Sökning: "Gustaf Westin"
Hittade 3 uppsatser innehållade orden Gustaf Westin.
1. Technocracy and its Critics : Scientists’ attitudes about technocracy, democracy and their role in society
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : The theoretical conflict between democracy and technocracy (rule by those with knowledge or skill) is an issue of ever-present interest in political science and democratic theory. In recent decades, much scholarship has shown that the influence of science and scientists over politics has grown more and more significant, in different ways. LÄS MER
2. Ett diadem och dess ikonografi : En studie av kejsarinnan Josephines pärl- och kamédiadem i porträtt mellan 1812 och 2010
Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : The main purpose of this study of a pearl and cameo diadem, given by Napoleon to his first wife Josephine in 1809, is to follow its representation in portraiture from Paris in 1812 to Stockholm in 2010, and explore how the iconography develops during these 200 years. From the earlier years, the diadem is found only in miniatures, then after coming to the new royal family in Sweden, the Bernadottes, it is given a role of an heirloom representing history and families in grand paintings, arriving to the present well-known wedding hairpiece, covered by modern media, where the diadem is more of a crown than the open, forehead-covering piece of fashion jewellery it was during the Napoleonic era in France. LÄS MER
3. Voter Elasticity and Political Protest : A quantitative analysis in an American context
Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis is to study the relationship between prevalence of swing voters and the occurrence of political protest. Taking a Rational Choice approach, I hypothesize that fewer swing voters will lead to more protests, because it would incentivize polarizing behavior by political candidates. LÄS MER