Search for dissertations about: "Cross-national comparison"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words Cross-national comparison.

2. 1. The care of children : A cross-national comparison of parents’ expectations and experiences

   Author : Anna-Lena Almqvist; Mikael Nordenmark; Thomas P. Boje; Christine Roman; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; Childcare; Cross-national comparison; Family; Family policy; France; Gender; Parental leave; Qualitative studies; Role expansion theory; Role stress theory; Sweden; Sociologi; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : As a point of departure, this thesis is motivated by the big changes which have taken place in most Western European countries since the 1970s, with an increase in female labour market participation and, to some extent, men’s increased share of the domestic work. There is also a debate as to whether France, having a fairly extensive family support,should be categorised as closer to the Scandinavian countries or together with countries with more restrictive family policy such as Italy and Germany, and thus belonging to the conservative regime cluster as defined by Gösta Esping-Andersen. READ MORE

4. 2. Equal opportunities? : a cross-national comparison of immigrant organisations in Sweden and Italy

   Author : Roberto Scaramuzzino; Malmö högskola; []
   Keywords : corporatism; social welfare; integration; civil society; diversity; political opportunity structures; resource mobilisation; cross-national research; immigrant organisations;

   Abstract : Abstract This thesis concerns the role played by immigrant organisations today. It focuses on the way in which the national context and especially the corporative, social welfare, and integration systems affect such roles. READ MORE

5. 3. The state and the medical profession : A cross-national comparison of the health policy arena in the United Kingdom and Sweden 1945 - 1985

   Author : Peter Garpenby; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Health policy; cross-national comparison; medical profession; consultative process; professional autonomy; medical advisory machinery; national policy style; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

   Abstract : The present study analyses the relationship between the State and the medical profession in the United Kingdom and Sweden in the period 1945 to 1985. They are nations which have adopted similar principles for providing health services to the population in the post-war period. READ MORE

6. 4. To Blend in or Stand out? - Hospital Social Workers' Jurisdictional Work in Sweden and Germany

   Author : Manuela Sjöström; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; cross-national case study; health care; hospital social work; jurisdiction; profession; professional association; professional subgroup; subordination;

   Abstract : This dissertation describes, analyses, and compares the means by which hospital social work associations in Sweden and Germany pursue their members’ professionalization through ‘jurisdictional work’. The time period covered by the research is 1989 through 2008. READ MORE

7. 5. Social work assessment of families with children at risk : similarities and differences in Italian and Swedish public services

   Author : Paolo Guidi; Malmö högskola; []
   Keywords : child maltreatment; adolescent alcohol consumption; Italy; Sweden; social work; assessment;

   Abstract : The thesis aims at understanding and explaining social work assessment of families with children at risk, at the level of practice, considering social workers' role in their national welfare system.· The thesis embodies four articles and is informed by a comparative perspective between Sweden and Italy. READ MORE