Search for dissertations about: "refugee settlement"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the words refugee settlement.

  2. 1. Prolonged Exile in Relative Isolation : Long-term Consequences of Contrasting Refugee Policies in Tanzania

    Author : Måns Fellesson; Astri Suhrke; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; Forced migration; refugee policies; Tanzania; Burundi; adjustment; integration; conflict; control and development; Sociologi; Sociology; Sociologi; sociologi; Sociology;

    Abstract : The question at issue in this work has been stimulated by the past decade's shifts in the field of refugee-hosting. An important element of these changes is the consideration of repatriation as the only durable solution. READ MORE

  4. 2. Health, immigration and settlement policies

    Author : Olof Åslund; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of five self-contained essays.Essay I investigates the effect of one individual's illness and death on the economic situation of a household. READ MORE

  5. 3. 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

  6. 4. Migration and Perceptions of War : Simultaneous Surveys in Countries of Origin and Settlement

    Author : Jonathan Hall; Ashok Swain; Cochrane Feargal; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; civil war; migration; refugees; gastarbeiter; family reunification; exile; trauma; coping; nostalgia; conservation of resources; terror management theory; social identity complexity; assimilation; acculturation; surveys; Peace and Conflict Research; Freds- och konfliktforskning;

    Abstract : This dissertation contributes to post-war public opinion research by examining the perceptions of migrants – the gastarbeiter, the refugee, the family reunited after war – and the local population in comparative perspective. Existing surveys of post-war populations are typically conducted in a single country affected by war. 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