An investigation into the underlying theoretical frameworks of modernization and post-development theories." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-42983.
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Causal philosophy is very closely linked with development theories. Though there may not be standard agreement on what causes development or non-development, the topic is often discussed at great debate. In this paper I explore the link between these two ideas from a broader perspective. I focus less on the details of researchers before me and try to instead identify the process of how development authors use causal theories in their language by performing a discourse analysis. This study is important because it allows readers to take another view on theories of development—in this case Modernization and Post-Development—by making connections to other theories they may not have otherwise investigated. The research does not intend to establish any concrete conclusions, and in fact does not manage to do so, but does open up some interesting doors on questioning the pre-conceived relationships between (un)conscious thought frameworks and developmental values.
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Halbersma, Joseph. ""What's the catch?" Testing theories regarding the implications of recent federal initiatives for the social sciences and the humanities." Thesis, McGill University, 2011. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=103770.
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There has been subtantial academic concern over what is deemed to be the negative implications of the recent "reinvestment" phase of federal research funding (1999 to 2008). For the social sciences and humanities, however, nuch of this concern is not substantiated with any actual data. This thesis examines five of these proposed theses (or "fears") and finds that only one can be supported by actual evidence. The remaining four concerns are thus premature or erroneous. The first thesis centers around total dollar funding amounts and argues that federal funding is either dwindling for the social sciences and humanities or has decreased in proportion to other disciplines. Using publicly available data this is found to be false and in conflict with the actual trends occurring during this period. The second thesis argues that federal funding initiatives specifically target business or industrial-related research, to the detriment of the public good. This fear is qualified and then dismissed through an analysis of private sector R&D expenditures, commercialization activity, and new initiatives developed during this period. Related to the above, the third thesis posits that federal funding has become "targeted," or directed away from basic research and towards specific (applied) fields of federal interest. Using public data this is shown to be false. Thesis four constitutes the only fear which is substantiated in this analysis. Scholars have argued that recent funds have cultivated a certain level administrative control over the direction of faculty research, primarily for the purposes of increasing funding success. This trend is examined in detail in chapter 3 using interview data with research officials at Canadian institutions. The final thesis argues that the value of social sciences and humanities grant success is growing for both universities and faculty and has led to a corresponding increase in competition, hierarchy, and differentialization between Canadian institutions. After examining this argument in chapter 4, this hypothesis is found to be in serious need of qualification. The work concludes by noting that the net effects of funding fluctutations on research activity for these disciplines are much less pervasive than most scholars recognize. It also argues that greater intellectual rigor is needed if future publications actually expect to help academics understand changes on this issue. Quantitative and qualitative changes in research funding do have serious implications for the research activity of the disciplines at large. Unfortunately, to date, these implications have neither been well described nor accurately represented by the scholars devoted to their exposition.<br>Il y a eu une inquiétude académique substantielle concernant ce qui est conçu comme des implications négatives sur la phase récente de 'ré-investissement' du financement federal pour la recherché (1999 à 2008). En ce qui concerne les sciences sociales et les humanités, cependant, cette inquiétude n'est pas appuyée par des véritables données. Cette thèse examine cinq de ces cas proposés (ou 'craintes') et découvre qu'un seul peut être appuyé avec des véritables preuves. Les quatre autres inquiétudes sont donc prématurées ou erronées. Le premier cas entoure les montants totaux de dollars finacés et soutient que le financement fédéral est soit à la baisse pir les sciences sociales et les humanités ou a baissé en proportion avec les autres disciplines. En utilisant des données disponibles au public, cela est faux et en conflict aves les tendances actuelles durant cette période. Le deuxiéme cas soutient que le financement fédéral cible spécifiquement la recherche des entreprises ou reliées aux industries, au détriment du bien public. Cette crainte est qualifiée et ensuite écartée par une analyse du secteur privé, des dépenses de recherche et développement, des activités de commercialisation et des nouvelles initiatives développées durant cette période. Reliée au cas précédent, le troisième cas avance que le financement fédéral est devenu 'ciblé' ou est dirigé ailleurs qu'à la recherche de base et vers des domaines spécifiques (appliqués) qui intéressent le fédéral. En utilisant les données publics, cela est faux. Le quatriéme cas établit la seule crainte que est appuyée dans cette analyse. Les érudits ont argumenté que les fonds récents ont cultivé un certain contrôle au niveau administratif sur les directions des recherches des facultés, surtout dans le but d'augmenter les réussites du financement. Cette tendance est examinée en détail dans le chapitre 3 en utilisant des données d'entrevues avec les directeurs de recherche aux ainstitutions canadiennes. Le cas final veut que la valeur de la réussite des octrois pour les sciences sociales et les humanités s'améliore pour les universitiés et les facultés et a mené à augmentation correspondante dans la compétition, l'hiérarchie et la différentiation entre les institutions canadiennes. Après avoir examiné cet argument au chapitre 4, cet hypothèse a un besoin sérieux de qualification. Le travail conclut en notant que les effets nets des variances dans le financement sur les activités de recherche piur ces disciplines sont beaucoup moins pénérants que les érudits le reconnaissent. Il soutient aussi qu'une plus grande rigueur intellectuelle est requise si les publications futures vont aider les érudits à comprendre les changements dans ce domaine. Les changements quantitatifs et qualitatifs dans le financement des recherches ont des implications sérieuses sur l'activité de recherche en général. Malheureusement, jusqu'à date, ces implication n'ont été ni bien décrites, ni bein représentées précisément par les érudis dévoués à leur exposition.
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Warsame, Abdihakim Barre. "Daesh's Construction of Enemy Images : - A study of Enemy Images in Dabiq Magazine." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-70038.
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This study aims to examine how Daesh constructs the enemy images of their opponents and who the opponents are. The study adopted enemy image theories as for the theoretical base to understand how Daesh constructs and propagates these enemy images. This study is carried out on qualitative abductive desk study with discourse analysis as the method and relied on Dabiq as the primary data. Daesh employs enemy images to effectively paint a negative image of the opponent while calling for a variety of actions from their followers. The primary data shows some concepts and themes that are used in enemy image construction being present in Dabiq. The results of of the analysis show that Daesh uses the delimitation between them and us, a set of values that separate the two groups. This is what has been described as "our" and "their" essence and the final aim which is legitimized war or violence is very clear in Dabiq. This thesis also suggests other ways of looking at the concept of enemy images suggesting further research areas where deemed necessary.
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Irat, Ali Murat. "The Alevi Community In Turkey After 1980: An Evaluation Of Political Group Boundaries In The Context Of Ethnicity Theories." Master's thesis, METU, 2006. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12607184/index.pdf.
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The present thesis intends to determine how the ethno-religious Alevi communities in Turkey survive and what are the main sources and factors helping them to sustain their group borders, especially as from the mid-1980s when these communities had started to reveal their identity clearly. It is important to state that the Kemalist regime was challenged by an obligatory change process on both economic and political grounds after the 1980 military coup in Turkey. Because of the rising of political Islam and the Kurdish ethno-nationalist movement, the modernist Kemalist regime and the Jacobin laicism have been subjected to criticism. In this tense period, one of the most important legitimation tools used by the state was the Alevi population, known by its dominant secular, modernist and Kemalist identity. For this reason, it can be proposed that in this era the occurrence of the Alevi identity&<br>#8217<br>s revelation might have been supported or guarded by the Kemalist regime or state institutions. But another claim for the Alevi awakening is that the Alevi population had tried to define their identity against and/or parallel to the rising of Kurdish nationalism and the political Islamic movement. In sum, in this thesis I intend to clarify how the Alevi community constructs and/or protects its ethno-religious borders in these circumstances according to ethnicity theories.
