Search for dissertations about: "SOCIAL SCIENCES Social sciences Sociology Sociology of Law"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 55 swedish dissertations containing the words SOCIAL SCIENCES Social sciences Sociology Sociology of Law.
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1. The social contingency of law : Studies of social control during foreclosure in Sweden
Abstract : Summary: This thesis empirically investigates how law and other social control responses during foreclosure in Sweden are contingent upon differences in social status. The thesis draws upon American sociologist Donald Black’s theoretical framework on social control to explain this social contingency. READ MORE
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2. Developing child protection strategies: a critical study of offenders’ use of information technology for the sexual exploitation of children
Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis is to critically explore offenders’ use of information technology for the sexual exploitation of children, focusing upon child abusive material and grooming, in relation to the societal response, i.e. legal and technological regulation models. READ MORE
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3. Digitalising Tax, The Kenyan Way : The Travels and Translations of ITax in Kenya
Abstract : Kenya, as with other developing countries, has joined the global bandwagon of using digital technologies to increase domestic revenues. Within the new strategies, lie great potential in achieving sustainable development, however, the shift is happening quite rapidly and has been made mandatory within a short period of time. READ MORE
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4. The Burden of Responsibility : Predicaments of Environmental Life in the Caraballo Mountains, Northern Philippines
Abstract : Indigenous people are not obviously, or naturally, stewards of the environment. But when the idea that they are such custodians gains legal traction, and when indigenous land-use practices are codified to reflect environmental principles, they become a burden of responsibility that has significant consequences for the lives and the livelihoods of indigenous communities. READ MORE
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5. Law in Progress? : A Contextual Study of Norm-Generating Processes - The Example of GMES
Abstract : This PhD-thesis in Sociology of Law studies ”Law in Progress” by investigating norm-generating processes, which emerge through an interaction between actors over time. The thesis has an empirical approach, thus illustrates these processes through an empirical example, a European “Earth Observation” (EO) initiative: Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES). READ MORE
