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New Public Governance, the Third Sector, and Co-Production
In recent years public management research in a variety of disciplines has paid increasing attention to the role of citizens and the third sector in the provision of public services. Several of these efforts have employed the concept of co-production to better understand and explain this trend. This book aims to go further by systematizing the growing body of academic papers and reports that focus on various aspects of co-production and its potential contribution to new public governance. It has an interdisciplinary focus that makes a unique contribution to the body of knowledge in this field, at the cross-roads of a number of disciplines - including business administration, policy studies, ...
Women’s Drug Use in Everyday Life
This open access book explores the increasing role of psychoactive substances in contemporary everyday life, focussing on women's use. Drawing on an ethnographic study in Sweden, it uses cultural studies and queer phenomenology to analyse the women’s narratives of drug use relating to themes that encompass social, legal, cultural, embodied and gendered perspectives on drugs in the contemporary Western world. It examines topics such as stigma, happiness, children, the body, gifts, the drug market, medication, sickness and health and also the orientation of themselves towards others, to social and cultural norms, to drug laws and to the substances. It discusses how drug related spaces and directions be analysed in terms of gender and class, and how, in turn, the directions of contemporary society and culture can be affected by drug use. It speaks to academics in Sociology, Criminology, Ethnology, Gender studies, Law and History.
Dumbing Down
This open access book examines the challenges and issues caused by a move to a marketized education system in Sweden. Observing the introduction of the school voucher system and a postmodern social constructivist view of knowledge, the move away from objective knowledge is identified as the core reason for Sweden’s current education crisis. The impact of declining education standards on the labor market is also discussed. This book highlights the issues seen in Sweden and suggests policies that can improve education in the rest of the Western world as well. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in education and labor economics.
The Oceanic Feeling
Isabella Lövin's The Oceanic Feeling: On the Need for a New Narrative, is a unique document of a life spent on the front lines of the climate battle, and at the negotiating tables where the future of our planet is decided. The Swedish investigative journalist who became a member of the European Parliament and then served for seven years in government, five of those as Deputy Prime Minister and Climate Minister, takes us on a journey behind the scenes of climate and global ocean policy making. Some may remember the viral picture of her signing the Swedish climate law in 2017. As Donald Trump just had signed a regressive executive order limiting women’s sexual and reproductive rights surrou...
The Darkness Manifesto
"How much light is too much light? Satellite pictures show our planet as a brightly glowing orb, and in our era of constant illumination, light pollution has become a major issue. The world's flora and fauna have evolved to operate in the natural cycle of day and night. But in the last 150 years, we have extended our day-and in doing so have forced out the inhabitants of the night and disrupted the circadian rhythms necessary to sustain all living things, including ourselves. In this persuasive, well-researched book, Swedish conservationist Johan Eklèof urges us to appreciate natural darkness, its creatures, and its unique benefits. He ponders the beauties of the night sky, traces the swift...
Creativity as a Career
Creativity as a Career is a field guide for the artist (to be) to strengthen entrepreneurial skills. It’s also for art teachers to help prepare students for the world outside school. This field guide lays out the key skills, attitudes and knowledge needed as an a self-employed artist, AKA a “creative entrepreneur.” It builds on your existing ability to use your creativity and talent to find your own way, rather than offering supposed solutions or a well-worn path to follow. Creativity as a Career is meant to inspire and empower you to use your creative talents to channel your inner entrepreneur, and transform what are typically artistic taboos like “networking” and “money” into a part of a sustainable art career.
Men, Masculinities, and Earth
This book considers issues of social and ecological significance through a masculinities lens. Earth – our home for aeons – is reeling. The atmosphere is heating up, causing reefs to bleach, fisheries to collapse, regions to flood and dry, vast tracts to burn, the polar ice caps to melt, ancient glaciers to retreat, biodiversity to decline exacerbated by the sixth great extinction, and more. Meanwhile, social and economic disparities are widening. Pandemics are cauterising glocal communities and altering our social mores. Nationalism is feeding divisiveness and hate, especially through men’s violence. Politically extreme individuals and groups are exalting freedom while scapegoating th...
English on the run
Written with speakers of Swedish and English in mind, the author catches a glimpse of English at play with Swedish in mainstream news and international media between 2015 and 2020. What do we know about Volvo, immigrants or travel? Is Brexit part of a social practice? Why is French included as well as Norwegian wolves and wood? How do British and Swedish party leaders, US presidents and climate activists perform, and why so many elephants? When English is taken hostage to help occupy Swedish space it can affect the political direction and impact everyday lives. With curiosity and the help of other language(s) readers should get the gist of English on the run in Swedish Social Space.
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현대 과학에 숨어 있는, 생명과 우주에 관한 여덟 가지 철학! 놀랍게도, 수, 함수, 무한 집합 같은 수학적 대상들이 우리 머리 바깥에 실제로 존재한다는 생각은 과학자들 사이에서 흔하다. 생물이 단지 기계일 뿐이라는 믿음이나, 생명의 본질이 오롯이 유전자 같은 매개체에 의해 전달되는 정보에 있다는 주장도 곳곳에서 어렵지 않게 찾을 수 있다. 심지어 우리의 1인칭적인 주관적 경험이 일종의 환각이라는 담론이나, 충분히 발달한 컴퓨터가 지능과 감정을 가질 것이라는 예측도 심심찮게 들린다. 이제는 우리의 우주가 여러 ...
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