Search for dissertations about: "social control"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 1809 swedish dissertations containing the words social control.
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16. Child protection through an abuse-focused lens : Adolescent victimization and Swedish social services responses
Abstract : Knowledge concerning the social services’ use of the Care of Young Persons (Special Provisions) Act 1990:52 (CYPA) is relatively scarce, especially when it comes to the protection of adolescents victimized by abuse. The overall aim of this thesis is to investigate and discuss different conceptualisations of abuse, adolescents’ agency regarding abuse, victimization and social intervention, and how abuse and adolescent victimization are responded to, primarily by the social services. READ MORE
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17. Outside the Law : An Ethnographic Study of Street Vendors in Bogotá
Abstract : Millions of people worldwide work outside the law as street vendors in order to earn a living. However, they often work in fear of police evictions and confiscations since their work is in many places considered illegal. READ MORE
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18. The reasoning behind social work intervention design
Abstract : In social work, the methods for achieving policy goals are often subject to some degree of local and case-by-case autonomy. This autonomy enables the design of interventions to be negotiated between different actors, which are underpinned by diverse logics, interests, and knowledge-bases. READ MORE
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19. Decision making on indoor climate control in historic buildings : knowledge, uncertainty and the science-practice gap
Abstract : Balancing use, preservation and energy use is a fundamental challenge for the whole heritage field. This is put to the point in designing and operating systems for indoor climate control in historic buildings, where competing objectives such as preservation, comfort, accessibility, energy use and cost have to be negotiated in the individual case. READ MORE
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20. Family centre practice and modernity : a qualitative study from Sweden
Abstract : Family centres have become a common institution to promote health and wellbeingamong young children (0-6 years of age) and their parents in Sweden. Thecore of the work is usually based on both maternal and child health care, a preschooland social services, all located under the same roof in the local community. READ MORE