Search for dissertations about: "Sociologi"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 1064 swedish dissertations containing the word Sociologi.

  2. 16. Eritrea : The making of a nation 1890-1991

    Author : Redie Bereketeab; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; Eritrea; Nation Formation; Colonialism; Identity; Integration; Transformation; Resistance; Collective Memory; Struggle; Liberation; Sociologi; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : This dissertation examines the century-long process of the making of the Eritrean nation.Developments that culminated in the emergence of the State of Eritrea in 1991 are investigated and elaborated as they are traced from their beginnings in 1890, when Italy declared the creation of its new Colony of Eritrea. READ MORE

  4. 17. Rehearsing Emotions : The Process of Creating a Role for the Stage

    Author : Stina Bergman Blix; Göran Ahrne; Patrik Aspers; Helena Flam; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; role theory; stage actors; theatre; emotion work; emotional labour; shame; deep acting; surface acting; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : This thesis takes as its starting point the dramaturgical metaphor of the world as a stage, which is used in sociological role theories. These theories often presume what stage acting is about in order to use it as a simile for every day acting. READ MORE

  5. 18. Seeking empowerment : asylum-seeking refugees from Afghanistan in Sweden

    Author : Jonny Bergman; Lars Dahlgren; Åsa Gustafson; Peo Hansen; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; asylum-seekers; refugees; refugee migration; empowerment; grounded theory; constructionist grounded theory; Afghanistan; Swedish asylum policy; Sociology; Sociologi; sociologi; Sociology;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to contribute to the understanding of how asylum-seeking refugees manage their lives in the situation they are in, a situation in which they are dependent and have to wait for decisions on whether or not they will get to stay in the country in which they have made their application for asylum.  The elaboration upon these questions and the purpose of the study is approached through a field study of asylum-seeking refugees from Afghanistan in Sweden. READ MORE

  6. 19. Director Interlocking and Firm Ownership : Longitudinal Studies of 1- and 3-Mode Network Dynamics

    Author : Love Bohman; Christofer Edling; Wouter de Nooy; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social network analysis; Director interlocks; Ownership; Corporate governance; 3-mode networks; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : This thesis is based on three empirical studies of the director interlock network among Swedish firms listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, focusing on its consequences for firm behavior and its association with ownership structures. Director interlocks are created when directors serve on, and hence interlock, several boards. READ MORE

  7. 20. The importance of organizational characteristics for psychosocial working conditions and health

    Author : Malin Bolin; Björn Halleröd; Staffan Marklund; Annika Härenstam; Birgitta Eriksson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Organization; workplace; bureaucracy; post-bureaucracy; psychosocial working conditions; JDC model; multilevel analysis; health; sickness absence; Sociology; Sociologi; sociologi; Sociology;

    Abstract : The importance of organizations for understanding differences in the working conditions and health of employees is often emphasized but rarely explored empirically. The general aim of this thesis is to describe organizational characteristics of workplaces, and to assess their impact on the psychosocial working conditions and health of employees. READ MORE