Search for dissertations about: "peer relationship"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 72 swedish dissertations containing the words peer relationship.

2. 1. Private security companies and political order in Congo: a history of extraversion

   Author : Peer Schouten; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; International Relations; Peace Development Research; private security companies; Congo Democratic Republic of ; political order; infrastructure development; Belgian colonialism;

   Abstract : This PhD dissertation explores how private security companies co-constitute political order in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as a case through which broader questions regarding the relationship between security governance and political order can be investigated. The thesis explores the spatial distribution of private security companies in Congo, and investigates their predominant entanglement with internationalized governance processes. READ MORE

4. 2. Bystander behaviors in peer victimization : Associations with moral disengagement, efficacy beliefs, and student-teacher relationship quality

   Author : Björn Sjögren; Robert Thornberg; Linda Wänström; Gianluca Gini; Linda Beckman; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Bystander behaviors; Peer victimization; Moral disengagement; Efficacy beliefs; Student-teacher relationship quality; Social cognitive theory; Åskådarbeteenden; Kränkningar; Moraliskt disengagemang; Tillit till sin egen och klassens förmåga; Elev-lärarrelationer; Socialkognitiv teori;

   Abstract : När elever blir utsatta för kränkningar finns ofta andra elever närvarande som åskådare. Dessa åskådare kan anta olika sociala roller: de kan assistera eller förstärka de som utsätter, försvara de som blir utsatta eller förbli passiva. READ MORE

5. 3. Immigration, Social Cohesion, and the Welfare State : Studies on Ethnic Diversity in Germany and Sweden

   Author : Tina Goldschmidt; Jens Rydgren; Martin Hällsten; Peer Scheepers; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; welfare state; attitudes; intergroup relations; prejudice; deservingness; diversity; immigration; integration; unemployment; Sweden; Germany; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : Can social cohesion and solidarity persist in the face of large-scale migration? One particularly contentious hypothesis states that native majorities will be unwilling to support the provision of government-funded welfare to those whom they do not consider to be part of their own sociocultural ingroup, especially when sociocultural or ethnic otherness and socioeconomic disadvantage overlap. Consequently, majorities’ willingness to accept disadvantaged immigrant groups as legitimate and trusted members of the welfare community is central to the social cohesion of societies diversifying through migration. READ MORE

6. 4. Enhancing P2P Systems over Wireless Mesh Networks

   Author : Marcel Cavalcanti de Castro; Andreas Kassler; Edmundo Monteiro; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; peer-to-peer overlay; wireless mesh networks; peer selection; channel assignment; routing; optimization; adjacent channel interference; channel bandwidth adaptation; Datavetenskap; Computer Science;

   Abstract : Due to its ability to deliver scalable and fault-tolerant solutions, applications based on the peer-to-peer (P2P) paradigm are used by millions of users on the internet. Recently, wireless mesh networks (WMNs) have attracted a lot of interest from both academia and industry, because of their potential to provide flexible and alternative broadband wireless internet connectivity. READ MORE

7. 5. Peer influence on smoking : causation or correlation?

   Author : Sophie Langenskiöld; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : In this thesis, we explore two different approaches to causal inferences. The traditional approach models the theoretical relationship between the outcome variables and their explanatory variables, i.e., the science, at the same time as the systematic differences between treated and control subjects are modeled, i. READ MORE