Search for dissertations about: "Structuration Theory"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 27 swedish dissertations containing the words Structuration Theory.

  2. 16. Somali-Swedish Girls - The Construction of Childhood within Local and Transnational Spaces

    Author : Gunnel Mohme; Nihad Bunar; Kerstin von Brömssen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Somali diaspora; Somali-Swedish girls; Childhood sociology; School choice strategies; Muslim-profiled schools; Transnational social spaces; Transnational communities; Social constructionism; Duality of structure; Family Change Theory; Child and Youth Science; barn- och ungdomsvetenskap;

    Abstract : This thesis explores diaspora experiences among Somali-Swedish parents and their daughters where the girls are enrolled in a Muslim-profiled school. The thesis uses migration theory with a transnational perspective, with findings that depart from the traditional view of migrants’ rootedness in a single country. READ MORE

  4. 17. Towards a Socio-Economic and Demographic Theory of Elderly Suicide: A Comparison of 49 Countries at Various Stages of Development

    Author : Karatu Kiemo; Lars Tornstam; Illka Makinen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; Age-integration; social change and role theories; social integration; socio-economic and demographic developments; suicide.; Sociologi; Sociology; Sociologi;

    Abstract : D. Cowgill found out that the role and status of the elderly declined with modernisation, but in contradiction G. Hammarström found out that what actually affected the role and status of the elderly during modernisation was the rate at which modernisation occurred. READ MORE

  5. 18. Doing Things in Relation to Machines : Studies on Online Interactivity

    Author : Anders Olof Larsson; Pär Ågerfalk; Stefan Hrastinski; Else Nygren; Mark Aakhus; Uppsala universitet; []
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    Abstract : The Internet is often discussed in conjunction with various notions of interactivity. Recently, conceptualizations of a “Web 2.0″, mainly focusing on harnessing user-generated content, have grown increasingly common in both public discourse and among researchers interested in the continued growth and transformation of the Internet. READ MORE

  6. 19. "The clinical eye" : constructing and computerizing an anesthesia patient record

    Author : Carina Beckerman; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : The overall purpose in this research has been to investigate what happens when somebody or something intervenes in a knowledge worker´s every-day life. Empirically, the author has chosen to explore how an anesthesia patient record is constructed to be what it becomes and then computerized and the implications of this for the anesthesist and the anesthesia nurse. READ MORE

  7. 20. Online Education in Universities : Moving from Individual Adoption to Institutionalisation of an Information Technology Innovation

    Author : Inés Casanovas; Jörgen Lindh; Christina Keller; Stefan Hrastinski; Lars Svensson; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This thesis describes and analyses the move from individual adoption to institutionalisation of an information technology innovation: online education in universities. The study focuses on the processes that took place within two universities, one in Sweden and the other in Argentina, regarding online education adoption and the organisational changes developed. READ MORE