Search for dissertations about: "anti social"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 198 swedish dissertations containing the words anti social.
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1. Prejudice in context over time : how demographic, economic and social conditions influence anti-immigrant attitudes in adolescents and adults
Abstract : Background Thesis explores the contexts that influence anti-immigrant attitudes in both adolescents and adults, and how contexts influence changes anti-immigrant attitudes in societies over time. Whereas previous research into anti-immigrant attitudes has either focused on micro socialization factors in adolescence, or threat inducing factors in adulthood; this thesis forwards an approach that synthesizes these two ideas. READ MORE
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2. 'When Women Unite!' : The Making of the Anti-Liquor Movement in Andhra Pradesh, India
Abstract : In 1991, women from Dubagunta, Nellore District in the state of Andhra Pradesh forced the liquor traders to leave the area. This incident is believed to have been the origin of the Anti-Liquor Movement, which finally led to alcoholic beverages being prohibited in the state. READ MORE
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3. The Republic of Difference : Feminism and anti-racism in the Parisian banlieues
Abstract : The thesis is an ethnographic study of three political groups in the Parisian banlieues: Ni putes ni soumises, AFRICA and Mouvement des indigènes de la République. These groups espouse both feminist and antiracist politics in theory, yet in practice tend to privilege either a feminist or antiracist position and end up in opposition to each other. READ MORE
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4. Making sense of sufficiency : Entries, practices and politics
Abstract : The affluent groups and societies in the world have made material consumption part of their lifestyle. Today, overconsumption has come to constitute an acute environmental problem, both with regards to the natural resources needed to satisfy our ever-growing wants, and to the mountains of waste it leaves behind. READ MORE
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5. Family Background and Individual Achievement : Essays in Empirical Labour Economics
Abstract : College choice and subsequent earnings. Results using Swedish sibling data. This paper investigates the relationship between college choice and annual earnings, using within-family variation in college choice. READ MORE