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Anzalotta, Jaime. "I am Human, Too! An Analysis of Conflict Resolution Theories and Their Applicability to the LGBTQ Community." Diss., NSUWorks, 2017. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/shss_dcar_etd/70.
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Members of the LGBT community have historically been victims of marginalization and alienation to various degrees. Incidents such as the Stonewall Riots, pride marches, and manifestos, among others, have served as a way for the LGBTQ community to attempt to take a stand against the systems in place that perpetuate inequality. Factors such as identity and gender have directly impacted the level to which individuals are shunned from their families, communities and social nexus. The purpose of this dissertation is to explore how factors such as identity and gender impact a sense of integration in the LGBTQ community. In addition, this dissertation aims to determine the applicability of three conflict resolution theories: Structural Violence, Social Cubism, and Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, to the LGBTQ community. This study analyzes the history of the LGBTQ community, identity formation theories, gender expectations in society, and factors that lead to alienation and marginalization. This dissertation is a qualitative study which utilizes case study methodology to analyze the existing literature related to the aforementioned topics. In this study, the reader is provided with a detailed explanation of the applicability of the three theories, including the role of factors such as identity, gender, and integration versus tolerance in the LGBTQ community. The study concludes with an analysis of the theories, recommendations for future research, and insight for those who aim to resolve conflict in the LGBTQ community.
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Oliveri, Federico. "Dal proletariato integrato alla cittadinanza insorgente : Habermas e la teoria critica della società alla ricerca di soggettività antagoniste." Doctoral thesis, Scuola Normale Superiore, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11384/86117.
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Cicek, Huseyin. "Critical Evaluation Of Endogenous Regional Development Theories." Phd thesis, METU, 2013. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12615764/index.pdf.
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Regional development discourses and theories have significantly changed since the born of
regional science. Focus of regional development theories has shifted from industrialization
efforts via large-scale enterprises and transfer of central government funds to disadvantaged
regions to endogenous capabilities and potentials of innovation and knowledge creation.
Endogenous factors and self-development capabilities are highly emphasized by recent
development literature. Changes in the regional development discourses also affected
regional policies, policy tools and actors<br>endogenous factors and self-development
discourses became dominant in regional development policies and implementations.
However, source of regional development for less developed regions that do not have
endogenous potentials and self-development capability have not clearly defined and have
not empirically tested.
The thesis attempted to empirically define regional growth factors and the usefulness of
theoretical frameworks. In the thesis, econometric model of Turkey is used for the empirical
study.
The theoretical framework discussed in the thesis is both economic theories and regional
development models. The study shows that all theoretical models offer only partial
explanations of regional growth. While study shows that factors emphasized by traditional
theories support regional growth, the study has no evidence supporting that soft factors
emphasized by recent theories support regional growth.
The main findings of this study contribute to theoretical and empirical field by reintroducing
role of government and interventions. Factors highlighted by recent regional development
theories are not sufficient for explaining growth, since the regional policies at the national
level continue to be important therefore factors emphasized by traditional theories still have
significant contributions to growth.
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Hanebrant, Linda, and Helena Rameke. "Föräldrasamarbete i familjeklass - om konsten att bjuda in." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Lärarutbildningen (LUT), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-32789.
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We are two students at Malmö Högskola, writing our final essay for obtain our teacher diplomas. On our partner schools, we have been facing but little information about how to invite the parents to collaborate with the school. Our thought is that the schoolwork is favorable to the pupils if both school and home are working together side by side. Therefore, we decided to dig deeper into this matter of how one particular school is working with parental collaboration, to be able to see if their method is useful.This particular school is offering studies in a course form so called family class. Here the pupils can get extra help from remedial teachers and their parents are also invited. At these lessons the parents are helping their child side by side with the teachers. We want to look further how this school actually works, whether this way of working is favorable or has a restraining influence on the pupil's education- with focus on a teacher´s perspective. The title “Parental collaboration- how to invite” is a result of our investigation of one school´s family classes. We have been interviewing teachers that are mentors for pupils in the family class, the pupils taking the course and also the responsible remedial teachers giving the course. The purpose of this research is to make a survey of theirs ideas about the school´s method and how the school operates in the relation between home and school. Our aim of making this survey is to point out the prosperity of terms in joint action, which are favorable to pupil´s education. We have been interviewing the mentors and the remedial teachers, but also handed out questionnaires to the students and their parents taking the family class course. The results from our survey has then been compared to a study done by Eriksson (2009), in order to see how the participants are perceiving this experience and what they think about this method. All the results that we have evaluated has then been presented and analyzed, for showing what terms that stand for prosperity in joint action. Finally, in our close-up we have developed our analyses further in an over-all discussion whether this method contributes something like gained collaboration between home and school - or not
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Sune, Engin. "Defining The Different: A Critical Analysis Of The Rentier, Failed And Rogue State Theories." Master's thesis, METU, 2012. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12614468/index.pdf.
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This thesis focuses on three state theories that aim to define the structures of the Third World states by the West. The terms of the &lsquo<br>rentier&rsquo<br>, &lsquo<br>failed&rsquo<br>and &lsquo<br>rogue&rsquo<br>states are critically examined in an attempt to understand how they define the difference, how they negate the different, and how they legitimize certain policies towards the different. By concentrating on the liberal theorizing that analyzes the state on the basis of the claimed civil society-state divide, and from an orientalist perspective, this study aims to demonstrate that these state theories refuse the possibility of transformation of those states by their own internal dynamics. It is argued that with the help of such discourses, rather than being simple theoretical constructs these state theories have become functional means to legitimize certain historical practices.
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Col, Berna. "Understanding Conscientious Objection As Resistance: Theories Of Self In Stirner And Foucault." Master's thesis, METU, 2011. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12613837/index.pdf.
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The main objective of this thesis is to examine conscientious objection to military service as a case of resistance to modern power in relation with the possibilities of &ldquo<br>self&rdquo<br>. In this context, Max Stirner&rsquo<br>s theory of &ldquo<br>ego&rdquo<br>and Michel Foucault&rsquo<br>s conceptualisations of modern power and modern subject are critically analyzed. In accordance with the relation between conscientious objection and the possibilities of self, Foucault&rsquo<br>s theories of &ldquo<br>power over life&rdquo<br>and &ldquo<br>ethics of care of self&rdquo<br>are discussed by examining disciplinary power and bio-power in relation with militarized society characterized by universal male conscription. On the other hand, Stirner&rsquo<br>s theory of &ldquo<br>the union of egoists&rdquo<br>and his conceptualization of &ldquo<br>Ownness&rdquo<br>is employed in order to investigate the possibilities of constituting an autonomous self. This study reveals that the act of conscientious objection overlaps objector&rsquo<br>s endeavour of creating an autonomous self. It is argued that following Stirnerian and Foucauldian conceptualisations of &ldquo<br>self&rdquo<br>, the objector, by refusing external power over his/her will in militarized society, indeed, engages in a struggle to constitute his/her own definition of self and his/her way of life.
