Search for dissertations about: "domestic work and women in politics"
Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words domestic work and women in politics.
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1. The Emergence of the Crime Victim in the Swedish Social Services Act
Abstract : This study sought to explain how crime victims emerged as a target group in the Swedish Social Services Act in 2001. The findings, derived from legislative documents, a literature review, and focus group interviews with social workers, showed that the 2001 provisions both duplicated and undermined pre-existing provisions of the Social Services Act. READ MORE
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2. Empowering Strategies at Home in the Works of Nikki Giovanni and Rita Dove
Abstract : This thesis focuses on the presence of Black women characters in domestic contexts in the early poetry of African American poets Nikki Giovanni and Rita Dove and examines the strategies these women employ, individually and in close relationships, in order to empower themselves and sustain those around them. It provides a joint exploration of the work of two major contemporary poets from a literary and interdisciplinary perspective, mapping instances of the poetic expression of Black feminist politics. READ MORE
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3. Does Anybody Care? : Public and Private Responsibilities in Swedish Eldercare 1940-2000
Abstract : Since the 1980s, practically all of the western welfare states have developed social policies, which aim at shifting the responsibilities for welfare services from the state to the family, the civil society or to the market. In Sweden, this political transformation has particularly hit the public eldercare. READ MORE
