Search for dissertations about: "Structural social capital"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 64 swedish dissertations containing the words Structural social capital.

2. 1. Mutual benefit : Rethinking social inclusion

   Author : Lina Martinson; Göran Cars; Judith Allen; KTH; []
   Keywords : Social sciences; Social inclusion; integration; segregation; social exclusion; social capital; governance; value-creation; value-creating processes; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

   Abstract : geography, where segregation and social exclusion of neighbourhoods and marginalised groups are mounting problems. Concurrently, globalisation and structural changes have altered the conditions for the national state and the public sector as well as for other actors. READ MORE

4. 2. Dagligvarudistributionens strukturomvandling : Drivkrafter och konsekvenser för städers utformning och miljö

   Author : Tomas Svensson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; wholesaling; retailing; town planning; structural change; food; groceries; out-of-town supermarkets; cartrips; urban environment; technological change; Linköping; Sweden; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to describe and analyse the dramatic structural changes in the wholesaling and retailing of food and groceries in towns and cities in Sweden, with emphasis on the period after the Second World War. Besides a general analysis based on national data, the town of Linköping is used to illustrate the spatial dimension in the development of food distribution at the micro level. READ MORE

5. 3. Making their minds up : Students´ choice to study social work in Iraklio, Greece

   Author : Vasileia Papadaki; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social service; educational choice; occupational choice; social work students; practice tutorials; habitus; field; gendered habitus; turning points; routines; misrecognition; educational fetishism; Socialt arbete; Social work; Socialt arbete;

   Abstract : The present thesis examines the possible reasons social workers have for entering and eventually graduating from the Social Work Department in Iraklio, Greece. It is a three-phase study, consisting of three distinct but related research parts; each research part is built upon knowledge, issues and questions derived from the preceding part. READ MORE

6. 4. Between Nature and Modernity : Agroecology as an alternative development pathway: the case of Uganda

   Author : Ellinor Isgren; LUCSUS; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; agricultural sustainability; smallholder farming; neoliberal modernization; sub-Saharan Africa; Uganda; civil society; rural social movements; emancipatory social science; political ecology; sustainability science; hållbarhetsvetenskap;

   Abstract : Agricultural modernization has massively increased global food supply, but at a high environmental cost. Today many are calling for an agricultural ‘paradigm shift’, including several mainstream institutions. READ MORE

7. 5. Land rent, capital, rate of profit : A critique of Harvey’s model of urban land rent

   Author : Ilia Farahani; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Urban Land Rent; Capitalist Urbanization; Rate of Profit; Absolute Rent; Spatial Monopoly Model of Land Rent; Turbulent Inter-Sectoral Model of Land Rent; David Harvey; Urban Economic Geography; Urban Land Rent; Capitalist Urbanization; Rate of Profit; Absolute Rent; Spatial Monopoly Model of Land Rent; Turbulent Inter-Sectoral Model of Land Rent; David Harvey; Urban Economic Geography;

   Abstract : This study critically evaluates David Harvey’s model of urban land rent and its centrality in his explanation of the material forces that underlie and limit urban land policies, strategies, planning decisions, and investment choices. Harvey emphasizes structural forces of capital in relating economic urbanization processes to uneven patterns of capitalist development, recurrent economic crises of overaccumulation, and the need to produce spaces of accumulation to absorb surplus capital that creates crises. READ MORE