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Uhlenwinkel, Anke. "On the importance of using appropriate concepts and theories." Universität Potsdam, 2013. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2013/6590/.
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Suter, Brigitte. "Labour Migration to the United Arab Emirates - A Field Study on Regular and Irregular Migration in Dubai." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS), 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-22616.
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Massive recruitment of foreign labour occurred in all Gulf States since the beginning of oil exploitation in 1973. In the United Arab Emirates (UAE) the foreign population accounted for up to 75 per cent of the total population and up to 90 per cent of the labour force in 2000. Even though the migration system is of temporary character, many foreign workers spend dozens of years in the country.This study aims to reveal two fundamental issues. On one hand, it will be shown why a sample of migrant workers came to the United Arab Emirates. Contemporary theories on international migration will be presented to analyze the results of the field study undertaken during four weeks in the emirate of Dubai. On the other hand, living and working conditions for those migrant workers in the UAE are presented. Formal regulations and international conventions are compared to the actual practices in the UAE. Special focus will be given to formal regulations and widespread informal practices that easily generate irregularity.
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Heiss, Fröman Jana. "A critical discussion of MacCannell's and Urry's theories on 'tourists' : Through an autoethnographic exploration of a white woman's experiences in Cambodia." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-444566.
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The word tourist is loaded with negativity, especially, as MacCannell and Urry argue, for those of us that travel ourselves. In this exploration, the author takes a deep dive into the primary theories of MacCannell's search for authenticity and Urry's tourist gaze while recounting a series of journeys throughout Cambodia through her own Western epistomologic lens while also considering feminist, postcolonialist and decolonialist extensions and counterarguments. The purpose of this paper is to critique the portrayal of tourists as the monolithic characters created by MacCannell and Urry through an exploration of the author's experience and offer varying viewpoints and considerations that are applicable to the theorists and not. The conclusion is a call to action for further research where the tourist and destination intertwine.
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Nilsson, Maria. "Creating a Video Resumé - With the Aid of Theories of Self-representation and Narratology." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-23863.
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Följande undersökning behandlar uppbyggnaden av en CV-film med utgångspunkt isociologen Erving Goffmans teori om identitet och självrepresentation samtfilmteoretikern David Bordwells teori om narratologi. Goffmans teori har använts föratt ta reda på vad som ska framställas i filmen medan Bordwells teori applicerats påfrågan om hur filmen ska framställas. Inom det teoretiska ramverket finns även StuartHalls teori om representation för att kunna belysa teorierna av Goffman och Bordwellutifrån ett gemensamt perspektiv. Fokusgruppmetoden har använts för att kvalitativtsamla information om vad en CV-film bör kommunicera till skillnad från ett skriftligtCV. Samt hur den bör utformas för att vara så användbar som möjligt.Resultatet visade att filmen inte bör vara längre än 2-3 minuter för att behållapublikens intresse. Vidare utmärkte sig kopplingen mellan platser, personliga sakeroch personen som framställs. Vems film det är och dennes egenskaper måste framgåtydligt, annars förlorar filmen sitt syfte. Undersökningen visade också på olika sätthur detta kan uppnås, exempelvis genom textning i filmen och ett väl föreberettmanus. En ny genre kan inte påstås ha uppkommit men däremot en början till ett nyttformspråk och definitivt något som kan utforskas vidare.
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Guven, Erdem. "Participation To Administration In Capitalist Society: Theoretical And Political Limitations Of The Critical And Radical Administrative Theories." Master's thesis, METU, 2012. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12614812/index.pdf.
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This thesis aims at critically examining the specific place of the "<br>critical"<br>and "<br>radical"<br>theories within both the theory of public administration and political theory, particularly in terms of the discursive participatory framework they offer. The fundamental question dealt with is whether or not the power and dependence analyses of these approaches (which are treated as '<br>marginal'<br>in the field) is convincing for an egalitarian, comprehensive and socially transformative democratic governance. Since a discussion of this sort essentially problematizes the reduction of political equality to a proceduralist and abstract philosophical equality, not to commit a similar fallacy of "<br>apriorism"<br>, the study incorporates the observations on LA-21 Turkey processes as a local governance program, in terms of a concrete contribution to theoretical discussion. In the light of direct observations, interviews and data obtained from secondary resources regarding the participatory practices, the level of organization and current capacity of political representation are inferred to be also decisive on the capacity to participate, owing this decisiveness substantially to the economic and social resources in the real social formation, hence the conditions of production of local knowledge are consequently identified as far from reflecting a democratic environment purified from power relations. Highlighting the risk for the notion of self-governance to gain a hegemonic functionality for bourgeoisie democracy concealing and perpetuating social inequalities, the thesis argues for shifting the inquire for the dominant class, from solely political-administrative sphere to civil society, and the maintainable and reproductive conditions and mechanisms of dominance between these two spheres.
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Sahlin, Jonathan. "Comparing Theories of the European Union: An essay on how to analyze the EU’s foreign policy and international power." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-23103.
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The aim of this essay is to explain how IR theory relates to the European Union. Thisis motivated by the extensive use of empirical and descriptive studies on the EU. Togenerate knowledge on how theory relates to the EU, two seemingly differenttheories are compared. Neorealism and social constructivism are used to generatehypotheses, which are then tested on a quantitive study on the EU’s Common Foreignand Security Policy. The study covers the years of 2003-2005 and uses a statisticalmethod to present to empirical findings, which is supplemented by previous studieson EU’s foreign policy. The theoretical framework enables comparison of the twoemployed theories’ explanatory powers. The essay concludes that none of the theoriesprovides satisfactory explanations of in regard to EU’s global power and/or influence.Nevertheless, they are able to explain different aspects of the developments of EU’sforeign policy. Further theoretical studies should be undertaken in order to highlightthe issues of theory vis-à-vis the European Union.
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Leypoldt, Laura Sophia. "Are We Using the Practitioner Community’s Potential for Collective Reflection? A Phenomenography of Participatory Video Theories of Practice." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-100247.
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This thesis systematically captures participatory video practitioners’ reflections on their role to examine variations in practitioners’ conceptions of participatory video practice by examining the internal coherence and collective learning interaction of the community of practitioners. This is a relevant area of research in the field of development studies because it stimulates reflection and helps the evaluation of prevailing participatory development approaches, allowing for collective practice improvement, maximizing potentials, and minimizing risks. Participatory video (PV) is a facilitated group process of media production. The interest in, funding for and number of PV projects in development is growing, due to its celebrated ideological potential to bring social change, to identify community needs and empower marginalized groups. However, the mainstreaming of participatory approaches to development has triggered a wave of admonitions about ethical, institutional, and personal challenges that these contain. In its wake has a previously uncritical focus on PV’s potentials recently led a group of scholar practitioners to engage in reflecting on their ideology, practice realities and tensions in their role. The thesis contributes original knowledge to the scholarly discourse by collectivizing information on a wider group of PV practitioners. The research drew on existing scholarly work abductively to develop an interview guide, then qualitative data was first collected in semi-structured interviews to gain a fine-grained view on the practitioner community’s reflections. In a second phase of primary data collection, practitioners were given the opportunity to collectively discuss the preliminary findings in an online workshop. The research uses a phenomenographic categorization to group practitioners’ conceptualizations and Wenger’s community of practice concept (1998) as analytical framework. It finds five distinctive practitioner roles; the Activists, Collaborators, Educators, Organizers and Safe-keepers which emphasize different parts of practice to different extents. It further finds that a community of practice does not exist between PV practitioners due to both a lack of quantity and quality of interaction and significant divisions between practitioner subgroups and gives recommendations on how to enhance mutual learning and collective reflection in the future.
