Search for dissertations about: "Historical sociology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 113 swedish dissertations containing the words Historical 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. Gendering the sociology profession : Sweden, Britain and the US

   Author : Sanja Magdalenić; Barbara Hobson; Joan Acker; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; sociology; professions; organizations; gender; professional project; history of sociology; Sociology; Sociologi;

   Abstract : The dissertation explores the relationship between gender and professions with a historical sociological analysis of the sociology profession in Sweden, Britain and the US. The theoretical framework draws upon three conceptual terrains: professions, organizations and gender. READ MORE

5. 3. Grasping the Peripheral State : A Historical Sociology of Nicaraguan State Formation

   Author : Anders Neergaard; Sociologiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; national arena; international arena; integrative capacity; repressive capacity; extractive capacity; international system of states; world capitalist economy; colonial legacy; peripheral state; nation-state; state formation; Historical political sociology; state forms; state arena; infrastructural power; despotic power.; Sociology; Sociologi;

   Abstract : The thesis has two aims. The first one is to contribute to the field of political and historical sociology through an understanding of the processes of state formation in a Third World country. The second aim is to describe and analyze the development of the Nicaraguan state from independence to 1990. READ MORE

6. 4. Generations in motion : The transition in Hungary and the democratic change of regime, 1987-94

   Author : Annika Eliasson; Sociologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; political change; political sociology; Historical sociology; Hungary; change of regime; generations; transition; Sociologi;

   Abstract : This dissertation explains the transition - the change of political system from a one-party state to a multi-party system - in Hungary as the result of a generation change, where different generations with different historical experiences either lost or gained political capital. It also includes a review of what consequences the changes in the political field had for the intellectual and economic fields. READ MORE

7. 5. The Social Roles of Buildings : An Account of Materiality and Meaning in Urban Outcomes

   Author : Lauren Dean; Jens Rydgren; Charlotta Stern; Harvey Molotch; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Buildings; Building Types; Urban Studies; Materiality; Culture; Urban Forms; Urban Space; Reuse; Neighborhoods; Sociology of Buildings; Theory; Visual Methods; Historical Analysis; Santiago; Chile; Cités; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : The dissertation explores the roles of buildings in urban social life. Buildings, as both a methodological tool and a research site, are valuable for understanding society. As a method, buildings allow access to various urban contexts. READ MORE