Search for dissertations about: "Sociology of Religion"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 62 swedish dissertations containing the words Sociology of Religion.

  2. 11. Tricks of the Medical Trade : Cunning in the Age of Bureaucratic Austerity

    Author : Mani Shutzberg; Fredrik Svenaeus; Roland Paulsen; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Kritisk kulturteori; Critical and Cultural Theory; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

    Abstract : Being a “good” doctor nowadays involves more than having virtues and capacities conducive to the content of encounters between physicians and patients. Physicians can and must be able to act on the surrounding conditions of the doctor-patient encounter, in order to keep external interests at bay. READ MORE

  4. 12. The cultural context of business : A study of firms in a northern Nigerian society

    Author : Yakubu Zakaria; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; Culture; Values; Norms; Behaviour; Rationality; Cross-cultural; Islam; Modernization; Entrepreneur; Manager; Trust; Risk; Organization; Control; Strategy; Perception; Business; Profit; Success; Development; Sociologi; Sociology; Sociologi; sociologi; Sociology;

    Abstract : This study is about entrepreneurial adaptations to modem manufacturing activities in a semi-industrial society of Northern Nigeria. It embodies both general and micro-institutional perspectives of business behaviour and seeks to examine the multidimensional influences ofcultural values on business patterns. READ MORE

  5. 13. The Antisemitic Origins of Islamist Violence : A Study of the Muslim Brotherhood and the Islamic State

    Author : Evin Ismail; Mats Franzén; Noha Mellor; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Islamism; Antisemitism; The Muslim Brotherhood; The Islamic State; Terrorism; Political Violence; Anti-Shiism; The Sahwa movement; Sayyid Qutb; Social identity theory; Islamist Antisemitism; Genocide.; Sociologi; Sociology;

    Abstract : The rise of the Islamic State, and its antisemitic ideology, has led to violence against Jews in Europe and a genocide of Shia Muslims in Iraq. This thesis investigates the causes and origins of Islamist antisemitic violence from a social identity perspective. READ MORE

  6. 14. Flowers to the Ocean

    Author : Marta Cuesta; Genusvetenskapliga institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; modernity; authenticity; flexibility; gender; ethnicity; identity; fieldwork; religion; Candomblé; Brazil; Bahia; Sociology; Sociologi;

    Abstract : The purpose of this book is to grasp the presence of Candomblé in the Brazilian society and more specifically in the city of Salvador da Bahia. Candomblé is an Afro-Brazilian religion practised by approximately thirty five million Brazilians, today. Brazil is a country whose cultural diversity is characterised by social contrasts. READ MORE

  7. 15. Anti-immigrant attitudes in context : The role of rhetoric, religion and political representation

    Author : Andrea Bohman; Mikael Hjerm; Annette Schnabel; Jens Rydgren; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Anti-immigrant attitudes; immaterial contexts; political framing; political parties; religious context; Europe.; sociologi; Sociology;

    Abstract : Background. This thesis directs attention to how attitudes towards immigrants evolve under different contextual circumstances. READ MORE