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Hankerson, Mario Bernard. "Athletic Participation: A Test of Learning and Neutralization Theories." [Johnson City, Tenn. : East Tennessee State University], 2002. http://etd-submit.etsu.edu/etd/theses/available/etd-1028102-000629/unrestricted/HankersonM111802b.pdf.
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Hoffmann, Leif 1975. "Land of the Free, Home of the (Un)Regulated: A Look at Market-Building and Liberalization in the EU and the US." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/12026.
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xv, 372 p.<br>In my dissertation I argue that because the European Union and the United States of America have been largely treated as unique or at least special cases, both the literature on American-state building and that on European market integration have missed how close comparison alters both our descriptive views and social-scientific explanations of the shape of each polity. In particular, scholars have not sufficiently recognized that the European Union has gone further than the United States in many elements of the creation of a centralized, liberalized single market, nor have they produced explanations that account well for this development.
This study challenges the dominant assumption that the United States is generally more hierarchical and centralized than the European Union and more of a single free market in the sense of fewer allowable trade barriers. By analyzing the rules of market integration in services (over 70% of GDP), public procurement (15 - 20% GDP) and the regulated goods markets (goods like elevators with their own regulatory regimes), I demonstrate that in all these major cases the European Union has adopted rules that open exchange to competition more than the United States. While the actual integration of flows on the ground is still generally less across European states than American ones, the political rules are more - and more liberally - integrated in Europe.
I offer an institutional and ideational argument to explain these differences, with two main parts. First, there is no American parallel to the institution of the European Commission, which is mandated to continually push liberalization forward. My research shows that Commission leadership has been critical to each of the examined cases. Second, broader norms of legitimate governance favor centralized authority - including liberalizing central authority - more in the European Union than in the United States. Despite all the criticism we hear of the European Union, the basic notion of federal governance of market integration is far more strongly accepted across Europe at both elite and mass levels than in the United States. As interview evidence in this study displays, many Americans consistently object to any role for the federal government.<br>Committee in charge: Dr. Craig Parsons, Chairperson;
Dr. Gerald Berk, Member;
Dr. Lars Skålnes, Member;
Dr. Alexander B. Murphy, Outside Member
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Tezcan, Seden. "European Union's Relations with South Eastern Europe: A Case Study of Bosnia and Herzegovina&the Implementation of the Stabilisation and Association Process." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Management and Economics, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-2710.
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<p>Since the beginning of the 1990s important changes took place, such as the collapse of Communism and the dissolution of Yugoslavia. Consequently, the European Union (EU) has faced a new agenda in SouthEastern Europe. The EU policies towards this region were not very well coordinated in the first half of the 1990s. From the second half of the 1990s onwards, the EU has become more focused in its policies towards South Eastern Europe. Since 1999, the Stabilisation and Association Process is the new institutional framework of the EU towards this region. The main purpose of the Stabilisation and Association Process is to promote peace, prosperity and stability in this region. </p><p>This study aims to explore the EU relations with South Eastern Europe with a single case study of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the implementation of the Stabilisation and Association Process. The main research questions are: What are the main aims and dynamics of the EU’s relations with South Eastern Europe? What are the main problems concerning the implementation of the Stabilisation and Association Process in the case of Bosnia? How do the norms, values and culture of Bosnia affect the implementation of the Stabilisation and Association Process? </p><p>The focus of this study is on democratization as an open- ended process. Thus, it is relevant to apply democratization theories, with a focus on the Transition Approach as a theoretical framework. Democratization theories aim to explain how authoritarian regimes change into liberal democratic ones. The transition approach makes a clear distinction between democratic transition and democratic consolidation phases, and identifies the necessary conditions for the success of each phase. New Institutionalism is another theoretical orientation that will be applied to this study. New Institutionalism is used in this study to discuss the concepts of institutional change and democratic governance, and to further study both the formal and informal institutions in Bosnia and how they limit the implementation of the Stabilisation and Association Process. </p><p>This study comes up with the conclusion that South Eastern Europe remains one of the priority regions for the EU. The dynamics of EU-South Eastern Europe relations is based on a number of different factors, such as political and economic considerations, concerns about peace, prosperity, and stability at the doorstep of the EU. The implementation of EU policies in this region is related to the debate on the future of the EU as well. The conclusions about Bosnia and Herzegovina point out that the country has moved forward a considerable amount after the 1992-95 Bosnian War. Democracy is beginning to emerge in the country. However, the implementation of the Stabilisation and Association Process is constrained by the complex formal institutional structure as laid out in the Dayton Peace Agreement. Moreover, the informal institutions in Bosnia limit the implementation. For instance, the path-dependent authoritarian legacy of former Yugoslavia, exclusive ethnic nationalism, and distrust among the major ethnic groups in Bosnia are obstacles in front of the effective implementation of the Stabilisation and Association Process. The level of international community involvement in the country is still very intensive. Bosnia has not become a self-sustainable democratic state yet. Strengthening the civil society in Bosnia and Herzegovina and promoting an inclusive civic identity that will lead to the enhancement of democratic values in the country can be recommended as solutions for the current problems of the country.</p>
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Romya, Kivilcim. "A Comparative Analysis Of The European Union Financial Assistance To Central And Eastern European Countries And Turkey." Master's thesis, METU, 2008. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12609344/index.pdf.
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This thesis makes a comparative analysis of financial assistances provided to Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) and Turkey by the European Union (EU) prior and pursuant to candidacy. Furthermore, the thesis argues results obtained through comparison of financial assistances provided to CEECs and Turkey by the EU within the framework of integration theories and examines the place of Turkey within the enlargement perspective of the EU by addressing arguments that are dominant in the literature in relation to European integration theories.
The major argument of the thesis is that Turkey has not been treated equally with CEECs as regards financial assistance provided by the EU. As a justification for this, it is assumed that ideational factors have an impact on the enlargement perspective of the EU and they are determinant in the stance of EU towards Turkey.
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Czabán, Vera. "Regional disparities in Hungary." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för fysisk planering, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-11438.
