Search for dissertations about: "Minority Groups"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 99 swedish dissertations containing the words Minority Groups.

2. 1. Policies for minority education : a comparative study of Britain and Sweden

   Author : Ann-Margret Fris; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Bilingual Education; Comparative Education; Educational Policy; Language Planning; Immigrants; Resource Allocations; Minority Groups; Multilingualism;

   Abstract : The aim of the study is to examine how policies for minority education in Britain and Sweden have developed over the last twenty-five years. Policy has been used in a broad sense, including not only central but also regional and local decisions, not only written documents but also administration, interpretation and application of policies. READ MORE

4. 2. Dialogues on the Net - Power structures in asynchronous discussions in the context of a web based teacher training course

   Author : Annette Johnsson; Utbildningsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; minority; cultural background; sex; ethnicity; gender; age; socio-economic; dialogicity; web based; computer based; CMC; net based; asynchronous; CSCL; teacher education; power structures; dialogues; Group work; team work; symbolic capital; group work;

   Abstract : The general aim of this thesis is to investigate the interaction processes that occur in group dialogues when teacher students work in small groups, using net based asynchronous dialogues to solve a problem in the area of environmental sustainability. More specifically, the interest is to determine whether students’ net based dialogues give rise to patterns of dominance/subordination similar to those observed in face-to-face situations. READ MORE

5. 3. Nation States and Minority Rights : A Constitutional Law Analysis

   Author : Christina Johnsson; Kaarlo Tuori; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Law; rättsvetenskap; juridik; LAW JURISPRUDENCE; RÄTTSVETENSKAP JURIDIK; Constitutional Law; konstitutionell rätt;

   Abstract : There are approximately fifteen thousand cultures in the world, five thousand ethnic communities, and over six hundred living language groups. There are, however, only approximately 192 nation states. READ MORE

6. 4. Representativ byråkrati. En studie om ledande kommunala minoritetsadministratörers företrädarskap

   Author : Nazem Tahvilzadeh; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Representative bureaucracy; representation; advocacy; diversity; public administrators; minority administrators; bureaucrats; public administration; ethnicity; politicization; ethnic conflict; ethnocrats; ethnocracy; municipal administration; local government; governance; analytical dualism; critical realism; Sweden;

   Abstract : The theory of representative bureaucracy suggests that the presence of underprivileged social groups, such as women and ethnic minorities, within the public workforce will lead to a more responsive political process, reflecting a wider range of interests. This theory posits that the social background of the individual public administrator affects their values and policy-preferences. READ MORE

7. 5. Studies in the Dynamics of Residential Segregation

   Author : Åsa Bråmå; Roger Andersson; Urban Fransson; Terje Wessel; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social and economic geography; residential segregation; segregation processes; selective migration; distressed neighbourhoods; minority enclaves; Sweden; Kulturgeografi; Human geography; Kulturgeografi;

   Abstract : In four scientific papers, this thesis investigates the processes, in terms of movements of individuals, that have produced, reproduced and transformed patterns of residential segregation in Swedish cities between 1990 and 2000.Paper 1 examines processes of immigrant concentration, and the role of the Swedish majority population in these processes. READ MORE