Search for dissertations about: "Social impression"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 39 swedish dissertations containing the words Social impression.
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1. Differentiating the Poor : Patterns of Discrimination in Decision-Making on Social Assistance Eligibility
Abstract : Access to the Swedish welfare state’s last safety net, social assistance, is ultimately determined through discretionary decision-making by social workers. This dissertation examines intersectional patterns and discriminatory bias in social workers’ assessments about social assistance eligibility. READ MORE
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2. Mothers' Social Citizenship : The logics and effects of the German and Swedish welfare states
Abstract : In recent decades, the strong influence of the male breadwinner model of welfare is increasingly being replaced by the adult worker model all across Europe. This development has had a crucial influence on mothers’ social rights. READ MORE
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3. Styles of success : On impression management as collaborative action in job interviews
Abstract : The research reported in this study takes both a general descriptive approach - investigating the characteristics of 48 job interviews - and a comparative one - analyzing ways in which those who got a job offer differed from those who did not. Data used in this study are tape recordings of job interviews with applicants for trainee-positions with a large Swedish business corporation. READ MORE
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4. Sexually exploited youths in the Swedish legal system : Conditions of victimhood
Abstract : This thesis explores how the Swedish legal system, specifically the police and district courts, understand and construct cases of human trafficking for sexual purposes and procuring with under-age victims. It draws on police investigative interviews and court decisions in 22 pronounced district court sentences, involving 36 female youths. READ MORE
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5. La Famiglia : The Ideology of Sicilian Family Networks
Abstract : Anthropological data from fieldwork carried out among a fishing population in western Sicily show how related matrifocal nuclear families are tightly knit within larger, male-headed networks. The mother focus at the basic family level is thereby balanced and the system indicates that the mother-child unit does not function effectively on its own, as has often been argued for this type of family structure. READ MORE