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In the past decades, exacerbating regional disparities in the European Union as well as the newly joined Eastern European states have led to a growing interest in examining the spatial embeddedness of development. Hungary, a small and very monocentric country, has experienced rapid growth in the region of its capital city and its surrounding, whereas formerly lagging regions continued to fall behind. This thesis examines growing regional disparities in Hungary in order to provide a more comprehensive overview of the phenomenon and synthesise a growing body of both Hungarian and international literature based on their relevance for Hungary. As regional disparities rarely form an explicit research subject, the first aim of this thesis was to establish a suitable method for a comprehensive national level analysis. Within a mixed methodological framework, three theoretical perspectives on regional development were selected to analyse and reveal structural disparities, which were set in contrast with GDP levels of regions. On the one hand, the method proved to be useful to establish a refined rank order of the regions based on their approximated level and speed of development. On the other hand, the three different perspectives revealed structural strength and weaknesses underlying general development level of regions. The results did confirm the multiple advantages of the most developed regions, as well as the complex disadvantage of the most backward regions. Based on this experience a further increase in disparity levels can be expected in Hungary. Regions between the two extremes showed more heterogeneous outcomes across the perspectives, revealing very different development path and structural problems behind the performance level of these regions. Taken together, these findings support the heightening need of decentralization in Hungary, in order to tackle growing regional disparities and establish policy responses at a regional level.
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Rasselet, Gilles. "Le proces de reproduction elargie du capital social et les crises de surproduction." Reims, 1990. http://www.theses.fr/1990REIME001.
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Etude des crises de surproduction du cycle juglar a partir des analyses de marx qui suggere la necessite d'elaborer une theorie plurielle des crises. Les crises sont caracterisees comme le produit des contradic-tions du proces de reproduction elargie du capital ; et en particulier de la contradiction production-consommation et de la loi de baisse tendantielle du taux de profit general contradiction accumulationvalorisation. Les deux contradictions sont tout d'abord analysees. On montre ensuite que chacune peut produire la surproduction et les crises. On montre enfin en quoi les crises apportent des solutions reponses a ces contradictions<br>A study of juglar's cycle avor production crisis grownded on marx' analyses witch suggest the necessity to elaborate a plural crisis' theory. Crisis are characterized as the product of the contradictions of the expanded reproduction process of social capital ; and especially the accumulation-consumption contradiction and the lam of the falling rate of profit tendency accumulation-valorization contradiction. First, the two contradictions are characterized. Then it is shown that each of one can generate crisis. Lastly it is shown by witch crisis bring solutions answers to those contradictions
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Krigström, Petra. "Dancing for your Self Exploring the theories of Gender Trouble by Judith Butler through homemade dance videos on YouTube." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för planering och mediedesign, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-4678.
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In my essay I explore the theories on performativity by Judith Butler and her book Gender Trouble and apply her theories from the early nineties on today’s Web 2.0 and YouTube. By giving homemade dance videos as an example to show how the division between strong gender identities have softened and are not as important as they were twenty years ago. I also critique some of Judith Butler’s ideas on how to trouble gender and claim that her ideas are perhaps slightly small thinking and narrow-minded if we see on how the gender roles have developed in social media today. She uses drag and transgender as examples to go to the extreme and to act in a way of parody to be able to alter the gender roles. My reply is that although it helps to act in an extreme manner, behaving stereotypically will probably enhance the gender roles further and put drag in a category of its own kind. By presenting information from YouTube such as “likes” and comments we can see that performances which before could be questioned in a gender aspect are now more accepted and that the gender plays a small role in the act of displaying the Self, at least online. Although gender is always present since it is deep-rooted in our daily lives, it should not decide our performance or how we behave depending on what biological sex we are born with. It is the performance that is the important aspect and not the gender the performer is displaying.<br>En titt på hur könsrollerna speglas i dans och musik idag, elva år efter Judith Butler myntade uttrycket Gender Trouble. En jämförelse om Web 2.0 och utvecklingen i att användaren blev skaparen inom social media kan ha någon påverkan på klyftan mellan könsroller idag.
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Nikbay, Ozgur. "An Application of Anomie and Strain Theories to Terrorism: Suicide Attacks in Turkey." VCU Scholars Compass, 2009. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1918.
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A suicide attack is an extreme modus operandi of terrorism. This research examines the application of two similar sociological theories to terrorism and specifically, to suicide terrorism. Three models are built to test if Merton‘s strain theory can explain the propensities of provinces to produce terrorists and suicide bombers in the first phase. Next, in Phase 2 one model is built on a combination of altruistic and fatalistic type variables to test if Durkheim‘s anomie theory can explain the probability of a terrorist to become suicide bomber or not. The analyses of models 1, 2, and 3 are performed in Phase 1 using aggregate secondary data and the analysis of model 4 is performed in Phase 2 using individual level secondary data. While models 1 and 2 are employing multiple regression, models 3 and 4 use logistic regression analyses. Model 1 tests the propensity of a province to produce terrorists relative to six strain variables, while model 2 develops an optimum model, testing the same associations by using only three significant independent variables. Model 3 tests the probability of a province to produce a suicide bomber(s) using the same six indicators. Model 4 tests the probability of a terrorist to become a suicide bomber relative to anomie theory driven by seven indicators. The results reflect support for the overall model 1, while only the indicators of unemployment rate and political representation in the legislative assembly significantly contribute in explaining the propensity score of a province to produce a terrorist. However, the optimum model (2) includes three statistically significant indicators of unemployment rate, political representation in the legislative assembly, and quality of life. Although model 3 also emerged significant in its overall effect, only educational opportunity significantly contributes to explaining the probability of a province to produce a suicide bomber. Model 4 is also supported. The individual effects reveal that the indicators of age group, income level, and hierarchical position in the organization statistically contribute to explaining the probability of a terrorist to become a suicide bomber. In general, the research provides partial support for the application of strain and anomie theories to terrorism and suicide attacks.
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Kutay, Riza Acar. "A Critical Assessment Of The European Commission." Phd thesis, METU, 2011. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12613727/index.pdf.
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The dissertation engages in a critical analysis of the involvement of the Brusselsbased European NGOs in European governance. It conducts a survey on the European Commission&rsquo<br>s relevant initiatives after the 1990s and interrogates the implications of these initiatives on one of the prominent European NGO network, the Social Platform of European NGOs. The common understanding conceives of these organizations as conducive to democratization of EU governance within the scope of participatory democracy. However, I endeavour to argue that the Commission has
had an aim to make use of the civil society discourse for its institutional interests, while intentionally and unintentionally shaping (and reshaping) civic action in Europe. Participatory democracy project, which is promoted by the Commission, can
be seen as a deliberate venture of shaping civic action and state-society relationships in Europe. With respect to this goal, it has encouraged the Social Platform to act like its interlocutor vis-à<br>-vis the NGO community organised both at national and European level. Deriving from the Foucaultian concept of governmentality, I inquiry into the effects of this discourse on the Social Platform, which has been particularly
created by the Commission to disperse the participatory democracy and good governance discourse in Europe.
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Lindberg, Anna. "Mindsets – är de nyckeln till att öka elevernas engagemang i sitt eget lärande?" Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-36391.
