Search for dissertations about: "uppsala sociology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 138 swedish dissertations containing the words uppsala sociology.

2. 1. Quest for Sociology : Revisiting Prevailing Understandings of a Discipline with Computational Text Analyses of Dissertations

   Author : Josef Ginnerskov; Sandra Torres; Johan Wickström; Sebastian Kohl; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; sociology of sociology; sociology of knowledge; sociological theory; paradigm theory; computational social science; digital humanities; text mining; dissertations; Sociologi; Sociology;

   Abstract : What is sociology? For centuries sociologists have struggled to answer this question and repeatably proclaimed that their discipline is in crisis. The problem has generated a field of its own, the sociology of sociology, where sociologists of knowledge offer concepts for how the paradigmatic status of discipline and its crisis ought to be understood. READ MORE

4. 2. Shame and guilt : Sociology as a poietic system

   Author : Vessela Misheva; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; shame; guilt; poietic and autopoietic systems; social selves; language; sociology; society; community; civilization; Sociologi; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociologi; Sociology;

   Abstract : This dissertation had a clear and simple task: to define what shame is. This necessarily entailed clarifying the distinction between shame and its main modem counterpart, guilt. READ MORE

5. 3. Setting the scene for life. Longitudinal studies of early social disadvantage and later life chances : Department of Sociology

   Author : Bitte Modin; Diana Kuh; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : This thesis concerns the long-term life chances of children brought up under various conditions in Sweden during the first half of the twentieth century. The main purpose is to examine the consequences of children’s early family environment for later educational career, and ultimately, for their mortality risk at different stages of the life-course. READ MORE

6. 4. What Counts as Religion in Sociology? : The Problem of Religiosity in Sociological Methodology

   Author : Erika Willander; Sandra Torres; Jørgen Straarup; Sverker Sikström; James A Beckford; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; sociology of religion; theory and method; religious affiliation; religious beliefs; religious practice; religious mainstream; sacred; religiosity; spirituality; secularization; Sweden; Sociologi; Sociology;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to contribute to the ongoing critical discussion within the sociology of religion by focusing on the seldom considered perspective of methodology. As such, it consists of a theoretical part that problematizes the ways in which religion has been analyzed, and an empirical part that develops how religiosity can be approached in sociological studies. READ MORE

7. 5. Unpacking Rational Use of Antibiotics : Policy in Medical Practice and the Medical Debate

   Author : Hedvig Gröndal; Tora Holmberg; Ericka Johnson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Antibiotics; Policy; Medical Sociology; Actor-Network Theory; Human-microbial relations; Antimicrobial Resistance; Everyday Infections; Material semiotics; Medical sociology; Medical objects; Medical technologies; Medical knowledge; Sociologi; Sociology;

   Abstract : Rational use of antibiotics–using antibiotics only when needed and in the right way–is a prioritized goal in policy aimed at preventing antimicrobial resistance. A vast body of research is devoted to understanding why unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed. READ MORE