Essays about: "sociology of enterprise"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words sociology of enterprise.
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1. Art as resistance : artists' reflections on environmentally engaged art and their roles as civil actors in society
University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/HumanekologiAbstract : As climate change intensifies, more voices are being raised in favor of re-conceptualization and transformative systems change, where actions are taken on a social, political and economic level. Environmentally engaged art and its artists are brought forward as potential instigators of change, as both researchers and as civil actors in society. READ MORE
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2. Discursive changes on comprehensive education in Sweden from 1969 – 2011
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogikAbstract : Aim: Partly the investigation has an aim to make a diachronic analyse of Lgr 69, Lgr 80, Lpo 94 and Lgr 11 and critically discuss discursive changes within these policy documents, regarding educational reforms and paradigm shifts, and partly the purpose is to study the effects of these changes. • What discursive changes can be identified within the educational regimes during the time period of 1969 – 2011 concerning participation and citizenship? • How may these changes have affected the production and reproduction of social capital within the educational system Theory: The theoretical framework has its point of departure within educational sociology concentrating on Critical theory, Bourdieu’s theory of habitus and the discourse theory by Laclau and Mouffe. READ MORE
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3. Vägen till ett modernt Tomelilla : en studie av en landsbygdskommun och dess förändring över tiden
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Den här studien beskriver tre brytpunkter som inte bara påverkat Sveriges historia utan även gjort Tomelilla kommun till det moderna samhälle det är idag. Jag har fokuserat på följande brytpunkter: när skiftesreformerna moderniserade jordbruket, när kommunikationer och då främst järnvägen banade vägen för handel och nya möten, och sist har jag diskuterat effekterna av den rationalisering och strukturomvandling som skedde efter andra världskriget. READ MORE
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4. Buzz marketing and the loss of authentic self: an investigation of the motivational structure of marketing in the personal sphere and its potential consequences on social relations.
University essay from Lunds universitet/SociologiAbstract : I begin my thesis by linking the rise of buzz marketing in recent years to general economic, medial and social developments in society, while mainly focusing on the shift from a modern to a post-modern pattern of production and consumption. I also point out the great symbolic significance that consumption has as a signifier of a personal identity in contemporary society. READ MORE
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5. Structuring of Modern and Postmodern Identities with Reflections on the Pedagogical Implications in a Multicultural World
University essay from Lunds universitet/PedagogikAbstract : This essay explores the different discourses that intersect to define and explain the concept of "identity" and consists of two distinct parts. The former being an attempt to eclecticize the discourses around identity and the structuring of identity under modern and post-modern conditions. READ MORE