Search for dissertations about: "Carina Listerborn"
Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words Carina Listerborn.
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1. Trygg stad : diskurser om kvinnors rädsla i forskning, policyutveckling och lokal praktik
Abstract : The city is loaded with mystique, expectations and dreams which are both utopian and dystopian. The city is exciting and scaring at the same time, it can protect us but at the same time contains dangerous places and situations. Fear and unsafety have been heavily discussed during the latter part of 1990s in relation to urban environments. READ MORE
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2. Space and Sensibility : Young Men’s Risk-Taking with Motor Vehicles
Abstract : In this ethnographic study of “Volvo greasers” [Volvoraggare] in a peri-urban community in Sweden, risk-taking practices with motor vehicles, such as speeding and drifting, are explored and analyzed in relation to age, gender, class and place. Young men’s risk-taking with motor vehicles regularly generates public debate as a traffic safety issue, often resulting in various policy suggestions, such as curfews or raising of the driving licence age. READ MORE
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3. Encountering the meeting place : The production of public space in contemporary Swedish planning
Abstract : A common theme in contemporary Swedish planning discussions is that we no longer meet each other in public spaces. This perceived lack of interpersonal meetings and encounters is said to reinforce the use ofstereotypes and create further distance between differences in the city. READ MORE
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4. Free to Move Along : On the Urbanisation of Cross-border Mobility Controls - A Case of Roma 'EU migrants' in Malmö, Sweden
Abstract : Den här avhandlingen – som jag valt att ge den svenska titeln Fri att röra sig, förvisad att röra sig: Rörlighetskontrollens urbanisering – Fallet med romska EU-medborgare i Malmö – behandlar den lokala politik som utvecklades i Malmö under åren 2014–2016 i förhållande till närvaron av så kallade utsatta EU-medborgare, och utvecklar ett teoretiskt resonemang om hur exkluderande gränser tar plats och blir till i städer. ”Utsatta EU-medborgare” är ett begrepp som används av svenska myndigheter för att beteckna medborgare från andra EU länder som vistas i Sverige utan en fast uppehållsrätt och som befinner sig i situationer präglade av extrem fattigdom och marginalisering. READ MORE
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5. Beyond Bright City Lights : The Migration Patterns of Gay Men and Lesbians
Abstract : One of the most persistent popular notions of gay men and lesbians is that they either live in or move to larger cities. In this thesis, the geography and migration paths of gay men and lesbians are studied using the life course perspective to challenge this idea. READ MORE