Search for dissertations about: "Michael Allvin"
Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words Michael Allvin.
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1. Subcultures and Small Groups : A Social Movement Theory Approach
Abstract : This dissertation uses social movement theory to analyze the emergence, activities and development of subcultures and small groups. The manuscript is comprised of an Introduction followed by three journal articles and one book chapter. READ MORE
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2. Online Together : A Sociological Study of the Concept of Togetherness and the Contemporary Conditions for Social Interaction
Abstract : The recent advances in digital communication technologies have altered the way in which people socialize on a day-to-day basis. A question that has arisen in relation to this is what being somewhere together actually means at a time when our interactions are no longer confined to shared physical places. READ MORE
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3. Categorization Work in the Swedish Welfare State : Doctors and social insurance officers on persons with mental ill-health
Abstract : This dissertation contributes to the debate on street-level bureaucracy, which highlights how the decisions made by workers in public bureaucracies effectively become public policy. This debate has paid relatively little attention to the study of how professionals carry out their work by means of institutional categorization, a knowledge gap that this study helps to close. READ MORE