Search for dissertations about: "consequences of segregation"

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  2. 11. Deregulation, Institutional Change, and Entrepreneurship in the Swedish Education System: intended and Unintended Effects of Competition

    Author : Abiel Sebhatu; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : In this dissertation, I study organizational behavior primarily at the macro level using organizational institution theory to explain how organizations emerge and compete over time and in proximal space. The empirical setting is the deregulation of the Swedish education system in 1992 and the ensuing development of schools over the following two decades. READ MORE

  4. 12. New urban horizons in Africa : A critical analysis of changing land uses in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana

    Author : Lena Fält; Ilda Lindell; Andrew Byerley; Jennifer Robinson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; African cities; urban redevelopment; urban informality; urban land use; urban planning; spatial governance; new cities; evictions; socio-spatial segregation; qualitative case studies; fieldwork; critical urban theory; governmentality; post-colonial urban theory; Accra; Ghana; Geography with Emphasis on Human Geography; geografi med kulturgeografisk inriktning;

    Abstract : African cities increasingly aspire global recognition and this has prompted a rapid transformation of the built environment in many urban locales. This thesis provides empirical and conceptual insights into this recent trend through a critical analysis of contemporary land use changes in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana. READ MORE

  5. 13. "Socialt problem" eller "Som andra och i gemenskap med andra" : Föreställningar om människor med utvecklingsstörning

    Author : Kerstin Färm; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Mental retardation; mental handicap; social construction of mental handicaps; institutionalization; integration-segregation of handicapped; discourse and mental handicaps; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Abstract : The background of the present study is an interest in how human capacities and limitations have been perceived during the 20th century in Sweden. The empirical work concemes the discursive constitution of the needs and resources of people who have been considered mentally handicapped. READ MORE

  6. 14. Mating system evolution and self-incompatibility in the wild plant species Brassica cretica

    Author : Kristina Aaltonen; Biologiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; mating system; Brassicaceae; Brassica cretica; recombination; frequency-dependent selection; evolution; population structure; segregation distortion; SCR; self-incompatibility; SRK;

    Abstract : Compared to animals like ourselves, plants have a very flexible sexual life. Most plants are, for example, hermaphrodites with the potential capacity for reproduction by self-fertilization (or selfing). READ MORE

  7. 15. Brussels : a reflexive world city

    Author : Camilla Elmhorn; Peter Taylor; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; world city cities; global city cities; Brussels; global-local interplay; economic reflexivity; neo-Marshallian nodes; agglomeration economies; European cities; economic restructuring; labour market transformations; informal economy; spatial segregation; Economic history; Ekonomisk historia; ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

    Abstract : This dissertation analyses the consequences of seemingly placeless processes like the European integration and the increasing economic globalisation on Brussels and the people living there. The study shows that Brussels has become one of our time's most important international political capitals and a leading business node in Europe. READ MORE