Search for dissertations about: "Immigration"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 205 swedish dissertations containing the word Immigration.
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21. Negotiating Social Membership : Immigrant Claims-Making Contesting Borders and Boundaries in Multi-Ethnic Europe
Abstract : The concept of social membership is the mainframe for this dissertation, which encompasses four independent articles that approach the boundaries of social membership from different perspectives. Empirically, the focus lies on mobilizing groups that demand an extension of rights and/or inclusion for documented and undocumented immigrants in two European immigration countries: Sweden and Spain. READ MORE
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22. Making the Poor Work : Social Assistance and Activation in Sweden
Abstract : Management of poor relief and work demands have been controversial questions in social policy during the workhouse era of the nineteenth century as well as in current discussions on social assistance and activation of recipients. The first part contains a discussion on the concepts of poverty, marginalisation, and social exclusion, and continues with an overview of activation policies for recipients of social assistance. READ MORE
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23. Friendship Dynamics among Adolescents
Abstract : The study of social networks has become well established in social science. As part of this development, the past several decades have seen an increasing interest in adolescent social relations. READ MORE
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24. Crash Courses in Belonging : The Emergence and Progression of a National Orientation in Instructional Materials for Adult Immigrant Language Instruction in Sweden and Denmark ca. 1960-2005
Abstract : This dissertation explores representations of Sweden and Denmark and how immigrants’ place in Sweden and Denmark are represented in instructional materials for adult learners in the period ca. 19602005. READ MORE
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25. Perspectives from a human-centred archaeology : Iron Age people and society on Öland
Abstract : The objective of this study was to develop, test and evaluate a specifically defined interdisciplinary approach—the human-centred approach—as applied to a case study, Iron Age Öland. Four themes were selected to highlight different aspects of particular interest in Öland: taphonomy, diet, migration, and social organization. READ MORE