Essays about: "making sense"
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1. Shifting, Linking and Framing : The Case for Technology as a Coherence-Making Textual Device in Literary Realism
University essay from Karlstads universitetAbstract : Literary realism, that is, texts that seek to represent the actual in literature while achieving a sense of verisimilitude, have historically been analyzed and defined by a number of critics. These critics have, with differing approaches, attempted to make comprehensible what it is that constitutes the realist text. READ MORE
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2. The Liberalist Tightrope : Balancing Pluralism and Meaningful Action in International Relations, a study on Judith Shklar’s Liberalism of Fear
University essay from FörsvarshögskolanAbstract : Judith Shklar’s liberalism of fear, while characterized by deep skepticism and dissatisfaction with utilitarian theories on liberalism, is also filled with hope and a tireless dedication to the victims of our political worlds. This thesis in international political theory explores Judith Shklar’s underappreciated international political thought. READ MORE
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3. Drysanpromenaden : ett programförslag för ett rekreativt promenadstråk längs Drysan i Skara
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Den pågående urbaniseringen tillsammans med en ökande befolkning har lett till att antalet människor som idag bor i städer jämfört med på landsbygden har ökat betydligt. I strävan efter en hållbar utveckling förespråkas förtätning, vilket i många fall innebär att urbana grönytor fragmenteras och rekreativa kvalitet kan försämras. READ MORE
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4. Meeting in the middle - Qualitative study of the state of state innovation
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledningAbstract : The research question "What are factors that affect adoption of innovation in the public sector?" was selected as the aim of this thesis to gain a conceptual understanding of an innovation adoption process. A qualitative study has been performed, with 17 interviewees from the Swedish public sector. READ MORE
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5. DRR in Colombia: The risk of reproducing rather than reducing disasters : A discourse analysis on the local sense-making of DRR in Huila, Colombia
University essay from FörsvarshögskolanAbstract : The international community has been working on reducing disaster risks for decades, investing millions of dollars and implementing hundreds of projects in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). There is a broad consensus nowadays between academia and practitioners of how disasters result from exposure and vulnerabilities, where it’s essential to reduce these vulnerabilities. READ MORE