Search for dissertations about: "culture of migration"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 148 swedish dissertations containing the words culture of migration.

  2. 21. For the Benefit of Everyone? : Explaining the Significance of Swedish Public Housing for Urban Housing Inequality

    Author : Martin Grander; David Clapham; Malmö universitet; []
    Keywords : Housing; Inequality; Social Housing; Universalism; Discretion; Structures of Housing Provision; Public Housing; Housing Regimes;

    Abstract : Housing has a special place in the Swedish welfare state. Ever since Gustav Möller, Minister for Social Affairs, in 1945 was handed the result of Bostadssociala utredningen, a state investigation on housing from a social perspective, housing has been a bearing pillar in the Swedish ‘Folkhem’. READ MORE

  4. 22. Gracious Traditions : Contemporary Transnational Egyptian Post-Tariqa Sufism

    Author : Frederic Brusi; Susanne Olsson; Marja Liisa Keinänen; Jonas Otterbeck; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Sufism; Post-tariqa; Islam; Egypt; Saints; Religion in migration; Invisible Muslims; Individualization of religion; barzakh; History of Religion; religionshistoria;

    Abstract : An overarching aim of this study is to contribute to the developing body of studies of non-organized and thereby “invisible” Muslims in the West. The thesis probes into the question of what Sufism means in the individual lives of seven Muslims in the US and Sweden who share a relatively privileged Egyptian socio-economic background. READ MORE

  5. 23. Law and Social Exclusion : The functions and dysfunctions of the Swedish legal system in light of overindebtedness among immigrants

    Author : Davor Vuleta; Rättssociologiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Debt collection; Debtor; Economic security; Financial exclusion; Immigrants; Law; Legal cultrue; Manifest and latent; Middle range theory; Migration; Mixed methods; Over-indebtedness; Register data; Robert Merton; Social exclusion; Socio-economic status; Sociology of law; Sweden; Swedish Enforcement Authority; Functions and dysfunctions;

    Abstract : In terms of its total population, Sweden is one of the countries with the highest proportion of immigrants in the EU. Several factors are critical in integrating immigrants, especially their economic security in a new country. This thesis examines the relationship between law enforcement and economic security for over- indebted immigrants. READ MORE

  6. 24. Migration of Natural Killer Cells. Matrix interaction, locomotion and regulation of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) by IL-2 and chemokines

    Author : Karin Edsparr; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : NK cell; MMP; Matrigel; migration; IL-2;

    Abstract : Activated natural killer (NK) cells are effective anti-tumour cells. In order to reach target cells in a tumour mass they need to migrate in the extravascular space. READ MORE

  7. 25. Reversal of thyroid dedifferentiation and an invasive phenotype by small molecule kinase inhibitors: an experimental study on normal and malignant cells

    Author : Camilla Ingeson-Carlsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; thyroid; cancer; NIS; MAPK; PI3K; BRAFV600E; migration; 3D culture;

    Abstract : Refractoriness to I-131 in dedifferentiated thyroid cancer is a great concern that restricts radioiodine therapy. There is also a lack of knowledge in understanding the mechanisms leading to repressed sodium iodide symporter (NIS) expression and impaired iodide uptake in tumor cells. READ MORE