Search for dissertations about: "refugee migration"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 67 swedish dissertations containing the words refugee migration.

2. 1. Refugee Entrepreneurship : Towards a Nuanced Understanding of the Phenomenon

   Author : Solomon Akele Abebe; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Refugee entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurial Beliefs; Forced migration; Hard-to-reach populations; Refugee crisis; Refugees; Refugee integration; Refugee policy; Sweden; Austria;

   Abstract : Forced cross-border migration and entrepreneurship have persisted as perennial themes throughout the annals of human history. However, the recent ‘refugee crisis’ has sparked a resurgence of interest in their interplay under the rubric of ‘refugee entrepreneurship’. READ MORE

4. 2. Return Migration from Sweden 1968-1996. A Longitudinal Analysis

   Author : Martin Klinthäll; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; transient migration; longitudinal analysis; Sweden; income performance; integration; refugee; immigrant; Migration; labor market; self-selection; Social and economic history; Ekonomisk och social historia;

   Abstract : This book deals with return migration from Sweden in the period 1968-1996 to Chile, Germany, Greece, Iran, Poland, Turkey, United States and Yugoslavia, against the background of economic and political developments in Sweden and in the different source countries. An important question in the study regards whether return migrants deviate from other immigrants in terms of human capital characteristics and economic integration. READ MORE

5. 3. Desirable Victims: Systems of Refugee Selection in Swedish and Canadian Migration Governing

   Author : Andreas Lundstedt; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; state capacity; migration; refugees; classification; categorization; historical institutionalism; judicialization; administrative courts; target populations; people processing;

   Abstract : This thesis explores how states try to govern refugee migration by classifying and ordering its subjects. It argues that a unifying construct of state migration control is selection: to maintain a system that offers protection to wanted people and keeps out unwanted people. READ MORE

6. 4. Striving against adversity. : the dynamics of migration, health and poverty in rural South Africa

   Author : Mark A Collinson; Peter Byass; Gunnar Malmberg; Kathleen Kahn; Michael White; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; migration; temporary migration; permanent migration; refugee settlement; socioeconomic status; HIV transmission; adult mortality; child mortaality; returning to die; Epidemiology; Epidemiologi; Epidemiology; epidemiologi;

   Abstract :  Background: The study is based in post-apartheid South Africa and looks at the health and well being of households in the rural northeast. Temporary migration remains important in South Africa because it functions as a mainstay for income and even survival of rural communities. READ MORE

7. 5. Governing Migration : On the Emergence and Effects of Policies Related to the Settlement and Inclusion of Refugees

   Author : Kristoffer Jutvik; Per Adman; Gunnar Myrberg; Pieter Bevelander; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sweden; Refugees; Asylum policy; Residency status; Municipal refugee reception policy; Mainstream parties; Labour market inclusion; Syria;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of the following papers: In Paper I, I investigate the causal relationship between seat majorities for mainstream parties and refugee reception policy in Swedish municipalities. In conclusion, I find that the link between political seat majorities and refugee reception is of an associative rather than a causal nature. READ MORE