Search for dissertations about: "folkrörelser"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the word folkrörelser.

  2. 1. Work in voluntary welfare organizations : A sociological study of voluntary welfare organizations in Sweden

    Author : Sébastien Chartrand; Göran Ahrne; Apostolis Papakostas; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; volunteering; work; voluntary organization; Sweden; employee; volunteer; organization; public sector; professionalization; folkrörelser; Sociology; Sociologi;

    Abstract : Since Sweden has one of the most comprehensive welfare states, the role of voluntary organizations active in the field of welfare is often neglected. The unique Swedish nonprofit sector is characterized by 1) the tradition of popular mass movements in which members are central and the real owners of the organization, 2) large membership and volunteering, but low employment levels, 3) dominance in the fields of culture and recreation, but the relative marginalization in welfare. READ MORE

  4. 2. "Not All Museums" : Memory, politics, and museum activism on the move

    Author : Olga Zabalueva; Bodil Axelsson; Malin Thor Tureby; Hans Lauge Hansen; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Museum activism; Museum politics; Sweden; Memory studies; Museum definition; Museumaktivism; Museologi; Kulturella minnen; Minnespolitik; Sverige; Museidefinition;

    Abstract : This dissertation examines the institutional ontology of museums: how it is being changed and which issues and actors are calling for such change.  A museum project that started from scratch in the mid-2010s – the Museum of Movements in Malmö, Sweden – is used as a lens to examine how the global processes of (re)imagining the museum are unfolding in the local Swedish context. READ MORE

  5. 3. A postmodern saint? - on motives for voluntarism

    Author : Ulla Habermann; Socialhögskolan; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; integration and sustainability.; identity; female care; narratives; altruism; Voluntarism; motives; Sociology; Social changes; theory of social work; teorier om socialt arbete; Sociala förändringar; Sociologi; altruism;

    Abstract : The theme of this thesis is motives for voluntarism - with particular focus on volunteering in social work compared to voluntary work in sports clubs and patient associations. It is based on a combination of different data sources and methodological approaches: surveys, analyses of letters from volunteers and literature studies. READ MORE