Search for dissertations about: "Domestic labour"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 42 swedish dissertations containing the words Domestic labour.
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6. Does Anybody Care? : Public and Private Responsibilities in Swedish Eldercare 1940-2000
Abstract : Since the 1980s, practically all of the western welfare states have developed social policies, which aim at shifting the responsibilities for welfare services from the state to the family, the civil society or to the market. In Sweden, this political transformation has particularly hit the public eldercare. READ MORE
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7. Labour Productivity in the Building Industry – Studies of Uganda
Abstract : Research has been pointing out that productivity in the building industry is stagnant and in some cases declining. Poor productivity of craftsmen is one of the causes of cost and time overruns on building projects. READ MORE
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8. Mobilising care : Ecuadorian families and transnational lives between Ecuador and Spain
Abstract : This thesis focuses on the dynamics of care in the transnational lives of Ecuadorian migrant women in Spain. It is concerned with the various forms of care that take shape and are sustained in the workplace, between friends, and among family members in Ecuador and Spain. READ MORE
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9. Made in Canada : The strategies, spaces and working lives of independent designers in the Canadian fashion system
Abstract : Drawing on 87 interviews with independent fashion designers and key informants, this thesis is a collection of papers which aim to explore the strategies, spatial dynamics and working lives of independent fashion designers in the Canadian fashion industry. The majority of fashion design firms in Canada are small independent businesses, typically run by an individual or pair of designers, with few employees. READ MORE
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10. My house is my husband - A Kenyan Study of Women´s Access to Land and Housing
Abstract : This thesis explores women’s access to property in Kenya. It consists of three parts. The first gives the Kenyan background, the theoretical and methodological approach. READ MORE