Search for dissertations about: "critical analysis of social work practice"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 54 swedish dissertations containing the words critical analysis of social work practice.

  2. 1. Early Determination of Arbitral Jurisdiction : Balancing efficacy, efficiency, and legitimacy of arbitration

    Author : Fabricio Fortese; Patricia Shaughnessy; Stefan Kröll; George A. Bermann; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; arbitral jurisdiction; competence-competence; UNCITRAL Model Law in International Commercial Arbitration; New York Convention; legal interpretation; legal harmonisation and unification; efficiency in dispute resolution; efficacy of arbitration agreements; legitimacy of arbitration; presumptive validity of arbitration agreements; early determination of jurisdiction; validation principle; prima facie determination; full review of jurisdictional objections; Rättsvetenskap med inriktning mot processrätt; Legal Science; specialisation in Procedural Law;

    Abstract : This dissertation examines the timing of judicial determination of jurisdictional disputes in the presence of an arbitration agreement. The analysis focuses on Article 8(1) of the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration (and Article II(3) of the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards). READ MORE

  4. 2. Destabilising Citizenship Practices? : Social work and undocumented migrants in Sweden

    Author : Vanna Nordling; Socialhögskolan; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social work; undocumented migrants; responsibility; acts of citizenship; migration; Socialt arbete; Papperslösa migranter; Ansvarstagande; Medborgarskapshandlingar; Migration;

    Abstract : Globalisation of the economy, as well as movement of people and increasing securitisation of borders, have challenged and to different degrees destabilised forms of national belonging and solidarity. Such developments produce new borders and boundaries, separate citizens from non-citizens and create hierarchies of “deservingness”. READ MORE

  5. 3. Child (Bio)Welfare and Beyond : Intersecting Injustices in Childhoods and Swedish Child Welfare

    Author : Zlatana Knezevic; Maria Eriksson; Els-Marie Anbäcken; Mia Heikkilä; Charlotte Williams; Mälardalens högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; biowelfare; child protection; child welfare; critical childhood studies; critical social work; embodiment; epistemic injustice; epistemology; feminist theory; intersectionality; justice subjectivity; moral economy; moral subjectivity; participation; postcolonial theory; poststructural social work; social justice; violence; socialt arbete; Social Work;

    Abstract : The current thesis discusses how tools for analysing power are developed predominately for adults, and thus remain underdeveloped in terms of understanding injustices related to age, ethnicity/race and gender in childhoods. The overall ambition of this dissertation is to inscribe a discourse of intersecting social injustices as relevant for childhoods and child welfare, and by interlinking postcolonial, feminist, and critical childhood studies. READ MORE

  6. 4. Making travel sustainable with ICT? : The social practice of travel planning and travel information use in everyday life

    Author : Åsa Nyblom; Mattias Höjer; Greger Henriksson; Marie Thynell; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Travel planning; travel information; travel information services; travel planners; sustainable social practices; practice theory; everyday life; ICT; urban transport; user-centred perspective; Planering och beslutsanalys; Planning and Decision Analysis;

    Abstract : Adopting the perspective of the traveller, this thesis examines how travel plans are actually made in the everyday situation and how information is used and drawn on when planning the many, often unremarkable, trips of ordinary urban life. Ethnographical field studies in southern Stockholm, Sweden, employing a practice theory perspective showed that people use a vast mixture of different types of information when planning and making trips. READ MORE

  7. 5. Activating the Sick-Listed : Policy and Practice of Return to Work in Swedish Sickness Insurance and Working Life

    Author : Ida Seing; Kerstin Ekberg; Christian Ståhl; Ellen MacEachen; Lotta Dellve; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Activation policies; return to work; social policy; sickness insurance; working life; employers; street-level bureaucracy; individualization;

    Abstract : A critical task of social policy in most Western welfare states during recent decades has consisted of reducing the economic burden on society due to sick leave, by stimulating participation in the labour market. Many jurisdictions have introduced activation policies, based on the premise that work “per se” has a therapeutic effect on sick-listed workers. READ MORE