Search for dissertations about: "Voluntary association"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 27 swedish dissertations containing the words Voluntary association.

  2. 1. Welfare Relationships : Voluntary organisations and local authorities supporting relatives of older people in Sweden

    Author : Lena Dahlberg; Rune Premfors; Tommy Möller; Staffan Johansson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; substitution; complementarity; welfare pluralism; voluntary organisation; welfare state; informal care; older people; Sweden; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : Sweden is often described as a country with a strong welfare state and little voluntary work. This is as would be expected according to substitution theory, in which extensive welfare systems are assumed to crowd out voluntary activity and thereby limit the potential for voluntary work – there is an inverse relationship between voluntary and statutory activity. READ MORE

  4. 2. Political parties and welfare associations

    Author : Ingrid Grosse; Jonas Edlund; Apostolis Papakostas; Jonas Hinnfors; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : Sweden; Norway; Scandinavia; Third sector; Voluntary organisations; Non-profit organisations; Cooperatives; Welfare policies; Childcare; Housing; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : Scandinavian countries are usually assumed to be less disposed than other countries to involve associations as welfare producers. They are assumed to be so disinclined due to their strong statutory welfare involvement, which “crowds-out” associational welfare production; their ethnic, cultural and religious homogeneity, which leads to a lack of minority interests in associational welfare production; and to their strong working-class organisations, which are supposed to prefer statutory welfare solutions. READ MORE

  5. 3. Limb ownership and voluntary action : human behavioral and neuroimaging studies

    Author : Zakaryah Abdulkarim; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : To be able to interact with our surroundings in a goal directed manner, we need to have sense what our body is made up of as well as a sense of being able to control our body. These two experiences, the sense of body ownership and the sense of agency, respectively, are fundamental to our self-perception but have historically not received any notable attention from the scientific community. READ MORE

  6. 4. Reading ability of Latvian students : results from an international study

    Author : Indra Dedze; Carsten Elbro; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Reading literacy; reading ability; reading instruction; word recognition; voluntary reading; home background; Latvia; internationell pedagogik; International Education;

    Abstract : Reading literacy is becoming a crucial skill for the success in the modern society. Since Latvia is an industrialized country, with a relatively small population, it is of a crucial importance that the educational system produces well literate people. READ MORE

  7. 5. To Blend in or Stand out? - Hospital Social Workers' Jurisdictional Work in Sweden and Germany

    Author : Manuela Sjöström; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; cross-national case study; health care; hospital social work; jurisdiction; profession; professional association; professional subgroup; subordination;

    Abstract : This dissertation describes, analyses, and compares the means by which hospital social work associations in Sweden and Germany pursue their members’ professionalization through ‘jurisdictional work’. The time period covered by the research is 1989 through 2008. READ MORE