Search for dissertations about: "dissertations in social justice"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 25 swedish dissertations containing the words dissertations in social justice.

2. 1. 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

4. 2. Shaping Justice : Defining the disability benefit category in Swedish social policy

   Author : Marianne Hedlund; Sociologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social policy; disability; Sweden; welfare state; cultural intepretations; social constructs; discourse analysis; impairment; sickness; Care and help to handicapped; health; Social problems and welfare; national insurance; vård och rehabilitering; Handikappade; Social Policy; Sociala problem; social välfärd; socialförsäkring;

   Abstract : This thesis is about what qualifies to be characterised as disability in Swedish social security legislation and which principles are used to decide who is entitled to social security benefit as disabled. The thesis brings into focus which definitions of needs and criteria that are found 'worthy' and acceptable to include in a disability category in Swedish social policy. READ MORE

5. 3. Crumbs from the Rich Man's Table? : Municipal Labour Market Policies and Recognition of Welfare Recipients in Sweden

   Author : Lagunathan Govender; Rickard Ulmestig; Iréne Josephson; Ulrika Vikman; Dahlstedt Magnus; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; labour market policy; activation; social assistance; recognition; inclusion; poverty; arbetsmarknadspolitik; aktivering; ekonomiskt bistånd; erkännande; inkludering; fattigdom; Socialt arbete; Social Work;

   Abstract : Labour market policies, also known as activation, are common responses to poverty, unemployment and social exclusion. Activation is characterised by increased individual responsibility, requiring welfare recipients to strive for financial self-sufficiency, be it through job-seeking, training or coaching. READ MORE

6. 4. Struggles over conservation space : Social justice in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa

   Author : Melissa Hansen; LUCSUS; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Agency; capabilities; human development; the politics of sustainability; the production of space; protected areas; rights and resistance; South Africa; struggles;

   Abstract : In the past several decades under a growing influence of ecological modernisation, various assumed ‘win-win’ approaches to protected area conservation and poverty alleviation have been introduced all over the world, especially in resource-rich developing countries. Yet protected area conservation is an inherently political process, and the goals are often not achieved. READ MORE

7. 5. Justice and the Prejudices of Culture : On Choice, Social Background and Unequal Opportunities in the Liberal Society

   Author : Marcus Ohlström; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Liberalism; culture; justice; equality of opportunity; esteem; self-esteem; John Rawls; Statsvetenskap; Political Science;

   Abstract : Egalitarian liberal theories of justice – so this dissertation argues – fail to take into accountthe full implications of the way citizens’ socio-cultural backgrounds work to undermine theequal opportunities these same theories demand. While egalitarians support extensiveredistribution of income and wealth from the privileged to the less privileged, and advocateequal opportunities for all, they do not properly attend either to how our shared societalcultures structure social esteem and related advantages, or to how our individual socioculturalenvironments structure the very act of choice. READ MORE