Search for dissertations about: "The social arena"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 175 swedish dissertations containing the words The social arena.
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1. The second wave : the Urak Lawoi after the tsunami in Thailand
Abstract : Urak Lawoi är en ursprungsbefolkning i Andamansjön som bl.a. bor på kända turistöar som Phuket, Phi Phi, Ko Lanta Yai och Ko Lipe utanför Thailands västkust. Deras språk och kultur skiljer sig från övriga thailändares, inte minst ifråga om kunskap att navigera på havet. READ MORE
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2. Organizing the Voice of Women : A study of the Polish and Swedish women's movements' adaptation to international structures
Abstract : The European Union has become an important arena for international politics. Various actors try to influence the European-level executive and legislative authorities. Lobbyists in Brussels are not the only type of actors promoting the interests of others. READ MORE
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3. The state and the medical profession : A cross-national comparison of the health policy arena in the United Kingdom and Sweden 1945 - 1985
Abstract : The present study analyses the relationship between the State and the medical profession in the United Kingdom and Sweden in the period 1945 to 1985. They are nations which have adopted similar principles for providing health services to the population in the post-war period. READ MORE
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4. Negotiating normality and deviation : father's violence against mother from children's perspectives
Abstract : The aim of this study is to contribute to understanding of how children try to understand and interpret their own father and his (possibly) violent actions against their mother in relation to their general conceptualizations concerning fathers and violence. A general social psychological and interactionist approach is related to the children’s selves as the organizing and experiencing structures, the family as the arena for experiences and communicative interaction, and society as a structure of norms and general ideas. READ MORE
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5. At the Tail of the Buffalo : Van Gujjar pastoralists between the forest and the world arena
Abstract : This study is about how the 'global' becomes localized and how the 'local' is articulated through the 'global'. It deals with the Van (forest) Gujjars, a people of nomadic forest pastoralists who inhabit the Central Himalayas of India. READ MORE