Search for dissertations about: "division of labour"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 61 swedish dissertations containing the words division of labour.
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21. Side Effects: Unintended Consequences of Family Leave Policies
Abstract : The transition to parenthood is a major life event and a critical juncture in terms of gender equality within a couple. How a couple divides paid and unpaid work following the birth of a child has long lasting consequences for their relationship, their economic situation and their children’s development. READ MORE
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22. Making Metal Making : Circulation and Workshop Practices in the Swedish Metal Trades, 1730–1775
Abstract : This dissertation is concerned with the making of metal making. It explores how skills, knowledge, and artefacts were circulated and grounded within the Swedish metal trades during the period ca. 1730 to 1775. It also analyses how these processes were related to different ways of organising practices of work. READ MORE
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23. Where Gendered Spaces Bend : The Rubber Phenomenon in Northern Laos
Abstract : This thesis seeks to understand and explain gendered everyday life in the village of HatNyao in Northwestern Laos, specifically in relation to rubber cultivation, by using an ethnographic approach and methods. The ‘rubber boom’ is changing the landscape of Northern Laos, and in the process is reshaping gendered everyday life. READ MORE
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24. “I am solely a professional – neutral and genderless” : on gender bias and gender awareness in the medical profession
Abstract : Aim: During the last decades research has reported seemingly unjustified differences between how women and men are perceived as patients, medical students and physicians. Most studies have been performed outside Scandinavia. READ MORE
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25. Profession on the move : Changing conditions and gendered development in physiotherapy
Abstract : Physiotherapy in Sweden has developed from a practical, hands-on, assistant job predominantly taught at college level to a university-based academic discipline emphasising evidence-based practice and research. Women are in majority although an increasing number of men have entered the profession. READ MORE