Search for dissertations about: "concepts of welfare state"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 swedish dissertations containing the words concepts of welfare state.

2. 1. The Quantification of Society. A Study of a Swedish Research Institute and Survey-Based Social Science

   Author : Christopher Kullenberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; quantification; survey; social sciences; SOM Institute; epistemic practice; center of calculation; Actor-Network theory; welfare state;

   Abstract : This thesis is concerned with the contemporary history of quantitative surveys in Sweden. The core epistemic practice of constructing surveys is examined empirically through a case study of the SOM Institute (Samhälle, Opinion, Medier) at University of Gothenburg. The SOM Institute has performed surveys in Sweden since 1986. READ MORE

4. 2. The Microfundations of Flexicurity : Employees’ well-being and attitudes to labour market policy in a Swedish and Nordic welfare state setting

   Author : Patrik Vulkan; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Flexicurity; job insecurity; mental well-being; mentemployment security; income security; cognitive and affective insecurity; insider outsider divide; labour market policy; labour market paradigms; policy preferences;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the microfoundations of flexicurity, an arrangement of policies that proponents claim can deliver a ‘win-win’ situation in the labour market. These policies include lax employment protection legislation (EPL) to provide employers the flexibility to hire and fire with ease, and others supposed to provide employees with a high level of ‘employment security’ (high ability to find new quality jobs if they lose their current job) and ‘income security’ (low likelihood of suffering economically during periods of transition between jobs). READ MORE

5. 3. Psykoteknik : Kulturell fabricering av personlig identitet

   Author : Eriksson Rikard; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; History of psychology; psychotechnics; 20th century Sweden; psychological testing; personal identity; sociocultural values; social studies of science; deconstruction; ethnography of modern thought; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

   Abstract : This dissertation is a broad socio-cultural study of psychotechnics in Sweden from 1943 to 1969. Using many different sorts of source material, such as psychological tests, public investigations, psychotechnology, articles in news journals, photos and sound recordings, psychotechnics is analysed as a cultural phenomenon. READ MORE

6. 4. The Swedish Abortion Pill : Co-Producing Medical Abortion and Values, ca. 1965–1992

   Author : Morag Ramsey; Solveig Jülich; Francis Lee; Jean-Paul Gaudillière; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Medical abortion; abortion pill; history of medicine; reproduction; reproductive technologies; feminist STS; History of Sciences and Ideas; Idé- och lärdomshistoria;

   Abstract : Abortion pills have had a large impact. Since their introduction to national markets in the 1990s, scholars have examined how abortion pills have changed medical practices, illegal abortion, and reproductive activism. What has gone unstudied, however, has been the development and the history of abortion pills. READ MORE

7. 5. The Recontextualisation of Social Pedagogy. A study of three curricula in the Netherlands, Norway and Ireland

   Author : Pelle Hallstedt; Mats Högström; Utbildningsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Pedagogy and didactics; Sociologi; Sociology; welfare state; social pedagogy; recontextualisation; pedagogic discourse; higher education; ethnography; discourse analysis; classification and framing; Basil Bernstein; curriculum; Pedagogik; didaktik; Special didactics; Specialdidaktik; Basil Bernstein;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to describe, analyse, and compare the recontextualisation of social pedagogy in three different curricula; in Nijmegen (NL), Lillehammer (N), and Sligo (IRL). The curricula represent different academic orientations and are located in different social-political contexts. READ MORE