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Det är skolans ansvar att motivera sina elever till lärande. Efter ett initierande samtal med en avgångsklass på ekonomiprogrammet på en kommunal gymnasieskola framkom det att eleverna inte såg någon nytta i själva inlärningsprocessen. Motivation för att kunna något fanns, men motivation till att lära sig något saknades.Carol Dweck ger genom sina teorier om mindsets en beskrivning av just detta fenomen. Hon delar in elever i två grupper efter hur de ser på sin egen intelligens och vilka mål eleverna ser med sitt eget lärande. I följande arbete görs en studie av Dwecks arbete genom att, i första delen, beskriva teorin för att se om man kan dra paralleller mellan en elevs mindset och dennes benägenhet att engagera sig i sitt eget lärande. Studien visar genom Dwecks definition av statiska respektive dynamiska mindsets att så är fallet, teoretiskt. Studien går vidare med att beskriva Dwecks tankar om hur man kan göra för att påverka eleverna till att öka sitt engagemang. Teorin exemplifieras genom en sammanfattning av en av Dwecks forskningsstudier.I den andra delen av studien appliceras Dwecks teorier på elever vid en kommunal gymnasieskola. Genom att testa elevernas mindset med två av Dwecks egna instrument undersöks om Dwecks teorier är applicerbara för att förklara intrycket att eleverna i det ursprungliga samtalet inte ser en nytta i själva lärandet som process. Elevernas mindset testades genom en enkät med 22 frågor. 38 elever svarade på enkäten. Enkäten följdes upp med semistrukturerade intervjuer där 11 elever studerades mer ingående.Genom Dwecks teorier och definitioner av mindsets kan man tänka sig att det uppfattade fenomenet i det initierande samtalet beror på att eleverna främst besitter statiska mindsets. Genom enkät och intervjuer visade det sig att så inte var fallet. Då enkät och intervjuer utgick från elevernas allmänna uppfattning om intelligens, talang och arbete kan man inte dra slutsatser om teorierna har bevisats eller ej. Vid fortsatta studier skulle det vara intressant att göra om samma studier med specifikt skolan och inlärningsmål som domän.
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Eklund, Adam. "Webbaserade program & coaching för att främja fysisk aktivitet : En systematisk översikt om effekten av webbaserade program & coaching på individer med behov av ökad fysisk aktivitet." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för idrottsvetenskap (ID), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-95259.
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Bakgrund: Mer och mer forskning kommer fram som styrker fördelarna med regelbunden fysisk aktiv (FA). Ändå har många svårt att röra på sig tillräckligt. I tidigare forskning har interventioner med ett webbaserat program (WBP) och interventioner med coaching fått positiva resultat med att främja FA. Syfte: Syftet med litteraturöversikten var att undersöka effekten av ett webbaserat program tillsammans med coaching för att främja FA hos individer som är i behov av ökad FA. Metod: För att besvara syftet har en litteraturöversikt gjorts med sammanställning av 8 vetenskapliga originalartiklar. Sökningen gjordes med Databasen PubMed. Artiklarna granskades med hjälp av ”Oxford Levels of Evidence 2011” evidensmetod. Resultat: Majoriteten av studierna (n=6 av 8) visade en positiv effekt av WBP och coaching på FA. Två artiklar såg ingen signifikant förbättring. Slutsats: Utifrån den granskade litteraturen så finns det skäl till att använda ett webbaserat program tillsammans med coaching för att främja FA. Mer forskning kräves för att säkerställa effekten av ett WBP och Coaching på FA samt specifikt effekten på den yngre och äldre befolkningen.<br>Background: More and more research is emerging that demonstrates the benefits of regular physical activity (FA). Still, many have difficulty being physically active. In previous research, interventions with a web-based program (WBP) and interventions with coaching have had positive results in promoting FA. Aim: The purpose of the review is to investigate the effect of a web-based program together with coaching to promote FA in individuals who are in need of increased FA. Method: In order to answer the purpose, a literature review has been compiled with the compilation of 8 scientific original articles. Articles were found using the PubMed database. The articles were reviewed using the "Oxford Levels of Evidence 2011" evidence method. Results: The majority of studies (n = 6 of 8) showed a positive effect of WBP and coaching on FA. Two articles saw no significant improvement. Conclusion: Based on the literature reviewed, there is positive evidence to suggest usage a web-based program together with coaching to promote FA. More research is needed to ensure the effect of a WBP and Coaching on the FA and specifically the effect on the younger and older population.
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Karlsson, Henrik, and Erik Töger. "Studieteknik i historieundervisningen." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Lärarutbildningen (LUT), 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-32136.
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Syftet med arbetet är att presentera en handlingsplan för lärare som vill använda sig av studieteknik i historieundervisningen. Genom att sammanväva teorier om inlärning, utveckling, studieteknik, historiemedvetande, identitet, lärobokstexter, minnet och hjärnan presenteras dels en förberedande handlingsplan dels en utförande handlingsplan. I den förberedande handlingsplanen är målet att eleverna skall bli effektiva i sitt användande av studieteknik. Detta för att eleverna sedan genom den utförande handlingsplanen skall kunna utnyttja studieteknik för att öka sin inlärning och förståelse i ämnet historia.<br>The purpose for this essay is to present a plan for the teacher who wishes to utilize study techniques in the education of history. By combining theories of learning, development, study techniques, historical consciousness, identity, class book-texts, memory and mind we present both a preparative and a performing plan. The preparative plan aims to increase the efficiency in the students’ use of study techniques. Through the performing plan, the students shall be able to increase their learning and understanding of history with the usage of study techniques.
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Gretton, Jeremy David. "Perceived Breadth of Bias as a Determinant of Bias Correction." The Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1499097376679535.
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Turan, Omer. "The Triangle Of Publicness, Communication And Democracy In Habermas." Master's thesis, METU, 2004. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12605267/index.pdf.
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This thesis develops the Triangle Model, to offer a general framework through which the work of Jü<br>rgen Habermas could be better understood and assessed. Accordingly, it is argued that, it is possible to derive a triangle in Habermas&rsquo<br>s thought, formed by the concerns of publicness, communication, and democracy. Each corner of the triangle corresponds to a major concern and focus of Habermas&rsquo<br>s project chronologically. The Triangle Model provides an overview of continuities and discontinuities in Habermas&rsquo<br>s work. The main discontinuity found is between the first and the second corners of the triangle, namely between publicness and communication. It is argued that this rapture stems from an interpretive turn, composed of three points: the influence of Hegelian philosophy of human interaction, the concomitant criticism of Kantian foundationalism, and the incorporation of Arendt&rsquo<br>s communicative concept of power.
This study also emphasises that there are points indicating continuity, or unity in Habermas&rsquo<br>s thought. First, an intersubjective theory of truth is employed in all three concerns or corners of the triangle. Second, in all these concerns, Habermas searches for an answer to the same question: &ldquo<br>how to produce legitimate norms&rdquo<br>. The principle of publicity and the authority of the better argument voiced in the first corner of the triangle -publicness-, the discourse ethics of the second corner, and the deliberative politics of the third corner are formulated and adapted by Habermas in order to find the ways of producing legitimate norms. In this context, it is argued that the deliberative politics is based on publicness and communication<br>or publicness and communication are indispensable for deliberative politics.
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Akata, Gerald Anietie Ignatius. "Leadership in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria: A Study of the Perceptions of its Impact on the Acquired Leadership Skills of Expatriate Nigerian Postgraduates." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2008. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1898.
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The primary trouble befalling Nigeria and its Niger Delta has been described as a failure of leadership. At various periods during the late 20th and early 21st centuries, Nigeria endured a bloody civil war and years of repressive military rule. Violence in the Niger Delta region, widespread brain drain, and frequent strikes that disrupted academic calendars at universities had serious ramifications for the region's educational system.
