Search for dissertations about: "contemporary family"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 72 swedish dissertations containing the words contemporary family.

2. 1. Gendering family dynamics : the case of Sweden and Hungary

   Author : Livia Sz. Oláh; Elwood Carlson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Family; Gender roles; History; Sweden; Hungary; Demography; Familjer; genusaspekter; historia; Sverige; Ungern; 1990-talet; Demography; demografi;

   Abstract : This thesis contains three studies that focus on different aspects of family dynamics at three life-course stages. These are the second birth in an intact partnership, the dissolution of the first parental union, and the first shared birth in the second union. READ MORE

4. 2. Family (versus) Policy : Combining Work and Care in Russia and Sweden

   Author : Zhanna Kravchenko; Sven E.O. Hort; Apostolis Papakostas; Mikael Nordenmark; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; family policy; gender contract; policy outcomes; working parents; Russia; Sweden; gender-role attitudes; family practices; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : The twentieth century has witnessed a revolution in the ways in which the social division of labour is organised, and in terms of how waged work and caring for children are reconciled. This study explores family policy from the perspective of its capacity to manage the socio-economic risks emanating from combining the roles of breadwinner and caregiver which many parents are beginning to do in contemporary society. READ MORE

5. 3. Relatedness through kinship : the importance of family co-occurrence for firm performance

   Author : Evans Korang Adjei; Urban Lindgren; Rikard Eriksson; Rodrigo Basco; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; proximity dimension; agglomeration economies; family; family co-occurrence; family firm; region; firm performance; regional development; entrepreneurial capital; localized learning; Sweden; Social and Economic Geography; kulturgeografi;

   Abstract : The aim of the thesis is to analyse the effects of family co-occurrence and past familial relationships (inherited entrepreneurial abilities) on firm performance. This aim is motivated by the contemporary arguments that social relations (e.g. family ties) are important in the analysis of today’s space economy. READ MORE

6. 4. Conflict and concord in work and family : Family policies and individuals' subjective experiences

   Author : Ida Öun; Stefan Svallfors; Maria Charles; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Work-family conflict; role expansion; family policy; gender; class; dual-earner families; household work; perceptions of fairness;

   Abstract : Background This thesis explores the relationship between individuals’ subjective experiences and the welfare state setting. The research questions in focus deal with the outcomes of women’s and men’s increasing dual roles in work and family in contemporary welfare states. READ MORE

7. 5. Borderline archaeology : a practice of contemporary archaeology - exploring aspects of creative narratives and performative cultural production

   Author : Fiona Campbell; Jonna Ulin; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; BorderLine Archaology; rhizome; border theory; contemporary archaeology; performance art; performance studies; performativity; material culture; cultural production; the archaeological; performative writing; creative narratives; mapping; parasite; eventscape; walkscape; site-seeing; site-specificity; subjectivity; otherness; excavation; repetition; re-presentation; past-present; labyrinth; movement; croft; family-landscape; postmemory; family album; home;

   Abstract : This dissertation is a joint dissertation, written by two people about the connectivity of two practices; archaeology and performance. Its contents focus upon the creation of a hybrid field of study that has only just begun to exist. READ MORE