Essays about: "scientization"

Found 2 essays containing the word scientization.

1. 1. Lex Norrköping : The Norrköping Water Fluoridation Trials 1952-1962 and the Passing of the 1962 Water Fluoridation Act

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

   Author : Jonatan Samuelsson; [2016]
   Keywords : science; dentistry; dentists; public health; caries; caries prevention; science and policy; history; history of science; uncertainty; scientization; Roger Pielke Jr.; Daniel Sarewitz; fluorides; fluoridation; Norrköping; The Honest Broker; vetenskap; tandläkare; tandvård; folkhälsa; tandvård; karies; kariesprevention; vetenskap och politik; historia; vetenskapshistoria; osäkerhet; scientization; Roger Pielke Jr.; Daniel Sarewitz; fluor; fluoridering; The Honest Broker; Norrköping;

   Abstract : This thesis studies how scientists and science were put to use in the passing of the 1962 Water Fluoridation Act. The law was created for a specific purpose: that of facilitating the continuation of the water fluoridation trials that had been under way in Norrköping until January 1962, when they were forced to cease, having been deemed illegal by the Supreme Administrative Court. READ MORE

3. 2. Governing at a distance: Non-governmental organizations' strategic responses to donor pressure - A Minor Field Study from Nepal

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan

   Author : Johan Blomqvist; [2014]
   Keywords : NGOs; non-governmental organizations; governmentality; institutional environment; donor pressure; strategic responses; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the mechanisms through which donors govern the international aid system. By looking closer at the case of donor—NGO relationships in Nepal this paper aims at uncovering the technologies of power used by donors, consequences of these (power effects), and strategic responses from NGOs. READ MORE