This study explores former students' perceptions of perceived leadership qualities seen in educational leaders at universities in the Niger Delta and how those qualities impact the acquired leadership skills of expatriate Nigerian postgraduates. Participants were Nigerian postgraduates living in Africa, Europe, and North America. Twenty-three men and 4 women took part in the study. Purposeful snowballing sampling procedures was used to select the sample. A mixed method design was used to collect data through structured electronic-mail surveys, and data were analyzed using constant comparative analysis procedures.
Fifteen areas of influence emerged from expatriates' perceptions of these educational leaders. Areas of influence were categorized into 4 major constructs: Leading qualities, Perceived produced impacts, Perceived barriers, and Responses. Expatriates perceived few negative leading qualities but perceived too many real negative impacts that posed barriers to their acquired leadership skills. They are aware that these perceived barriers could be social, economic, environmental, and ethnic. These perceived impacts and barriers have generated fear in respondents. Anger appeared to be postgraduates' most common response to negative leadership qualities of educational leaders, while restlessness, associated with desire for effective leadership in the region appeared to be a common attitude among respondents.
Because educational leadership has tremendous impact on the lives of the country's postgraduates, and in light of increasing reports of "brain drain" from the region, Nigeria's educational leadership should be researched from every possible angle. A new theoretical model of perceptions of leadership qualities should be the focus of future research as Nigerian expatriates examine their own leadership qualities and, eventually, put them to use.
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Höglund, Jonas. "Luftmakt : en komparativ studie mellan centrala luftmaktsteorier och svensk doktrin för luftoperationer." Thesis, Swedish National Defence College, Swedish National Defence College, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-837.
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<p>Att utnyttja flygstridskrafter har sedan tidernas begynnelse varit en effektiv metod att påtvinga motparten sin egen vilja. Sättet man använt flygstridskrafterna på har debatterats under historiens gång. Inom ämnet luftmakt finns det en rad kända och inflytelserika luftmaktsteoretiker som alla har sin idé om hur man bäst utnyttjar flygstridskrafter. Hur ser vår svenska doktrin ut gällande teorier kring luftmakt? Vilka luftmaktsteorier genomsyrar grundtanken bakom hur vi idag vägleder våra luftoperationer? Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka vilka generella och centrala luftmaktsteorier som återfinns i den svenska doktrinen. För att kunna svara på mina valda frågeställningar och tillgodose syftet med uppsatsen har jag valt att dela in uppsatsen i två delar. Den första delen är en beskrivande del där jag helt enkelt redogör för vad luftmakt är, presenterar centrala luftmaktsteoretiker och deras teorier samt redogör för vad vår doktrin säger angående luftmakt. Därefter kommer en komparation mellan centrala tankar och teorier kring luftmakt och svensk doktrin för luftoperationer. Resultatet i uppsatsen visar tydliga exempel på att doktrinen återspeglar det bästa hos flera av de centrala luftmaktsteoretikerna. Det centrala i doktrinen är effekttänkandet och utnyttjandet av indirekt metod. Avslutningsvis ser jag en begränsning gällande svensk doktrin och luftmaktsteorier kring strategiska mål och medel nu när Försvarsmakten gått från invasions- till insatsförsvar och därmed minskat på personal och resurser. Frågan är om vi har möjlighet att effektivt verka strategiskt som enskilt land eller om vi är beroende av andra nationer?</p><br><p>To use air power has always been an effective way to affect your opponent. The way you use air power has been debated throughout history. There are a number of famous and influential air power theorists who all have their idea of how to best use air power. How does the Swedish air doctrine describe air power? Which airpower theories work as guidelines for our air operations today? The purpose of this paper is to examine general and central air power theories which can be found in the Swedish doctrine. To be able to answer my questions and to achieve the objective of this paper, I have chosen to divide the paper into two parts. The first part is a descriptive part where I simply describe what air power is, present well known air-power theorists and their theories and outline what our doctrine says about air power. The second part is a comparison between the central ideas and theories about air power and the Swedish airdoctrine. The result of this paper shows that the Swedish air doctrine has been influenced by several air-power theorists. Central in the doctrine are effects-based operations and the use of indirect methods. Finally, I see a limitation in the Swedish air doctrine and strategic air power theories now that the Armed Forces have reorganized, which means less personnel and resources. The question is whether we can effectively operate on a strategic level as a single country or if we are dependent on other nations?</p>
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Farokhian, Suzana, and Shirie Zadonsky. "Reformation of a user-interface from a cognitive science perspective." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för psykologi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-148895.
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Current computer-based medical systems used in health care, such as analysis programs, has evolved which has redirected the focus to creating user-interfaces based on cognitive theories, to enhance the usability for the end-user. Which cognitive science theories can be applied to interfaces of analysis programs, focusing on a search function of data, the settings of initial parameters and visual representation of data (in this study, programs specifically for motion detection) to optimize the usability for the end-user? This study has a total of 8 participants, who underwent 2 evaluations of MoLabTM, an analysis program. The evaluation consisted of an observation study followed by a semi-structured interview, consisting of 10 questions. After the first evaluation, the problems were compiled, hence 10 guidelines were raised based on numerous cognitive science theories. The guidelines were used to reform the current design of the analysis program and create a low-fidelity prototype. The low-fidelity prototype was later evaluated by 5 of the previous participants, which showed an experienced improvement of the usability of the analysis program. Afterwards a high-fidelity prototype was created. The results of this study show that by using cognitive science theories in analysis programs (focusing on search function of data, settings of initial parameters and visual representation of data), in the form of guidelines, optimizes the usability for the enduser. In further research, other parts of analysis programs or other programs can be investigated using the raised cognitive guidelines, to study if it optimizes the usability for the end-user.<br>Nuvarande datorbaserade medicinska system som används inom hälsovård, såsom analysprogram, har utvecklats vilket har lagt fokus på att skapa användargränssnitt baserade på kognitiva teorier, för att förbättra användbarheten för slutanvändaren. Vilka kognitiva vetenskapsteorier kan appliceras på gränssnitt för analysprogram, med inriktning på en sökfunktion av data, inställningarna för initiala parametrar och visuell representation av data (i denna studie, program specifikt för rörelsedetektering) för att optimera användbarheten för slutanvändare? Denna studie har totalt 8 deltagare, som genomgick 2 utvärderingar av MoLabTM, ett analysprogram. Utvärderingen bestod av en observationsstudie följd av en semistrukturerad intervju, bestående av 10 frågor. Efter den första utvärderingen sammanställdes problemen, varpå 10 riktlinjer skapades baserat på flertal kognitiva vetenskapsteorier. Riktlinjerna användes för att reformera analysprogrammets nuvarande utformning och skapa en prototyp. Prototypen utvärderades senare av 5 av de tidigare deltagarna, vilket visade en ansenlig förbättring av analysprogrammets användbarhet. Efteråt skapades en high-fidelity prototyp. Resultaten av denna studie visar att användningen av kognitiva vetenskapsteorier i analysprogrammen (med inriktning på sökfunktion av data, inställningar av initiala parametrar och visuell representation av data) i form av riktlinjer optimerar användbarheten för slutanvändaren. Vid vidare forskning kan andra delar av analysprogram eller andra program undersökas med hjälp av de alstrade kognitiva riktlinjerna, för att studera om det optimerar användbarheten för slutanvändaren.
