Search for dissertations about: "Johan Vamstad"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words Johan Vamstad.

2. 1. Exceptions in the Swedish School System : Exploring the Conditions Facing Secular and Confessional Nonprofit Schools

   Author : Ebba Henrekson; Johan Hvenmark; Johan Vamstad; Erika Willander; Lars Skov Henriksen; Marie Cederschiöld högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Nonprofit schools; Confessional schools; School choice; Sweden; Institutional logics; Public religion; Marketization of welfare; Civil society; Människan i välfärdssamhället; Social välfärd med inriktning mot civilsamhället; The Individual in the Welfare Society; Social Welfare and the Civil Society;

   Abstract : In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Swedish school system underwent a series of reforms that opened up the system for independent schools funded through vouchers. Since then, for-profit firms have gained significant traction and constitute a far greater share of the school system compared to nonprofits. READ MORE

4. 2. Governing Welfare : The third sector and the challenges to the Swedish Welfare State

   Author : Johan Vamstad; Victor Pestoff; Ingemar Wörlund; Sten Berglund; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Welfare State; Third Sector; Childcare; Challenges to the Welfare State; Civil Society; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

   Abstract : The overall issue addressed in this thesis is the challanges to the Swedish welfare state. This topic has been the subject of several different interpretations in the academic as well as political debate in Sweden over the last decade. READ MORE

5. 3. Living Longer, Living Harder : Ageing in Extreme Poverty in Bangladesh

   Author : Owasim Akram; Thomas Denk; Jan Jämte; Ilaria Pitti; Johan Vamstad; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Ageing; Agency; Extreme Poverty; Generational Bargain; Life History Interviews; Othering; Postcolonial; Qualitative; Social Policy; Welfare Regimes;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this dissertation is to understand the lived experience of age-ing in extreme poverty in developing countries, in this case Bangladesh, a country that hosts a large number of extreme poor and ageing population. By focusing on the role of the family, the most neglected pillar of welfare, this dissertation sheds new light on the microprocesses of welfare politics. READ MORE

6. 4. Collective Patient Participation : Patient Voice and Civil Society Organizations in Healthcare

   Author : Anna Mankell; Johan Vamstad; Mio Fredriksson; Tine Rostgaard; Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; patient participation; healthcare; involvement; patient organizations; advocacy; representation; coproduction; marketization; individualization; civil society; Människan i välfärdssamhället; Social välfärd med inriktning mot civilsamhället; The Individual in the Welfare Society; Social Welfare and the Civil Society;

   Abstract : The importance of engaging patients in the development of healthcare services and policy has received increasing attention over the last decades. However, this attention has mainly been directed towards various forms of involvement of individual patients. READ MORE

7. 5. The reasoning behind social work intervention design

   Author : Filip Wollter; Lars Oscarsson; Johan Vamstad; Peter Dellgran; Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Decision-making; problem-solving; discretion; social work; Människan i välfärdssamhället; Social välfärd med inriktning mot civilsamhället; The Individual in the Welfare Society; Social Welfare and the Civil Society;

   Abstract : In social work, the methods for achieving policy goals are often subject to some degree of local and case-by-case autonomy. This autonomy enables the design of interventions to be negotiated between different actors, which are underpinned by diverse logics, interests, and knowledge-bases. READ MORE