Search for dissertations about: "Identity"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 1417 swedish dissertations containing the word Identity.

  2. 16. Manufacturing Consensus : The Making of the Swedish Reformist Working Class

    Author : Jenny Jansson; PerOla Öberg; Jörgen Hermansson; Jonas Hinnfors; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Trade union movement; class formation; labor movement; identity; social democracy; organizational identity; identity entrepreneurs; labor leaders; popular education; LO; ABF; Sigfrid Hansson; Sweden; strategic action;

    Abstract : The 1910s were a precarious time for the labor movement. The Russian Revolution in 1917 sparked a trend towards radicalization among labor organizations and communist organizations spread all over Europe. These organizations challenged existing notions of the “worker,” causing an identity crisis in class organizations. READ MORE

  4. 17. Like circles on the water : a study of adolescent identity

    Author : Lena Adamson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Identity; late adolescence; self-concept; existential questions; adult contacts; personal integration; social integration.;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the subject of identity development during late adolescence (16-20 years). Three questions were asked, each related to one domain of interest; a) how do adolescents perceive and describe themselves (adolescents' self-concept), b) what do they consider important in their lives (adolescents' existential questions), and, c) how do they describe their contacts with adult people (adolescents' contacts with adults)? The thesis includes three studies and uses a multimethodological approach, comprising interviews, a personality inventory, sentence-completion tasks and questionnaires. READ MORE

  5. 18. Educational choices of the future : a sociological inquiry into micro-politics in education

    Author : Goran Puaca; Högskolan i Borås; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Educational choice; Micro-politics; Want-formation; Habitus; Identity; Educational choice; micro-politics; want-formation; habitus; identity;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates how students’ practical considerations for future choices in education and occupations correspond to policy objectives of socially productive educational choices. This is conveyed through the primary aim of analyzing the correspondence between on the one hand educational policy intentions and on the other hand students’ educational choices and the social and cultural conditions that structure them. READ MORE

  6. 19. Who am I, and if so, how many? Identity dynamics in agricultural entrepreneurship

    Author : Sarah Fitz-Koch; Mattias Nordqvist; Jönköping University; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; identity dynamics; multiple work identities; entrepreneurship; new venture; agriculture; family business; entrepreneurial identity; founder identity;

    Abstract : Identity matters and identity is hailed increasingly as central to fully apprehending entrepreneurship. Identity is inherent to entrepreneurship because entrepreneurs establish and grow their ventures based on their identities. Hence, identity infuses entrepreneurial activities with meaning and guidance. READ MORE

  7. 20. Evolving identities: Contents and processes of identity development among people in their late twenties

    Author : Johanna Carlsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; identity development; identity processes; identity contents; emerging adulthood; young adulthood; parenthood; work family priorities;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to study contents and processes of identity development among people in their late twenties. The studies are based on identity status interviews and surveys performed with participants in the GoLD (Gothenburg Longitudinal study of Development), at ages 25 and 29. READ MORE