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Hermansson, Bryntesson Lisa. "Är engelska utomhus inne? : En studie om hur lärare arbetar med engelska i en utomhuskontext i åk 4–6." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-78601.
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The following study describes teachers' perceptions of outdoor teaching in English in grades 4– 6. Outdoor teaching involves moving parts of regular teaching to an outdoor learning environment. Aspects that are involved are which teaching methods can be used and if teachers perceive some learning and motivation gains as well as obstacles connected to outdoor teaching. Pragmatic and sociocultural perspectives as well as self determination theory (SDT) are used to describe and interpret the perceptions and reasoning that emerged in the study. As empirical data questionnaires from 40 teachers as well as interviews with 4 teachers were used. Teachers both with and without experience in outdoor education participated in the study. In the study, the teachers' view is that conversational exercises are the work area of the curriculum that can be facilitated primarily through an outdoor learning environment. Teachers also highlighting increased motivation and commitment among students in varied ways of working such as outdoor teaching. Finally, this study showed that one of the main percieved barriers to outdoor education was that the teachers thought it would not be of the same quality as classroom teaching, was perceived as one of the main barriers. In coherence with other, larger studies, this study found that teachers' positive experiences of the students' increased motivation towards varied working methods such as outdoor education. As a difference, larger studies showed teachers’ concerns about not being able to meet, for example, the requirements of the curriculum through outdoor education as well as students fear of and discomfort of nature.<br>Följande studie beskriver lärares uppfattning om utomhusundervisning i engelska i åk 4–6. Utomhusundervisning innebär att flytta delar av den ordinarie undervisningen till en lärmiljö utomhus. Aspekter som berörs är vilka undervisningsmetoder som kan användas och används, om lärarna uppfattar några inlärnings- och motivationsvinster samt vilka hinder som lärarna uppmärksammar i samband med utomhusundervisning. Pragmatiska, sociokulturella teorier samt Self Determination Theory (SDT) har använts för att beskriva och tolka uppfattningarna och resonemangen som framkommit i undersökningen. Som empiriskt underlag till studien har enkätsvar från 40 lärare samt intervjuer med 4 lärare använts. Lärare både med och utan erfarenhet av utomhusundervisning har deltagit. I studien framkommer lärarnas uppfattning att konversationsövningar är det arbetsområde i läroplanen som främst kan underlättas genom en lärmiljö utomhus. Lärarna pekar också på en ökad motivation och engagemang hos eleverna vid varierade arbetssätt såsom utomhusundervisning. Gällande hinder för utomhusundervisning visar den här studien att lärares oro för att utomhusundervisningen inte skulle hålla samma kvalité som klassrumsundervisning upplevdes som ett av de främsta hindren. Likheterna med större studier är lärarnas positiva upplevelser av elevernas ökade motivation gentemot varierade arbetssätt som utomhusundervisning. Däremot visade större studier snarare på lärares oro för att inte kunna uppfylla exempelvis kraven i läroplanen genom utomhusundervisning samt elevers rädsla och obehag inför naturen, som ett av de främsta hindren för utomhusundervisning.
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Lovén, Svante. "Karriärteorier - att sikta lätt och hamna rätt." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Lärarutbildningen (LUT), 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-31471.
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In the thesis the author attempts to focus on what value Career theories (such as turning points, planned happenstance, SCCT and PEC) may have for guidance counselors, and their clients. The author describes a number of theories, then put them to use on a number of interviews where clients describe their present career situation to guidance counselor students. The author reaches the conclusion that career theories have an important value for guidance counselors and their clients; Career theories play an important role in helping to understand the client´s behavior and history of choices. Career theories can also be used by the guidance counselor to help the client in future choices.
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Andersson, Amanda, and Emma Ljungdahl. "Sustainable motivation? A qualitative study on dimensions of work motivation." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-21613.
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Studien är genomförd med en kvalitativ metod och undersöker hur nyinträdda på arbetsmarknaden upplever arbetsmotivation och vad som driver dem i yrkeslivet. Vidare syftar studien till att undersöka om det går att urskilja några nya aspekter som inte tidigare uppmärksammats bland befintliga motivationsteorier. Empirin utgörs av tolv semistrukturerade intervjuer med personer i arbete födda på 1990-talet, där varje intervju var cirka 45 minuter lång. Resultatet visar att det finns en medvetenhet och ett hållbarhetsperspektiv hos intervjupersonerna som väger tyngre än exempelvis lön och omgivning. Vi kan med hjälp av det empiriska materialet se tendenser som pekar på att intervjupersonerna drivs och motiveras av faktorer som ligger långt fram i tiden, och att de kan finna mening i arbetsuppgifter som kanske inte generar någon direkt belöning. Intervjupersonerna har en långsiktig och hållbar syn på sitt arbete och motiveras av framtiden, och i de fall där arbetet inte är stimulerande har synsättet blivit en form av överlevnadsstrategi. Denna dimension av långsiktighet presenteras inte i tidigare motivationsteorier och vi vill därför mena att vi bidragit med viktiga insikter att vidare studera.<br>The following report is a qualitative study, and examines how newcomers to the labor market experiencing motivation and what drives them in their professional life. Furthermore, the study aims to investigate whether if it’s possible to discern some new aspects that is not mentioned in existing motivation theories. The empirical data consists of twelve semi-structured interviews with persons born in the 1990s, where each interview was approximately 45 minutes long. The result shows that there is an awareness and a kind of sustainability in the interviewees answers, that outweighs economic factors and surroundings. We can with the help of the empirical material see a trend that suggest that interviewees are driven and motivated by factors which lies further in the future, and that they can find meaning in the tasks that might not generate any direct reward. The interviewees have a long-term and sustainable approach to their work and are motivated by the future, and this point of view has become a form of survival strategy whenever the work is not stimulating enough. This dimension of sustainability is not presented in the earlier theories of motivation and we would therefore like to suggest that we contributed with important insights to further study.
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Akyurek, Engin Ahmet. "Changing Conceptions Of European Identity And Shifting Boundaries." Master's thesis, METU, 2004. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12604993/index.pdf.
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In the end of the 1980s and in the beginning of the 1990s Europe and the world witnessed the collapse of the Soviet Union. In the mid-1990s the member states of the European Union decided to enlarge the Union towards the Eastern Europe. Thus European integration entered into an unprecedented phase. Integration of the Eastern Europeans with the Western Europe contributed to the debates on the notions of European identity and the idea of Europe. Adherence of the East Europeans to the ideals of the Western European civilization brought up some questions about the changing identities and shifting boundaries of Europe. Various theories deal with the problems of identity in general and European identity in particular. However to a great extent they are limited within a rigid description of self-other relationship. They do not intend to investigate the real motives or purposes behind these transformations of the prevailing identities and shifting of the boundaries of Europe. So, it will be argued that, in order to understand construction/reconstruction process of the new European identity, one should also take into consideration the more dynamic effects on changing European identity and shifting borders of Europe.