Search for dissertations about: "Sociology"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 1212 swedish dissertations containing the word Sociology.

  2. 6. The general sociology of Harrison White

    Author : Reza Azarian; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Harrison Colyar White; Social networks; Sociology; White; Harrison Colyar; Sociologer; Förenta staterna; 1900-talet; Sociologisk teori; Sociala nätverk; Sociologi;

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  4. 7. Setting the scene for life. Longitudinal studies of early social disadvantage and later life chances : Department of Sociology

    Author : Bitte Modin; Diana Kuh; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : This thesis concerns the long-term life chances of children brought up under various conditions in Sweden during the first half of the twentieth century. The main purpose is to examine the consequences of children’s early family environment for later educational career, and ultimately, for their mortality risk at different stages of the life-course. READ MORE

  5. 8. Grasping the Peripheral State : A Historical Sociology of Nicaraguan State Formation

    Author : Anders Neergaard; Sociologiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; national arena; international arena; integrative capacity; repressive capacity; extractive capacity; international system of states; world capitalist economy; colonial legacy; peripheral state; nation-state; state formation; Historical political sociology; state forms; state arena; infrastructural power; despotic power.; Sociology; Sociologi;

    Abstract : The thesis has two aims. The first one is to contribute to the field of political and historical sociology through an understanding of the processes of state formation in a Third World country. The second aim is to describe and analyze the development of the Nicaraguan state from independence to 1990. READ MORE

  6. 9. Enemies of the People : Whistle-Blowing and the Sociology of Tragedy

    Author : Magnus Haglunds; Göran Ahrne; Fredrik Engelstad; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; whistle-blowing; tragedy; dramaturgical sociology; situational analysis; status degradation; identity transformation; mass media; organizations; moral indignation; Henrik Ibsen; seal-hunting; Bofors; Norway; Karlskoga; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : Enemies of the People is a book that examines whistle-blowing—i.e., the unauthorized conveyance of sensitive information to mass media and authorities—and the social responses this performance provokes. READ MORE

  7. 10. Playing the Matching Game : An Institutional Analysis of Executive Recruitment and Selection in Software Start-ups: Silicon Valley and Stockholm

    Author : Tiziana Sardiello; Christofer Edling; Mary Brinton; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; job-matching; executive recruitment; executive selection; entrepreneurship; start-up; software; institutionalism; institutional logics; Silicon Valley; Stockholm; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : Software start-ups make media headlines daily, suggesting that it may take only a garage and two engineering students to begin such companies, and that these same people will constitute the core of the executive team until these organizations become multinational giants. Despite these spontaneous starts, newly formed entrepreneurial ventures have many obstacles to overcome in their resource and cultural environments when establishing their practices. READ MORE