Search for dissertations about: "Empowerment"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 247 swedish dissertations containing the word Empowerment.

  2. 21. Designing for Interactional Empowerment

    Author : Anna Ståhl; RISE; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This thesis further defines how to reach Interactional Empowerment through design for users. Interactional Empowerment is an interaction design program within the general area of affective interaction, focusing on the users’ abil­ity to reflect, express themselves and engage in profound meaning-making. READ MORE

  4. 22. Population-based empowerment practice in immigrant communities : a socio-medical study of Iranian families in Sweden

    Author : Alireza Moula; Robert Dingwall; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : Immigrants; Iranians in Sweden; intervention research; family change; parentadolescent relationships; power; communication; intimacy; the United Nations Child Convention; family pedagogy; social work; empowerment practice; educative radio lectures; telephone help-line; pragmatism; symbolic interactionism; social constructionism; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : The significant social problems that confront Iranian families that have immigrated to Western countries have been described in the literature, in particular regarding the difficulties between parents and their adolescent children. However, the investigations that have been performed have not focused on how the situations of these families can be improved. READ MORE

  5. 23. Erfarenheter av stigmatisering och diskriminering bland personer med psykisk sjukdom

    Author : Bertil Lundberg; Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; self-esteem; sense of coherence; empowerment; social network; sociodemographic and clinical factors; lived experience; beliefs of devaluation ¬discrimination; mental illness; rejection experiences; subjective quality of life.;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis is to 1) investigate the prevalence of stigmatizing experiences and beliefs of devaluation and discrimination among persons with mental illness, and 2) to investigate the relationship between beliefs of devalua¬tion/¬discrimination, rejection experiences and sociodemographic/clinical patient characteristics, social networks, self esteem, empowerment and subjective quality of life. The thesis comprises four papers. READ MORE

  6. 24. Empowering Strategies at Home in the Works of Nikki Giovanni and Rita Dove

    Author : Maria Proitsaki; Steven Hartman; Alan Shima; Anders Olsson; Clara Juncker; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; American Literature; African American; Poetry; Black feminism; Women; Girls; Strategy; Empowerment; Home; Domestic; Knowledge; Nikki Giovanni; Rita Dove;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on the presence of Black women characters in domestic contexts in the early poetry of African American poets Nikki Giovanni and Rita Dove and examines the strategies these women employ, individually and in close relationships, in order to empower themselves and sustain those around them. It provides a joint exploration of the work of two major contemporary poets from a literary and interdisciplinary perspective, mapping instances of the poetic expression of Black feminist politics. READ MORE

  7. 25. Voices from the welfare state. Dissatisfaction and political action in Sweden

    Author : Maria Solevid; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; political action; dissatisfaction; welfare state; policy feedback; institutions; empowerment; political participation; Sweden;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between citizens’ dissatisfaction with the welfare state and political action on welfare state issues, and to what extent institutional arrangements affects this relationship. The point of departure for this study is the policy feedback perspective, which acknowledges that the design of institutions shape and constrain citizens’ political preferences and behaviors. READ MORE