| 1. |
- Adman, Per, 1970-
(författare)
-
Arbetslöshet, arbetsplatsdemokrati och politiskt deltagande
- 2004
-
Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The purpose of this thesis is to test two hypotheses about how work affects political participation. The first concerns unemployment, and states that unemployment has strong and negative effects on political activity. The second hypothesis is found in theories of participatory democracy, and claims that more democratic workplaces lead to more political participation. Existing empirical evidence on both of the hypotheses is not conclusive. Furthermore, studies have mainly been carried out using data collected in the United States. Here empirical tests of the hypotheses are undertaken using a Swedish survey.The results confirm the first hypothesis; unemployment has negative effects on political participation. The reasons for these negative effects are that the unemployed become less active in organisational life, fall outside of the recruitment networks where people are being asked to participate in politics, and experience a decrease in income. The second hypothesis is not supported. Workplace participation does not affect political participation, according to the analyses. The results are surprising for both hypotheses, and contradict previous empirical findings. The differences in results are likely due to differences in research design and differences in approaches to analysing political participation. Previous studies are inadequate in these perspectives, it is maintained.The thesis ends with a discussion of the results from the perspective of normative democratic theory. It is argued that the lack of political equality is particularly acute when the low participation among the unemployed is considered.
|
|
| 2. |
- Andersson, Gunnar, et al.
(författare)
-
Skolkulturer - tröghet, förändring, framgång
- 2003
-
Ingår i: Skolkulturer. - Lund : Studentlitteratur. - 9144028806 ; , s. 11-32, s. 11-32
-
Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
|
|
| 3. |
|
|
| 4. |
|
|
| 5. |
- Barrling Hermansson, Katarina, 1969-
(författare)
-
Partikulturer : Kollektiva självbilder och normer i Sveriges riksdag
- 2004
-
Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This dissertation addresses party-culture in political parties represented in the Swedish parliament. Party-culture is investigated by studying collective self-images and norms in Swedish parliamentary party-groups (PPG). The aim of this investigation is to contribute to understanding of the conditions under which parliamentary work is carried out. In order to expand our understanding of these conditions this dissertation looks beyond the formal processes by which party-groups deliver their political message and make decisions, and instead highlights the cultural aspects of these party organizations in the parliament.The method of analysis is qualitative and the material for the study consists of 53 interviews with members of parliament from all represented parties. The parties studied are thus the Social Democratic, Moderate, Liberal, Christian Democrats, Left, Centre, and Green. In addition, some participant observation for the 1998-2002 mandate period in used.The empirical investigation shows that party-culture is revealed via four basic themes: political ability, feelings of political responsibility, the importance social fellowship, and the party’s strength in relation to individual party members.The party’s culture based on the four themes noted above provides a theoretical structure for interpretation that combines an Aristotelian idea about basic knowledge types, sophia and phronesis, with cultural theorists Mary Douglas’ grid-group-analysis. Based on this interpretation method it is shown that party-cultures distinguish themselves from each other in a way that diverges from the left-right spectrum that dominates Swedish politics. At the same time as the parties demonstrate differences in party-culture, there are also some similarities between the parties, and these similarities suggest that the parties have adjusted themselves to a more general culture within the parliament, most visibly the focus on factual knowledge and a certain requirement for modesty from party members.
|
|
| 6. |
|
|
| 7. |
- Bennich-Björkman, Li
(författare)
-
A Tribute to Knowledgeable Swedes
- 2003
-
Ingår i: Economic and Industrial Democracy. - London : Sage Publications. - 0143-831X .- 1461-7099. ; 24:4, s. 631-634
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)
|
|
| 8. |
|
|
| 9. |
|
|
| 10. |
- Bennich-Björkman, Li, 1960-
(författare)
-
Democracy
- 2002
-
Ingår i: The Baltic Sea region. - Uppsala : Baltic University Press. - 9197357987 ; , s. 280-370
-
Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
|
|
