Search for dissertations about: "Housing careers"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words Housing careers.

2. 1. Housing Careers in a Changing Welfare State

   Author : Marianne Abramsson; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : Housing careers; immigrants; interviews; life-course; regression models; seniors; social housing; Sweden; young adults; welfare state;

   Abstract : The departure point of this thesis was changes to the welfare state. These changes began during the recession in the 1970s and were emphasised in the beginning of the 1990s. The housing market was particularly affected, as the state almost completely withdrew its engagement. READ MORE

4. 2. Housing Decay and Maintenance : The Case of Public Housing in Tanzania

   Author : Felician Komu; Stellan Lundström; Marja Elsinga; KTH; []
   Keywords : LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Landscape architecture; Landskapsarkitektur; Civil engineering and architecture; Samhällsbyggnadsteknik och arkitektur;

   Abstract : The dominant discourse in Tanzania is that home ownership is the most sustainable strategy towards solving housing problem. As a result, housing policy orientation has been towards promotion of home ownership through a land-housing linkage strategy that manifests in improvement of access to identified categories of people usually classified on resources constrained criterion. READ MORE

5. 3. Social class and mortality risk

   Author : Ingemar Kåreholt; Per-Olof Östergren; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : Persons from lower social classes have a smaller chance to live a long and healthy life than persons from higher social classes. Larger relative mortality risks in lower social classes are not due simply to accidents, alcohol related mortality, or suicides. READ MORE