Search for dissertations about: "ethnic hierarchy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words ethnic hierarchy.

  2. 1. Sápmi i förändringens tid : en studie av svenska samers levnadsvillkor under 1900-talet ur ett genus- och etnicitetsperspektiv

    Author : Andrea Amft; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Sami history; Sami identity; gender division of labor; marginalization; power relations; dominant - subordinated ethnic groups; ethnic legislation; cultural studies; cultural boundaries;

    Abstract : This dissertation is a study of the changing living conditions for the Sami in Swedish Såpmi (Samiland) throughout the twentieth century with an analysis based on a gender and ethnic perspective.At the turn of the century, the Sami lived as nomadic reindeer herders and were primarily self- sufficient. READ MORE

  4. 2. Placing Conflict : Religion and politics in Kaduna State, Nigeria

    Author : Henrik Angerbrandt; Henrik Berglund; Morten Bøås; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; conflict; decentralisation; ethnic conflict; ethnicity; federalism; identity; Nigeria; religion; religious conflict; scale; territory; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : Decentralisation and federalism are often said to mitigate conflict by better meeting the preferences of a heterogeneous population and demands for limited autonomy. But it is argued in this thesis that this perspective does not sufficiently address the ways in which conflict-ridden relations entangle processes across different scales ‒ local, regional as well as national. READ MORE

  5. 3. On Board the Global Workplace : Coordination and Uncertainty on Merchant Ships

    Author : Carl Sandberg; Patrik Aspers; Arni Sverrison; Boris Holzer; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Coordination; merchant ships; global workplace; mixed crews; formal organization; state of dissonance; evaluative principles; social networks; hierarchy of worth; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to analyze how work and social life are coordinated on board merchant ships. The merchant ship is a global workplace where people from different nationalities come together to work and live for an extended period of time.The study is based on ethnographic field work on board merchant ships. READ MORE

  6. 4. A Black Utopia? Social Stratification in Nineteenth-Century Colonial Sierra Leone

    Author : Stefania Galli; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social Stratification; Institutions; Ideals; Colonialism; Africa; Sierra Leone; West Africa; Slave trade; Egalitarianism; Settler colony; Inequality; Wealth; Marriage; Socio-economic status;

    Abstract : In the present dissertation, social stratification in colonial Sierra Leone is discussed, with the aim of providing novel evidence on the association between ideals, institutions and inequality. The case study of Sierra Leone is valuable for it allows to examine social stratification in an alleged egalitarian context. READ MORE

  7. 5. The power of recognition : the limitation of indigenous peoples

    Author : Stefan Ekenberg; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Industrial Work Environment; Industriell produktionsmiljö;

    Abstract : The aim of the thesis is to investigate the relationship between power and indigenous peoples and to find a relevant method with which to study this relationship. It is the condition of power or the lack of power that allows an ethnic group, a ‘tribe’, an ‘indigenous people’ or a ‘people, to become a ‘nation’. READ MORE